2009 · Week 11

Final

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Donovan McNabb

24·20

Bears

Chicago

QB Jay Cutler

Soldier Field · outdoors · grass · 47°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

PHI -3.5

Total

46.5

Model margin

-0.1est.

CHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

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
  • +0.046EPA / play-0.089
  • 43.1%Success rate39.6%
  • +0.086EPA / dropback-0.064
  • -0.028EPA / rush-0.135
  • 10.4%Explosive rate8.4%
  • +0.05CPOE+0.30
  • 37.2%Third-down rate37.3%
  • 54.1%Red-zone TD rate52.0%
  • 2.04Points / drive1.57
  • 2.0%Turnover rate3.2%

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 McNabb23/3224421
Mike Vick1/1000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
LeSean McCoy20995.01
Mike Vick13434.00
DeSean Jackson11010.00
Donovan McNabb451.30
Eldra Buckley100.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
DeSean Jackson8101071
Jeremy Maclin69640
Brent Celek45350
Jason Avant45261
Reggie Brown0100
LeSean McCoy0100

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jay Cutler24/4317111

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kahlil Bell48120.30
Matt Forte14342.40
Jay Cutler2115.50

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Earl Bennett57570
Greg Olsen612420
Matt Forte45200
Devin Hester49180
Kellen Davis22171
Johnny Knox25160
Jason McKie1110
Kahlil Bell0100

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 -3.52.7%4.4%2.9%7.4%7.3%2.9%4.4%2.7%

Positive margins favour Bears; negative favour Eagles.

Half-point at risk

7.36%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

48.8%

Expected total

43.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.84
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.24
  • Expected margin-0.11