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New England Patriots at Chicago Bears

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 7 · Soldier Field · Thursday Night

Dated schedule recordUpdated

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

New England Patriots—Away
Chicago Bears—Home

Matchup preview

New England Patriots 2–2 · Road 1–2 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 12 · 4 days of rest
Chicago Bears 3–1 · Home 2–1 · Streak W2 · Power Index No. 2 · 4 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · NE 4 games, CHI 4 games
MetricNECHI
Points per game16.330th28.08th
Points allowed per game19.36th16.34th
Total yards per game331.516th429.01st
Passing yards per game225.018th244.016th
Rushing yards per game117.810th196.31st
Turnovers per game2.531st1.313th
Sacks allowed per game2.520th1.810th
Penalty yards per game46.06th47.38th

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.

New England Patriots: recent results

  1. W 29–26 @ BUF Week 4
  2. L 6–35 @ JAX Week 3
  3. W 20–3 vs PIT Week 2
  4. L 10–13 @ SEA Week 1

Chicago Bears: recent results

  1. W 23–12 vs NYJ Week 4
  2. W 27–7 vs PHI Week 3
  3. L 3–9 vs MIN Week 2
  4. W 59–37 @ CAR Week 1

New England Patriots: season leaders

Passing
Drake Maye 854 yds
Rushing
Rhamondre Stevenson 163 yds
Receiving
Mack Hollins 209 yds
Sacks
Elijah Ponder 2.5

Chicago Bears: season leaders

Passing
Caleb Williams 407 yds
Rushing
Kyle Monangai 324 yds
Receiving
Rome Odunze 233 yds

New England Patriots: injury report

  • Out Carlton Davis III LCB
  • Out Channing Canada
  • Out Christian Gonzalez RCB
  • Out Harold Landry III WLB
  • Out Karon Prunty RCB
  • Questionable Charles Woods RCB
  • Questionable Christian Barmore LDE
  • Questionable Christian Elliss LILB

4 more listed.

13 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. 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
  • Questionable Noah Sewell MLB

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

Head-to-head since 1999

NE 6 · CHI 2 in 8 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2024 · Week 10 NE 19, CHI 3
  2. 2022 · Week 7 CHI 33, NE 14
  3. 2018 · Week 7 NE 38, CHI 31
  4. 2014 · Week 8 CHI 23, NE 51
  5. 2010 · Week 14 NE 36, CHI 7

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

NE 37.9% · CHI 61.8%

Matchup quality 63.7 / 100

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

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