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Dan Peters
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Bears Battle The Giants.. Open 2009 Season
at home with 17-3
VICTORY over New York.
The Bears will look
to bounce back after a dismal pre season debut last week in Buffalo.
The Bears will host
their first preseason contest of 2009, welcoming the New York Giants to Soldier Field on Saturday August
22, 2009
Chicago is now 11-11
in preseason contests under head coach Lovie Smith after suffering a 27-20 loss to open the
preseason last Saturday at Buffalo. The Bears (0-1) will look to even their 2009
preseason record after achieving a .500 or better mark in four of Smith’s five seasons as
Bears head coach. Overall, the Bears own an all-time preseason mark of 220-157-8.
The Bears have won
five of their last six preseason home-opening contests, although they dropped last season’s
to Kansas City, 24-20. Chicago is 4-6 in preseason home contests since 2004, splitting their
two home games in four
of those five seasons.
The Monsters of the
Midway own a 14-6 preseason mark over the New York Giants dating back to 1943. The Bears have
won five of the last six contests in the preseason series including two straight.
The last overall preseason meeting between
the two storied
franchises came in 2000, a 20-8 victory by Chicago at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. The last preseason
meeting between the two squads in the Windy City came in 1994, a 27-21 victory by
the Bears.
Last
Day of Training Camp and Everyone Has the Wrong Uniform on
for Fun.....................
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Bears “First Team” looked sharp in Pre Season Home Opener
Jay Cutler showed
the Bears and their fans why they traded for him in the off –season. He
ended his night with a stellar 117.8 quarterback rating. Yes it’s the
pre-season, but it was a much improved performance compared to the
previous game against the Bills last Saturday in Buffalo.
He ran…. He threw
the ball and was impressive in almost all facets of his game, scoring
seventeen unanswered points before being replaced by Caleb Hanie.
The Bears running
game also picked up steam tonight. Forte was impressive on his 32 yard
touchdown sprint in the first quarter. He ended the half with 58 total
yards rushing.
The Giants were held
without a touchdown and the number one defense sacked Eli Manning two
times in the first half.
"Yeah I think they
had three series where they scored, moving the ball all night, (they)
did a great job." Said Lovie Smith.
"Both sides of the
football put in a good half, there were some things we need to tighten
up on but we're pleased with the first half."
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