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New Orleans Saints at Chicago Bears

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 11 · Soldier Field

Dated schedule recordUpdated

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

New Orleans Saints—Away
Chicago Bears—Home

Matchup preview

New Orleans Saints 1–3 · Road 1–1 · Streak L2 · Power Index No. 20 · 7 days of rest
Chicago Bears 3–1 · Home 2–1 · Streak W2 · Power Index No. 2 · 14 days of rest (off a bye)
2026 regular season, per game · NO 4 games, CHI 4 games
MetricNOCHI
Points per game26.310th28.08th
Points allowed per game32.032nd16.34th
Total yards per game367.09th429.01st
Passing yards per game300.83rd244.016th
Rushing yards per game88.527th196.31st
Turnovers per game2.026th1.313th
Sacks allowed per game3.025th1.810th
Penalty yards per game43.34th47.38th

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 Orleans Saints: recent results

  1. L 24–45 vs ATL Week 4
  2. L 27–35 vs LV Week 3
  3. W 24–17 @ BAL Week 2
  4. L 30–31 (OT) @ DET 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 Orleans Saints: season leaders

Passing
Tyler Shough 1,203 yds
Rushing
Travis Etienne 128 yds
Receiving
Chris Olave 491 yds
Sacks
Chase Young 3.5

Chicago Bears: season leaders

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

New Orleans Saints: injury report

  • Out Anfernee Jennings WLB
  • Out Jeremiah Wright RG
  • Out Kaden Elliss LILB
  • Out Mason Tipton
  • Out Nick Saldiveri LG
  • Questionable Alvin Kamara RB
  • Questionable Barion Brown
  • Questionable Christen Miller NT

5 more listed.

10 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Chicago Bears: injury report

  • Out Anthony Johnson Jr.
  • 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

10 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

NO 11 · CHI 6 in 17 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 7 NO 14, CHI 26
  2. 2023 · Week 9 CHI 17, NO 24
  3. 2020 · Wild Card CHI 9, NO 21
  4. 2020 · Week 8 NO 26, CHI 23 (OT)
  5. 2019 · Week 7 NO 36, CHI 25

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

NO 32.8% · CHI 67.0%

Matchup quality 55.9 / 100

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

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