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Griese Rallies Chicago Past Philadelphia

The Associated Press

Published: October 22, 2007

PHILADELPHIA - Don't count out the Bears quite yet.

Desperately needing a victory to stay in the NFC hunt, Chicago's Brian Griese connected with Muhsin Muhammad for 15-yard touchdown pass with 9 seconds left to lift the Bears to a 19-16 win against the Philadelphia Eagles.

The Bears didn't even need Devin Hester to bail them out of jam with an explosive return. Instead, the final, thrilling drive was all Griese.

The Bears (3-4) were pinned on the 3-yard line with 1 minute, 57 seconds left and trailing 16-12. Griese completed a series of short passes over the middle that got the Bears quickly gaining yards after nearly 58 minutes of nothing but stagnant football.

Hester, the dynamic kick returner, had been shut down on special teams and was a non-factor on offense until Griese found him for a 21-yard gain that brought Chicago to the 15 of Philadelphia. Griese spiked the ball to stop the clock and found Muhammad on second down for the winning score.

Before that, Robbie Gould kicked four field goals for the Bears and David Akers made three for Philadelphia (2-4).

The Eagles have a long path ahead if they want to even think about returning to the playoffs, much less winning a second straight NFC East title.

Chicago	0	3	3	13	-	19
Philadelphia	3	6	0	7	-	16

First Quarter

Phi-FG Akers 24, 1:01.

Second Quarter

Phi-FG Akers 33, 4:08.

Chi-FG Gould 31, 1:46.

Phi-FG Akers 37, :22.

Third Quarter

Chi-FG Gould 22, 8:04.

Fourth Quarter

Chi-FG Gould 41, 14:52.

Chi-FG Gould 45, 9:21.

Phi-Schobel 13 pass from McNabb (Akers kick), 4:57.

Chi-Muhammad 15 pass from Griese (Gould kick), :09.

A-67,806.

	Chi	Phi
First downs	19	21
Total Net Yards	386	334
Rushes-yards	23-72	25-123
Passing	314	211
Punt Returns	0-0	1-6
Kickoff Returns	4-26	6-118
Interceptions Ret.	0-0	0-0
Comp-Att-Int	27-41-0	21-34-0
Sacked-Yards Lost	1-8	3-15
Punts	2-42.0	4-33.0
Fumbles-Lost	1-0	0-0
Penalties-Yards	7-51	5-32
Time of Possession	29:29	30:31

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING-Chicago, Benson 17-46, Peterson 4-21, McKie 1-5, Griese 1-0. Philadelphia, Westbrook 18-79, McNabb 2-18, Buckhalter 3-13, R.Brown 1-12, Hunt 1-1.

PASSING-Chicago, Griese 27-41-0-322. Philadelphia, McNabb 21-34-0-226.

RECEIVING-Chicago, Muhammad 5-79, Clark 5-32, Berrian 4-65, Olsen 4-48, Hester 3-41, Peterson 3-33, Benson 1-19, Davis 1-3, McKie 1-2. Philadelphia, Westbrook 6-40, Curtis 5-62, R.Brown 3-44, Baskett 2-33, Avant 2-15, Schobel 1-13, Buckhalter 1-11, Celek 1-8.

MISSED FIELD GOAL-Chicago, Gould 39 (WL).

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