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Bears 17, Raiders 6

FLASH RECAP:
Chicago (4-5) scores two touchdowns in the final 3:11 as Oakland (2-7) coughs up another potential victory before an announced crowd of 62,517 at McAfee Coliseum on Nov. 11, 2007.

After Sebastian Janikowski's 52-yard field goal lifts Oakland to a 6-3 lead, Chicago needs only three plays to score the game's first touchdown. After an 11-yard pass from Rex Grossman to Cedric Benson, Grossman hooks up with Bernard Beriman on a 59-yard touchdown catch, pushing the Bears into a 10-6 lead with 3:11 to play.

On the go-ahead touchdown, Beriman beats Chris Carr, who is in the Raiders lineup because of injuries to cornerbacks Nnamdi Asomugha and Fabian Washington.

After an exchange of punts, the Raiders cough up the ball at the Oakland 3 when Josh McCown is sacked by Adewale Ogunleye. On the next play, Benson scores the Bears' second touchdown with 1:35 left.

PRIME-TIME PLAYERS:

Chicago
DE Adewale Ogunleye � Has three of the Bears' four sacks and a forced fumble.
WR Bernard Berian � His 59-yard TD reception puts the Bears into the lead with 3:11 left.
QB Rex Grossman � Replaces an injured Brian Griese and leads the Bears to a comeback win. Is 7-of-14 passing for 142 yards and a TD with an efficiency rating of 109.8.
Oakland
K Sebastian Janikowski � Hits field goals of 37 and 52 yards for the Raiders' only points.
MLB Kirk Morrison � Contributes a sack and seven solo tackles. Too bad Morrison doesn't play offense.
P Shane Lechler � Averages a net of 46.6 yards on nine punts with a long of 59 yards. Four of Lechler's punts land inside the Chicago 20.

GOAT:
Raiders QB Josh McCown. The Raiders Poster Boy for the 2007 season is 14-of-27 passing for 108 yards with one interception and an abysmal rating of 46.5.

KEY STATS:
Oakland has a five-game losing streak for the fifth straight season.


The Raiders have a season-low 193 total yards.

TURNING POINT:
The Bears score the game-winning touchdown three plays after the Raiders take a 6-3 lead with 4:04 left.

THEY SAID IT:
"They did a very good job of selling me on the go route. He gave me a little hesitation and I wasn't running as fast as I should have been running. He got a step on me. Once he got a step on me, he got me."

Raiders CB Chris Carr

"We were trying to get the right matchup all game, and we couldn't get it, and then it happened. At that time of the game, we needed anything to happen, a long run or a long play."

Bears WR Bernard Beriman

BY THE NUMBERS:
5: Combined catches for Raiders' starting wide receivers Ronald Curry (3) and Jerry Porter (2) for 42 yards.
17: Bears unanswered points after the Raiders build a 3-0 lead in the first quarter.
193: A season-low Raiders offensive yards.

DID YOU KNOW?:
With their loss to the Bears, the Raiders are 2-2 against Chicago in Oakland. The Bears have won three of the past four games against the Raiders and lead the all-time series 7-5.

Photo caption/credit:
The Bears' Bernard Beriman (80) celebrates
his game-winning catch with Muhsin Muhammad.

By The Associated Press

Updated: 11-11-2007

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