Schedule Game summaries Week 1: vs. Tennessee Titans Despite falling behind 17–0 and failing to score an offensive touchdown, the Bears rallied to beat the Titans in their season opener with touchdowns on returns of a blocked punt and interception.
Caleb Williams, despite finishing with just 93 passing yards, became the first #1 overall pick to win his first NFL start since
David Carr in
2002.
Week 2: at Houston Texans The Bears offense continued to struggle, as
Caleb Williams threw two interceptions. With the loss, the Bears fell to 1–1.
Week 3: at Indianapolis Colts Caleb Williams put up his best game of the season to date, throwing for 363 yards, but also threw two interceptions and lost a fumble. With the loss, the Bears fell to 1–2.
Week 4: vs. Los Angeles Rams D'Andre Swift rushed for 93 yards and a touchdown, and the Bears defense forced two turnovers, improving them to 2–2 and their first win over the Rams since
2018.
Week 5: vs. Carolina Panthers The Bears played lights out football.
Caleb Williams played his best game with the Bears with 304 passing yards and two touchdowns, and Chicago's defense allowed just 10 points and forced three turnovers. With the win, they improve to 3–2 and defeated the Panthers for the fourth straight meeting.
Week 6: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars NFL London games The Bears scored 35+ points in consecutive games for the first time since
2013, blowing out the Jaguars 35–16 and improving to 4–2.
Week 8: at Washington Commanders The last play of the game was a 52-yard
Hail Mary pass from Commanders rookie quarterback
Jayden Daniels to wide receiver
Noah Brown to defeat the Bears. As the play developed, Bears cornerback
Tyrique Stevenson was away from his coverage, taunting the crowd and was late to recover. He inadvertently tipped the pass to Brown for the winning touchdown. With the loss, the Bears fell to 4–3.
Week 9: at Arizona Cardinals The Bears kicked 3 field goals, failed to score a touchdown, and were defeated in lopsided fashion by the Cardinals, and fell to 4–4.
Week 10: vs. New England Patriots For the second straight game, the Bears failed to score a touchdown, and fell to 4–5. This was also the Bears' first loss at
Soldier Field since Week 6 of 2023, snapping an 8-game winning streak at home. After this game, the Bears fired offensive coordinator
Shane Waldron and named
Thomas Brown interim offensive coordinator.
Week 11: vs. Green Bay Packers The Bears suffered another last-second loss, after a 46-yard field goal attempt from
Cairo Santos to win the game was deflected by Packers defensive lineman
Karl Brooks. The Bears fell to 4–6 and lost their eleventh straight game against the Packers.
Week 12: vs. Minnesota Vikings The Bears rallied from an 11-point deficit with under 2 minutes remaining to force overtime, but the Bears offense went three-and-out and the Vikings drove down the field for a game-winning field goal. With the loss, the Bears fell to 4–7.
Week 13: at Detroit Lions Thanksgiving Day games The Bears rallied from a 23–7 fourth quarter deficit to pull within 23–20 with possession of the ball in field goal range; however, a sack knocked them out of field goal range, and a disastrous sequence ensued with the Bears not using their last timeout and the clock running out after an incomplete pass. The loss dropped the Bears to 4–8, and the day after the game, head coach
Matt Eberflus was fired, becoming the first head coach in franchise history to be fired mid-season, and interim offensive coordinator
Thomas Brown was promoted to interim head coach.
Week 14: at San Francisco 49ers Thomas Brown's head coaching debut was a disaster for the Bears, who were outgained in yardage 319–4 in the first half and 452–162 for the game against a shorthanded 49ers team. With their seventh straight loss, the Bears fell to 4–9 and were assured of a fourth straight losing season.
Week 15: at Minnesota Vikings The Bears were shut out in the first half for the third consecutive game, and were blown out 30–12 by the Vikings, falling to 4–10. Also, prior to this game playing out, the Bears were eliminated from the playoffs due to Washington's win over New Orleans.
Week 16: vs. Detroit Lions With another lopsided loss, the Bears fell to 4–11.
Week 17: vs. Seattle Seahawks For the third time this season, the Bears failed to score a touchdown, and failed to score an offensive touchdown for the fourth time on the season. With the loss, the Bears tied their franchise-worst 10-game losing streak (with
the 2022 season).
Week 18: at Green Bay Packers With the last second game-winning field goal the Bears snap both their 10 game losing streak and their 11 game losing streak against Green Bay to finish 5–12. This was also the Bears' only road win of the season, their first road win on a Sunday since
2021, and their first win in Green Bay since
2015.
Standings Division Teams highlighted in green made the playoffs, and their seedings are shown.
Conference ==Notes==