49ers’ road streak ends; Bears beaten in OT

On Sunday, they won their first road game of the season as Blaine Gabbert tossed a 71-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Torrey Smith with 12:50 left in overtime to give them a 26-20 victory over the Bears at Soldier Field.

The 49ers (4-8) snapped a seven-game road losing streak that dated to November 2014, and scored their second-most points of the season.

[...] the 49ers responded to the apparent game-winning score with a six-play, 64-yard drive capped by Gabbert’s 44-yard touchdown scramble through the middle of Chicago’s defense with 1:42 remaining.

The game improbably kept going after Robbie Gould hooked his would-be, game-winning, 36-yard field goal wide left as time expired to set the stage for the Gabbert-to-Smith game-winner.

Trailing 6-0, the 49ers scored their initial first-quarter touchdown of the season, courtesy of a defense that arrived without a takeaway in 15 straight quarters.

Cornerback Jimmie Ward jumped a short pass from Jay Cutler that was intended for Alshon Jeffery and capped his 29-yard interception return, the first pick of his 20-game career, with a somersault into the end zone.

Trailing 13-6 in the second quarter, the 49ers embarked on a 16-play, 81-yard drive capped by Shaun Draughn’s one-yard run, their first rushing score in 25 quarters.