Oct 01, 2012 07:55 PM EDT
Monday Night Football Live Blog Bears vs. Cowboys: Scores and Play-By-Play of Matchup

Thank you for joining us! -----------------------------------BEARS WIN!--------------------------------------

SCORE 34-16 BEARS LEAD

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Kneel down pushing taking lace at midfield... GAME OVER.

On side kick recovered by the Bears... Will take a knee and wrap the game up...

:34 Seconds left in the game.......

KYLE ORTON WITH 11-Yard pass to Witten... going for 2....... Bryant catches two-point conversion....

2nd & 3 WITTEN WITH THE TD CATCH!

1st & 10  seven yard gain

1st & 10 Romo...... Wait... Romo is out of the game... No. 18 in for the Cowboys  to Witten. Witten avoids sack.

1st & 10 Tanner bounces off of defenders.... FIRST DOWN

1st & 10 Witten with sliding catch for the first down

3rd & 4.............. 2 MINUTE WARNING.... Scrubs on the field for the Cowboys

2nd & 10 gain of six

Romo from shot gun...  Ball goes through Tanners' hands

Two quick passes by Romo gets them first down

4th DOWN... Timeout Bears

3rd & 19 Bell gains about 8... Bears to punt

2nd & 8 ... False start on the Bears... 2nd & 13 Cutler just gives up on the play and goes down...

1st & 10 in Dallas' 43.. Bell with a gain of two... No timeouts for Dallas... 

WRIGHT PICKS OFF ROMO!!! FIFTH INTERCEPTION BY ROMO!!

6:22 ... Romo drops back.. Gives it to Witten. Gain of three

6:28 left in the game...

BRANDON MARSHALL HAS 138 yards and a TD in the game... EP good

3rd & 6 TIMEOUT DALLAS,,,, Play ball... Barshall WIDE OPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOBODY AROUND HIM! RUNS IT IN TO THE END ZONE! SCORE!

2nd & 7 Gain of a yard

1st & 10 Bush with gain of three... TIMEOUT DALLAS

3rd & 3 TIMEOUT DALLAS.......Playball... AT OWN 40... BALL IS TIPPED! DAVIS, TAKES INTERCEPTION AWAY FROM COWBOYS' DEFENDER! STAYS WITH IT AND CATCHES IT AS HE IS LAYING ON THE FLOOR!!! FIRST DOWN BEARS!

2nd & 6 Michael bush gains three... 

1st & 10 Michael Bush with a gain of four

***4th interception by Romo... Briggs TD score was considered an interception

2nd & 15 INTERCEPTION! THIRD PICK THROWN BY ROMO! D.J. Moore with the interception

1st & 15 At Midfield... No gain!

1st & 10 Gain of five on the play... Illegal shift on Bryant....

4th & 3 GOING FOR IT..... ROMO TO AUSTIN FOR THE FIRST DOWN!! At Bears' 45

3rd & 3 no huddle... Shotgun pass... Romo incomplete

2nd & 10 Gain of 7 on the right

1st & 10 Romo goes deep to Dez Bryant!!! BRYANT DROPS THE BALL AS HE WAS WIDE OPEN!!!

2nd & 1 Murray left wide open FIRST DOWN on short pass 

1st & 10 Bryant with reception... Stopped short of first down

Cowboys to receive... Felix Jones to return... Froom deep in own Wnd Zone... DOWN at OWN 16-yard line

ROBBIE GOULD GOOD! Bears get three more... 27-10 with over 11 minutes left to play

NO FOUL ON THE PLAY! Ball at the three 4th DOWN... FG Unit on the field... To make it a three possession game

COWBOYS CHALLENGE........ Say pass was tipped. 

BALL AT THE 1! Cowboys upset because player had tipped the ball....

3rd Cutler throws right... INCOMPLETE.... Flag on Cowboys coming up

2nd & Goal stuffed!

1st & Goal gain of about foure... down to the three

3rd & 5 Marshall plays ball well gets a 20+ gain in the goal

2nd & 8 Gain of four on the play for Forte

1st & 10 gain of 2 yards

...............END OF THE THIRD QUARTER.......... Bears threatening

3rd & 4 Cutler to tight end Davis! First down. In Cowboys' territory

2nd & 5 Forte with a gain of four

Call coming... CALL REVERSED... Elbow did hit the ground before ball came loose. Gain of five yards on the play

AUTOMATIC REVIEW on TURNOVERS... Clairborne gets the strip, but Jeffrey's left elbow looks to be down..... 1:10 LEFT IN THE THIRD

1st & 10 Jeffrey with gain of six... Clariborne with the takeaway, but Jeffrey ruled down... 

1st & 10 Play action buys Cutler a lot of time... Marshall with 11-yard gain

HESTER RETURNS IT TO OWN 19

BEARS TO RECEIVE 2:00 left in the game

FG GOOD! DALLAS SCORES 24-10

3rd & 6 incomplete pass

2nd & 6 Romo overthrows open Miles Austin

1st & 10 Witten with gain of five yards

2nd & 7 Jones with the first down run.

1st & 10 Murray with a gain of seven

1st & 10 Murray with 10-yard gain... 

2nd & 4 FIRST DOWN! Witten with the reception

1st & 10 Murray breaks a couple of tackles and gains six

6:11 left in the first quarter..... TOUCHBACK! 

****MELTON forced the turnover as he almost took down Romo

24-7 BEARS LEAD... 2nd score for Bears' defense

1st & 10 ROMO FUMBLES!!!!!! BRIGGS RECOVERS!!! HE RUNS IT ALL THE WAY BACK FOR THE 73 YARD TD!!!!!

6:25 left in the third quarter... DALLAS ON BEARS' 27

2nd & 7 Cutler drops back.. FLAGS... 2nd & 12 after False Start.... WARE KNOCKED THE BALL OUT! FUMBLE! Dallas recovers!!! 

1st & 10 Forte gain of three

1st & 10 Cutler drops back. MARSHALL avoids about three tackles! Gain of about 20

CUTLER AND BEARS takeovers at OWN 5

2nd & 11 Ogletree cannot handle pass! Ball deflected! BEARS RECOVER! Wright got the ball. Jennings crushed Ogletree to cause deflection

1st & 10 Murray loses a yard

1st & 10 Romo drops back... Sideline to Bryant! Complete pass... Bryant knocks down a cheerleader as he was running out of bounds

1st & 10 Romo over the middle! Gain of about 25.... Defenses are slacking in the second half

3rd & 5... Romo to Witten as he gets away from Bears' defender

2nd & 9 Ogletree with the catch. Ogletree breaks one! Gets away from 2!... But loses a yard as Tillman tackles him

1st & 10 from OWN 20... Murray with a gain of one to the right

DALLAS TOUCHBACK

IT IS A BEARS' TOUCHDOWN.... Ball looked to hit ground, but Hester was given the TD because he had the ball against his body.

***************REFEREES REVIEW TOUCHDOWN**************

1st & 10 CUTLER GOES DEEP!!! Hester WIDE OPEN!!! TOUCHDOWN HESTER!!! Cutler played this drive beautifully. I was just about to say Bears were in Cowboys territory

1st & 10 Cutler drops back and again with time... Marshall with first down

2nd & 8 Cutler with time. Jeffrey slips and catches ball.

1st & 10 Matt Forte with gain of two the most

****Cutler doing a great job stepping into the pocket

1st & 10 Cutler hits Jeffrey for 11 yards... FIRST DOWN

HESTER to receive..... Runs it to OWN 27

Minutes away from beginning of THIRD QUARTER

BEARS DEFENSE: 7 Points Allowed, 6 Points Scored, INT, SACK, Fumble

COWBOYS DEFENSE: 10 Points Allowed, 0 INT, 0 Sacks, 0 Forced Fumbles

Passing

CP/AT

YDS

TD

INT

T. Romo

17/21

168

1

1

J. Cutler

7/12

56

0

0

Rushing

CAR

YDS

TD

LG

D. Murray

7

13

0

11

M. Forte

7

42

0

14

M. Bush

5

13

 

5

K. Ogletree

1

4

0

4

Receiving

REC

YDS

TD

LG

D. Bryant

4

44

0

16

B. Marshall

2

31

0

18

D. Murray

4

34

0

20

J. Witten

4

29

0

11

M. Austin

3

41

1

19

K. Ogletree

2

20

0

13

Stay tuned while we bring you Fantasy Stats for all of you owners....

Bears almost fumble the kick....---------------------------------SECOND HALF IS OVER--------------------

:14 seconds left in the first half....

2nd & 2 at the Bears' 10 ROMO TO AUSTIN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN!!! 10-6... EP good! 10-7 Bears lead

1st & 10...ROMO TRAPPED BEHIND LINE OF SCRIMMAGE! Escapes... Gain of eight on pass to Bryant

TIMEOUT DALLAS! :46 seconds left in the first half

2nd & 10 Romo avoids sack. Throws on the run. Pass to Miles Austin for first down

1st & 10 Romo scrambles outside of tackle box and throws ball away avoiding sack

1st & 10 MILES AUSTIN first down

1st & 10 TIMEOUT COWBOYS 1:21 left in first half

2nd & 5 Romo throws it to Bryant for first down

TWO MINUTE WARNING...... 1st & 10 Romo avoids sack! THrows screen to Murray. Gains five

2nd & 5... First down

1st & 10 Romo avoids sack. Three Bears go after Murray

TOUCHBACK

2:38 LEFT IN THE FIRST HALF

Pass was going to Dez Bryant, but he kept running up field and Romo thought he was coming back for the ball. Tillman bobbled pass but recovered and ran it in. 

TOUCHDOWN BEARS! 10-0

3rd & 9... ROMO WITH THE INTERCEPTION! TILLMAN TAKES IT IN!

2nd & 5 Murray drops ball.. Loses yardage

1st & 10 Romo drops back... Complete pass to Witten... Gain of 5

TUNE IN THIS THURSDAY FOR CARDINAL VS. RAMS

TOUCHBACK....

FG GOOD! 3-0 Bears

4th & 1 Robbie Gould takes field for FG... 43 yard attempt

3rd & 1 BUSH WITH NO GAIN!

2nd & 5 Draw... Forte with gain of 4

1st & 10 Forte with run to the left... Gain of 5

Cutler with time... 8-yard gain to Marshall.... FLAG thrown in secondary.... COWBOYS CARR with Illegal contact... First down...

1st & 10... FALSE START... excuse me.... 1st & 15... BEARS take a timeout

3rd & 10 CUTLER GETS AWAY! Almost sacked... Gain of 16 on pass to Davis

2nd & 10 INCOMPLETE!

1st & 10 Cutler drops back Jeffrey pushed out of bounds and did not go after deep ball....

1st & 10 Forte in the backfield... Forte with a big run up the middle! Down at Midfield Gain of 14

3rd & 1 Bush gets hit in backfield but gets first down

2nd & 1 Bush in the back field.. Cutler launches it for Hester! poorly thrown ball.

1st & 10 Run to the outside. Gain of 9

2nd & 10 Marshall on the slant! gain of 20! First down

1st & 10... NO GAIN

Bears take over at the five

PUNT! TAKES COWBOY BOUNCE AGAIN! Ball hit the 2 yard line and then went to the five while staying in bounds. 

3rd & 4 Romo got greedy... Tried to send a floater to Dez Bryant...Overthrew him

2nd & 11 sven yard catch by Ogletree

2nd & 6 Bryant with 10-yard gain... FIRST DOWN

1st & 10 Murray gain of six

1st & 10 Romo to Bryant... DIVING CATCH! Gain of 16

15:00 Bryant to receive... Fair catch... Ball takes Bears' bounce... Dallas takes over at around OWN 26

4th & 7----------------END OF THE FIRST QUARTER-------------------- SCORE IS 0-0

3rd & 9 Cutler runs! Tripped up by Ware. 

2nd & 9 Cutler drops back... Davis cannot get the perfect pass.

1st & 10 Forte gains a yard

TEN YARD PENALTY ON THE BEARS

Hester runs it up... Gains about six or seven yards... FLAGS..... 1:10 left in the first

3rd & 5 Bryant with incomplete pass... PUNT

2nd & 10 MURRAY WITH THE FUMBLE!! Lineman picks it up.... Gain of 5

1st & 10 Romo fakes the pass. Murray with no gain

1st  & 10 Play action... Murray wide open... Gain of about 20!

DALLAS TO TAKE OVER AT OWN 16

1st & 10 Screen passes kill bears as the tried it in three straight possessions... they have to point now....

2nd & 7 TIMEOUT BEARS!...... BUSH WITH THE FIRST DOWN as he reaches for the first down marker! Got pass from Cutler

1st & 10 gain of three on a run to the right

3rd & 7 Brandon Marshal first down!

1st & 10 pass to the right incomplete. Michael Bush then gains three yards on run

2nd & 2 Michael Bush for the first down

1st & 10... Forte with gain of 8

9:32 left in the first quarter.... SCORE 0-0.....

PUNT Bears let it go... BALL TAKES DALLAS BOUNCE! Cutler to take over at OWN 7-yard line

3rd & 7 Shotgun.. SACK Helton No. 69 gets Romo back into Cowboys' territory with the sack

2nd & 6 Dallas at the Bears' 39.... Murray with no gain... loss of one

1st & 10 End around Ogletree gains four after it looked like he was going to lose four

3rd & 8 Shotgun.... Pass to Witten. FIRST DOWN!

2nd & 13 Romo from the shotgun. Pressure from the Bears! Romo to Witten. Gain of five

1st & 10 LOSS OF three on the run

2nd & 7 1st down on pass to the right

1st & 10 at OWN 31 Murray to right gain of 3.

1st & 10 Murray with the run. Gain of 11!

COWBOYS WILL RECEIVE--- TOUCHBACK 15:00 both teams are on the field Check out the poll and let us know who you are going for in this match.....

-----------------------Welcome to the live blog of the Bears and Cowboys-----------------------------

The Dallas Cowboys host the Chicago Bears in Week 4's segment of Monday Night Football. Kickoff will be right around 8:30 p.m. ET. 

Both teams coming in with a 2-1 record and are looking to stay close to the top place teams in their respective divisions. The Cowboys are trailing the Philadelphia Eagles. Meanwhile, the Bears will try to keep pace with the Minnesota Vikings, who have surprised many in 2012.

Chicago is excellent at pressuring quarterbacks. Julius Peppers and company have 14 sacks and forced nine turnovers.

The Cowboys are making their 74th appearance on MNF and have beaten th Bears 13 out fo the 22 times they have met. The 'Boys have won two out of the last three meetings between the two teams.

Quarterback Tony Romo started playing well in their Week 1 victory, but has struggled as of recently.

As far as injuries go,

Cowboys' linebacker Anthony Spencer might be out. He is listed as questionable with a pectoral muscle injury. If he does take a field, Spencer will wear a protective harness. Spencer is second on the team with two sacks and leads with nine quarterback pressures.

Matt Forte, the Bears' starting running back, is questionable with an ankle injury. Forte was limited all week in practice. Forte has rushed for just 111 yards on 23 carries this season.

Follow along. For the latest updates refresh and stay at the top of the page as all the latest scores and play-by-play will be at the top of the article.

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