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Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings

Scheduled · Kickoff to be confirmed

2026 Regular season · Week 18 · U.S. Bank Stadium

Latest game updateUpdated
Chicago Bears—Away
Minnesota Vikings—Home

Game details

Location
Minneapolis

Matchup preview

Chicago Bears 3–2 · Road 1–1 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 6
Minnesota Vikings 5–0 · Home 2–0 · Streak W5 · Power Index No. 3
2026 regular season, per game · CHI 5 games, MIN 5 games
MetricCHIMIN
Points per game23.813th21.820th
Points allowed per game19.25th12.81st
Total yards per game392.46th283.027th
Passing yards per game234.218th187.628th
Rushing yards per game173.21st116.013th
Turnovers per game2.028th0.88th
Sacks allowed per game2.213th3.028th
Penalty yards per game41.82nd50.010th

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.

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

Minnesota Vikings: recent results

  1. W 23–13 @ NO Week 5
  2. W 15–10 vs MIA Week 4
  3. W 23–16 @ TB Week 3
  4. W 9–3 @ CHI Week 2
  5. W 39–22 vs GB Week 1

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

Minnesota Vikings: season leaders

Passing
Kyler Murray 662 yds · 4 g
Rushing
Aaron Jones Sr. 410 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Justin Jefferson 258 yds · 4 g
Sacks
Dallas Turner 5.5 · 4 g

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

Minnesota Vikings: injury report

  • Out Charles Demmings LCB
  • Out Christian Darrisaw LT
  • Out Elijah Williams LDE
  • Out Jakobe Thomas SS
  • Out Jordan Addison WR
  • Out Max Brosmer QB
  • Out Odell Beckham Jr. WR
  • Questionable T.J. Hockenson TE

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

Head-to-head since 1999

CHI 26 · MIN 29 in 55 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2026 · Week 2 MIN 9, CHI 3
  2. 2025 · Week 11 CHI 19, MIN 17
  3. 2025 · Week 1 MIN 27, CHI 24
  4. 2024 · Week 15 CHI 12, MIN 30
  5. 2024 · Week 12 MIN 30, CHI 27 (OT)

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

CHI 49.3% · MIN 50.3%

Matchup quality 65.4 / 100

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

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