That made it 10-7 -- Mare had a 33-yard field goal earlier in the quarter.
Chicago got a nice effort from its starting offense and defense in the first period. Thomas Jones rushed for 47 yards on 10 carries, with a 1-yard TD run. That was set up by a 34-yard pass from Rex Grossman to Muhsin Muhammad, the prize free agent receiver the Bears signed in the offseason.
"I think this offense fits our personnel," Jones said, "because we're a hard-nosed offense. I thought we were pretty efficient."
Especially at the end.
Nick Novak kicked a 22-yard field goal, and Doug Brien made a 30-yarder to lift Chicago within 17-13, but Jason Glenn picked off a poor pass by Orton and ran it 26 yards for a TD with 10:30 remaining.
Orton bounced back with a beautiful 43-yard spiral to Ford, and then put together the winning drive.
"I was ticked off," Orton said of the interception. "That one was on me. I wanted to get back on the field and make up for it. We did."
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