Bears Bump Bills

CHICAGO – Neal Anderson ran for 149 yards and Jim McMahon threw 3 touchdown passes to lead Chicago to an exciting 31-24 win over Buffalo at Soldier Field.

            Chicago (3-2) put up 14 points in the 1^st quarter on McMahon’s 9-yard scoring pass to Dennis McKinnon and a 3-yard TD toss to Dennis Gentry. Buffalo (2-3) tied it in the 2^nd frame when Jim Kelly connected with Andre Reed and Pete Metzelaars for TD passes of 45 and 12 yards, respectively.

The Bears weren’t done though in the half. They put up 10 points in the final 2:33 when McMahon found Gentry again from 37 yards. Kevin Butler made it 24-14 at the break with a 34-yard field goal as time expired.

The Bills would battle back with a 34-yard Scott Norwood FG at 10:00 of the 3^rd quarter and another 45-yard Kelly to Reed bomb, leaving it tied at 24-24 with 14:00 left in the game.

Starting from their own 8 yard line, the Bears drove 92 yards on 11 plays and took 6:37 off the clock. Anderson finished off with 6 yards up the middle to close the scoring, but not the action.

The Bills began their final drive at the Buffalo 38 with 2:21 left. They used the 2-minute warning and all 3 timeouts, but ran out of time on the Bears 4-yard line.

Next week the Bills host the Colts. Chicago heads to the dome in Detroit.

Fun Game! Thanks to Jim Upchurch for a spirited game.