The Bears offense scored its first touchdown of the season. Their defense recorded its first takeaway. And the Bears escaped Denver with their first victory, a 16-14 win over the Broncos on Sunday at Empower Field at Mile High.
Bears kicker Eddy Pineiro made a 53-yard field goal as time expired to give the Bears the win. It was his fourth make of the night. He previously made field goals from 40 and 52 yards and an extra point.
The field goal capped a wild final two minutes, including a 25-yard pass from quarterback Mitch Trubisky to wide receiver Allen Robinson with one second remaining to set up the victory.
Before that, Broncos quarterback Joe Flacco's 7-yard touchdown pass to Emmanuel Sanders in the back right corner of the end zone and the ensuing two-point conversion pass to Sanders late in the fourth quarter put the Broncos up 14-13.
After the touchdown pass over Bears cornerback Kyle Fuller, the Broncos elected to go for two but were called for a delay-of-game penalty. Broncos kicker Brandon McManus then missed the extra-point attempt, but Bears cornerback Buster Skrine was called for an offsides penalty.
The Broncos went back to the two-point try, and Sanders caught it again with Fuller in coverage.
But the Bears had 31 seconds to march down the field for the win.
Rookie running back David Montgomery's 1-yard touchdown dive with 1:14 to play in the third quarter previously pushed the Bears ahead 13-6.
The Bears defense, playing against their former defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, went without a takeaway for three quarters. But as the Broncos were threatening with third-and-goal from the 2-yard line late in the fourth quarter, Fuller made the defense's biggest play of the season thus far.
He intercepted Flacco's pass, intended for Sanders, at the 3. It was Fuller's eighth interception in his last 15 games, dating to Oct. 14 of last season.
