James Conner had 107 yards on 18 carries, and the Arizona Cardinals pulled away for a 29-9 win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday afternoon in Glendale, Ariz.
Trey McBride, Trey Benson and Emari Demercado rushed for one touchdown apiece for Arizona (5-4), which won its third game in a row. Kyler Murray completed 13 of 20 passes for 154 yards.
Caleb Williams completed 22 of 41 passes for 217 yards for Chicago (4-4), which has dropped back-to-back contests. Fellow rookie Rome Odunze had five catches for 104 yards.
The Cardinals outgained the Bears 350-241.
Arizona opened the scoring in the final minute of the first quarter. McBride took a handoff, stiff-armed a Bears defender and reached inside the left pylon for a 2-yard score.
The Bears cut the deficit to 7-6 on back-to-back field goals by Cairo Santos early in the second quarter. Santos hit from 29 yards and 53 yards.
The Cardinals increased their lead to 14-6 on a 1-yard rush by Benson with 3:14 remaining in the first half. Benson bounced left and fell forward into the end zone.
Santos connected on another 53-yarder to make it 14-9 with 26 seconds left in the half.
Arizona put together a stunning four-play, 70-yard drive in the next 22 seconds to seize a 21-9 advantage at the break. Demercado found an opening up the middle and veered toward the right sideline for a 53-yard touchdown run to finish the drive.
The play marked Demercado’s first touchdown of the season and the third of his career. It also was the longest career run for Demercado, a second-year player out of TCU.
In the second half, Chad Ryland made a pair of field goals to push Arizona’s lead to 27-9. Ryland made a 29-yarder with 4:53 left in the third quarter, and he drilled a 55-yarder with 14:02 remaining in the fourth quarter.
Bears running back D’Andre Swift called for an illegal chop block in the end zone, which resulted in a safety, with 7:58 to go. The play increased the Cardinals’ advantage to 20.
–Field Level Media