Chicago Bears become the first team to win a game WITHOUT a touchdown this season as they defeat the Minnesota Vikings 12-10 with four field goals in drab game

The Chicago Bears person go nan first clip this play to triumph a crippled without a touchdown, arsenic they rallied past nan Minnesota Vikings, 12-10, connected Monday night.

What's more, is that for nan first clip since November 25, 2021, nan Bears person won a crippled against an NFC North foe.

Cairo Santos made a 30-yard section extremity for Chicago pinch 10 seconds left, his 4th of nan crippled aft a miss connected nan opening drive, and nan Bears had 4 interceptions of Joshua Dobbs successful a defense-dominated triumph successful Minnesota. 

Justin Fields mislaid 2 fumbles successful nan 4th quarter, but pinch fantabulous protection connected third-and-10 adjacent midfield he deed D.J. Moore for 36 yards to put nan Bears astatine nan 13 pinch 55 seconds left. They drained nan timepiece to group up nan winning footwear and extremity a 12-game losing streak against NFC North opponents - including six successful a statement against nan Vikings. 

Moore had 11 catches for 114 yards for nan Bears (4-8), who managed to triumph without a touchdown connected nan spot of a smothering capacity by their defense. Dobbs threw nan go-ahead people to T.J. Hockenson pinch 5:54 left, but aft nan 2nd fumble by Fields nan Vikings stalled retired and instantly had to punt. 

When Bears cornerback Kyler Gordon made a diving drawback of a batted shot - 3 of their 4 interceptions were disconnected deflections - soon aft Santos deed a 55-yarder, nan Bears were successful control. 

But 5 plays later, Danielle Hunter - whose takedown of Fields successful Chicago connected October 15 dislocated nan quarterback's thumb and sidelined him for nan adjacent 5 games - dislodged nan shot during a sack that Sheldon Day recovered astatine nan Minnesota 23 pinch 9:46 to go. 

The Vikings, who cautiously chose to clasp prima wide receiver Justin Jefferson retired for different crippled pinch his hamstring wounded and were arsenic helpless arsenic ever connected discourtesy pinch only a section extremity by Greg Joseph astatine nan extremity of nan 2nd 4th to that point, yet put together a value thrust that Dobbs vanished pinch nan clutch propulsion to Hockenson. 

After Josh Metellus forced different fumble arsenic Fields rumbled for a first down that Anthony Barr recovered astatine nan Chicago 43, nan Vikings were successful business. But they ran doubly for a nett of 1 gait earlier a surface walk to Brandon Powell mislaid a yard. Then Ryan Wright sailed his punt retired of bounds, netting conscionable 26 yards, and nan Bears had nan shot astatine their 22 alternatively of being pinned deep. 

The Bears, who blew a 12-point lead pinch astir 3 minutes near past week successful a 31-26 nonaccomplishment astatine Detroit, forced 4 turnovers for nan 2nd consecutive game. Jaylon Johnson, Jaquan Brisker and T.J. Edwards had nan different picks. 

The backflips during nan BMX freestyle motorcycle show astatine halftime really accounted for nan bulk of highlights, but only for nan group successful nan building not successful statement for bathrooms aliases concessions. The ESPN assemblage mightiness good person preferred nan matchup beryllium switched retired nether nan elastic scheduling policy. 

Dobbs had a devil of a clip uncovering a rhythm, pinch Bears newcomer Montez Sweat starring nan complaint connected a fierce walk unreserved and nan secondary smothering nan receivers down field. After sparking nan Vikings to 2 victories aft Kirk Cousins went down pinch a torn Achilles tendon, Dobbs has had a overmuch tougher clip nan past 2 games. 

The Bears are giving Fields, nan 11th wide prime successful nan 2021 draft, a adjacent look complete nan last month-plus of nan play earlier determining whether to workout his fifth-year action and move guardant pinch him arsenic nan backmost pinch nan semipermanent position of nan coaching unit simultaneously muddied. 

The crippled scheme successful nan first half looked for illustration it was devised precisely arsenic an audition for Fields, often dropping him backmost successful nan pouch against nan fierce and unorthodox pressures directed by Vikings protect coordinator Brian Flores. Fields went 12 for 12 for 100 yards successful nan first 4th and while he took 3 sacks connected nan nighttime he ne'er made a bad propulsion while finishing 27 for 37 for 217 yards. 

When Flores sent a zero blitz pinch 7 rushers connected fourth-and-10 from nan Minnesota 38 connected nan past play of nan first quarter, Fields managed to find tight extremity Cole Kmet sneaking uncovered complete nan mediate for a 22-yard gain. That group up nan first section extremity by Santos, who missed a 48-yard effort connected nan first drive.