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Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Chicago Bears

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 9 · Soldier Field · Sunday Night

Dated schedule recordUpdated

Future kickoffs are subject to scheduling changes. Unconfirmed slots are withheld. Times are normalized by WHYNFL.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers—Away
Chicago Bears—Home

Matchup preview

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1–3 · Road 1–1 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 21 · 7 days of rest
Chicago Bears 2–1 · Home 1–1 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 3 · 6 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · TB 4 games, CHI 3 games
MetricTBCHI
Points per game21.517th29.75th
Points allowed per game23.818th17.77th
Total yards per game314.318th408.03rd
Passing yards per game201.027th236.016th
Rushing yards per game131.09th184.31st
Turnovers per game1.826th1.012th
Sacks allowed per game3.532nd2.013th
Penalty yards per game68.524th53.313th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: recent results

  1. W 24–16 @ DAL Week 5
  2. L 16–23 vs MIN Week 3
  3. L 19–23 vs CLE Week 2
  4. L 27–33 @ CIN Week 1

Chicago Bears: recent results

  1. W 27–7 vs PHI Week 3
  2. L 3–9 vs MIN Week 2
  3. W 59–37 @ CAR Week 1

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: season leaders

Passing
Baker Mayfield 615 yds · 3 g
Rushing
Bucky Irving 345 yds · 4 g
Receiving
Emeka Egbuka 179 yds · 4 g
Sacks
David Walker 2.0 · 3 g

Chicago Bears: season leaders

Passing
Caleb Williams 407 yds · 2 g
Rushing
D'Andre Swift 253 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Kalif Raymond 214 yds · 3 g
Sacks
Montez Sweat 2.0 · 3 g

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: injury report

  • Out Antoine Winfield Jr. FS
  • Out Baker Mayfield QB
  • Out Benjamin Morrison RCB
  • Out Billy Schrauth LG
  • Out DeMonte Capehart RDE
  • Out Luke Haggard RG
  • Out SirVocea Dennis RILB

4 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 8. Full report

Chicago Bears: injury report

  • Out Keyshaun Elliott MLB
  • Out Kyle Monangai RB
  • Out Kyler Gordon NB
  • Out Shemar Turner RDT
  • Questionable Caleb Williams QB
  • Questionable Marlen Sewell

11 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

TB 10 · CHI 10 in 20 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2023 · Week 2 CHI 17, TB 27
  2. 2021 · Week 7 CHI 3, TB 38
  3. 2020 · Week 5 TB 19, CHI 20
  4. 2018 · Week 4 TB 10, CHI 48
  5. 2017 · Week 2 CHI 7, TB 29

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

TB 33.2% · CHI 66.5%

Matchup quality 55.7 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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