Final · Kickoff
2020 Regular season · Week 5 · Soldier Field · Thursday Night
Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.
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The Chicago Bears beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20–19 at home at Soldier Field in Week 5 of the 2020 regular season on October 8, 2020. The final margin was a single point.
The result moved the Bears to 4–1 and dropped the Buccaneers to 3–2. The Buccaneers finished 2020 at 11–5 and won Super Bowl LV. The Bears finished 2020 at 8–8 and lost in the Wild Card round.
In their previous meeting, the Chicago Bears won 48–10 on September 30, 2018. When they met again, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won 38–3 on October 24, 2021.
Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.
Series Bears lead the series 10–8 after meeting No. 18 since 1999 Full series history
Dallas spent its long break after Thursday's 24–16 home defeat reviewing all three phases. The owner says nobody is being fired before the October 18 trip to Green Bay.
The ankle injury Brooks suffered in Tampa Bay will keep him out at least four games and thins Green Bay's backfield again.
Todd Bowles put the Pro Bowl safety's absence at two to four weeks, which takes him out of Thursday night's game in Dallas as Tampa Bay tries to avoid an 0–5 start.
