DETROIT (10/10/11) – The Detroit Lions are 5-0 for the first time since 1956.
Jahvid Best ran for a career-high 163 yards on just 12 carries, including an 88-yard touchdown run, and Detroit defeated the Chicago Bears (2-3) Monday night by a final score of 24-13. The Lions remain locked in a first-place tie in the NFC North with Green Bay, who are also 5-0.
Kevin Harlan and Boomer Esiason called the action on Westwood One.
(Matthew Stafford hits Calvin Johnson on a 73-yd TD to give the Lions a 7-0 lead)
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(Jay Cutler’s 9-yd TD pass to Kellen Davis puts the Bears ahead 10-7)
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(Jahvid Best goes 88 yards untouched to make it Lions 21 – Bears 10)
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(Jahvid Best’s postgame interview with Westwood One sideline reporter Mark Malone)
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(Postgame recap from Westwood One’s Kevin Harlan and Boomer Esiason)
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