Bears Edge Buccaneers 27-24 on Santos' 38-Yard Kick at the Gun: Williams Throws Four Picks but Chicago Wins a Fourth Straight
The Chicago Bears beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27-24 in the NFL's Week 9 Sunday night game at Soldier Field in Chicago on November 8, as Cairo Santos kicked a 38-yard field goal as time expired. The Bears won their fourth straight game and improved to 7-2.
Chicago started fast. Caleb Williams threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Rome Odunze and a 56-yard scoring pass to Luther Burden to build a 14-0 first-quarter lead. Late in the third quarter, cornerback Jaylon Johnson intercepted a Baker Mayfield pass and returned it 67 yards for a touchdown, sending the Bears into the fourth quarter ahead 24-13.
Tampa Bay rallied. Chase McLaughlin's 35-yard field goal cut the margin to 24-16, and after Burden fumbled, Bucky Irving ran 6 yards for a touchdown and Mayfield ran in the two-point conversion to tie the game 24-24 with 2:51 to play. The Buccaneers forced five turnovers on the night, and Williams was intercepted four times, a career high.
On the final drive, Williams moved the Bears 49 yards in eight plays, hitting a wide-open Colston Loveland for 38 yards to the Tampa Bay 16 with 38 seconds left, and Santos finished the job. Williams completed 22 of 37 passes for 279 yards and two touchdowns, Burden caught seven passes for 97 yards and a score, and the Chicago defense recorded two interceptions and four sacks while holding Tampa Bay to 2 conversions in 12 third-down tries. Head coach Ben Johnson said it is hard to win with five turnovers, and that his team found a way. (Source: Chicago Bears)
Source: Chicago Bears
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Photo: 图：芝加哥的 Soldier Field（2022年摄），熊队主场，本场周日夜赛在这里举行。摄影：Sea Cow，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 4.0。 / Photo: Soldier Field in Chicago in 2022, home of the Bears and the site of this Sunday night game. Photo by Sea Cow via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
