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Jacksonville Jaguars at Chicago Bears

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 13 · Soldier Field

Dated schedule recordUpdated

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

Jacksonville Jaguars—Away
Chicago Bears—Home

Matchup preview

Jacksonville Jaguars 3–1 · Road 1–1 · Streak W2 · Power Index No. 7 · 7 days of rest
Chicago Bears 3–1 · Home 2–1 · Streak W2 · Power Index No. 2 · 10 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · JAX 4 games, CHI 4 games
MetricJAXCHI
Points per game26.012th28.08th
Points allowed per game13.32nd16.34th
Total yards per game316.518th429.01st
Passing yards per game210.820th244.016th
Rushing yards per game117.311th196.31st
Turnovers per game0.53rd1.313th
Sacks allowed per game2.013th1.810th
Penalty yards per game61.516th47.38th

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.

Jacksonville Jaguars: recent results

  1. W 22–17 @ CIN Week 4
  2. W 35–6 vs NE Week 3
  3. L 13–20 @ DEN Week 2
  4. W 34–10 vs CLE 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

Jacksonville Jaguars: season leaders

Passing
Trevor Lawrence 843 yds
Rushing
Bhayshul Tuten 277 yds
Receiving
Parker Washington 228 yds

Chicago Bears: season leaders

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

Jacksonville Jaguars: injury report

  • Doubtful Eric Murray SS
  • Questionable Devon Marshall

8 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. 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

JAX 2 · CHI 5 in 7 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2024 · Week 6 JAX 16, CHI 35
  2. 2020 · Week 16 CHI 41, JAX 17
  3. 2016 · Week 6 JAX 17, CHI 16
  4. 2012 · Week 5 CHI 41, JAX 3
  5. 2008 · Week 14 JAX 10, CHI 23

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

JAX 53.8% · CHI 45.8%

Matchup quality 83.5 / 100

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

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