The complete 2026 slate with rest edges and schedule context, the 2025 ledger, and the franchise record since 1999 — every number computed from the bundled nflverse game log.
By C. B. Zakarian · Updated July 29, 2026
The Chicago Bears enter 2026 off a 11–6 season. Their 2026 opponents went a combined 158–129–2 in 2025 (a .550 strength of schedule, 1 of 32 — the naive prior-year method, whose real forecast error we measured here). The calendar hands them a net rest differential of +15 days (1 of 32), with week 8 (+3), week 11 (+7), week 13 (+3), week 17 (+3); the bye falls in week 10, they play 2 Thursday games, and 3 of their final four games are divisional. Rest-edge context lives in the schedule-quirks explainer.
Results fill in automatically as the bundled nflverse game log updates; until a game is played its result column shows a dash.
| Wk | Date | Opponent | Rest edge | Notes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 13 | at Carolina Panthers | — | — | — |
| 2 | Sep 20 | vs Minnesota Vikings | — | DIV | — |
| 3 | Sep 28 | vs Philadelphia Eagles | — | Mon | — |
| 4 | Oct 4 | vs New York Jets | -1 | — | — |
| 5 | Oct 11 | at Green Bay Packers | — | DIV | — |
| 6 | Oct 18 | at Atlanta Falcons | — | — | — |
| 7 | Oct 22 | vs New England Patriots | — | Thu | — |
| 8 | Nov 2 | at Seattle Seahawks | +3 | Mon | — |
| 9 | Nov 8 | vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers | -1 | — | — |
| 11 | Nov 22 | vs New Orleans Saints | +7 | — | — |
| 12 | Nov 26 | at Detroit Lions | — | DIV Thu | — |
| 13 | Dec 6 | vs Jacksonville Jaguars | +3 | — | — |
| 14 | Dec 13 | at Miami Dolphins | — | — | — |
| 15 | Dec 19 | at Buffalo Bills | — | Sat | — |
| 16 | Dec 25 | vs Green Bay Packers | +1 | DIV Fri | — |
| 17 | Jan 3 | vs Detroit Lions | +3 | DIV | — |
| 18 | Jan 10 | at Minnesota Vikings | — | DIV | — |
Final record 11–6, 441 points scored against 415 allowed (+26). Home 6–2, road 5–4. One-score games (decided by 8 or fewer): 7–4 — the split most likely to regress either way, per the Pythagorean explainer.
Across the 27 seasons in our game log the franchise is 203–234 (.465). Best season in the window: 2001 (13–3); leanest: 2022 (3–14). Franchise moves are joined under the current code (CHI), so older seasons include predecessor cities where applicable.
Sources: nflverse public game log bundled at data/games.csv (schedule, rest, and results; retrieved July 2026 — in-season updates refresh this page's results column). No projections, no invented numbers: this page reports the schedule and the record, and links the analysis.