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Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings

Final · Kickoff

2004 Regular season · Week 3 · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

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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 Bears22Away
MINMinnesota Vikings27Home
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Vikings beat Bears 27–22 in 2004 Week 3

The Minnesota Vikings beat the Chicago Bears 27–22 at home at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Week 3 of the 2004 regular season on September 26, 2004. It was a one-score game at the finish, decided by 5 points.

The result moved the Vikings to 2–1 and dropped the Bears to 1–2. The Bears finished 2004 at 5–11 and missed the playoffs. The Vikings finished 2004 at 8–8 and lost in the Divisional round.

In their previous meeting, the Chicago Bears won 13–10 on December 14, 2003. When they met again, the Chicago Bears won 24–14 on December 5, 2004.

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 Vikings lead the series 6–5 after meeting No. 11 since 1999 Full series history

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