The Chicago Bears were 10-6 in 1979. They finished 2nd in the NFC Central and 3rd in the NFC. They fell to the Philadelphia Eagles, 27 to 17, in the 1979 NFC Wild Card game.

1979 Stats

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GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team
16
306
4,637
1,031
4.5
2,486
627
4.0
2,429
373
6.5
31
278
262
140
98
24
100
816
Team Rank
18th
24th
20th
23rd
5th
2nd
15th
26th
26th
19th
7th
15th
24th
6th
27th
14th
12th
10th
Opponent
16
249
4,506
1,024
4.4
1,978
519
3.8
2,908
458
6.3
47
380
272
100
148
24
103
859
Opponent Rank
3rd
6th
10th
5th
9th
9th
9th
7th
11th
5th
5th
24th
8th
3rd
15th
13th
14th
16th
Net
+57
+131
+7
+0.1
+508
+108
+0.2
-479
-85
+0.2
-16
-102
-10
+40
-50
0
-3
-43
Net Rank
6th
11th
14th
11th
4th
3rd
10th
21st
26th
11th
5th
21st
17th
3rd
25th
15th
11th
9th

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
1
0
.800
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
1
0
.800
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
2
0
.600
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
3
2
0
.600
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
3
0
.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
4
1
0
.800
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
2
0
.600
Broncos Broncos
3
2
0
.600

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/9
PHI PHI
@
NYG NYG
8:15 PM
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
ARI ARI
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
LAR LAR
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM