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Chicago Bears 19, Philadelphia Eagles 16

Blogged under Game Recaps, Bloglockers, Front Page, General by admin on Thursday 1 November 2007 at 1:44 pm

The Bears were down 16-12 late in the 4th quarter but Brian Griese refused to let them lose this game.  With his helmet device not working Griese called his own plays on the game winning drive as he hit Mushin Muhammad with a 15-yard TD pass with only 9 seconds left in the game to pull out the victory over the Eagles.  Griese completed 27 of 41 passes for 322yards with 1 TD pass and 0 interceptions.  Cedric Benson stunk it up once again with 17 carries for 46 yards (2.7 ypc) and he also caught 1 pass for 19 yards.  Adrian Peterson also pitched in with 4 carries for 21 yards (5.3 ypc) and he also caught 3 passes for 33 yards.  Mushin Muhammad was the main man in the passing game as he caught 5 passes for 79 yards (15.8 avg) with a TD.  Bernard Berrian (4 rec, 65 yds), Greg Olsen (4 rec, 48 yards), Desmond Clark (5 rec, 32 yards) and Devin Hester (3 rec, 41 yards) all pitched in on the passing game as Griese was spreading the ball around.  The Bears finished up rushing for 72 yards on 23 carries (3.1 ypc) and they also completed 27 of 41 passes for 312 yards.

Brian Urlacher (12 tackles) and Adam Archuleta (7 tackles, sack) led the way on defense for the Bears.  The Eagles finished up with 123 yards rushing on 25 carries (4.9 ypc) and they completed 21 of 34 passes for 211 yards.

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