CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears saw an opponent with a championship in its recent history, not a team searching for its first victory.

That made them just a little apprehensive about this game.

Turns out, they had good reason.

Jay Cutler threw two touchdown passes to Brandon Marshall, and Tim Jennings had two of Chicago’s three interceptions against Eli Manning in a 27-21 victory over the New York Giants on Thursday night.

The Bears (4-2) snapped a two-game slide following a 3-0 start. New York is 0-6 for the first time since the 1976 team dropped its first nine, a stunning turn for a franchise that won the Super Bowl two years ago.

“They’re fighters,” Chicago’s Lance Briggs said. “We’ve got a fighting team. That’s a Tom Coughlin-coached team. They’re going to come out well-prepared, and they executed well.”

“We’re all sick of it,” Coughlin said. “We’re all sick of losing, but we put ourselves in this position. There is only one way to get out of it.”

Cutler and Marshall were in tune early on, connecting for two touchdowns, and Jennings returned an interception 48 yards for a score as Chicago built a 24-14 halftime lead.

The Bears were up by 13 when New York’s Brandon Jacobs ran it in from the 1 in the closing seconds of the third quarter after Jennings got called for interference against Hakeem Nicks near the goal line. That cut it to 27-21, but Jennings made up for it in a big way when he picked off an overthrown pass by Manning intended for tight end Brandon Myers at the 10 with 1:54 left.