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New Orleans Saints at Chicago Bears

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 11 · Soldier Field

Dated schedule recordUpdated

Future kickoffs are subject to scheduling changes. Unconfirmed slots are withheld. Times are normalized by WHYNFL.

New Orleans Saints—Away
Chicago Bears—Home

Matchup preview

New Orleans Saints 1–4 · Road 1–1 · Streak L3 · Power Index No. 26 · 7 days of rest
Chicago Bears 3–2 · Home 2–1 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 6 · 14 days of rest (off a bye)
2026 regular season, per game · NO 5 games, CHI 5 games
MetricNOCHI
Points per game23.615th23.814th
Points allowed per game30.231st19.25th
Total yards per game322.020th392.46th
Passing yards per game259.89th234.218th
Rushing yards per game81.829th173.22nd
Turnovers per game2.230th2.027th
Sacks allowed per game2.622nd2.215th
Penalty yards per game42.83rd41.82nd

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

New Orleans Saints: recent results

  1. L 13–23 vs MIN Week 5
  2. L 24–45 vs ATL Week 4
  3. L 27–35 vs LV Week 3
  4. W 24–17 @ BAL Week 2
  5. L 30–31 (OT) @ DET Week 1

Chicago Bears: recent results

  1. L 7–31 @ GB Week 5
  2. W 23–12 vs NYJ Week 4
  3. W 27–7 vs PHI Week 3
  4. L 3–9 vs MIN Week 2
  5. W 59–37 @ CAR Week 1

New Orleans Saints: season leaders

Passing
Tyler Shough 1,299 yds · 5 g
Rushing
Travis Etienne Jr. 128 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Chris Olave 537 yds · 5 g
Sacks
Carl Granderson 1.5 · 3 g

Chicago Bears: season leaders

Passing
Tyson Bagent 409 yds · 3 g
Rushing
D'Andre Swift 354 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Rome Odunze 273 yds · 5 g
Sacks
Austin Booker 3.0 · 4 g

New Orleans Saints: injury report

  • Out Anfernee Jennings WLB
  • Out Jeremiah Wright RG
  • Out Kaden Elliss LILB
  • Out Mason Tipton
  • Out Mike Reid LCB
  • Out Nathan Shepherd NT
  • Out Nick Saldiveri LG
  • Out Vernon Broughton RDE

1 more listed.

10 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Chicago Bears: injury report

  • Out Anthony Johnson Jr.
  • Out Caleb Williams QB
  • Out Jamree Kromah LDE
  • Out Jayden Loving LDT
  • Out Keyshaun Elliott MLB
  • Out Kyle Monangai RB
  • Out Kyler Gordon NB
  • Out Ozzy Trapilo LT

5 more listed.

10 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 11. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

NO 11 · CHI 6 in 17 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 7 NO 14, CHI 26
  2. 2023 · Week 9 CHI 17, NO 24
  3. 2020 · Wild Card CHI 9, NO 21
  4. 2020 · Week 8 NO 26, CHI 23 (OT)
  5. 2019 · Week 7 NO 36, CHI 25

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

NO 32.8% · CHI 67.0%

Matchup quality 55.9 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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