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Lovie Smith, from the small Texas town of Big Sandy, was hired by general manger Jerry Angelo to succeed Dick Jauron as Bears head coach in 2004. Smith got his first team off to a respectable 3-5 start but saw the year unravel amid a blizzard of problems at quarterback and finished 2-6 over the second half of the season. When Rex Grossman was injured in the 2005 preseason, Smith went to rookie Kyle Orton and reached the playoffs with a surprise 11-5 record. He topped that with a 13-3 season in 2006 and finished with a loss to the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLI in Miami. A former linebacker and safety at Tulsa in the late 1970's, Smith broke into coaching tutoring linebackers at his alm...
Lovie Smith, from the small Texas town of Big Sandy, was hired by general manger Jerry Angelo to succeed Dick Jauron as Bears head coach in 2004. Smith got his first team off to a respectable 3-5 start but saw the year unravel amid a blizzard of problems at quarterback and finished 2-6 over the second half of the season. When Rex Grossman was injured in the 2005 preseason, Smith went to rookie Kyle Orton and reached the playoffs with a surprise 11-5 record. He topped that with a 13-3 season in 2006 and finished with a loss to the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLI in Miami. A former linebacker and safety at Tulsa in the late 1970's, Smith broke into coaching tutoring linebackers at his alma mater and developed into one of the game's most respected defensive coaches, reaching the pro ranks in 1996 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, becoming defensive coordinator and assistant head coach of the St. Louis Rams, and taking over as the Bears' top man, where he continued to focus on building elite defenses built around speed and a simplified, attacking philosophy. Smith signed a long-term contract extension after the Super Bowl.
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Loss leaves Bears with little room for error
AP Sports WriterWith four games left, the Chicago Bears realize their margin for error is as slim as the distance they failed to cover during a crucial goal-line sequence against Minnesota on Sunday night. "We have to win out," defensive tackle Tommie Harris said...Tags: Greg Olsen, National Football League, Kyle Orton, Gus Frerotte, Olin Kreutz
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NFL Briefs
Dallas linebacker DeMarcus Ware and running back Marion Barber were not at practice Monday, the first time the Cowboys were back on the field since both were hurt Thanksgiving Day. Coach Wade Phillips said both were "day to day." Ware, the NFL sacks...Tags: Tony Stewart, Basketball, National Football League, Shane Lechler, Baltimore Colts
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Stunned Chicago propels Minn. to division lead
Associated PressWith a gutty goal-line stand and one big heave by Gus Frerotte, the Minnesota Vikings grabbed control of the NFC North and sent Kyle Orton and the Chicago Bears home with a humbling defeat. Seconds after the Bears were stopped four times at Minnesota's...Tags: National Football League, Devin Hester, Adrian Peterson, Kyle Orton, Carolina Panthers
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Bears lose DT Dusty Dvoracek to arm injury
The Chicago Bears lost starting defensive tackle Dusty Dvoracek to what coach Lovie Smith called a "serious" arm injury during their 34-14 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night. "It isn't looking good," Smith said. The injury came a week after...Tags: Nathan Vasher, Dusty Dvoracek, Minnesota Vikings, Injuries, Football
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Tough D, long pass lead Vikes past Bears 34-14
AP Sports WriterThree times in a row, Chicago Bears running backs slammed into the line from the Minnesota 1, looking for a commanding second-quarter lead over the Vikings. Three times in a row, those backs met a Williams Wall that didn't give an inch. When Matt...Tags: Greg Olsen, National Football League, Devin Hester, Kyle Orton, Dallas Cowboys
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Bears' downfall came at goal line
Contrary to the goat horns Charles Tillman wore out of the Metrodome on Sunday night after the Vikings' 34-14 victory, the badly beaten Bears cornerback wasn't even on the field for the game's biggest play.
Actually, there were four big plays. And all of...Tags: Greg Olsen, National Football League, Kyle Orton, Ozzie Guillen, Gus Frerotte
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After further review, Lovie Smith great down stretch
Tribune staff reporterCoach Lovie Smith is fond of dividing the season into quarters, and the Bears have now entered the fourth quarter of 2008. Under Smith, they have gone 7-9 for the stretch run. But the numbers are misleading, because the Bears have been strong under Smith...Tags: Adewale Ogunleye, National Football League, Kyle Orton, Gus Frerotte, Chicago Bears
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Bears flop with everything on the line
So the question in the ongoing saga of this crazy, up-and-down season was whether the Bears would be able to build on last week's dominant victory over the ghastly Rams, who are the worst team in the NFL no matter what the Lions' winless season would...Tags: National Football League, Devin Hester, Adrian Peterson, Kyle Orton, Gus Frerotte
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Closer look: Four downs with David Haugh
Uphill at 6-6 Lovie Smith billed this as one of the biggest games of his Bears tenure. So it will take some backpedaling for Smith to remind his team that their playoff goals remain alive after losing this one. But with the Vikings' remaining schedule and...Tags: National Football League, Kyle Orton, Adrian Peterson, Gus Frerotte, Charles Tillman
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Goal-line stand, 99-yard TD pass lead Vikings past Bears, 34-14, for first in NFC North
AP Sports WriterMINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ With a gutty goal-line stand and one big heave by Gus Frerotte, the Minnesota Vikings grabbed control of the NFC North and sent Kyle Orton and the Chicago Bears home with a humbling defeat. Seconds after the Bears were stopped four...Tags: Soldier Field, Devin Hester, Kyle Orton, Adrian Peterson, Pat Williams
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Vikings take lead in NFC North
Associated PressWith a gutty goal-line stand and one big heave by Gus Frerotte, the Minnesota Vikings grabbed control of the NFC North and sent Kyle Orton and the Chicago Bears home with a humbling defeat. Seconds after the Bears were stopped four times at Minnesota's...Tags: National Football League, Devin Hester, Adrian Peterson, Kyle Orton, Gus Frerotte
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Tough D, long pass lead Vikes past Bears, 34-14
AP Sports WriterInches from an 11-point edge late in the first half, Matt Forte and the Chicago Bears hit the wall. The Minnesota Vikings turned around and quickly took the lead -- in the game and in the division. With a gutty goal-line stand and one big heave by Gus...Tags: National Football League, Devin Hester, Fran Tarkenton, Kyle Orton, Adrian Peterson
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