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Caleb Williams overcomes his four interceptions in Bears’ turnover mess to squeak by Buccaneers

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Caleb Williams led the Chicago Bears to a narrow 27-24 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers despite throwing four interceptions. The game was marred by turnovers, with both teams struggling but Chicago overcoming their miscues through Cairo Santos’ last-second field goal. Williams ultimately contributed to the win with crucial completions near the end of the match, while Bucky Irving’s strong performance for Tampa Bay included 97 rushing yards and two touchdowns.
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CHICAGO — Caleb Williams found a wide-open Colston Loveland for a 38-yard catch to set up Cairo Santos’ 38-yard field goal as time expired, and the Chicago Bears picked up a sloppy 27-24 victory over Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday night.
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Bears Buccaneers CHICAGO the Chicago Bears the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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CHICAGO GPE · 6× Williams PERSON · 6× Bears ORG · 5× Buccaneers ORG · 5× Mayfield PERSON · 5× Irving PERSON · 3× Burden PERSON · 2× Cairo Santos’ PERSON · 1× Caleb Williams PERSON · 1× Colston Loveland PERSON · 1×

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CHICAGO — Caleb Williams found a wide-open Colston Loveland for a 38-yard catch to set up Cairo Santos’ 38-yard field goal as time expired, and the Chicago Bears picked up a sloppy 27-24 victory over Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday night.
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CHICAGO — Caleb Williams found a wide-open Colston Loveland for a 38-yard catch to set up Cairo Santos’ 38-yard field goal as time expired, and the Chicago Bears picked up a sloppy 27-24 victory over Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday night.

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CHICAGO — Caleb Williams found a wide-open Colston Loveland for a 38-yard catch to set up Cairo Santos’ 38-yard field goal as time expired, and the Chicago Bears picked up a sloppy 27-24 victory over Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday night. asserted
Bears → find → night
Chicago (7-2) committed five turnovers, including a career-high four interceptions by Williams. asserted
Chicago → commit → Williams
But he delivered after Mayfield rallied the Buccaneers in the final minutes. asserted
Mayfield → deliver → minutes
Loveland was pushed out of bounds at the Tampa Bay 16 with 40 seconds left. asserted
Loveland → push → seconds
After two kneel-downs by Williams, Santos delighted the crowd of 60,470 by drilling his second field goal of the night. asserted
Santos → delight → night
Chicago had a 24-16 lead when Luther Burden fumbled with 3:38 left and Tampa defensive back Ifeatu Melifonwu returned the ball to the Bears 17. asserted
Melifonwu → have → Bears
Bucky Irving had an 11-yard carry before going in from the 6 for his second touchdown of the game. asserted
Irving → have → game
Mayfield scrambled for the 2-point conversion, tying it at 24 with 2:51 left. asserted
Mayfield → scramble → 2:51
Irving finished with 97 yards on 20 carries. asserted
Irving → finish → carries
Mayfield failed to complete a pass in Tampa Bay’s previous game, a 16-0 win over Atlanta in wet conditions. asserted
Mayfield → fail → conditions
The Buccaneers (3-6) rushed for a franchise-record 324 yards in the victory over the Falcons, including 170 by Irving. asserted
Buccaneers → rush → Irving
Burden had seven catches for 97 yards before he was shelved by a concussion. asserted
he → have → concussion
Jeffery Simmons had a sack in his first home game since he was acquired in a trade with Tennessee. asserted
he → have → Tennessee
The Buccaneers and Bears were the NFL’s top rushing teams going into the weekend, but there wasn’t much room to maneuver on the ground. asserted
Buccaneers → go → ground
The Bucs finished with 126 yards rushing, and the Bears had 72. asserted
Bears → finish → 72
Chicago had a 17-13 lead when Williams threw his fourth interception of the night, a deflected ball that landed in the hands of Tampa Bay linebacker Alex Anzalone. asserted
that → have → Anzalone
The Buccaneers took over at the Bears 37 with 4:32 left in the third quarter. asserted
Buccaneers → take → quarter
One play later, Mayfield tried to throw the ball to Cade Otton, but Jaylon Johnson stepped in front of the tight end and returned the interception 67 yards for his second career pick-6. asserted
Johnson → try → pick-6
Chicago got off to a fast start, scoring on its first two possessions. asserted
Chicago → get → possessions
Williams passed to a wide-open Rome Odunze for a 9-yard touchdown on the first drive of the game. asserted
Williams → pass → game
Then Burden broke a couple of tackles while turning a third-and-8 reception into a 56-yard TD, making it 14-0 with 6:00 left in the first quarter. asserted
6:00 → break → quarter
But the next two possessions for the Bears ended with interceptions by Williams, and the Buccaneers rallied by scoring on each side of halftime. asserted
Buccaneers → end → halftime
Chase McLaughlin kicked a 21-yard field goal on the final play of the first half, and Tez Johnson’s 58-yard catch set up Irving’s 2-yard TD early in the third. asserted
catch → kick → third
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