The (1-0) Chicago Bears will look to win their home opener on Sunday against the (1-0) Minnesota Vikings, and thanks to the Detroit Lions’ loss on Thursday Night Football, whichever team comes out on top will be all alone in first in the NFC North.
After a historic Week 1, the Bears will look to keep the offense going, but could they set another record?
Our guy Bill Zimmerman looked it up and found that the 1968 Raiders hold the record for the most points scored in the first two weeks of the season
at 95.
It seems unlikely the Bears could hit 37 to break the record, but it was also unlikely they’d explode for 59 points in Week 1.
Here’s everything you need to know for the game!
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GAME INFO
The Bears and Vikings will kick off at 12:00 pm CT from Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. The forecast calls for overcast skies with a chance of rain, a high of 68F, and winds of 15 to 25 mph.
TELEVISION
The game will be on FOX with Joe Davis and Greg Olsen on the call, and if you live in the blue area of this 506sports.com map, then you’ll get to see the game.
RADIO
ESPN Chicago (1000 AM, 100.3 FM HD2) with Jeff Joniak (play-by-play), Tom Thayer (analyst), and Jason McKie (sideline) on the call, and LATINO MIX 93.5 FM (Spanish) with Omar Ramos.
ODDS
The Bears are a 4.5-point favorite, with the game total over/under at 47.5. (link)
PREVIEWS
We’ve previewed the game from all angles here at Windy City Gridiron, so scroll through our articles for those, but we also have some in-depth previews on our 2nd City Gridiron Channels. Here’s our latest from Taylor Doll, featuring Tyler Forness, who covers the Vikings for A to Z Sports, and our guy, Bears Over Beers co-host and WCG contributor Bryan Orenchuk.
PODCAST
VIDEO
POSTGAME
Our day-after Bears game recap show is back for another season, so tune in for Bear & Balanced this Monday at 6:00 pm CT for a cooled-down review of the game with Jeff Berckes and Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. After the show, you can catch the audio on our podcast channel.
We’ll have plenty of pregame and postgame content all season long on our 2nd City Gridiron channels. The podcast is available on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, Audacy, and all other popular podcast platforms, so be sure to hit subscribe wherever you get your audio. Our YouTube home is also called 2nd City Gridiron, so subscribe there for our pods and other video content.
