Caleb Williams throws four interceptions as Bears beat Buccaneers

The Chicago Bears beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27-24 in Chicago on Sunday, November 8, 2026, on a field goal as time expired. Caleb Williams threw a career-high four interceptions, then led the drive that set up the winning kick, according to ESPN’s original report.

• Chicago committed five turnovers and surrendered a 14-point lead, but never trailed, ESPN reported.
• The Bears’ defense allowed just one field goal off Williams’s interceptions, Roundtable Sports reported.
• Williams found Colston Loveland for 38 yards before Cairo Santos kicked the 38-yard winner as time expired, ESPN reported.

The win lifted Chicago to 7-2 ahead of its Week 10 bye, according to Roundtable Sports. The four interceptions were a career high for Williams and equalled the total he had thrown over his previous 15 regular-season games, ESPN reported. Before this game, he had last thrown four interceptions across that span dating back to November 2, 2025.

How the Bears recovered from four interceptions

Tampa Bay blitzed Williams on 66% of his dropbacks, the third-highest rate he had faced in a game, ESPN reported. Three of his interceptions and both of his touchdown passes came against the blitz. Williams said he needed to make adjustments, including getting the ball out of bounds on two of the interceptions and avoiding the red-zone mistake.

After Williams’s third-quarter interception, Chicago’s defense stopped Emeka Egbuka after a one-yard gain. Jaylon Johnson then intercepted Baker Mayfield, and Montez Sweat’s block helped Johnson return it for a touchdown, Roundtable Sports reported. The outlet said the defense gave up just one field goal after Williams’s interceptions.

Late in the game, a fumble by Burden helped Tampa Bay tie the score at 24. Williams then found Loveland for a 38-yard reception, putting Chicago in position for Santos’s winning kick as time expired, ESPN reported.

What the win means for Williams and Chicago

Williams said he would keep throwing rather than become gun-shy. He had previously thrown three interceptions in a game in high school and at USC, he said, but this was his first win after a similar experience. Entering Week 9, he had thrown just four interceptions combined over his previous 15 regular-season games, ESPN reported.

Coach Ben Johnson said the team had not often faced a fourth-quarter situation requiring a late scoring drive that season, and that the game showed him the team was prepared for one. ESPN reported that this was Williams’s first winning fourth-quarter or overtime drive of the season; he had six such drives in 2025, tied for second most. Chicago heads into its bye at 7-2.