Eagles 16, Bears 15 - as it happened
Here’s a look back at how the game unfolded in our live chat.
The Eagles upset the Chicago Bears, 16-15, in the first round of the playoffs with a last-minute touchdown and a missed field goal off the upright and crossbar by Bears kicker Cody Parkey. Here’s a look back at how the game unfolded in our live chat.
Game Summary
0:10 4th: Cody Parkey’s potential game-winning 43-yard field goal hit the left upright, then the crossbar, then bounced out, and the Eagles won.
0:56 4th — Eagles 16, Bears 15: On 4th down and goal at the Chicago 2, Nick Foles threw a touchdown pass to Golden Tate to give the Birds the lead. They went for two, but Wendell Smallwood’s dive for the goal line came up inches short.
9:04 4th — Bears 15, Eagles 10: Mitchell Trubisky threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to former Penn State star Allen Robinson, capping off a drive in which Trubisky connected on three big passing plays. Chicago went for a two-point conversion and didn’t make it.
14:17 4th — Eagles 10, Bears 9: Cody Parkey kicked a 34-yard field goal to cut into the Birds' lead.
5:20 3rd — Eagles 10, Bears 6: After a pass interference penalty on Chicago’s Prince Amukamara gave the Eagles a 33-yard gain to the Bears' 10-yard line, Nick Foles threw a touchdown pass to Dallas Goedert.
0:00 2nd — Bears 6, Eagles 3: Cody Parkey kicked a 29-yard field goal at the buzzer. Overall in the first half, the Eagles dropped two potential interceptions and committed three penalties — including two on third downs that gave Chicago first downs.
5:18 2nd: Nick Foles went for it all on 2nd and 9 from the Bears' 21, but was picked off in the end zone by Adrian Amos.
9:38 2nd — Eagles 3, Bears 3: Chicago forced Nick Foles into his first interception of the game, but had to settle for a 36-yard field goal by Cody Parkey.
9:32 1st — Eagles 3, Bears 0: Jake Elliott capped off the game’s opening drive with a 43-yard field goal.
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