Week 9, 2023

played in Chicago, IL

37 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Atlanta Falcons	14	3	3	7	-	27
Chicago Bears	0	14	10	7	-	31

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:04 ATL - Dean Maier 13 pass from Brayden Abeykoon (Graham Gano extra point)
1Q: 02:35 ATL - Brayden Abeykoon 6 run (Graham Gano extra point)
2Q: 13:08 CHI - Carlos Hyde 3 run (Kendrick Whalen extra point)
2Q: 07:07 CHI - Dexter Bertrand 7 run (Kendrick Whalen extra point)
2Q: 02:57 ATL - Graham Gano 36 field goal
3Q: 12:25 CHI - Courtney Prescott 43 run (Kendrick Whalen extra point)
3Q: 05:53 CHI - Kendrick Whalen 36 field goal
3Q: 02:35 ATL - Graham Gano 42 field goal
4Q: 06:32 ATL - Levi Razo 11 pass from Brayden Abeykoon (Graham Gano extra point)
4Q: 03:40 CHI - Courtney Prescott 5 run (Kendrick Whalen extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:04 ATL - Dean Maier 13 pass from Brayden Abeykoon (Graham Gano extra point)
1Q: 02:35 ATL - Brayden Abeykoon 6 run (Graham Gano extra point)
2Q: 13:08 CHI - Carlos Hyde 3 run (Kendrick Whalen extra point)
2Q: 07:07 CHI - Dexter Bertrand 7 run (Kendrick Whalen extra point)
2Q: 02:57 ATL - Graham Gano 36 field goal
3Q: 12:25 CHI - Courtney Prescott 43 run (Kendrick Whalen extra point)
3Q: 05:53 CHI - Kendrick Whalen 36 field goal
3Q: 02:35 ATL - Graham Gano 42 field goal
4Q: 06:32 ATL - Levi Razo 11 pass from Brayden Abeykoon (Graham Gano extra point)
4Q: 03:40 CHI - Courtney Prescott 5 run (Kendrick Whalen extra point)

Team Statistics ATL CHI
Record 6-3 6-2
First Downs 28 20
- by Rushing 6 13
- by Passing 18 7
- by Penalty 4 0
Total Net Yards 400 432
- Offensive Plays 63 53
- Yards per Play 6.35 8.15
Net Rushing Yards 86 271
- Rushing Attempts 22 29
- Yards per Rush 3.91 9.34
Net Passing Yards 314 161
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 41 - 30 - 1 22 - 15 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 314 175
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 2/14
- Yards per Pass Play 7.66 6.71
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 3/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/12 7/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.0 6.5
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 2/20 9/68
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 2/30
Kick Returns/Yards 3/77 5/131
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/1 3/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 30
Time of Possession 35:23 24:37

Team Statistics	ATL	CHI
Record	6-3	6-2
First Downs	28	20
- by Rushing	6	13
- by Passing	18	7
- by Penalty	4	0
Total Net Yards	400	432
- Offensive Plays	63	53
- Yards per Play	6.35	8.15
Net Rushing Yards	86	271
- Rushing Attempts	22	29
- Yards per Rush	3.91	9.34
Net Passing Yards	314	161
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	41 - 30 - 1	22 - 15 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	314	175
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	2/14
- Yards per Pass Play	7.66	6.71
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	3/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/12	7/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.0	6.5
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	2/20	9/68
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	2/30
Kick Returns/Yards	3/77	5/131
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/1	3/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 30
Time of Possession	35:23	24:37

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:06	OWN 37	7	63	Touchdown
1	8:53	6:29	OWN 24	12	76	Touchdown
2	12:59	2:43	OWN 25	5	24	Punt
2	6:57	4:06	OWN 25	8	56	Field Goal
3	12:08	3:42	OWN 29	8	41	Missed FG
3	5:46	3:19	OWN 25	7	50	Field Goal
4	15:00	1:51	OWN 22	4	15	Interception
4	11:42	5:18	OWN 20	9	80	Touchdown
4	3:33	1:35	OWN 33	3	3	Punt

Chicago Bears
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:54	2:01	OWN 19	3	5	Punt
1	2:24	4:25	OWN 38	8	62	Touchdown
2	10:16	3:19	OWN 25	8	75	Touchdown
2	2:51	2:51	OWN 29	8	32	Half
3	15:00	2:52	OWN 22	5	78	Touchdown
3	8:26	2:40	OWN 37	4	44	Field Goal
3	2:27	2:27	OWN 25	4	9	Punt
4	13:09	1:27	OPP 48	3	5	Punt
4	6:24	2:51	OWN 33	5	67	Touchdown
4	1:58	1:58	OWN 21	5	20	Game

Game MVP: Courtney Prescott, Chicago Bears

Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Ramon Luster	12	49	4.08	10	3	0
RB Calvin McDonald	6	17	2.83	8	0	0
QB Brayden Abeykoon	4	20	5.00	12	1	1

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Courtney Prescott	17	195	11.47	45	6	2
RB Dexter Bertrand	6	38	6.33	10	1	1
RB Carlos Hyde	3	28	9.33	17	1	1
QB Ralph McNeil	3	10	3.33	9	0	0

Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Brayden Abeykoon	41	30	314	0/0	2	38	1	101.0

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ralph McNeil	22	15	175	2/14	0	36	0	92.0

Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Levi Razo	11	12	144	13.09	60	27	1
TE Clyde Danskin	6	7	71	11.83	30	38	0
WR Rickey Davison	4	12	56	14.00	4	18	0
WR Dean Maier	3	3	21	7.00	0	13	1
RB J.J. Politte	2	2	9	4.50	2	6	0
RB Calvin McDonald	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0
TE Aaron Tubbs	1	2	10	10.00	0	10	0
WR Clayton Czaplicki	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
WR Courtney Eisner	1	1	-4	-4.00	0	-4	0

Chicago	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Charles Penny	5	5	78	15.60	39	36
WR Alshon Jeffery	4	6	26	6.50	7	7
WR Kevin White	4	7	55	13.75	2	25
TE Kennard Backman	1	2	6	6.00	5	6
TE Matthew Thieman	1	1	10	10.00	1	10
FB Kennedy Rubio	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Chicago	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Calvin Pryor	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
DE Alan Webster	0	0	1	0
T Bart Cable	0	0	1	0
CB Camden Maxey	0	0	1	0

Chicago	Fumb	Recov
QB Ralph McNeil	2	1
WR Greg Stugg	1	0
WR Kevin White	0	1
CB Avery Bressany	0	1

Punting Statistics

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Matt Bosher	2	99	49.5	34.5	55	2

Chicago	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Pat McAfee	3	144	48.0	41.3	52	0

Kicking Statistics

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Graham Gano	2/3	1/2	0/0	42	3/3

Chicago	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Kendrick Whalen	1/1	0/0	0/0	36	4/4

Punt Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Greg Stugg	2	30	15.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Calvin McDonald	3	77	25.7	0

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Adam Hastings	5	131	26.2	0

Defensive Statistics

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Randall Upshaw	8	2	0.0	25	22
ILB Alejandro Thornton	6	1	1.0	22	22
S Kendrick Forbes	5	3	0.0	29	24
S Deone Bucannon	4	0	0.0	29	24
S Jameson Hanson	4	0	0.0	8	9
CB Marc Cook	3	1	0.5	29	23
ILB Archie Sims	3	0	0.0	16	5
DE Alan Webster	2	1	0.5	25	24
CB Camden Maxey	2	1	0.0	22	19
DE Vic Beasley	1	1	0.0	29	24
DT Hector Vince	1	1	0.0	11	2
CB Kai Vaughn	1	0	0.0	16	17
WR Rickey Davison	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Tyler Rodgers	1	0	0.0	7	4

Chicago	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
S Calvin Pryor	7	3	22	41
S Kirk Schroeder	7	2	22	41
S Dave James	7	1	22	41
ILB Austin Baumert	5	3	21	32
CB Kyle Fuller	5	1	22	41
S Trent Kemp	4	0	12	20
DT Cole Chernetsky	3	0	15	27
DT Ego Ferguson	2	1	12	32
ILB Mark Nzeocha	2	0	9	19
OLB Colton Wilkins	1	4	21	36
DT Eddie Goldman	1	2	16	23
DE Cris Newton	1	1	13	20
DE Antonio Hoover	1	1	9	19
DE Julian Ferguson	1	0	15	24
S Marlon Alexander	1	0	1	9
ILB Steve Farris	1	0	9	22

Pass Rush Statistics

Atlanta	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Alejandro Thornton	1.0	1	1	22
DE Alan Webster	0.5	0	0	24
CB Marc Cook	0.5	0	0	23
DE Vic Beasley	0.0	1	0	24
DT Dexter Sherman	0.0	1	0	8

Chicago	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Cris Newton	1	0	20
DT Ego Ferguson	0	1	32
DT Eddie Goldman	0	1	23
ILB Steve Farris	0	1	22
DE Antonio Hoover	0	1	19

Pass Defense Statistics

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Alejandro Thornton	3	0	22
CB Marc Cook	3	0	23
S Jameson Hanson	3	0	9
ILB Randall Upshaw	2	1	22
S Deone Bucannon	2	0	24
S Kendrick Forbes	1	0	24
CB Kai Vaughn	1	0	17
ILB Archie Sims	0	1	5

Chicago	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Kirk Schroeder	5	1	0	41
S Calvin Pryor	4	1	1	41
CB Kyle Fuller	4	0	0	41
S Dave James	4	0	0	41
S Trent Kemp	4	0	0	20
ILB Austin Baumert	2	1	0	32
DT Cole Chernetsky	2	0	0	27
DT Eddie Goldman	1	0	0	23
ILB Mark Nzeocha	1	0	0	19
DE Julian Ferguson	1	0	0	24
S Marlon Alexander	1	0	0	9
OLB Colton Wilkins	1	0	0	36
DE Antonio Hoover	0	1	0	19

Blocking Statistics

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
G Rodolfo Boss	3	5	22	41
T Eric Fisher	2	4	22	41
C Rod Sutter	1	5	22	41
G Earnest Nixon	1	3	22	41
RB J.J. Politte	1	2	8	17
T Bart Cable	1	2	22	41

Chicago	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Jalen Frazer	5	8	0	29	0	24
T Jack Fonda	3	3	0	29	1	24
C Henry Hitchcock	2	7	2	29	0	24
T Shaquille Tessen	2	3	0	29	0	24
G Kyle Long	1	5	0	29	0	24
TE Kennard Backman	1	1	0	6	0	6
RB Carlos Hyde	0	0	0	3	1	7

Special Teams Tackles

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Bart Cable	2	5
Marshall White	1	19
Allen Robinson	1	18
Dean Maier	1	12
Deone Bucannon	1	10
Rusty Weathers	1	9

Chicago	Tackles	STPlays
Santiago Rombach	1	17
Christian Jones	1	14
Alshon Jeffery	1	1

Participation

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
T Eric Fisher	22	41	---	---	5	68
G Earnest Nixon	22	41	---	---	5	68
T Bart Cable	22	41	---	---	5	68
G Rodolfo Boss	22	41	---	---	5	68
S Deone Bucannon	---	---	29	24	10	63
C Rod Sutter	22	41	---	---	---	63
WR Rickey Davison	22	40	---	---	1	63
QB Brayden Abeykoon	22	41	---	---	---	63
TE Clyde Danskin	20	33	---	---	2	55
DE Vic Beasley	---	---	29	24	1	54
S Kendrick Forbes	---	---	29	24	1	54
CB Marc Cook	---	---	29	23	1	53
DE Alan Webster	---	---	25	24	1	50
WR Levi Razo	14	35	---	---	---	49
ILB Randall Upshaw	---	---	25	22	1	48
ILB Alejandro Thornton	---	---	22	22	1	45
DE Rodney Summers	---	---	21	21	3	45
CB Camden Maxey	---	---	22	19	4	45
WR Dean Maier	10	19	---	---	12	41
DE Rusty Weathers	---	---	17	15	9	41
CB Kai Vaughn	---	---	16	17	---	33
RB Calvin McDonald	7	19	---	---	6	32
S Jameson Hanson	---	---	8	9	15	32
ILB Archie Sims	---	---	16	5	10	31
RB Ramon Luster	12	18	---	---	1	31
OLB Tyler Rodgers	---	---	7	4	17	28
RB J.J. Politte	8	17	---	---	1	26
TE Marshall White	3	2	---	---	19	24
TE Aaron Tubbs	10	12	---	---	---	22
DT Dexter Sherman	---	---	13	8	---	21
WR Allen Robinson	1	1	---	---	18	20
RB J.B. Zlotnik	0	0	---	---	19	19
DT Hector Vince	---	---	11	2	4	17
S Aidan Slusarczyk	---	---	0	0	14	14
K Graham Gano	0	0	---	---	9	9
T Alan Crane	0	0	---	---	9	9
WR Clayton Czaplicki	1	8	---	---	---	9
WR Courtney Eisner	2	1	---	---	5	8
WR Wade Fellin	0	0	---	---	7	7
P Matt Bosher	0	0	---	---	5	5
C Kevin McDermott	0	0	---	---	5	5
S Riddick Grisham	---	---	0	1	---	1
G Randal Barton	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Britt Blow	0	0	---	---	---	0
OLB Isaac McNeil	---	---	0	0	---	0
S Keith Liao	---	---	0	0	---	0

Chicago	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
CB Kyle Fuller	---	---	22	41	3	66
S Dave James	---	---	22	41	3	66
S Kirk Schroeder	---	---	22	41	3	66
S Calvin Pryor	---	---	22	41	2	65
OLB Colton Wilkins	---	---	21	36	2	59
G Kyle Long	29	24	---	---	4	57
C Jalen Frazer	29	24	---	---	4	57
T Jack Fonda	29	24	---	---	4	57
T Shaquille Tessen	29	24	---	---	4	57
ILB Austin Baumert	---	---	21	32	4	57
WR Kevin White	28	24	---	---	1	53
QB Ralph McNeil	29	24	---	---	---	53
C Henry Hitchcock	29	24	---	---	---	53
WR Alshon Jeffery	27	24	---	---	1	52
DE Julian Ferguson	---	---	15	24	13	52
TE Matthew Thieman	27	21	---	---	---	48
DT Ego Ferguson	---	---	12	32	2	46
RB Courtney Prescott	20	13	---	---	11	44
DT Cole Chernetsky	---	---	15	27	1	43
DT Eddie Goldman	---	---	16	23	3	42
DE Cris Newton	---	---	13	20	4	37
S Trent Kemp	---	---	12	20	2	34
ILB Steve Farris	---	---	9	22	1	32
WR Charles Penny	14	16	---	---	---	30
ILB Mark Nzeocha	---	---	9	19	1	29
DE Antonio Hoover	---	---	9	19	---	28
WR Braden Huffman	7	4	---	---	14	25
RB Dexter Bertrand	6	3	---	---	15	24
OLB Kaleb Arnold	---	---	1	4	18	23
FB Kennedy Rubio	5	2	---	---	15	22
TE Kennard Backman	6	6	---	---	7	19
TE Santiago Rombach	2	0	---	---	17	19
ILB Avery Williamson	---	---	0	0	16	16
ILB Christian Jones	---	---	0	0	14	14
CB Avery Bressany	---	---	0	0	14	14
S Marlon Alexander	---	---	1	9	2	12
RB Carlos Hyde	3	7	---	---	1	11
K Kendrick Whalen	0	0	---	---	7	7
P Pat McAfee	0	0	---	---	6	6
CB Adam Hastings	---	---	0	0	6	6
C Dominique Nutt	0	0	---	---	4	4
WR Greg Stugg	0	0	---	---	2	2
QB Tre Nugent	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Wade Glasgow	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Bob Davis	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Diego Montgomery	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	3	1.5
Middle	14	63	4.5
Right	6	20	3.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	60	15.0
Middle	15	119	7.9
Right	9	93	10.3
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Brayden Abeykoon	41	30	4	0	1	4	4	0	1

Chicago	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ralph McNeil	22	15	3	1	1	2	3	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	39	7.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	12	101	7.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	19	11	154	8.1
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	20	6.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	42	14.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	6	39	4.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	6	69	7.7
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	25	12.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Rickey Davison	12	4	1	56	0	40
WR Levi Razo	12	11	0	144	3	35
TE Clyde Danskin	7	6	0	71	1	33
WR Dean Maier	3	3	0	21	0	19
TE Aaron Tubbs	2	1	0	10	0	12
RB J.J. Politte	2	2	0	9	0	17
RB Calvin McDonald	1	1	0	4	0	19
WR Clayton Czaplicki	1	1	0	3	0	8
WR Courtney Eisner	1	1	0	-4	0	1

Chicago	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Kevin White	7	4	0	55	1	24
WR Alshon Jeffery	6	4	0	26	0	24
WR Charles Penny	5	5	0	78	2	16
TE Kennard Backman	2	1	0	6	0	6
TE Matthew Thieman	1	1	0	10	0	21
FB Kennedy Rubio	1	0	1	0	0	2

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
QB Brayden Abeykoon	1	6	6.00	5.00
RB Ramon Luster	1	0	0.00	4.08

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Carlos Hyde	2	11	5.50	9.33
RB Dexter Bertrand	1	7	7.00	6.33
RB Courtney Prescott	1	5	5.00	11.47

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Brayden Abeykoon	2	2	24	12.00	7.66

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ralph McNeil	1	1	10	10.00	7.95

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Dean Maier	1	1	13	13.00	7.00
WR Levi Razo	1	1	11	11.00	12.00

Chicago	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Matthew Thieman	1	1	10	10.00	10.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
QB Brayden Abeykoon	2	1

Chicago	Rushes	Conversions
RB Courtney Prescott	8	5
RB Carlos Hyde	1	1
QB Ralph McNeil	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Brayden Abeykoon	10	6	5

Chicago	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ralph McNeil	1	1	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Rickey Davison	5	2	1
TE Clyde Danskin	5	4	4

Chicago	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Charles Penny	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 99,900 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 25,300 (25,300)
End Zone 18,200 (18,200)
Mezzanine 10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats 16,100 (16,100)
Club Seats 19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	99,900 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck	25,300 (25,300)
End Zone	18,200 (18,200)
Mezzanine	10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats	16,100 (16,100)
Club Seats	19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)