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Cincinnati Bengals at Chicago Bears

Final · Kickoff

2013 Regular season · Week 1 · Soldier Field

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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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CHIChicago Bears24Home
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Bears beat Bengals 24–21 in 2013 Week 1

The Chicago Bears beat the Cincinnati Bengals 24–21 at home at Soldier Field in Week 1 of the 2013 regular season on September 8, 2013. It was decided by 3 points, a field goal or less.

The result moved the Bears to 1–0 and dropped the Bengals to 0–1. The Bengals finished 2013 at 11–5 and lost in the Wild Card round. The Bears finished 2013 at 8–8 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, the Cincinnati Bengals won 45–10 on October 25, 2009. When they met again, the Chicago Bears won 33–7 on December 10, 2017.

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 Series tied 2–2 after meeting No. 4 since 2001 Full series history

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