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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24

| Sunday, October 5, 2008 | |||||
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score |
| Chicago | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 34 |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Wrap | |||||
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
| Chicago Field Goal - 37-yarder by Robbie Gould. |
| Second Quarter |
| Chicago Touchdown - 9-yard pass from Kyle Orton to Matt Forte. (Robbie Gould extra point is good). |
| Chicago Touchdown - 12-yard pass from Kyle Orton to Devin Hester. (Robbie Gould extra point is good). |
| Third Quarter |
| Chicago Touchdown - 1-yard run by Matt Forte. (Robbie Gould extra point is good). |
| Chicago Touchdown - 26-yard interception return by Charles Tillman. (Robbie Gould extra point is good). |
| Fourth Quarter |
| Chicago Field Goal - 45-yarder by Robbie Gould. |
| Final Team Statistics | ||
| Statistics | Chicago | Detroit |
| First Downs | 21 | 12 |
| Rushes-yards | 34-97 | 13-54 |
| Passing yards | 334 | 171 |
| Return yards | 328 | 131 |
| Passing (Att-Comp-Int) | 34-24-0 | 39-21-1 |
| Punts-Average | 5-33.0 | 8-45.8 |
| Penalties-Yards | 6-45 | 6-41 |
| Time of Possession | 38:15 | 21:45 |
| Individual Statistics | |
| Rushing | |
| Chicago | Kevin Jones 10-36, Matt Forte 15-36, Garrett Wolfe 8-15, Kyle Orton 1-10 |
| Detroit | Kevin Smith 8-31, Rudi Johnson 5-23 |
| Passing | |
| Chicago | Kyle Orton (24-34), Yards: 334, Sacked: 1, TD: 2 |
| Detroit | Dan Orlovsky (13-23), Yards: 97, Sacked: 1, TD: 0, Jon Kitna (8-16), Yards: 74, Sacked: 3, TD: 0 |
| Receiving | |
| Chicago | Rashied Davis 6-97, Devin Hester 5-66, Matt Forte 4-25, Greg Olsen 3-87, Marty Booker 2-37, Desmond Clark 2-17, Kevin Jones 2-5 |
| Detroit | Roy Williams 7-96, Kevin Smith 4-25, Rudi Johnson 3-9, Calvin Johnson 2-16, Jerome Felton 2-12, Mike Furrey 2-8, Shaun McDonald 1-5 |
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