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.
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 is 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. The slate has 5 kickoffs at 7 PM ET or later and a longest road stretch of 2 straight games. Rest-edge context lives in the schedule-quirks explainer; the division picture is in the NFC North preview.
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 | — | — | W 59–37 |
| 2 | Sep 20 | vs Minnesota Vikings | — | DIV | L 3–9 |
| 3 | Sep 28 | vs Philadelphia Eagles | — | Mon | W 27–7 |
| 4 | Oct 4 | vs New York Jets | -1 | — | W 23–12 |
| 5 | Oct 11 | at Green Bay Packers | — | DIV | L 7–31 |
| 6 | Oct 18 | at Atlanta Falcons | — | — | W 31–23 |
| 7 | Oct 22 | vs New England Patriots | — | Thu | W 30–24 |
| 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 the bundled 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 August 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.