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Cincinnati Bengals at Chicago Bears

Final · Kickoff

2005 Regular season · Week 3 · 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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CINCincinnati Bengals24Away
CHIChicago Bears7Home
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Bengals beat Bears 24–7 in 2005 Week 3

The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Chicago Bears 24–7 on the road at Soldier Field in Week 3 of the 2005 regular season on September 25, 2005.

The result moved the Bengals to 3–0 and dropped the Bears to 1–2. It was the Bengals’ third straight win. The Bengals finished 2005 at 11–5 and lost in the Wild Card round. The Bears finished 2005 at 11–5 and lost in the Divisional round.

In their previous meeting, the Chicago Bears won 24–0 on October 21, 2001. When they met again, the Cincinnati Bengals won 45–10 on October 25, 2009.

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 1–1 after meeting No. 2 since 2001 Full series history

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