Bears Beat Bucs 27-24 on Cairo Santos' Walk-Off FG After Wild Turnover Fest

The Chicago Bears beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27-24 on Sunday Night Football at Soldier Field on Cairo Santos' 38-yard field goal as time expired. Caleb Williams threw four interceptions and Chicago turned it over five times, Baker Mayfield threw two picks of his own, and Bucky Irving's late touchdown plus Mayfield's two-point conversion tied the game before Williams found Colston Loveland for 38 yards to set up the winner.

Chicago moved to 7-2 and won its fourth straight. Tampa Bay fell to 3-6.

Chicago jumps out early

The Bears opened with a 10-play, 53-yard drive. Williams finished it with a 9-yard touchdown pass to Rome Odunze with 9:38 left in the first quarter, Odunze's first touchdown of the season per the NBC broadcast highlight.

On the next possession, Williams hit Luther Burden III over the middle, and Burden outran the secondary for a 56-yard touchdown. Just like that, it was 14-0 with 6:00 left in the first.

Turnover city before halftime

Chase McLaughlin answered with a 27-yard field goal early in the second quarter. Then the middle of the half turned into a giveaway contest.

Williams drove Chicago to the Tampa Bay 6 before a 15-yard penalty pushed the Bears back. On the next snap, Tykee Smith intercepted a deep throw intended for Odunze at the 3 and returned it to the 26. After the Buccaneers turned it over on downs — Devin Bush and James Lynch stuffed Mayfield on a sneak — Williams threw another pick on the next play, this one to Zyon McCollum.

Williams still led a short field-goal drive, finding Kalif Raymond for 13 and Burden for 26 before Santos hit from 25 for a 17-3 lead. Antoine Winfield Jr. was hurt on the Raymond catch.

Mayfield answered with an interception of his own, Cam Lewis jumping a throw intended for Tez Johnson. Williams threw his third pick of the half on the next snap — McCollum again, after a replay review overturned an incomplete ruling — and McLaughlin drilled a 21-yarder as the half expired. Chicago led 17-6 despite three interceptions.

Irving gets Tampa Bay back in it

The Buccaneers received the second-half kickoff and needed one throw. Mayfield hit Johnson in stride for 58 yards down to the Chicago 2. Kyler Gordon was injured on the play. Irving scored from 2 yards out two plays later, and it was 17-13 with 11:37 left in the third.

Jaylon Johnson's pick-six swings it back

Williams' fourth interception came when a pass intended for Burden deflected to Alex Anzalone, with Jacob Parrish getting a hand on the ball first. It was the first four-interception game of Williams' NFL career.

Mayfield put it right back on a platter. Looking for Cade Otton, he was picked by Jaylon Johnson at the Chicago 33, and Johnson returned it 67 yards for a touchdown. Santos' extra point made it 24-13 with 3:39 left in the third.

McLaughlin cut it to 24-16 with a 35-yarder early in the fourth.

Fourth-quarter chaos, then Santos

With under four minutes left and Chicago trying to run out the clock, Rueben Bain Jr. punched the ball free from Burden. Ifeatu Melifonwu recovered at the Chicago 21 and returned it to the 17, with Burden injured on the play.

Irving ran for 11 yards, then scored from 6 with 2:51 left. Mayfield kept it himself for the two-point conversion, and the game was tied at 24.

Williams answered. After an incomplete deep shot and a short completion to Loveland, he found Raymond for 8 and then Loveland again down the left sideline for 38 yards to the Tampa Bay 16. Williams knelt twice, and Santos — with 3 seconds left after Chicago's timeout — drilled the 38-yarder. An unnecessary roughness penalty on A'Shawn Robinson was declined.

The numbers

Williams was 22 of 37 for 279 yards with two touchdowns and four interceptions. He was sacked once. Burden had seven catches for 97 yards and a score, Odunze four for 60 and a score, and Loveland four for 54, including the game-winning setup. D'Andre Swift ran 12 times for 31 yards.

Mayfield was 18 of 32 for 243 yards with two interceptions and was sacked four times. Irving carried 20 times for 97 yards and two touchdowns and added four catches for 28 yards. Johnson had two catches for 76 yards. Kenny Gainwell added three receptions for 60.

Chicago outgained Tampa Bay 349-352, went 7 of 13 on third down to the Buccaneers' 2 of 12, and held the ball for 27:08 to Tampa Bay's 32:52. The Bears were flagged nine times for 74 yards, and the Buccaneers eight times for 45. Chicago's five turnovers included the four interceptions and Burden's lost fumble. Tampa Bay's two turnovers were both Mayfield interceptions. McLaughlin made all three of his field goals; Santos made both of his.

Jeffery Simmons had a sack and a tackle for loss in his second game since the trade with Tennessee. Austin Booker and Shemar Turner also had sacks, and Bush led the Bears with nine tackles.

Injuries

Winfield was ruled out with an ankle injury after leaving in the second quarter.

Gordon left after the Johnson catch, then returned later in the third. Tyrique Stevenson Sr. was questionable to return with a hand injury. Burden was hurt on the fourth-quarter fumble.

What's next

Both teams are on a bye in Week 10. The Bears host the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, Nov. 22 (1 p.m. ET). The Buccaneers visit the Detroit Lions at the same time.