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On December 31, , President John F. It was the height of the Cold War and Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. When the teenage Ricky Nelson launched his pop career in by picking up a guitar and singing at the end of an episode of The Adventures of Ozzie And Harriet, he established a template Roberto Clemente, future Hall of Fame baseball player, is killed along with four others when the cargo plane in which he is traveling crashes off the coast of Puerto Rico.

Clemente was on his way to deliver relief supplies to Nicaragua following a devastating earthquake there a Bernhard Goetz, the white man who shot four young Black men on a New York City subway train, turns himself in at a police station in Concord, New Hampshire.

Goetz claimed that the men were trying to rob him and that he had acted in self-defense. At the time, New York was in the And mtrubisky10 puts it on the money. Touchdown, chicagobears! The Robinson touchdown was set up by this throw down the same sideline to Josh Bellamy. Trubisky ended the night 26 of 43 for yards and the score, and because of the dropped picks, he also finished without a turnover.

He even got them into position to win the game with another dime to Robinson on the Bears' last-ditch drive. But it ultimately wasn't enough. Star Eagles tight end Zach Ertz had a relatively muted game. Ertz set an NFL record for most catches by a tight end in a single season, snaring passes from Foles and Carson Wentz.

But in this game, he was playing against one of the NFL's best units at defending the tight end. The Bears finished the regular season ranked first in Football Outsiders' pass defense DVOA, and third overall on passes to tight ends. On the year, they allowed just 69 catches for yards and five scores to players at the position. In this one, they held Ertz to a line. His final catch of the evening, though, was a huge one, as it extended what was ultimately the game-winning drive. The biggest plays by an Eagles tight end came from second-round pick Dallas Goedert, who works as the No.

Foles found him up the seam for a score in the third quarter, the second time he's thrown a playoff touchdown to a tight end. That was Nick Foles' 2nd touchdown pass to a tight end in the last 2 postseasons.

As Cris Collinsworth pointed out on the broadcast, though, the Bears actually had only 10 players on the field for that snap. In the fourth quarter, the Eagles found Goedert once again. They fake a screen to the left, faked it back to the right, and then threw it back to Goedert up the middle. He broke a couple tackles and got himself a first down, and the Eagles continued marching right on down the field for the eventual game-winning score.

What a play by eagles TE goedert Throughout this season, Jordan Howard and Tarik Cohen seemingly could not get themselves going at the same time. If Cohen was exploding, it came at the expense of Howard, and vice versa. In this one, both of them failed to make their presence felt.

Howard ended the night with just 10 carries for 35 yards while Cohen was stopped for no gain on his only carry and after making a really nice yard catch early see below didn't do much else through the air.

Cohen's yard kick return with under a minute left in the game set the Bears up with good field position for their last-ditch drive, but it ultimately was for naught, because Parkey missed the field goal.

The Bears' season as over, as the NFC North champion has now seen its season end at the hands of Foles and the Eagles for the second-consecutive year. The Bears' draft pick No. The other, the Cowboys , defeated the Seahawks on Saturday night. Philly, meanwhile, advances to the divisional round, where the Eagles will travel to New Orleans to take on the Saints.

Malcolm Jenkins has called the team's Week 11 loss to New Orleans the low point of the team's season. The Eagles went down the stretch after that, and have now defeated the team with the NFL's best defense. By Jared Dubin. Watch NBC Sports. Free with membership. Watch Amazon Prime. Start A Free Trial. Sports app for smartphones and tablets. Download Yahoo! Download NFL Mobile. App Store. They recorded season highs with yards and 26 first downs and possessed the ball for But they scored just one touchdown on five red-zone drives and committed two costly fourth-quarter turnovers in a loss.

Trubisky connected on 23 of 35 passes for yards and a He showed better accuracy, especially on downfield throws, completing passes of 35, 31 and 31 yards after entering the game with just one pass play of at least 30 yards in his first five starts this season.

But he also overthrew Taylor Gabriel on a long pass that could have resulted in a yard touchdown and committed back-to-back turnovers in the fourth quarter when the Bears were protecting a lead. The Chargers converted his lost fumble into the game-winning TD. He missed some really easy ones, and that's frustrating. Asked how Trubisky can continue to produce phenomenal plays while reducing his mistakes, Helfrich said: "Just feet and eyes.

Fundamental understanding of everything we're trying to do. Getting to No. The Bears rediscovered their running game against the Chargers.

After rushing for just 17 yards on seven carries a week earlier against the Saints, the ground game produced yards and one TD on 38 carries.