Bears 59-37 Panthers Final Score – NFL Week 1 2026 Box Score

BearsChicago · 1-0

Williams Q1 Swift Q1 Kmet Q2 Williams Q2 Swift Q3 Monangai Q3 Walker Q4 Swift Q4

59–37

Full Time

PanthersCarolina · 0-1

Hubbard Q1 Coker Q2 Young Q2 Hubbard Q3 Coker Q4

Win Probability

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Bears Panthers

Top Stats

Time of Possession

57%43%

552Total Yards478

261Passing353

291Rushing125

261st Downs24

1Turnovers3

Scoring Summary

11:33TD

Chuba Hubbard 4 Yd pass from Bryce Young (0 – 7)Passing Touchdown · Ryan Fitzgerald Kick

Caleb Williams 9 Yd Rush (7 – 7)Rushing Touchdown · Cairo Santos Kick

5:52TD

D'Andre Swift 1 Yd Rush (14 – 7)Rushing Touchdown · Cairo Santos Kick

1:59TD

END Q114–7

Cole Kmet 22 Yd pass from Caleb Williams (21 – 7)Passing Touchdown · Cairo Santos Kick

13:57TD

12:40TD

Jalen Coker 51 Yd pass from Bryce Young (21 – 14)Passing Touchdown · Ryan Fitzgerald Kick

8:42TD

Bryce Young 7 Yd Rush (21 – 21)Rushing Touchdown · Ryan Fitzgerald Kick

Cairo Santos 40 Yd Field Goal (24 – 21)Field Goal Good

5:20FG

2:35FG

Ryan Fitzgerald 44 Yd Field Goal (24 – 24)Field Goal Good

Caleb Williams 29 Yd Rush (31 – 24)Rushing Touchdown · Cairo Santos Kick

0:22TD

HT31–24

9:02TD

Chuba Hubbard 2 Yd Rush (31 – 31)Rushing Touchdown · Ryan Fitzgerald Kick

D'Andre Swift 1 Yd Rush (38 – 31)Rushing Touchdown · Cairo Santos Kick

3:05TD

Kyle Monangai 61 Yd Rush (45 – 31)Rushing Touchdown · Cairo Santos Kick

0:40TD

END Q345–31

Jahdae Walker 1 Yd pass from Caleb Williams (52 – 31)Passing Touchdown · Cairo Santos Kick

6:27TD

4:00TD

Jalen Coker 8 Yd pass from Bryce Young (52 – 37)Passing Touchdown · Ryan Fitzgerald PAT blocked

D'Andre Swift 28 Yd Rush (59 – 37)Rushing Touchdown · Cairo Santos Kick

3:40TD

FT59–37

Game Leaders

1-0

0-1

Chicago Bears

Caleb WilliamsPassing · QB · 21/29, 269 YDS, 2 TD 269
D'Andre SwiftRushing · RB · 18 CAR, 124 YDS, 3 TD 124
Kalif RaymondReceiving · WR · 8 REC, 84 YDS 84
Kentavius StreetSacks · DT · 1 1
Dillon ThienemanTackles · S · 10 10

Carolina Panthers

Bryce YoungPassing · QB · 23/37, 361 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT 361
Chuba HubbardRushing · RB · 10 CAR, 49 YDS, 1 TD 49
Jalen CokerReceiving · WR · 8 REC, 138 YDS, 2 TD 138
Jaelan PhillipsSacks · LB · 1 1
Devin LloydTackles · LB · 13 13

Game Info

The Chicago Bears beat the Carolina Panthers 59-37 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC.

Kickoff: Sun, Sep 13 · 1:00 PM ET
Stadium: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC
TV: Fox
Attendance: 72,597
Week: 2026 Week 1 scores

Score by Quarter

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
CHI	14	17	14	14	59
CAR	7	17	7	6	37

Team Stats

CHICAR

261st Downs24

13Passing 1st downs17

11Rushing 1st downs5

70Total Plays62

552Total Yards478

7.9Yards per Play7.7

261Passing353

21/29Comp/Att23/38

8.4Yards per pass8.8

291Rushing125

39Rushing Attempts22

7.5Yards per rush5.7

10-143rd down efficiency4-9

0-14th down efficiency0-1

4-4Red Zone (Made-Att)4-4

2-8Sacks-Yards Lost2-8

1Turnovers3

12-57Penalties11-84

34:03Possession25:57

Box Score

Bears

Panthers

Passing
Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
Caleb Williams	21/29	269	9.3	2	0	2-8	92.2	124.1

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

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

Defense
Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
Dillon Thieneman	10	8	0	0	1	1
Tyrique Stevenson Sr.	9	6	0	0	0	0
Cam Lewis	6	5	0	0	0	0
Devin Bush	6	2	0	0	0	1
Roschon Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	0
James Lynch	3	2	0	0	0	0
Malik Muhammad II	3	2	0	0	2	0
Jaylon Johnson	3	1	0	0	0	0
Grady Jarrett	3	0	0	0	0	1
Kentavius Street	2	1	1	1	0	1
Montez Sweat	2	1	1	1	0	1
Austin Booker	2	1	0	0	0	0
D'Marco Jackson	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jahdae Walker	2	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Blackwell	1	1	0	0	0	0
Dayo Odeyingbo	1	1	0	0	0	0
T.J. Edwards	1	0	0	0	0	0
Neville Gallimore	1	0	0	0	0	0
Elijah Hicks	1	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Hardy	1	0	0	0	0	0
Beau Gardner	1	0	0	0	0	0
Skyler Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	0

Interceptions
Player	INT	YDS	TD
Malik Muhammad II	1	0	0

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

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

Passing
Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
Bryce Young	23/37	361	9.8	3	1	2-8	68.5	110.3
Kenny Pickett	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	0-0	100.0	39.6

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

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

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
Jeremiah Moon	3	2	0	0	0	0
Jaycee Horn	3	2	0	0	0	0
Lathan Ransom	3	2	0	0	0	0
Tre'von Moehrig	3	0	0	0	0	0
Trevis Gipson	2	2	0	1	0	0
Mike Jackson	2	2	0	0	0	0
TeRah Edwards	2	1	0	0	0	0
Thomas Incoom	2	1	0	0	0	0
Bobby Brown III	2	0	0	0	0	0
Brycen Tremayne	1	1	0	0	0	0
Feleipe Franks	1	0	0	0	0	0
Claudin Cherelus	1	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chau Smith-Wade	1	0	0	0	0	0

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

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

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