Chicago (11-4) at San Francisco (11-4)
Sunday, 8:15 p.m. EST, NBC.
BetMGM NFL Odds: 49ers by 3.
Against the spread: Bears 9-5-1; 49ers 10-5.
Series record: 49ers lead 36-33-1.
Last meeting: 49ers beat Bears 38-13 Dec. 8, 2025, in Santa Clara, Calif.
Last week: Bears beat the Packers 22-16 in OT; 49ers beat the Colts 48-27.
Bears offense: overall (5), rush (2), pass (14), scoring (10).
Bears defense: overall (24), rush (27), pass (18), scoring (19).
49ers offense: overall (9), rush (24), pass (5), scoring (9).
49ers defense: overall (18), rush (8), pass (23), scoring (11).
Turnover differential: Bears plus-21; 49ers minus-4.
Bears player to watch
DB Nahshon Wright forced a fumble last week and has 5 INTs, three fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles on the season. The only other player to hit those marks in the past 17 seasons was Minkah Fitzpatrick in 2019.
49ers player to watch
QB Brock Purdy became the first Niners QB to throw at least five TDs in a game last week since Steve Young did it in Super Bowl 29 a little more than 30 years ago. Purdy has thrown eight TD passes and only one INT the past two weeks and has multiple TD passes in five of his seven starts this season. Purdy leads the NFL with a 130 passer rating on third down this season.
Key matchup
Bears running game against 49ers defense. Chicago ranks second in the NFL in rushing and has had at least 138 yards in seven of the past eight games. The Niners rank third best in the NFL in allowing 87.4 yards per game since Week 11 and held Jonathan Taylor to 46 yards last week.
Key injuries
Bears: WR Luther Burden III (ankle) returned to practice on a limited basis after missing last week’s game and could play this week. … WR Rome Odunze (foot) and LB T.J. Edwards (glute) didn’t practice to start the week and could be sidelined again this week.
49ers: TE George Kittle (ankle) left last week’s game with an ankle injury and his status is in doubt this week. … WR Ricky Pearsall (knee) could return after missing last week’s game.
Series notes
The teams have alternated wins and losses in the past nine meetings. … The Bears are 2-1 all time at Levi’s Stadium. … The 49ers are 3-2 against the Bears under coach Kyle Shanahan. … This marks the first time these teams are playing in a season when both made the playoffs since 2001 when Chicago beat San Francisco 37-31 in Week 7.
Stats and stuff
The Bears clinched a playoff spot last week and can clinch their first division title since 2018 with either a win or a loss by Green Bay. … Chicago’s plus-21 turnover margin is the second best for any team through 15 games in the past 13 seasons, behind only the plus-23 for the 2019 Patriots. … The previous time the Bears finished a season plus-21 or better came in 1985 when they were plus-23 on the way to winning the franchise’s only Super Bowl title. … Chicago is the first team in NFL history to win six games after trailing in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter. … Bears TE Colston Loveland has at least three catches in 10 straight games for the fifth-longest streak by a rookie TE since the merger. … Chicago QB Caleb Williams has nine TD passes and a 100.1 passer rating on third down. … Pro Bowl DB Kevin Byard III leads the NFL with six INTs, the most by any Bears defender since 2018. … The Bears haven’t allowed an opening-drive score in seven straight games and have given an NFL-low 10 points on opening drives this season. San Francisco has five TDs and one FG on seven opening drives with Purdy at QB. … The 49ers clinched their fourth playoff spot in the past five seasons last week and will earn the No. 1 seed in the NFC with wins in their final two games. … San Francisco is 4-0 in prime-time games this season. … The 48 points for the Niners last week were their most in a game since they also scored 48 against New Orleans on Dec. 8, 2019. … San Francisco has gone back-to-back games without punting for the first time in franchise history. … Christian McCaffrey’s 92 catches this season are tied with Roger Craig in 1985 for the most by any running back in 49ers history. … McCaffrey is second in the NFL with 1,888 yards from scrimmage and ranks third with 16 TDs. … WR Jauan Jennings has at least one TD catch in four straight games, tied for the longest streak for a Niners player since Vernon Davis did it five games in a row in 2013. … Jennings’ seven TD catches since Week 9 are one off the NFL lead held by Davante Adams. … Rookies Alfred Collins and C.J. West had their first career sacks last week, marking the first time San Francisco got sacks from two rookies in the same game since 2016. … The 49ers rank second in the NFL converting 50% of third down opportunities.
Fantasy tip
Bears WR D.J. Moore is coming off a season-high 97 yards receiving last week, including the game-winning TD in overtime. He has three touchdown catches the past two games and five in the past five games and could be a good option with Chicago short-handed at receiver.
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