Lions-Bears Capsule
DETROIT (10-4) at CHICAGO (5-9)
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, Fox
OPENING LINE -- Detroit by 4½
RECORD VS. SPREAD -- Detroit 7-7, Chicago 5-9
SERIES RECORD -- Bears lead 96-68-5
LAST MEETING -- Lions beat Bears 34-17, Nov. 27, 2014
LAST WEEK -- Lions beat Vikings 16-14; Bears lost to Saints 31-15
AP PRO32 RANKING -- Lions No. 8, Bears No. 26
LIONS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (17), RUSH (30), PASS (9).
LIONS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (2), RUSH (1), PASS (14).
BEARS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (18), RUSH (26), PASS (12T).
BEARS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (30), RUSH (15), PASS (31).
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Detroit has chance to clinch second playoff spot in 15 years, first division title since 1993. Lions capture NFC North with win plus Green Bay loss. Would secure first-round bye with win if both Packers, Dallas lose. ... Lions clinch playoff spot in one of three scenarios: Detroit win; Detroit tie plus Philadelphia loss or tie; Philadelphia loss. ... Detroit with three straight wins. ... Lions haven't won more than 10 in season since going 12-4 in 1991. ... Lions have allowed fewest points in NFL, 238. ... Lions visit Green Bay next week. ... Detroit, with at least one interception in 11 games in a row, has longest streak for Lions in single season since 1981 (13). Also longest active streak in NFL. ... QB Matthew Stafford threw for 390 yards, two TDs against Bears on Thanksgiving. Needs 203 yards to hit 4,000 mark for fourth straight year. ... WR Calvin Johnson with 935 yards closing in on fifth straight 1,000-yard season. ... DT Ndamukong Suh has six sacks in nine games against Chicago. ... Bears have allowed league-high 409 points. ... Chicago to start QB Jimmy Clausen over Jay Cutler. Clausen 1-9 in 10 starts with Carolina as rookie in 2010. He's appeared in three games, attempted nine passes this season. ... DE Willie Young with 10 sacks in first season with Chicago; he had six with Detroit from 2010 to 2014. ... Martellus Bennett tied for the NFL lead among TEs with 81 receptions, third with 857 yards receiving.
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