2002 · Week 9

Final

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Donovan McNabb

19·13

Bears

Chicago

QB Jim Miller

Memorial Stadium (Champaign) · outdoors · astroplay · 38°F · wind 7mph

Closing spread

PHI -7

Total

37.5

Model margin

-0.9est.

CHI perspective

Push chance

4.5%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Bears
  • Eagles

How each play moved the game.

Bears winsEagles wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Eaglesedge mapBears
  • +0.004EPA / play-0.129
  • 43.3%Success rate40.0%
  • +0.036EPA / dropback-0.089
  • -0.043EPA / rush-0.197
  • 8.8%Explosive rate7.5%
  • 39.3%Third-down rate33.7%
  • 53.1%Red-zone TD rate64.5%
  • 1.81Points / drive1.35
  • 2.2%Turnover rate3.2%
  • -0.178EPA / play allowed-0.001

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

PHI lead 12–5 since 1999

Meetings average 41 points. CHI are 8-9 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W13CHI @ PHI2415CHI
2022 · W15PHI @ CHI2520PHI
2019 · W9CHI @ PHI1422PHI
2018 · playoffsPHI @ CHI1615PHI
2017 · W12CHI @ PHI331PHI
2016 · W2PHI @ CHI2914PHI
2013 · W16CHI @ PHI1154PHI
2011 · W9CHI @ PHI3024CHI

Box score

Individual performances

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Donovan McNabb18/3320901

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Donovan McNabb9465.11
Duce Staley19392.10
James Thrash3186.00
Brian Westbrook4123.00
Dorsey Levens122.00

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jim Miller19/3620500
Marty Booker0/1000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Anthony Thomas16523.31
Leon Johnson7223.10
Jim Miller100.00

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line -72.8%4.5%3.0%7.4%7.2%2.8%4.3%

Positive margins favour Bears; negative favour Eagles.

Half-point at risk

4.54%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

46.7%

Expected total

42.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-3.52
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin-0.88