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Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 17 · Soldier Field

Latest game updateUpdated
Detroit Lions—Away
Chicago Bears—Home

Game details

Location
Chicago

Matchup preview

Detroit Lions 2–2 · Road 0–2 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 19 · 6 days of rest
Chicago Bears 3–1 · Home 2–1 · Streak W2 · Power Index No. 2 · 9 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · DET 4 games, CHI 4 games
MetricDETCHI
Points per game29.84th28.08th
Points allowed per game31.831st16.34th
Total yards per game389.36th429.01st
Passing yards per game303.52nd244.016th
Rushing yards per game102.020th196.31st
Turnovers per game0.31st1.313th
Sacks allowed per game2.013th1.810th
Penalty yards per game56.814th47.38th

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.

Detroit Lions: recent results

  1. L 26–32 @ CAR Week 4
  2. W 31–24 vs NYJ Week 3
  3. L 31–41 @ BUF Week 2
  4. W 31–30 (OT) vs NO Week 1

Chicago Bears: recent results

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

Detroit Lions: season leaders

Passing
Jared Goff 1,214 yds
Rushing
Jahmyr Gibbs 353 yds
Receiving
Amon-Ra St. Brown 303 yds

Chicago Bears: season leaders

Passing
Caleb Williams 407 yds
Rushing
Kyle Monangai 324 yds
Receiving
Rome Odunze 233 yds

Detroit Lions: injury report

  • Out Ben Bartch LG
  • Out Brian Branch SS
  • Out Giovanni Manu LT
  • Out Kerby Joseph FS
  • Out Mason Miller
  • Out Rock Ya-Sin RCB
  • Questionable Tyleik Williams RDT

7 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Chicago Bears: injury report

  • Out Keyshaun Elliott MLB
  • Out Kyle Monangai RB
  • Out Kyler Gordon NB
  • Out Shemar Turner RDT
  • Questionable Caleb Williams QB
  • Questionable Marlen Sewell
  • Questionable Noah Sewell MLB

11 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

DET 26 · CHI 28 in 54 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 18 DET 19, CHI 16
  2. 2025 · Week 2 CHI 21, DET 52
  3. 2024 · Week 16 DET 34, CHI 17
  4. 2024 · Week 13 CHI 20, DET 23
  5. 2023 · Week 14 DET 13, CHI 28

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

DET 45.0% · CHI 54.6%

Matchup quality 74.4 / 100

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

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