Bears vs Panthers

Final · Week 1 · Sun Sep 13 · 1:00 PM ET · Bank of America Stadium

Chicago BearsBears1-0

FinalSep 13, 2026

Carolina PanthersPanthers0-1

TVFox

Closing line

US sportsbook at kickoff

Moneyline

CHI−166

CAR+140

Spread

CHI −3−112

CAR +3−108

Total O/U

Over 47.5−105

Under 47.5−115

Spread: Bears −3 covered.
Total O/U: over 47.5 (96 points).

Recap

The Chicago Bears routed the Carolina Panthers 59-37 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on Sep 13, 2026, a 22-point win to move to 1-0.

The Bears won the turnover battle 3-1.

Score by quarter

Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers, score by quarter
Team	1	2	3	4	T
CHI	14	17	14	14	59
CAR	7	17	7	6	37

Scoring plays

First Quarter

CARTouchdown · 11:33Chuba Hubbard 4 Yd pass from Bryce Young (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)0-7
CHITouchdown · 5:52Caleb Williams 9 Yd Rush (Cairo Santos Kick)7-7
CHITouchdown · 1:59D'Andre Swift 1 Yd Rush (Cairo Santos Kick)14-7

Second Quarter

CHITouchdown · 13:57Cole Kmet 22 Yd pass from Caleb Williams (Cairo Santos Kick)21-7
CARTouchdown · 12:40Jalen Coker 51 Yd pass from Bryce Young (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)21-14
CARTouchdown · 8:42Bryce Young 7 Yd Rush (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)21-21
CHIField Goal · 5:20Cairo Santos 40 Yd Field Goal24-21
CARField Goal · 2:35Ryan Fitzgerald 44 Yd Field Goal24-24
CHITouchdown · 0:22Caleb Williams 29 Yd Rush (Cairo Santos Kick)31-24

Third Quarter

CARTouchdown · 9:02Chuba Hubbard 2 Yd Rush (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)31-31
CHITouchdown · 3:05D'Andre Swift 1 Yd Rush (Cairo Santos Kick)38-31
CHITouchdown · 0:40Kyle Monangai 61 Yd Rush (Cairo Santos Kick)45-31

Fourth Quarter

CHITouchdown · 6:27Jahdae Walker 1 Yd pass from Caleb Williams (Cairo Santos Kick)52-31
CARTouchdown · 4:00Jalen Coker 8 Yd pass from Bryce Young (Ryan Fitzgerald PAT blocked)52-37
CHITouchdown · 3:40D'Andre Swift 28 Yd Rush (Cairo Santos Kick)59-37

Team stats

CHICAR

1st Downs: 26; 24
Total Yards: 552; 478
Passing: 261; 353
Rushing: 291; 125
3rd down efficiency: 10-14; 4-9
Turnovers: 1; 3
Possession: 34:03; 25:57

Top performers

Chicago BearsCarolina Panthers

Passing

Caleb Williams21/29, 269 YDS, 2 TD

Bryce Young23/37, 361 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT

Rushing

D'Andre Swift18 CAR, 124 YDS, 3 TD

Chuba Hubbard10 CAR, 49 YDS, 1 TD

Receiving

Kalif Raymond8 REC, 84 YDS

Jalen Coker8 REC, 138 YDS, 2 TD

Sacks

Kentavius Street1

Jaelan Phillips1

Tackles

Dillon Thieneman10

Devin Lloyd13

Player stats

Bears · Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
Caleb Williams	21/29	269	9.3	2	0	2-8	92.1	124.1

Bears · Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
D'Andre Swift	18	124	6.9	3	32
Kyle Monangai	10	100	10.0	1	61
Caleb Williams	10	65	6.5	2	29
Luther Burden III	1	2	2.0	0	2

Bears · Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Kalif Raymond	8	84	10.5	0	28	9
Luther Burden III	5	63	12.6	0	24	5
Rome Odunze	2	52	26.0	0	47	3
Cole Kmet	2	35	17.5	1	22	3
Kyle Monangai	2	24	12.0	0	19	2
D'Andre Swift	1	10	10.0	0	10	1
Jahdae Walker	1	1	1.0	1	1	1
Colston Loveland	0	0	0.0	0	0	2

Bears · Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Luther Burden III	1	1	0
Devin Bush	0	0	1
Kaden Davis	0	0	1

Bears · Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	PD	QB HTS
Dillon Thieneman	10	8	1	1
Tyrique Stevenson Sr.	9	6	0	0
Cam Lewis	6	5	0	0
Devin Bush	6	2	0	1
Roschon Johnson	4	0	0	0
James Lynch	3	2	0	0
Malik Muhammad II	3	2	2	0
Jaylon Johnson	3	1	0	0

Bears · Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Malik Muhammad II	1	0	0

Bears · Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Josh Blackwell	4	85	21.3	23	0

Bears · Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Kalif Raymond	1	23	23.0	23	0

Bears · Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Cairo Santos	1/1	100.0	40	8/8	11

Bears · Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Tory Taylor	2	102	51.0	0	0	54

Panthers · Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
Bryce Young	23/37	361	9.8	3	1	2-8	68.1	110.3
Kenny Pickett	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	0-0	100.0	39.6

Panthers · Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Chuba Hubbard	10	49	4.9	1	11
AJ Dillon	5	28	5.6	0	11
Kenny Pickett	1	24	24.0	0	24
Jonathon Brooks	4	14	3.5	0	6
Bryce Young	2	10	5.0	1	7

Panthers · Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Jalen Coker	8	138	17.3	2	51	9
Tetairoa McMillan	5	75	15.0	0	21	8
Jonathon Brooks	1	48	48.0	0	48	2
Chuba Hubbard	3	38	12.7	1	29	3
Darren Waller	2	28	14.0	0	17	2
Tommy Tremble	3	25	8.3	0	11	5
Mitchell Evans	1	9	9.0	0	9	2
Xavier Legette	0	0	0.0	0	0	2
Jimmy Horn Jr.	0	0	0.0	0	0	1

Panthers · Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Tetairoa McMillan	1	1	0
Jimmy Horn Jr.	1	1	0
Will Lee III	0	0	1

Panthers · Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
Devin Lloyd	13	9	0	0	0	0
Nick Scott	7	5	0	0	0	0
Lee Hunter	6	4	0	0	0	0
Bobby Okereke	6	3	0	1	0	0
Will Lee III	5	5	0	0	1	0
Derrick Brown	3	3	0	0	0	1
Jaelan Phillips	3	2	1	1	0	1
Princely Umanmielen	3	2	1	1	0	1

Panthers · Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jimmy Horn Jr.	5	101	20.2	26	0
Xavier Legette	2	52	26.0	29	0

Panthers · Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jimmy Horn Jr.	2	17	8.5	17	0

Panthers · Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Ryan Fitzgerald	1/1	100.0	44	4/5	7

Panthers · Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Sam Martin	3	147	49.0	1	0	61

Game info

VenueBank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC

Attendance72,597

OfficialsDown Judge: Sarah Thomas · Referee: Brad Allen · Side Judge: Chad Hill · Field Judge: Anthony Flemming

TVFox · national

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