08-29-2009 Giants Stadium Temp:79 Wind:5-15 None Line:Even MVP:Higgins 2009 Chicago (1-0) 7 10 14 0 31 2009 Denver (0-1) 0 0 3 10 13 1 4:33 Chicago TD Jones-Drew 7 run (Kaeding) (7-58-4:28) 7-0 2 5:23 Chicago TD Higgins 88 punt return (Kaeding) (0-0-0:00) 14-0 2 0:09 Chicago FG Kaeding 35 (6-65-1:35) 17-0 3 9:36 Chicago TD Lewis 23 run (Kaeding) (6-69-3:43) 24-0 3 5:16 Denver FG Crosby 32 (8-63-4:20) 24-3 3 2:24 Chicago TD Lewis 1 run (Kaeding) (5-80-2:47) 31-3 4 13:16 Denver FG Crosby 36 (10-59-4:08) 31-6 4 0:25 Denver TD Griese 3 pass to Thomas (Crosby) (15-79-4:35) 31-13 Chi Den First Downs 18 20 Rushes 21-91 19-71 Passes 32-22-312 49-25-295 Sacked 1-3 3-17 Fumble 2 3 Penalties 5-40 5-45 Turnovers 2 2 Time 30:35 29:25 Third Down 5-12 4-15 Fourth Down 0-0 0-0 Net Offense 400 349 Injuries: Porter(Den-12), Culpepper(Den-11), *Gholston-(Den-1) * Added to injury list after game. < Chicago > < Denver > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Orton 31 22 312 1 2 0 0 103.2 Culpepper 36 17 228 3 2 2 0 44.7 Thigpen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 39.6 Griese 13 8 67 0 0 0 1 100.5 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Lewis 16 79 4.9 3 2 29 2 White 12 44 3.7 2 0 9 0 Jones-Drew 4 10 2.5 1 0 7 1 Williams 5 22 4.4 2 0 7 0 Robinson 1 2 2.0 0 0 2 0 Culpepper 1 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 Griese 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Evans 4 0 73 18.3 2 1 38 0 Bowe 6 1 86 14.3 4 1 29 0 Johnson 4 1 74 18.5 2 1 49 0 Washington 4 0 94 23.5 4 1 43 0 Jones-Drew 3 0 28 9.3 1 0 11 0 Santi 4 0 37 9.3 2 0 12 0 McMichael 3 0 31 10.3 2 0 13 0 Williams 3 0 17 5.7 1 0 10 0 Crayton 3 0 59 19.7 3 0 22 0 Thomas 2 0 11 5.5 2 0 8 1 Lewis 2 0 19 9.5 1 0 14 0 Finley 2 0 18 9.0 2 0 10 0 Miller 2 1 20 10.0 1 0 11 0 Franks 2 0 10 5.0 0 0 5 0 Griffith 1 0 8 8.0 1 0 8 0 Walker 1 2 6 6.0 0 0 6 0 Sweed 1 0 16 16.0 1 0 16 0 White 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Miller 1 0 0 Culpepper 2 0 0 Higgins 1 0 0 White 1 0 0 Thomas 0 3 0 McCree 0 1 0 Craft 0 1 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Higgins 4 82 20.5 27 0 Davenport 6 92 15.3 31 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Higgins 5 2 114 22.8 88 1 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kaeding 1-1 35 4-4 7 Crosby 2-2 36 1-1 7 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Jones 7 379 54.1 4 1 0 60 Ryan 8 368 46.0 0 3 0 54 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Briggs 10 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 Witherspoon 10 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Bradley 9 1 1 0 2 1 0-0 Craft 8 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Brown 7 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Springs 5 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Brown 5 0 2 0 0 0 2-0 McCree 4 0 1 0 0 1 0-0 Hayes 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Brown 4 0 0 1 1 0 0-0 Johnson 3 2 0 0 0 1 0-0 Sims 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Tillman 3 0 2 0 0 1 0-0 Landry 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Peko 3 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Diggs 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Harris 2 0 0 0 2 0 0-0 Thomas 2 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Okeafor 2 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Coleman 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Goldson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Henderson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Russell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Johnson 1 1 0 0 1 0 0-0 Hayden 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Bullocks 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Crowder 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Gholston 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Carriker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Engelberger 1 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Allen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Beisel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Atkins 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Steltz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Porter 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Hoke 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Play-By-Play Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 14:49 Chi Higgins ret of 24 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own32 14:42 Chi Orton-Evans X Bas M-Slant 4-3 sZ Basic 2 10 own32 14:39 Chi Orton-Miller X Bas S-Out 4-3 sZ Basic 3 10 own32 13:57 Chi Orton-Jones-Dr 11 3W1 M-Hitch 3-2 M Pass 1 10 own43 13:53 Chi Orton-Miller X Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 M Key-Jones-Drew 2 10 own43 13:07 Chi Jones-Drew 3 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Key-Jones-Drew 3 7 own46 12:23 Chi Orton-Johnson 11 Bas S-Hitch/A 4-3 dZ Key-Lewis 1 10 opp43 12:16 Chi Chi Pen10(Colombo) Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Basic 1 20 own47 11:28 Chi Lewis -3 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 23 own44 11:24 Chi Orton-Evans X Bas M-Slant 4-2 MiBasic 3 23 own44 10:40 Chi Orton-Evans 7 3W1 M-Fly/sec 3-3 Z Pass/C 4 16 opp49 10:34 Chi Jones 49, Tb --- Pt-deep --- LetRoll 1 10 own20 9:58 Den Culpepp-Franks 5 Bas L-Slant/sec 4-3 Z Key-White 2 5 own25 9:17 Den Culpepper 4/F Bas S-Slant 4-3 M Key-White 3 1 own29 9:09 Den Culpepp-Walker X Bas M-Hitch 4-3 M Key-White 4 1 own29 9:01 Den Ryan 43,Higgins 14 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own42 8:19 Chi Orton-Lewis 14 Bas S-Flat 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp44 7:36 Chi Orton-Miller 11 Bas M-Hitch/A 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp33 6:51 Chi Lewis 3 Bas Trap-L/A 4-3 Z Key-Lewis/A 2 7 opp30 6:08 Chi Lewis -1 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Key-Lewis 3 8 opp31 5:27 Chi Orton-Griffith 8 Bas S-Out 3-3 tMiPass 1 10 opp23 4:43 Chi Orton-Evans 16 Bas M-Slant 3-3 M Pass 1 7 opp7 4:33 Chi Jones-Drew 7/TD Bas Pitch-L 3-3 tM Basic 7-0 KO 4:28 Den Davenport ret of 14 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own14 3:44 Den Culpepp-Washingt 21 Bas M-Fly 4-3 M Key-White 1 10 own35 3:09 Den Sk-Johnson -6 Bas S-Slant 4-3 tM Key-White/Bz1 2 16 own29 2:32 Den Culpepp-Bowe 8 3W1 Screen 4-2 M Basic/Bz1 3 8 own37 2:23 Den Culpepp-Bowe X 3W1 S-Slant/A/sec 4-2 tM Basic 4 8 own37 2:16 Den Ryan 38,Higgins 2 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own27 1:30 Chi Lewis 3 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Run-Lewis,J 2 7 own30 0:43 Chi Lewis 5 Bas Dive 4-3 sZ Basic 3 2 own35 0:35 Chi Orton-Johnson X Bas M-Hitch/A 4-3 tM Pass 4 2 own35 0:26 Chi Jones 60, dead --- Pt-deep --- LetRoll 1 10 own5 0:00 Den Culpepp-Bowe 15 Bas S-Slant 4-3 sZ Key-Williams 2nd Quarter 1 10 own20 14:20 Den Culpepp-Bowe 29 Bas L-Slant 4-3 M Key-Williams 1 10 own49 13:46 Den Culpepp-Franks 5 Bas L-Fly/A/sec 4-3 M Key-Williams/Bz1 2 5 opp46 13:39 Den Den Pen10(Cole) Bas S-Out/sec 4-3 M Key-Williams/Bz1 2 15 own44 13:33 Den Culpepp-Williams X 3W1 Screen 4-2 tM Basic 3 15 own44 12:50 Den Williams 5 4WR Draw/A 4-1 tM Pass 4 10 own49 12:43 Den Ryan 47, OB --- Pt-side --- LetRoll 1 10 own4 12:02 Chi Orton-Johnson 7 Bas L-Fly/PBK/sec 4-3 M Key-Jones-Drew 2 3 own11 11:58 Chi Orton-Crayton X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Key-Jones-Drew 3 3 own11 11:52 Chi Orton-Jones-Dr X Bas Screen/A 4-1 tM Basic/Bz1 4 3 own11 11:41 Chi Jones 58, dead --- Pt-deep --- LetRoll 1 10 own31 11:32 Den Griese-Williams X Bas Screen 4-3 Z Key-Williams 2 10 own31 10:55 Den Griese-Walker 6 Bas Screen 4-3 M Key-Williams/Bz1 3 4 own37 10:55 Den Pen5(Bowe) 3W1 L-Slant 4-2 tM Basic 3 9 own32 10:15 Den Griese-Williams 2 3W1 Screen 4-2 tM Pass/Bz1 4 7 own34 10:09 Den Ryan 50,Higgins FC --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own16 9:27 Chi Orton-Crayton 22 Bas M-Slant/PBK 4-3 M Run-Lewis,J 1 10 own38 8:44 Chi Lewis 2 Bas Dive 4-3 M Run-Lewis,J 2 8 own40 8:40 Chi Chi Pen10(Crayton) Bas S-Quick/A 4-3 Z Basic 2 18 own30 7:56 Chi Lewis 4 Bas Sweep-L 3-3 Z Pass 3 14 own34 7:16 Chi Orton-Jones-Dr 10 3W1 M-Hitch/PBK 3-2 M Pass-Jones-Drew 4 4 own44 7:09 Chi Jones 56, Tb --- Pt-deep --- LetRoll 1 10 own20 6:30 Den Griese-Washingt+Fran Bas L-Fly 4-3 M Key-Williams 1 10 own40 5:48 Den Griese 1 Bas S-Slant 4-3 M Key-Williams 2 9 own41 5:43 Den Griese-Walker X Bas M-Out/sec 4-3 tM Key-Williams 3 9 own41 5:39 Den Griese-Santi X 3W1 S-Out 4-2 tM Pass 4 9 own41 5:23 Den Ryan 47,Higgins 88 T --- Pt-deep --- Return 14-0 KO 5:17 Den Davenport ret of 10 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own10 5:13 Den Culpepp-Santi X Bas L-Fly/sec 4-3 Z Key-Williams 2 10 own10 4:28 Den Culpepp-Bowe 11 Bas S-Cross/A 4-3 M Key-Williams/Bz1 1 10 own21 4:20 Den Den Pen10(Cole)/ob Bas B-Fly/sec 4-3 M Key-Williams 1 20 own11 4:12 Den Culpepp-Bowe X Bas M-Hitch/A 4-3 tM Pass 2 20 own11 4:03 Den Culpepp-Santi X 3W1 M-Slant 4-3 M Dbl-Bowe/Bz1 3 20 own11 4:00 Den Culpepp-Bowe X 3W1 S-Slant/A 4-2 tM Pass/Bz1 4 20 own11 3:52 Den Ryan 54,Higgins FC --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own35 3:07 Chi Orton-Crayton 17 Bas M-Slant 4-3 M Run-Jones-Drew 1 10 opp48 2:57 Chi Orton-Miller 9/F Bas M-Slant/PBK 3-4 M Key-Jones-Drew 1 10 own42 2:19 Den Sk-Johnson -4/F Bas M-Fly/A 4-3 M Pass/Bz1 2 14 own38 2:00 Den Culpepp-Williams 5 Bas Screen 4-3 M Pass/Bz1 3 9 own43 1:52 Den Culpepp-Bowe X 3W1 M-Slant/sec 4-2 tM Pass/Bz1 4 9 own43 1:44 Den Ryan 45,Higgins 5 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own17 1:28 Chi Orton-Johnson 49 3W1 L-Fly/PBK/sec 4-3 Z Key-Jones-Drew 1 10 opp34 1:06 Chi Jones-Drew 0 3W1 Sweep-R 4-3 Z Key-Jones-Drew 2 10 opp34 0:57 Chi Orton-Evans 12 3W1 M-Fly/PBK 4-3 tMiDbl-Evans 1 10 opp22 0:54 Chi Orton-Jones-Dr 7 3W1 S-Out/HO 4-3 M Key-Jones-Drew 2 3 opp15 0:45 Chi Jones-Drew 0 3W1 Pitch-R/HO 3-3 MoBasic/Lo 3 3 opp15 0:09 Chi Sk-Johnson -3 3W1 S-Slant/HO 3-3 tM Pass 4 6 opp18 0:04 Chi FG Kaeding 35/G --- FG --- Block 17-0 KO 0:00 Den Davenport ret of 11 --- KO-deep --- Return 3rd Quarter KO 14:48 Den Davenport ret of 31 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own39 14:11 Den Culpepp-Santi 7 Bas L-Slant/sec 4-3 M Key-Williams 2 3 own46 13:34 Den Culpepp-Williams 10 Bas S-Flat/sec 4-3 Z Key-Williams 1 10 opp44 13:31 Den Culpepp-Washingt X Bas M-Cross/sec 4-3 Z Key-Williams 2 10 opp44 13:19 Den Culpepp-INT-Brown Bas M-Fly/A 4-3 tM Key-Williams/Bz1 1 10 own31 12:39 Chi Lewis 0 Bas Dive 4-3 M Key-Lewis 2 10 own31 11:56 Chi Lewis 3 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 M Key-Lewis 3 7 own34 11:17 Chi Orton-McMichae 9 Bas S-Hitch/A 3-3 tM Pass 1 10 own43 10:33 Chi Orton-Lewis 5 Bas M-Cross/PBK/sec 3-3 M Pass/Bz1 2 5 own48 9:47 Chi Lewis 29 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Key-Lewis 1 10 opp23 9:36 Chi Lewis 23/TD Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Run-Lewis,J 24-0 KO 9:28 Den Davenport ret of 12 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own22 9:18 Den Culpepp-Walker X Bas L-Out 4-3 M Key-Williams/Bz1 2 10 own22 9:12 Den Culpepp-Santi X Bas S-Slant/sec 4-3 M Key-Williams/Bz1 3 10 own22 8:28 Den Culpepp-Washingt 43 3W1 L-Slant 4-2 tM Pass/Bz1 1 10 opp35 7:52 Den Culpepp-Bowe 8 Bas S-Out 4-3 M Key-Williams 2 2 opp27 7:13 Den Williams 4 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Pass 1 10 opp23 6:34 Den Sk-Bradley -7 Bas L-Slant 4-3 M Pass/Bz1 2 17 opp30 5:56 Den Culpepp-Santi 8 Bas S-Slant/A 4-3 M Pass/Bz2 3 9 opp22 5:56 Den Pen5(Peko) 3W1 OffTkl-R/A 4-2 tM Pass/Bz1 3 4 opp17 5:16 Den White 2 3W1 OffTkl-R 4-2 Z Basic/Bz1 4 2 opp15 5:11 Den FG Crosby 32/G --- FG --- Block 24-3 KO 5:06 Chi Higgins ret of 16 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 4:52 Chi Orton-Evans 38 Bas M-Hitch/PBK 3-3 M Dbl-Evans/Crayton 1 10 opp42 4:07 Chi Orton-Crayton 20 Bas M-Slant/PBK 4-3 M Run-Lewis,J 1 10 opp22 3:21 Chi Orton-McMichae 13 Bas M-Slant/PBK 4-3 M Key-Lewis 1 9 opp9 2:34 Chi Lewis 8 Bas Draw/A 4-3 Z Pass/A 2 1 opp1 2:24 Chi Lewis 1/TD Bas Dive 4-3 Z Run-Lewis,J 31-3 KO 2:18 Den Davenport ret of 14 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own22 1:41 Den Culpepp-Bowe 15 Bas S-Slant 4-3 M Key-White 1 10 own37 1:00 Den Culpepp-Santi 12 Bas M-Slant/sec 4-3 M Pass 1 10 own49 0:20 Den White 3/F Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Key-White/Bz1 2 7 opp48 0:00 Den White 9 Bas Dive 4-3 M Key-White/Bz1 4th Quarter 1 10 opp39 14:55 Den Culpepp-White X Bas L-Slant/sec 4-3 M Key-White/Bz1 2 10 opp39 14:47 Den Culpepp-Walker X Bas S-Slant/sec 4-3 M Pass/Bz1 3 10 opp39 14:07 Den Culpepp-Sweed 16 3W1 S-Slant 4-3 M Pass/Bz1 1 10 opp23 13:59 Den Culpepp-Sweed X Bas L-Slant/sec 4-3 M Key-White 2 10 opp23 13:55 Den Culpepp-Thomas X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Key-White 3 10 opp23 13:16 Den White 4 3W1 Pitch-R/A 4-2 M Pass/Bz1 4 6 opp19 13:13 Den FG Crosby 36/G --- FG --- Block 31-6 KO 12:59 Chi Higgins ret of 27 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own31 12:53 Chi Orton-McMichae X Bas S-Out/A/sec 4-3 tM Key-Lewis 2 10 own31 11:59 Chi Orton-McMichae 9 Bas S-Slant 4-3 Z Basic 3 1 own40 11:13 Chi Lewis 1 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Run-Lewis,J 4 0 own41 11:13 Chi Den Wins Challenge 4 0 own41 11:06 Chi Jones 59, Tb --- Pt-deep --- LetRoll 1 10 own20 10:29 Den Culpepp-Santi 10 Bas M-Slant/sec 4-3 M Key-White 1 10 own30 10:29 Chi Chi Loses Challenge 1 10 own30 10:20 Den Culpepp-INT-Brown Bas L-Fly/A 4-3 M Pass/Bz1 1 10 own44 10:20 Chi Chi Wins Challenge 1 10 own44 9:26 Chi Lewis 1 Bas OffTkl-L/A 4-3 M Run-Lewis,J 2 9 own45 8:32 Chi Orton-Johnson 7 Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 Z Basic 3 2 opp48 8:29 Chi Orton-Higgins X Bas S-Hitch/A 4-3 tM Run-Lewis,J/Bz2/A 4 2 opp48 8:20 Chi Pen10(Lutui) --- Pt-side --- LetRoll 4 12 own42 8:14 Chi Jones 58, Tb --- Pt-deep --- LetRoll 1 10 own20 8:10 Den Culpepp-Bowe X 3W1 S-Slant/A 4-2 M Pass/Bz1 2 10 own20 7:32 Den White 3 3W1 Draw 4-2 M Pass/Bz1 3 7 own23 7:22 Den Culpepp-Thomas X 3W1 S-Slant/A/RBw/sec 4-2 tM Pass/Bz1 4 7 own23 7:13 Den Ryan 44,Higgins 5 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own38 6:18 Chi Lewis 0 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Run-Lewis,J 2 10 own38 5:21 Chi Robinson 2 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Pass-Robinson 3 8 own40 5:10 Chi Thigpen-Higgins X Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-2 Z Basic 4 8 own40 5:00 Chi Jones 39, dead --- Pt-side --- LetRoll 1 10 own21 4:53 Den Williams 7 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 M Pass/Bz1 2 3 own28 4:45 Den Williams 4 Bas Dive 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 1 10 own32 4:39 Den Chi Pen5(Carriker) Bas Screen 4-3 M Key-White 1 5 own37 4:00 Den Griese-Finley 10 Bas M-Slant 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 1 10 own47 3:16 Den White 4 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 2 6 opp49 2:37 Den White 3 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Basic 3 3 opp46 2:14 Den Griese-Finley 8 Bas S-Slant/sec 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp38 2:05 Den White 4 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 2 6 opp34 1:59 Den Griese-Thomas 8 Bas S-Flat 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp26 1:37 Den White 6 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Pass/Bz1 2 4 opp20 1:09 Den White 3 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Pass/Bz1 3 1 opp17 1:01 Den White 2 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp15 0:37 Den Griese-Washingt 10 Bas M-Fly 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 1 5 opp5 0:28 Den Williams 2 Bas Dive 4-3 M Key-Williams/Bz1 2 3 opp3 0:25 Den Griese-Thomas 3/TD Bas S-Slant 4-3 M Key-White/Bz1 31-13 KO 0:20 Den Higgins ret of 15 FM --- KO-deep --- Watch Onside 1 10 opp23 0:12 Den Griese-Thomas X 3W1 S-Out/sec 4-2 tM Pass/Bz1 2 10 opp23 0:03 Den Griese-Thomas X 3W1 M-Slant/HO/sec 4-2 tM Pass/Bz1 3 10 opp23 0:00 Den White 1 3W1 Pitch-L/HO 4-2 tM Pass/Bz1