CHICAGO (WGN) — The Chicago Bears utterly dominated the Buffalo Bills Sunday night at Soldier Field.
The Bears walked away with a 38-0 win with exceptional performances on offense and defense. Caleb Williams finished 6-for-10 for 107 yards and one pass TD, while backup Tyson Bagent went 13-for-22 for 196 yards and one pass TD of his own.
Here’s how the game broke down on each side of the ball.
The Offense
The first drive of the game went about as well as anyone affiliated with the Bears could have hoped for.
Chicago used 7 plays to go 92 yards in a hair under four minutes. Williams completed passes of 6, 8, 18, 29 and 36 yards on the drive, the longest of which was the scoring strike to Olamide Zaccheaus at the 11:01 mark in the first quarter.
An offensive holding penalty on Drew Dalman didn’t even stop them. The next play on 2nd-and-14, Williams hit Colston Loveland for an 18-yard completion.
The first team offense stalled on their second (and final) drive of the game, but the second-team offense, fueled by Tyson Bagent, Brittain Brown and Luther Burden III, continued to pour it on.
Bagent went 3/4 for 48 yards on their third offensive drive, and Brown carried the rock seven times for 39 yards and a TD run from one yard out to move the score to 14-0.
One possession later, Bagent found Burden to convert a key 3rd-and-6 before delivering an 11-yard strike to Tyler Scott for the Bears’ second TD pass of the day.
Ian Wheeler added to the offensive fireworks for Chicago next.
The former undrafted free agent out of Howard scored from one yard out on 4th-and-goal, widening the deficit to 28-0 in favor of the Bears with 1:50 to go in the first half.
The second half was a much tamer experience compared to the first, though Chicago’s third and fourth-string lineups still added to the scoreboard.
Cairo Santos added a 40-yard field goal midway through the third quarter, while Wheeler added a second TD run to his stat line with just under ten minutes to go in the fourth.
Bears quarterbacks combined to go 25-for-39 with 369 yards passing and 2 TD passes, while their running backs tallied 43 carries for 171 yards rushing and 3 TD runs. Five different receivers—Burden, Scott, Samori Toure, Joel Wilson and Zaccheaus—notched at least 35 yards receiving a piece.
The Defense
Andrew Billings and Austin Booker provided big plays from the defensive line in the first half.
Billings notched a sack on 3rd-and-9 a little more than two minutes into the second quarter for force a Buffalo punt. Then Booker followed suit on the Bills’ very next drive.
The former fifth-round pick out of Kansas State sacked Buffalo quarterback Mike White on 3rd-and-5 for an 11 yards loss and another Bills punt.
In total, the Bears’ defense held Buffalo to 47 total yards and three first downs on 18 plays over the entirety of the first half.
By games end, Amen Ogbongbemiga added a peanut punch-style forced fumble, and the defense finished the complete game shutout.
By the final whistle, the Bears held the Bills to just 180 total yards of offense and 12 first downs.
Ogbongbemiga led the defense with 4 tackles, while Billings and Booker registered the team’s 2 sacks.
Injury Tent
The only bad news for the Bears Sunday came on the injury report.
Corner Terell Smith, who is competing for the team’s No. 2 CB spot, was carted off the field with a lower leg injury. He appeared emotional, with a towel over his face as he was carted off the field.
Booker also spent time in the injury tent before heading back to the locker room, and being ruled out with a leg injury of his own
Wide receiver J.P. Richardson also injured his ankle and was listed as doubtful late in the second half.
Up Next
The Bears’ final preseason game of 2025 is next Friday, Aug. 22 against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. Kickoff is planned for 7:20 p.m. CT.
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