2008 Chicago Bears Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Lovie Smith (9-7)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
2008 Chicago Bears RosterTeam Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Lovie Smith (9-7)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
2008 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 2008 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference.
Chicago chalked up 375 points, while the defensive unit allowed 350. Kyle Orton passed for 2,972 yards. Matt Forte hauled in 63 balls, while Devin Hester added 665 receiving yards. Greg Olsen was targeted regularly, too.
Matt Forte rushed for a team-leading 1,238 yards for the Bears.
The ball-hawking defense manufactured 32 turnovers. Kevin Payne picked off 4 opponent throws. Alex Brown sacked quarterbacks 6 times.
Lovie Smith coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Kyle Orton | 465 | 272 | 58.5 | 2972 | 6.4 | 18 | 3.9 | 12 | 2.6 | 65 | 27 | 160 | 79.6 | Rex Grossman | 62 | 32 | 51.6 | 257 | 4.1 | 2 | 3.2 | 2 | 3.2 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 59.7 | Brad Maynard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 528 | 304 | 57.6 | 3229 | 6.1 | 20 | 3.8 | 14 | 2.7 | 65 | 29 | 168 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Matt Forte | 316 | 1238 | 3.9 | 50 | 8 | Kevin Jones | 34 | 109 | 3.2 | 16 | 0 | Adrian Peterson | 20 | 100 | 5.0 | 16 | 0 | Garrett Wolfe | 15 | 69 | 4.6 | 38 | 0 | Devin Hester | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 20 | 0 | Kyle Orton | 24 | 49 | 2.0 | 12 | 3 | Jason McKie | 11 | 26 | 2.4 | 6 | 2 | Rashied Davis | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 17 | 0 | Rex Grossman | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 2 | 2 | Marty Booker | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Jason Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 434 | 1673 | 3.9 | 50 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Matt Forte | 63 | 477 | 7.6 | 19 | 4 | Greg Olsen | 54 | 574 | 10.6 | 52 | 5 | Devin Hester | 51 | 665 | 13.0 | 65 | 3 | Desmond Clark | 41 | 367 | 9.0 | 35 | 1 | Rashied Davis | 35 | 445 | 12.7 | 36 | 2 | Brandon Lloyd | 26 | 364 | 14.0 | 32 | 2 | Marty Booker | 14 | 211 | 15.1 | 51 | 2 | Jason McKie | 11 | 64 | 5.8 | 12 | 1 | Adrian Peterson | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 19 | 0 | Kevin Jones | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Jason Davis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 304 | 3229 | 10.6 | 65 | 20 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Robbie Gould | 41 | 41 | 100.0 | 29 | 26 | 89.7 | 119 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 41 | 41 | 100.0 | 29 | 26 | 89.7 | 119 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Brad Maynard | 96 | 3957 | 41.2 | 67 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 96 | 3957 | 41.2 | 67 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Devin Hester | 32 | 198 | 6.2 | 25 | 0 | Nathan Vasher | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 18 | 0 | Earl Bennett | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 39 | 261 | 6.7 | 25 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Danieal Manning | 36 | 1070 | 29.7 | 83 | 1 | Devin Hester | 31 | 679 | 21.9 | 51 | 0 | Garrett Wolfe | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 33 | 0 | Jason McKie | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 20 | 0 | Kellen Davis | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Adrian Peterson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Rashied Davis | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 77 | 1919 | 24.9 | 83 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Kevin Payne | 4 | 147 | 36.8 | 50 | 0 | Charles Tillman | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 26 | 1 | Lance Briggs | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 | Brian Urlacher | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 | Mike Brown | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Craig Steltz | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 | Danieal Manning | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 | Corey Graham | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Adewale Ogunleye | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Zackary Bowman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Nathan Vasher | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Trumaine McBride | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Alex Brown | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
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| Totals | 22 | 312 | 14.2 | 50 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Alex Brown | 6.0 | 0.0 | Adewale Ogunleye | 5.0 | 0.0 | Tommie Harris | 5.0 | 0.0 | Israel Idonije | 3.5 | 0.0 | Marcus Harrison | 2.0 | 0.0 | Kevin Payne | 1.0 | 0.0 | Mark Anderson | 1.0 | 0.0 | Danieal Manning | 1.0 | 0.0 | Hunter Hillenmeyer | 1.0 | 0.0 | Mike Brown | 1.0 | 0.0 | Lance Briggs | 0.5 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 27.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Lance Briggs | 100.5 | 91 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 1 | Charles Tillman | 87 | 81 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Brian Urlacher | 86 | 79 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kevin Payne | 80.5 | 73 | 15 | 7 | 0 | Corey Graham | 77 | 70 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Mike Brown | 65 | 57 | 16 | 8 | 0 | Adewale Ogunleye | 54.5 | 48 | 13 | 4 | 0 | Alex Brown | 43 | 42 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | Tommie Harris | 35 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nick Roach | 28.5 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Marcus Harrison | 26 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Dusty Dvoracek | 26 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | Danieal Manning | 24.5 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Israel Idonije | 22 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 0 | Nathan Vasher | 20.5 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 0 | Anthony Adams | 17.5 | 14 | 7 | 0 | Hunter Hillenmeyer | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Mark Anderson | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Craig Steltz | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Trumaine McBride | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Kyle Orton | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | -13 | 0 | 0 | Matt Forte | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Josh Beekman | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Brandon McGowan | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Marcus Hamilton | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Greg Olsen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Jamar Williams | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Zackary Bowman | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rashied Davis | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | John Tait | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Devin Hester | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rex Grossman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jason McKie | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brandon Lloyd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Brad Maynard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Desmond Clark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kevin Jones | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Darrell McClover | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kellen Davis | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Cameron Worrell | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Garrett Wolfe | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Jason Davis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 867 | 782 | 170 | 104 | 19 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 8 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Robbie Gould | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 41 | 0 | 119 | Matt Forte | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | Greg Olsen | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Brandon Lloyd | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | Kyle Orton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Rashied Davis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Jason McKie | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Devin Hester | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Rex Grossman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Marty Booker | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Desmond Clark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Lance Briggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Danieal Manning | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Garrett Wolfe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Charles Tillman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Zackary Bowman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Adewale Ogunleye | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 15 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 375 |
