SEATTLE, WASHINGTON — The Chicago Bears beat the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks 34-17 on Monday night at Lumen Field, scoring the last 14 points after Seattle cut a fourth-quarter deficit to 20-17.
D'Andre Swift ran 27 times for 69 yards and three touchdowns. Caleb Williams completed 24 of 34 passes for 247 yards, including a 1-yard touchdown pass to Luther Burden III that capped a 17-play, 80-yard opening drive. The Bears (6-2) have won three straight.
Jeffery Simmons, the All-Pro defensive tackle Chicago acquired from Tennessee in a trade on Thursday, had a sack and two tackles for loss in his Bears debut. Austin Booker blocked a field-goal attempt early in the fourth quarter and later deflected a Sam Darnold pass that James Lynch intercepted, setting up Chicago's final touchdown.
Seattle (4-4) went 1 of 11 on third down. Darnold threw for 188 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. Jaxon Smith-Njigba had a 43-yard touchdown catch with 30 seconds left in the first half.
The Bears are the first team in NFL history to beat both of the previous season's Super Bowl participants in back-to-back prime-time games, according to NFL Research.
Source: NFL.com
Also: Chicago Bears, Chicago Bears (2), Seattle Seahawks
Drawn from public records; drafted with AI and edited by Peter Gorman before publication.
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