Week 7: At Detroit Lions
| |Week Seven: Chicago Bears vs. Detroit Lions — Game information | ||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total | |
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| Bears | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Lions | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
The Bears arrived at Ford Field for their week 6 matchup against the Detroit Lions with a significant change to its starting lineup. Backup QB Chris Chandler started for the Bears in place of injured starter Jim Miller. Chris Chandler extended a post-merger NFL record by starting at QB for his seventh team.
Neither team scored in the first quarter, but the Lions led 14-3 with a minute remaining in the half on a pair of TDs by seasoned RB James Stewart. The Bears battled back, scoring 17 straight points to take the lead early in the third quarter. Both teams struggled to put up points late in the game, but rookie Lions QB Joey Harrington drove the Lions down the field late in both the third and fourth quarters.
With 2:21 left in the game, Detroit started a drive from their own 22 yard line. The Lions received favorable calls from the officials twice during the drive, but a penalty against the Lions helped them the most. With five seconds left in the game, Joey Harrington was sacked by Bears DB Larry Whigham, seemingly ending the game. However, the referees had called a false start on the Lions, negating the previous play. Lions kicker Jason Hanson then hit a 24 yd FG with two seconds remaining to send the game into overtime.
The Lions won the overtime coin toss and elected to receive. Chicago's kickoff went out of bounds, giving the Lions favorable field position and possession. Detroit ran the ball seven straight times to set up the game-winning 48 yd FG from the Chicago 30 by Hanson.
Though it was only week 6, the Bears had now lost more times in 2002 than in all of 2001 during the regular season. Bears linebacker Rosevelt Colvin said after the game, "These are the games we were winning last year. Now, we're losing them."
With the loss, the Bears fell to 2-4 on the season.
Read more about this topic: 2002 Chicago Bears Season, Week-by-week Results
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