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americanfootball, Sunday 26th September
As per Larry Mayer, Bears Senior Writer: The Bears trailed the Browns 21-7 late before Matthews threw two touchdown passes in the final :28 of regulation—the second on a Hail Mary with no time remaining. Brown followed with his second interception return TD in overtime in as many weeks to give his team a 27-21 victory. “It’s surreal. It really is,” safety Tony Parrish said after the game. “Who would have thought, two weeks it would have come down the exact same way?” After Marty Booker’s 6-yard TD reception from Matthews closed the gap to 21-14 with :28 left in the fourth quarter, Bears linebacker Bobbie Howard recovered the ensuing onside kick. With the ball at the Browns’ 34 and just :08 remaining, Matthews stepped up in the pocket and flung a Hail Mary pass about six yards deep in the end zone. Terrell leaped high and tipped the ball back toward the goal line. Running back James Allen, who was trailing the play, dove headlong and snared the pass about a foot off the ground with :00 showing on the clock. “We practice that play a lot,” Matthews said. “We try to throw it to a guy. If that guy can’t catch it, his job is to tip it, and it just worked to perfection.” The Bears won the overtime coin toss but were forced to punt. On Cleveland’s third play, Couch’s pass over the middle was deflected high into the air by defensive end Bryan Robinson. The ball floated into the hands of Brown, who cruised untouched into the end zone. “This defies imagination,” Brown said after winning a second straight game with an overtime touchdown. “If a book was written about it, I don’t think anyone would believe it. It seems like it’s fiction. I don’t know how to explain it—higher power, luck, destiny, whatever you want to call it.” COPYRIGHT 2001 CBS-TV, CBS SPORTS, AND THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
2021-09-02
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