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Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears

Final · Kickoff

2012 Regular season · Week 7 · Soldier Field · Monday Night

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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 Bears13Home
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Bears beat Lions 13–7 in 2012 Week 7

The Chicago Bears beat the Detroit Lions 13–7 at home at Soldier Field in Week 7 of the 2012 regular season on October 22, 2012. It was a one-score game at the finish, decided by 6 points.

The result moved the Bears to 5–1 and dropped the Lions to 2–4. It was the Bears’ fourth straight win. The Lions finished 2012 at 4–12 and missed the playoffs. The Bears finished 2012 at 10–6 and missed the playoffs. The Lions’ 7 points were their fewest in any game of 2012.

In their previous meeting, the Chicago Bears won 37–13 on November 13, 2011. When they met again, the Chicago Bears won 26–24 on December 30, 2012.

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 18–9 after meeting No. 27 since 1999 Full series history

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