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Chicago Bears at Buffalo Bills

Final / OT · Kickoff

2002 Regular season · Week 4 · Ralph Wilson Stadium

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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CHIChicago Bears27Away
BUFBuffalo Bills33Home
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Bills beat Bears 33–27 in 2002 Week 4

The Buffalo Bills beat the Chicago Bears 33–27 at home at Ralph Wilson Stadium in overtime in Week 4 of the 2002 regular season on September 29, 2002. It was a one-score game at the finish, decided by 6 points.

It was one of two games of Week 4 to need overtime.

The result moved the Bills to 2–2 and dropped the Bears to 2–2. The Bears finished 2002 at 4–12 and missed the playoffs. The Bills finished 2002 at 8–8 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, the Buffalo Bills won 20–3 on November 12, 2000. When they met again, the Chicago Bears won 40–7 on October 8, 2006.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Bills lead the series 2–0 after meeting No. 2 since 2000 Full series history

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