Week 6, 2026

played in Chicago, IL

62 degrees, rain, 17 mph wind

Detroit Lions	14	0	0	0	-	14
Chicago Bears	0	10	0	0	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:15 DET - Manuel Hammond 14 pass from Clifton Mercer (Kendall Pearson extra point)
1Q: 09:38 DET - Raymond Gerhardt 46 pass from Clifton Mercer (Kendall Pearson extra point)
2Q: 08:51 CHI - Kenyon Farley 75 fumble return (Kendrick Whalen extra point)
2Q: 00:25 CHI - Kendrick Whalen 23 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:15 DET - Manuel Hammond 14 pass from Clifton Mercer (Kendall Pearson extra point)
1Q: 09:38 DET - Raymond Gerhardt 46 pass from Clifton Mercer (Kendall Pearson extra point)
2Q: 08:51 CHI - Kenyon Farley 75 fumble return (Kendrick Whalen extra point)
2Q: 00:25 CHI - Kendrick Whalen 23 field goal

Team Statistics DET CHI
Record 3-2 1-4
First Downs 20 23
- by Rushing 6 7
- by Passing 11 14
- by Penalty 3 2
Total Net Yards 375 360
- Offensive Plays 68 69
- Yards per Play 5.51 5.22
Net Rushing Yards 120 152
- Rushing Attempts 36 22
- Yards per Rush 3.33 6.91
Net Passing Yards 255 208
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 29 - 17 - 0 44 - 19 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 270 230
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/15 3/22
- Yards per Pass Play 7.97 4.43
Fumbles/Lost 2/2 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 6/14 3/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.1 10.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 8/53 5/60
Punt Returns/Yards 1/16 2/18
Kick Returns/Yards 3/84 1/30
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 25
Time of Possession 31:45 28:15

Team Statistics	DET	CHI
Record	3-2	1-4
First Downs	20	23
- by Rushing	6	7
- by Passing	11	14
- by Penalty	3	2
Total Net Yards	375	360
- Offensive Plays	68	69
- Yards per Play	5.51	5.22
Net Rushing Yards	120	152
- Rushing Attempts	36	22
- Yards per Rush	3.33	6.91
Net Passing Yards	255	208
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	29 - 17 - 0	44 - 19 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	270	230
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/15	3/22
- Yards per Pass Play	7.97	4.43
Fumbles/Lost	2/2	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	6/14	3/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.1	10.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	8/53	5/60
Punt Returns/Yards	1/16	2/18
Kick Returns/Yards	3/84	1/30
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 25	OWN 25
Time of Possession	31:45	28:15

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:51	OWN 48	4	52	Touchdown
1	10:24	1:03	OWN 35	3	65	Touchdown
1	7:45	6:24	OWN 20	16	40	Punt
2	12:42	0:58	OWN 16	3	-11	Punt
2	10:58	2:17	OWN 8	6	67	Fumble
2	8:41	5:47	OWN 20	10	63	Fumble
2	0:17	0:17	OWN 26	1	-1	Half
3	12:47	2:44	OWN 26	5	29	Punt
3	6:13	2:47	OWN 27	4	34	Punt
3	1:03	1:14	OWN 1	3	2	Punt
4	12:43	4:16	OWN 20	10	36	Punt
4	3:27	1:07	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
4	1:05	1:05	OPP 33	3	3	Game

Chicago Bears
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:09	1:45	OWN 25	3	3	Punt
1	9:21	1:36	OWN 25	3	65	Interception
1	1:21	3:39	OWN 20	9	70	Fumble
2	11:44	0:46	OWN 48	3	4	Punt
2	2:54	2:37	OWN 24	11	70	Field Goal
3	15:00	2:13	OWN 31	4	9	Punt
3	10:03	3:50	OWN 5	7	25	Punt
3	3:26	2:23	OWN 11	8	45	Punt
4	14:49	2:06	OWN 49	5	16	Punt
4	8:27	5:00	OWN 20	9	42	Punt
4	2:20	1:15	OWN 22	7	11	Downs

Game MVP: Clifton Mercer, Detroit Lions

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Raymond Gerhardt	23	71	3.09	9	0
QB Clifton Mercer	7	13	1.86	8	0
RB Amir Meyer	5	33	6.60	17	1
RB Abraham Leak	1	3	3.00	3	0

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Courtney Prescott	14	70	5.00	13	2
RB Sebastian Conway	7	73	10.43	25	4
QB Ralph McNeil	1	9	9.00	9	0

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Clifton Mercer	29	17	270	3/15	2	46	0	112.7

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ralph McNeil	44	19	230	3/22	0	32	1	50.4

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Skip Samuels	7	9	118	16.86	58	31	0
WR Frankie Stephenson	4	8	56	14.00	28	30	0
FB Britt Norris	2	2	25	12.50	17	19	0
RB Amir Meyer	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0
RB Raymond Gerhardt	1	5	46	46.00	37	46	1
TE Geoff Foreman	1	1	7	7.00	0	7	0
WR Manuel Hammond	1	2	14	14.00	0	14	1
TE Dwayne Ackerman	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Chicago	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Matthew Thieman	4	12	46	11.50	5	18
WR Efrain Deneault	4	6	46	11.50	12	15
WR Breshad Perriman	3	9	45	15.00	22	32
WR Bubba Walton	3	8	36	12.00	18	15
WR K.C. Leemans	2	2	13	6.50	0	10
TE Tevin Ellard	2	4	16	8.00	8	11
RB Courtney Prescott	1	2	28	28.00	22	28
TE John Erickson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Giovanni Burgess	1	0	0.00	0

Chicago	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force
QB Clifton Mercer	1	0	0
RB Raymond Gerhardt	1	0	0
ILB Junior Knopf	0	1	0
DT Greg Nader	0	0	1

Chicago	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
RB Courtney Prescott	1	0	0	0
OLB Kenyon Farley	0	1	1	1
DE Julio Ellard	0	1	0	0
DT Aaron Rudman	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Shawn Barnes	7	320	45.7	37.4	57	2

Chicago	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Earnest Fong	7	286	40.9	32.9	50	3

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Kendall Pearson	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Chicago	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Kendrick Whalen	1/1	0/0	0/0	23	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Skip Samuels	1	16	16.0	0

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Efrain Deneault	2	18	9.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Raymond Gerhardt	3	84	28.0	0

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Adam Hastings	1	30	30.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Junior Knopf	5	1	0.0	22	45
OLB Daryl Bravata	5	0	0.0	17	41
CB Devin Robbins	5	0	0.0	22	45
DT Buddy Booth	4	0	2.0	11	22
DT Greg Nader	4	1	0.0	21	42
S Roosevelt Crichton	3	3	0.0	22	47
S Brent Green	3	2	0.0	22	45
OLB Ramon Anastasiades	3	0	0.0	13	25
DE Alex Reid	2	0	1.0	20	41
CB Henry Hickman	2	1	0.0	21	42
DE Zack Madrigal	2	1	0.0	11	33
CB Giovanni Burgess	2	0	0.0	7	19
ILB Ethan Gietka	2	0	0.0	8	20
QB Clifton Mercer	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Rufus Hernandez	1	0	0.0	0	3
DT Josh Clinton	1	0	0.0	17	30

Chicago	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DT Cole Chernetsky	8	1	0.0	29	25
DE Julio Ellard	6	0	1.0	33	29
S Kirk Schroeder	6	3	0.0	36	32
OLB B.J. Pacheco	5	5	0.5	36	32
S Charlie Bondurant	5	1	0.0	35	31
S Dave James	4	2	0.0	36	32
OLB Kenyon Farley	4	1	0.0	33	28
DE Josh Matthews	4	0	0.0	25	18
OLB Griffin Kelley	3	0	0.0	16	15
DE Norm Schneider	2	1	0.0	33	29
DE Cris Newton	1	3	1.0	7	8
DT Aaron Rudman	1	0	0.5	17	19
CB Bryan Thomas	1	1	0.0	36	32
QB Ralph McNeil	1	0	---	---	---
C Henry Hitchcock	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Buddy Booth	2.0	0	1	22
DE Alex Reid	1.0	1	0	41
DE Zack Madrigal	0.0	1	1	33
OLB Ramon Anastasiades	0.0	0	1	25
DT Greg Nader	0.0	0	1	42

Chicago	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DE Julio Ellard	1.0	2	29
DE Cris Newton	1.0	0	8
DT Aaron Rudman	0.5	0	19
OLB B.J. Pacheco	0.5	0	32

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Devin Robbins	3	2	0	45
ILB Junior Knopf	3	2	0	45
OLB Daryl Bravata	3	1	0	41
OLB Ramon Anastasiades	3	0	0	25
CB Henry Hickman	2	1	0	42
CB Giovanni Burgess	2	0	1	19
S Brent Green	1	4	0	45
ILB Rufus Hernandez	1	0	0	3
DT Buddy Booth	1	0	0	22
S Roosevelt Crichton	0	1	0	47

Chicago	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Kirk Schroeder	3	0	32
OLB B.J. Pacheco	3	0	32
S Dave James	2	3	32
CB Bryan Thomas	2	1	32
S Charlie Bondurant	2	0	31
OLB Kenyon Farley	1	2	28
DE Norm Schneider	1	0	29
CB Darryl Shaw	1	0	16
DE Julio Ellard	1	0	29
OLB Griffin Kelley	1	0	15

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Casey Hockenhull	7	10	0	36	3	32
G Larry Lolicht	3	7	0	36	0	32
G Tommy Hopkins	2	6	1	36	0	32
T Bo D'Arms	2	4	0	36	0	32
G Fernando Robbins	0	4	0	36	0	32
FB Britt Norris	0	1	0	16	0	13

Chicago	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Henry Hitchcock	3	8	1	22	0	47
G Jordan Maxwell	3	5	1	22	0	47
T Jack Fonda	3	5	0	22	0	47
C Jalen Frazer	1	1	0	6	2	15
G Lamar Hartwig	0	3	0	16	0	32
T Shaquille Tessen	0	0	0	22	1	47

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Ramon Anastasiades	1	21
Ross Burton	1	12
Tommy Hopkins	1	7

Chicago	Tackles	STPlays
Darryl Shaw	3	17
Lionel Stanton	1	10

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
WR Skip Samuels	35	32	---	---	18	85
ILB Junior Knopf	---	---	22	45	11	78
G Larry Lolicht	36	32	---	---	7	75
G Fernando Robbins	36	32	---	---	7	75
G Tommy Hopkins	36	32	---	---	7	75
T Bo D'Arms	36	32	---	---	7	75
S Roosevelt Crichton	---	---	22	47	3	72
C Casey Hockenhull	36	32	---	---	---	68
QB Clifton Mercer	36	32	---	---	---	68
CB Devin Robbins	---	---	22	45	1	68
S Brent Green	---	---	22	45	1	68
CB Henry Hickman	---	---	21	42	2	65
DT Greg Nader	---	---	21	42	1	64
DE Alex Reid	---	---	20	41	1	62
OLB Ramon Anastasiades	---	---	13	25	21	59
OLB Daryl Bravata	---	---	17	41	1	59
WR Frankie Stephenson	29	29	---	---	---	58
DT Josh Clinton	---	---	17	30	8	55
RB Raymond Gerhardt	25	25	---	---	3	53
TE Geoff Foreman	27	25	---	---	1	53
DE Zack Madrigal	---	---	11	33	8	52
WR Manuel Hammond	20	17	---	---	---	37
DT Buddy Booth	---	---	11	22	---	33
RB Amir Meyer	15	11	---	---	6	32
CB Giovanni Burgess	---	---	7	19	3	29
FB Britt Norris	16	13	---	---	---	29
CB Rodolfo Mahoney	---	---	8	12	8	28
ILB Ethan Gietka	---	---	8	20	---	28
WR Kyle Boone	7	6	---	---	13	26
RB Abraham Leak	2	0	---	---	20	22
TE Dwayne Ackerman	2	1	---	---	19	22
CB Ross Burton	---	---	0	2	12	14
S Wyatt Trim	---	---	0	2	11	13
OLB Dustin Robbins	---	---	0	0	9	9
WR Dustin Woodard	2	1	---	---	5	8
P Shawn Barnes	0	0	---	---	7	7
C Eddie Crane	0	0	---	---	7	7
ILB Rufus Hernandez	---	---	0	3	---	3
K Kendall Pearson	0	0	---	---	3	3
CB Oliver Haywood	---	---	0	1	---	1
C Carlos Wright	0	0	---	---	---	0
OLB William Fitzgerald	---	---	0	0	---	0
QB Caiden Heaton	0	0	---	---	---	0
RB Billy Hock	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Alejandro Jamison	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Darien Bronson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Chicago	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
T Jack Fonda	22	47	---	---	8	77
G Jordan Maxwell	22	47	---	---	2	71
QB Ralph McNeil	22	47	---	---	---	69
C Henry Hitchcock	22	47	---	---	---	69
DE Norm Schneider	---	---	33	29	7	69
WR Bubba Walton	22	47	---	---	---	69
T Shaquille Tessen	22	47	---	---	---	69
S Dave James	---	---	36	32	---	68
S Kirk Schroeder	---	---	36	32	---	68
OLB B.J. Pacheco	---	---	36	32	---	68
CB Bryan Thomas	---	---	36	32	---	68
S Charlie Bondurant	---	---	35	31	---	66
TE Matthew Thieman	20	40	---	---	2	62
DE Julio Ellard	---	---	33	29	---	62
OLB Kenyon Farley	---	---	33	28	---	61
WR Breshad Perriman	17	36	---	---	3	56
G Lamar Hartwig	16	32	---	---	6	54
DT Cole Chernetsky	---	---	29	25	---	54
CB Darryl Shaw	---	---	20	16	17	53
RB Sebastian Conway	8	23	---	---	21	52
WR Efrain Deneault	14	23	---	---	7	44
DE Josh Matthews	---	---	25	18	---	43
RB Courtney Prescott	14	22	---	---	6	42
DT Aaron Rudman	---	---	17	19	---	36
FB Kennedy Rubio	5	9	---	---	21	35
TE Tevin Ellard	7	23	---	---	2	32
OLB Griffin Kelley	---	---	16	15	---	31
WR K.C. Leemans	1	7	---	---	14	22
C Jalen Frazer	6	15	---	---	---	21
S Kenny Vaccaro	---	---	3	4	13	20
CB Phillip Burhart	---	---	0	0	20	20
ILB Vincent Hironaka	---	---	0	0	20	20
DE Cris Newton	---	---	7	8	---	15
TE John Erickson	2	5	---	---	3	10
CB Lionel Stanton	---	---	0	0	10	10
OLB Hayden Zimmerman	---	---	0	0	10	10
C Burt Springfield	0	0	---	---	8	8
G Dana Winslett	0	0	---	---	8	8
T Gavin Schneider	0	0	---	---	8	8
P Earnest Fong	0	0	---	---	7	7
K Kendrick Whalen	0	0	---	---	4	4
CB Adam Hastings	---	---	0	1	3	4
OLB Herman Graham	---	---	1	1	---	2
QB Roosevelt Kluttz	0	0	---	---	1	1
DE Antonio Hoover	---	---	0	0	---	0
DE Frankie Berrian	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	3	3.0
Middle	20	50	2.5
Right	12	71	5.9
None	3	-4	-1.3

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	0	0	0.0
Middle	12	72	6.0
Right	10	80	8.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Clifton Mercer	29	17	5	1	3	6	2	0	0

Chicago	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ralph McNeil	44	19	2	4	3	11	4	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	13	184	10.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	2	48	12.0
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	38	12.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	35	8.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	23	10	116	5.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	6	79	6.1
Long (19+ Yds)	4	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Skip Samuels	9	7	1	118	3	32
WR Frankie Stephenson	8	4	2	56	1	29
RB Raymond Gerhardt	5	1	0	46	1	25
WR Manuel Hammond	2	1	0	14	0	17
FB Britt Norris	2	2	0	25	0	13
RB Amir Meyer	1	1	0	4	0	11
TE Geoff Foreman	1	1	0	7	0	25
TE Dwayne Ackerman	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Matthew Thieman	12	4	0	46	0	40
WR Breshad Perriman	9	3	1	45	1	36
WR Bubba Walton	8	3	1	36	0	47
WR Efrain Deneault	6	4	0	46	0	23
TE Tevin Ellard	4	2	1	16	0	23
RB Courtney Prescott	2	1	0	28	1	22
WR K.C. Leemans	2	2	0	13	0	7
TE John Erickson	1	0	0	0	0	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Raymond Gerhardt	1	3	3.00	3.09

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Sebastian Conway	1	1	1.00	10.43
RB Courtney Prescott	1	5	5.00	5.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Clifton Mercer	2	1	14	7.00	9.31

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ralph McNeil	4	1	5	1.25	5.23

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Frankie Stephenson	1	0	0	0.00	7.00
WR Manuel Hammond	1	1	14	14.00	7.00

Chicago	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Bubba Walton	2	0	0	0.00	4.50
WR Efrain Deneault	1	0	0	0.00	7.67
TE Tevin Ellard	1	1	5	5.00	4.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
RB Raymond Gerhardt	2	1
QB Clifton Mercer	1	0
RB Abraham Leak	1	1

Chicago	Rushes	Conversions
RB Courtney Prescott	8	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Clifton Mercer	9	5	4

Chicago	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ralph McNeil	3	2	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Frankie Stephenson	3	1	0
WR Skip Samuels	2	2	2
RB Raymond Gerhardt	1	0	0
WR Manuel Hammond	1	1	1
TE Dwayne Ackerman	1	0	0
FB Britt Norris	1	1	1

Chicago	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Bubba Walton	1	0	0
TE Matthew Thieman	1	1	1
WR Efrain Deneault	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 76,500 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 25,300 (25,300)
End Zone 17,400 (18,200)
Mezzanine 8,200 (10,500)
Sideline Seats 9,100 (16,100)
Club Seats 12,500 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 4,000 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	76,500 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck	25,300 (25,300)
End Zone	17,400 (18,200)
Mezzanine	8,200 (10,500)
Sideline Seats	9,100 (16,100)
Club Seats	12,500 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	4,000 (9,900)