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Chicago Bears at Pittsburgh Steelers

Final · Kickoff

2021 Regular season · Week 9 · Heinz 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 Bears27Away
PITPittsburgh Steelers29Home
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Steelers beat Bears 29–27 in 2021 Week 9

The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Chicago Bears 29–27 at home at Heinz Field in Week 9 of the 2021 regular season on November 8, 2021. It was decided by 2 points, a field goal or less.

The result moved the Steelers to 5–3 and dropped the Bears to 3–6. It was the Steelers’ fourth straight win. It was the Bears’ fourth straight loss. The Bears finished 2021 at 6–11 and missed the playoffs. The Steelers finished 2021 at 9–7–1 and lost in the Wild Card round.

In their previous meeting, the Chicago Bears won 23–17 on September 24, 2017. When they met again, the Chicago Bears won 31–28 on November 23, 2025.

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 3–2 after meeting No. 5 since 2005 Full series history

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