Credit coverage units for max effort all the way through the play in the second quarter when Broncos returner Omar Bolden conceded a touchback, but the ball bounced back across the goal line, forcing Bolden to pick it up. The resulting defensive stop and punt gave the Bears the ball at the Denver 49 (from where the offense went three-and-out).
Special teams allowed no Denver possession to start in the Chicago end of the field other than on a failed onsides kick try at the end of the game.