CHICAGO (3-1) At JACKSONVILLE (1-3)
Sunday, 4:05 p.m., FOX
OPENING LINE - Bears by 4
RECORD VS. SPREAD - Chicago 3-1; Jacksonville 2-2
SERIES RECORD - Bears lead 3-2
AP PRO32 RANKING - Bears No. 9; Jaguars No. 30
LAST MEETING - Bears beat Jaguars 23-10, Dec. 7, 2008
LAST WEEK - Bears beat Cowboys 34-18; Jaguars lost to Bengals 27-10
BEARS OFFENSE - OVERALL (26), RUSH (16), PASS (24)
BEARS DEFENSE - OVERALL (11), RUSH (3), PASS (18)
JAGUARS OFFENSE - OVERALL (32), RUSH (15), PASS (31)
JAGUARS DEFENSE - OVERALL (26), RUSH (30), PASS (20)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Bears back on road following short week and Monday night game at Dallas. Bears 7-2 following MNF games, including 6-0 after road game. ... Jay Cutler coming off stellar performance against Cowboys, completing 75 percent of passes for 275 yards, with two TDs and 140.1 QB rating. His teams are 25-0 when he has rating of 100 or higher. ... Devin Hester needs one return TD to break NFL record (19) he shares with Hall of Famer Deion Sanders. ... Bears lead NFL with 14 takeaways, including five INTs on Monday night. ... Alshon Jeffery leads all rookies with 164 yards receiving. ... Bears OC Mike Tice and P Adam Podlesh return to Jacksonville. Tice was Jaguars TE coach (2007-09), and Podlesh spent four years (2007-10) with Jaguars ... Game features Brandon Marshall vs. Brandon Marshall. Chicago's Marshall is former All-Pro WR who has 23 catches for 352 yards and two TDs this season. Jacksonville's Marshall is rookie LB who plays mostly special teams. ... Jaguars will wear new home jerseys for first time this season. Team switching from teal to black as primary jersey color. ... Jaguars have won six of their last seven games before a bye week. ... PK Josh Scobee needs one FG to tie franchise record (175) held by Mike Hollis. ... Scobee has made 13 consecutive FGs. ... RB Maurice Jones-Drew needs 41 all-purpose yards to reach 12,000, and would join Fred Taylor (13,632) and Jimmy Smith (12,875) as only players in team history to reach that milestone. ... Blaine Gabbert has thrown TD pass in five consecutive games, but has yet to throw one in first quarter in 18 career starts. Gabbert also has yet to throw for 300 yards.
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