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Chicago Bears at Indianapolis Colts

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2008 Regular season · Week 1 · Lucas Oil Stadium · Sunday 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 Bears29Away
INDIndianapolis Colts13Home
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Bears beat Colts 29–13 in 2008 Week 1

The Chicago Bears beat the Indianapolis Colts 29–13 on the road at Lucas Oil Stadium in Week 1 of the 2008 regular season on September 7, 2008.

The result moved the Bears to 1–0 and dropped the Colts to 0–1. The Bears finished 2008 at 9–7 and missed the playoffs. The Colts finished 2008 at 12–4 and lost in the Wild Card round.

In their previous meeting, the Indianapolis Colts won 29–17 on February 4, 2007. When they met again, the Chicago Bears won 41–21 on September 9, 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 Series tied 2–2 after meeting No. 4 since 2000 Full series history

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