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Chicago Bears at Dallas Cowboys

Final · Kickoff

2016 Regular season · Week 3 · AT&T Stadium · Sunday 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 Bears17Away
DALDallas Cowboys31Home
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Cowboys beat Bears 31–17 in 2016 Week 3

The Dallas Cowboys beat the Chicago Bears 31–17 at home at AT&T Stadium in Week 3 of the 2016 regular season on September 25, 2016.

The result moved the Cowboys to 2–1 and dropped the Bears to 0–3. It was the Bears’ third straight loss. The Bears finished 2016 at 3–13 and missed the playoffs. The Cowboys finished 2016 at 13–3 and lost in the Divisional round.

In their previous meeting, the Dallas Cowboys won 41–28 on December 4, 2014. When they met again, the Chicago Bears won 31–24 on December 5, 2019.

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 Cowboys lead the series 4–3 after meeting No. 7 since 2004 Full series history

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