Frank Gore ran for 104 yards and a touchdown, Jay Cutler suffered a career-high five interceptions, with his last coming in the end zone on the game's final play, and the San Francisco 49ers beat the Chicago Bears 10-6 last night to snap a four-game losing streak.
49ers quarterback Alex Smith won for the first time in eight starts since Week 2 in 2007, 17-16 against St. Louis -- but it was interesting until the end.
After 49ers coach Mike Singletary elected to punt against his former team on fourth-and-6 from the Chicago 34 with 2:53 left, Cutler drove the Bears to the San Francisco 12 with 13 seconds remaining. After an incompletion on first down, Michael Lewis picked off Cutler's next attempt in the end zone as time expired. That sealed San Francisco's first win since a 35-0 rout of the Rams back on Oct. 4.
The game was far from a pretty display by two struggling teams still hoping to make the playoffs.
Four days after the 49ers (4-5) committed four turnovers that led to 24 points in a 34-27 loss to Tennessee, they were penalized nine times and Smith was intercepted once and sacked twice. The 49ers did just enough right to win.
Cutler took chances away all game from Chicago (4-5), which had 10 penalties and lost its second straight and fourth in five.
Patrick Willis wreaked havoc on the Bears with 11 tackles, one of few bright spots for the 49ers.
Cutler was intercepted four or more times for the second time this season and has an NFL-worst 17 in all. He became the first Bears quarterback since Billy Wade in 1962 to have two four-interception games in a season.
The Bears got field goals of 50 and 38 yards from Robbie Gould in a game that quickly became about who could keep possession of the ball and make the fewest mistakes.
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