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Kansas City Chiefs at Chicago Bears

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1999 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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KCKansas City Chiefs17Away
CHIChicago Bears20Home
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Bears beat Chiefs 20–17 in 1999 Week 1

The Chicago Bears beat the Kansas City Chiefs 20–17 at home at Soldier Field in Week 1 of the 1999 regular season on September 12, 1999. It was decided by 3 points, a field goal or less.

The result moved the Bears to 1–0 and dropped the Chiefs to 0–1. The Chiefs finished 1999 at 9–7 and missed the playoffs. The Bears finished 1999 at 6–10 and missed the playoffs.

WHYNFL’s results archive begins with the 1999 season, and this was the franchises’ first meeting in it. When they met again, the Kansas City Chiefs won 31–3 on December 28, 2003.

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 1–0 after meeting No. 1 since 1999 Full series history

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