Game recap

Eagles @ Bears

2026 Wk 3 · CHI 27, PHI 7

Andy Dalton's only throw was a goal-line interception as Case Keenum led Chicago past Philadelphia.

FanIQ Research · October 4, 2026 · 5 facts, every one from the play-by-play

Andy Dalton's only throw was a goal-line interception: the sixth such one-pass game since 1999

Rare

Philadelphia had first-and-goal at the Chicago 1 midway through the second quarter, down 7-0. Saquon Barkley lost a yard, then gained nothing. Jalen Hurts had been hurt on a scramble earlier in the drive, so Andy Dalton took third-and-2 from the 2 and threw for Dontayvion Wicks. Dillon Thieneman intercepted it in the end zone for a touchback. It was Dalton's only pass of the game. Since 1999 a player whose only pass attempt of a game was intercepted at the opponent's 5 or closer has happened six times, and only Koy Detmer in 2000 and Dalton were quarterbacks.

Players whose only pass of a game was intercepted at the opponent's 5 or closer, 1999-2026

Season	Week	Team	Passer	Snap at	Score before
2000	1	PHI	Koy Detmer	Opp 5	41-14
2001	17	CIN	Corey Dillon	Opp 1	20-21
2009	12	MIA	Ricky Williams	Opp 3	0-0
2009	13	HOU	Chris Brown	Opp 5	12-23
2025	4	NO	Chris Olave	Opp 5	10-14
2026	3	PHI	Andy Dalton	Opp 2	0-7

Philadelphia's goal-to-go series, 2nd quarter

Clock	Down and distance	Play	Result
7:41	1st and goal at CHI 1	Barkley run	-1 yard
7:04	2nd and goal at CHI 2	Barkley run	No gain
6:21	3rd and goal at CHI 2	Dalton pass to Wicks	Intercepted by Thieneman, touchback

Why it matters. The interception cost Philadelphia 5.57 expected points, the worst single play of the game by that measure, and cut its win probability by 13.3 points. A drive that reached the 1 would have tied the game; instead it ended with zero points and Chicago's ball at the 20. Philadelphia scored only seven points all day, so that one empty trip inside the 5 was a large share of what the offense left on the field.

Chicago's 20-point win is its largest over Philadelphia in 18 meetings since 1999

Milestone

Before this game Chicago's biggest win over the Eagles in the database was nine points, 24-15 in Philadelphia last season. This one doubled it. It is also the first time since the 2010 and 2011 seasons that the Bears have beaten Philadelphia in back-to-back meetings. The Eagles still lead the series since 1999, 12 wins to 6, including both playoff games.

Eagles vs Bears, all meetings in the database

Season	Round	Game	Score	Winner
1999	Wk 6	PHI @ CHI	PHI 20, CHI 16	PHI
2000	Wk 8	CHI @ PHI	PHI 13, CHI 9	PHI
2001	Divisional	PHI @ CHI	PHI 33, CHI 19	PHI
2002	Wk 9	PHI @ CHI	PHI 19, CHI 13	PHI
2004	Wk 4	PHI @ CHI	PHI 19, CHI 9	PHI
2007	Wk 7	CHI @ PHI	CHI 19, PHI 16	CHI
2008	Wk 4	PHI @ CHI	CHI 24, PHI 20	CHI
2009	Wk 11	PHI @ CHI	PHI 24, CHI 20	PHI
2010	Wk 12	PHI @ CHI	CHI 31, PHI 26	CHI
2011	Wk 9	CHI @ PHI	CHI 30, PHI 24	CHI
2013	Wk 16	CHI @ PHI	PHI 54, CHI 11	PHI
2016	Wk 2	PHI @ CHI	PHI 29, CHI 14	PHI
2017	Wk 12	CHI @ PHI	PHI 31, CHI 3	PHI
2018	Wild Card	PHI @ CHI	PHI 16, CHI 15	PHI
2019	Wk 9	CHI @ PHI	PHI 22, CHI 14	PHI
2022	Wk 15	PHI @ CHI	PHI 25, CHI 20	PHI
2025	Wk 13	CHI @ PHI	CHI 24, PHI 15	CHI
2026	Wk 3	PHI @ CHI	CHI 27, PHI 7	CHI

Why it matters. The series has mostly been close when Chicago wins: its first five wins since 1999 came by 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9 points, while Philadelphia's blowouts (54-11 in 2013, 31-3 in 2017) set the lopsided marks. A 20-point Bears win reverses that pattern, and it came with Case Keenum at quarterback instead of Week 1 starter Caleb Williams.

Case Keenum's 2-TD, no-pick, rushing-TD day was his first like it since 2017

Comparison

With Caleb Williams absent from the box score, Keenum made his first appearance with 15 or more attempts since Week 16 of 2023. He went 24 of 34 for 247 yards with touchdown passes to Luther Burden III (8 yards) and Kalif Raymond (41 yards), no interceptions, and a 1-yard touchdown run. Only one other game in his career had two touchdown passes, zero interceptions, and a rushing touchdown: Minnesota at Detroit in 2017. The 20-point margin ranks third among his 67 regular-season games with 15 or more attempts.

Keenum's largest win margins in games with 15+ attempts, regular season

Season	Week	Team	Opp	Comp-Att	Yards	TD	INT	Score
2018	7	DEN	ARI	14-21	161	1	1	45-10
2017	15	MIN	CIN	20-23	236	2	0	34-7
2026	3	CHI	PHI	24-34	247	2	0	27-7
2017	3	MIN	TB	25-33	369	3	0	34-17
2017	8	MIN	CLE	27-43	288	2	1	33-16
2017	11	MIN	LA	27-38	280	1	0	24-7

Keenum's career games with 2+ TD passes, 0 INT, and a rushing TD

Season	Week	Team	Opp	Comp-Att	Yards	Pass TD	Rush TD
2017	12	MIN	DET	21-30	282	2	1
2026	3	CHI	PHI	24-34	247	2	1

Why it matters. Chicago used three different passers in its first four games (Williams, Keenum and Tyson Bagent), and Keenum's 2-touchdown, 0-interception line matched Williams's Week 1 as the cleanest of those four starts. His 67-game sample with 15 or more attempts splits 32 wins and 35 losses, so a 20-point win sits near the top of a long career, most of whose best days came in the 2017 Minnesota season.

Philadelphia's second half: 20 plays, 62 yards, three first downs

Split

The first half was even. Philadelphia had 186 yards on 27 plays and a 51.9% success rate, and Hurts's 1-yard run with one second left cut the gap to 10-7. After the break the Eagles' offense fell to 20 plays for 62 yards, three first downs, a 25.0% success rate and -0.651 EPA per play, with two sacks and a fourth-down interception. Chicago's offense went the other way, from +0.010 to +0.178 EPA per play.

Offense by half (pass and run plays)

Team	Half	Plays	EPA/play	Yards	Success rate	First downs
PHI	1st	27	-0.047	186	51.9%	10
PHI	2nd	20	-0.651	62	25.0%	3
CHI	1st	34	+0.010	176	44.1%	10
CHI	2nd	33	+0.178	201	54.5%	10

By quarter (pass and run plays)

Team	Qtr	Plays	EPA/play	Yards	INT	Sacks
PHI	1	7	-0.854	44	0	0
PHI	2	20	+0.236	142	1	0
PHI	3	14	-0.710	36	1	1
PHI	4	6	-0.512	26	0	1
CHI	1	20	+0.175	104	0	0
CHI	2	14	-0.225	72	0	0
CHI	3	15	+0.103	110	0	0
CHI	4	18	+0.240	91	0	0

Why it matters. A 20-play second half is what happens when an offense cannot stay on the field: Chicago ran 33 plays after halftime and Philadelphia only 20, so the Eagles had few chances to answer even before the third-quarter interception. Philadelphia's best quarter, the second, ended with points only on the last snap before halftime, which left a trailing team with no margin for the collapse that followed.

Chicago scored the last 17 points after Philadelphia's touchdown at the half

Trend

Hurts's touchdown with one second left in the second quarter made it 10-7 and was the only time Philadelphia scored. Chicago answered with a 48-yard Cairo Santos field goal, a 41-yard Keenum touchdown pass to Kalif Raymond, and a 1-yard Keenum run with 7:21 left. Between them, Philadelphia's possession ended with a Hurts interception on fourth-and-5 at the Chicago 46.

Scoring plays

Qtr	Clock	Team	Play	Score after
1	8:56	CHI	Keenum 8-yd TD pass to Burden	CHI 7, PHI 0
2	1:56	CHI	Santos 29-yd FG	CHI 10, PHI 0
2	0:01	PHI	Hurts 1-yd TD run	CHI 10, PHI 7
3	10:21	CHI	Santos 48-yd FG	CHI 13, PHI 7
3	5:55	CHI	Keenum 41-yd TD pass to Raymond	CHI 20, PHI 7
4	7:21	CHI	Keenum 1-yd TD run	CHI 27, PHI 7

Red zone and third down (pass and run plays)

Team	3rd-down conv	Red-zone plays	Red-zone TD
CHI	5 of 13	19	2
PHI	2 of 9	9	1

Why it matters. The game stayed within one score until 5:55 of the third quarter, and the swing came from Chicago's ability to finish drives while Philadelphia could not. Chicago ran 19 plays inside the 20 to Philadelphia's nine, and it also left points on the board early, with a fourth-and-3 incompletion at the Philadelphia 3 in the second quarter. The 41-yard Raymond touchdown was the only scoring play of the day from outside the red zone besides the 48-yard field goal.

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