TORONTO (Reuters) - Unable to find a victory in the United States, the Buffalo Bills fared no better across the border in Canada as they fell 22-19 to the Chicago Bears on Sunday to remain the NFL's only winless team.
Jay Cutler tossed a pair of touchdown passes and Chester Taylor ran for another as the Bears pulled out of a two-game losing skid to improve to 5-3 while the Bills sank to 0-8.
Making the annual visit to their northern neighbors, the Bills have found no more success in downtown Toronto than they have at Orchard Park, losing all three regular-season games played at the Rogers Center the last three years.
It was also the third consecutive heartbreaker for the Bills who have lost their last three games by three points including two in overtime.
"This one really hurts, I don't know what to say," quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick told reporters. "We did some good things out there again but came up short.
"They keep hurting more and more but the guys keep fighting. I know we're 0-8 now but all it takes is one win. We need one win to get over the hump and things will start going our way."
The Bills enjoyed little in the way of home-field advantage with just as many fans in the crowd of 50,746 wearing Bears jerseys.
"It seemed close to 50/50 but that's our responsibility, we have to be a better football team so that these people become Bills fans not just people that want to see NFL football," said coach Chan Gailey.
Chicago opened the scoring with a grinding eight-minute, 81-yard scoring drive that bridged the opening two quarters, Cutler finding Greg Olsen in the back of the end zone for a five-yard touchdown.
Buffalo answered with 13 seconds left in the half, Roscoe Parrish latching on to a 14-yard laser throw from Fitzpatrick to send the teams into the intermission deadlocked at 7-7.
The Bears stormed out after the break, Cutler engineering another long scoring drive capped by a one-yard touchdown plunge by Taylor only to watch the battling Bills hit back immediately with Fred Jackson rumbling over from four yards.
The Bills kept up the pressure in the fourth quarter, converting a Cutler fumble near mid-field into a one-yard Corey McIntyre touchdown plunge and a 19-14 lead.
However, Bears cornerback Tim Jennings jumped in front of a Fitzpatrick pass and returned it deep into Bills territory to set up Chicago's winning score, a two-yard touchdown strike from Cutler to Earl Bennett.
"I don't have any new words to tell you guys, it feels like someone has kicked us in the stomach," said Gailey. "It hurts.
"I truly believe this team will get there and I don't just mean win a game, I think we have a chance to be a decent football team."
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