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By the Numbers: Bears' preseason victory over Bills

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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. – Here's some notable numbers and stats from the Bears' dominant 33-6 preseason win over the Bills Saturday at Highmark Stadium:

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Bears' margin of victory, their most lopsided preseason win since Aug. 30, 1990, coincidentally also against the Bills, in a 35-7 victory at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C. After that game, then-Bills coach Marv Levy said: "I'm sick and humiliated about how our team played. I apologize to the people of South Carolina and to the Buffalo Bills fans."

700

Number of days since Micah Baskerville's last touchdown. The Bears linebacker returned an interception 53 yards for a TD in the fourth quarter Saturday. It was his first trip into the end zone since Sept. 10, 2022, when he had a 29-yard pick-six while playing for LSU in a 65-17 rout of Southern.

101.8

Caleb Williams' passer rating in his first preseason game, the highest of the seven quarterbacks who played in Saturday's contest. Williams also threw for the most yards (95) of any of the QBs, completing 4 of 7 passes on two possessions.

0

Touchdowns allowed by the Bears defense. The Bills scored all their points on Tyler Bass field goals of 24 yards in the second quarter and 49 yards in the third period. They reached the red zone on both of those drives, but on their other nine possessions in the game, they ran just one of 38 plays in Bears territory.

6

Number of former Bears on the Bills roster. In Saturday's game, quarterback Mitchell Trubisky completed 10 of 18 passes for 82 yards with a 67.4 passer rating, running back Darrynton Evans rushed for 11 yards on three carries and had a 24-yard kickoff return, safety Kendall Williamson recorded four tackles and one pass breakup and defensive end Kingsley Jonathan had one tackle. Receiver Chase Claypool and linebacker Nicholas Morrow did not play.

8

Number of sacks by the Bears defense. Defensive ends Austin Booker and Daniel Hardy led the team with 2.5 apiece, while defensive end Khalid Kareem, defensive tackle Zacch Pickens and linebacker Amen Ogbongbemiga had one each.

5

Number of plays of more than 20 yards from scrimmage in the game, all by the Bears. Those gains were Williams passes of 42 yards to running back D'Andre Swift and 26 yards to tight end Cole Kmet, Austin Reed's 34-yard pass to receiver Dante Pettis, Tyson Bagent's 25-yard pass to tight end Tommy Sweeney and running back Ian Wheeler's 21-yard run. The Bills' longest play was Trubisky's 19-yard pass to receiver Khalil Shakir.

48

Number of yards both of rookie Tory Taylor's punts traveled. One was fielded at the Buffalo 6 and returned 15 yards. The other went out of bounds at the 11.

Check out the on-field action as the Bears face off against the Bills in a Preseason Week 1 game at Highmark Stadium in Buffalo.

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