Bears–Vikings rivalry
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| Chicago Bears–Minnesota Vikings | |
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| History | |
| First Meeting | September 17, 1961 Minnesota Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960... 37, Chicago Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... 13 |
| Last Meeting | October 16, 2011 Chicago Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... 39, Minnesota Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960... 10 |
| Next Meeting | Fall 2011 |
| Rivalry status | 101 meetings |
| Largest victory | CHI Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... : 52-35 (1961 1961 NFL season The 1961 NFL season was the 42nd regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded to 14 teams with the addition of the Minnesota Vikings, after the team's owners declined to be charter members of the new American Football League. The schedule was also expanded from 12 games per... ) |
| Smallest victory | CHI Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... : 10-7 (1977 1977 NFL season The 1977 NFL season was the 58th regular season of the National Football League. The Seattle Seahawks were placed in the AFC West while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were slotted in the NFC Central.... ) CHI Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... : 10-9 (1981 1981 NFL season The 1981 NFL season was the 62nd regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XVI when the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals.-Major rule changes:... ) CHI Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... : 10-6 (1991 1991 NFL season The 1991 NFL season was the 72nd regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XXVI when the Washington Redskins defeated the Buffalo Bills.... ) MIN Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960... : 10-7 (1993 1993 NFL season The 1993 NFL season was the 74th regular season of the National Football League. For the first time in league history, all NFL teams played their 16-game schedule over a span of 18 weeks. After the success of expanding the regular season to a period of 17 weeks in 1990, the league hoped this new... ) |
| Current Streak | CHI Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... : W4 (2010–) |
| Longest Streak | MIN Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960... : W8 (1972–1976) |
| Current Trend | CHI Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... /MIN Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960... : CHI Won six of last ten |
| All-Time Series | MIN Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960... : leads 52-47-2 (CHI lead playoffs 1-0) |
| Post Season History | |
| Only Meeting | January 1, 1995 |
| Only Result | CHI 35, MIN 18 |
The Bears–Vikings rivalry is an NFL rivalry between two NFC North teams, the Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
and the Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...
.
The rivalry began when the Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...
entered the league as an expansion team in 1961
1961 NFL season
The 1961 NFL season was the 42nd regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded to 14 teams with the addition of the Minnesota Vikings, after the team's owners declined to be charter members of the new American Football League. The schedule was also expanded from 12 games per...
. The first time these two teams met, the Vikings
Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...
stunned the Bears
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
37-13. The rivalry has generally seen the home team win and has recently been the sight of thriller games with huge swings. For example, the Vikings
Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...
saw a 14 point lead erased in less than 2 minutes but then rallied for a last second field goal in 2007
2007 NFL season
The 2007 NFL season was the 88th regular season of the National Football League.Regular-season play was held from September 6 to December 30....
. Similarly, the Bears
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
, huge underdogs in the 2009 matchup versus the Vikings
Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...
, saw a 17 point and later 7 point lead erased, as the Vikings scored with 16 seconds left to tie. But the Bears
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
would too survive, winning on a Devin Aromashodu
Devin Aromashodu
Gbolahan Devin Aromashodu is an American football wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Auburn...
touchdown in overtime. The rivalry has also been home to seemingly improbable plays, like two special team disasters for the Vikings
Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...
, which costed them 14 points in a 2008
2008 NFL season
The 2008 NFL season was the 89th regular season of the National Football League, themed with the slogan "Believe in Now."Super Bowl XLIII, the league's championship game, was at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on February 1, 2009, with the Pittsburgh Steelers coming out victorious over the...
48-41 loss to the Bears
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
. Another crazy sequence of plays was the 4th and goal defensive stand by the Vikings
Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...
, followed by a 99-yard touchdown pass to the former Bear
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
Bernard Berrian
Bernard Berrian
Bernard Berrian is a free agent American football wide receiver who last played for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 2004 NFL Draft...
on the next play, enroute to a 34-14 Vikings
Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...
win in 2008
2008 NFL season
The 2008 NFL season was the 89th regular season of the National Football League, themed with the slogan "Believe in Now."Super Bowl XLIII, the league's championship game, was at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on February 1, 2009, with the Pittsburgh Steelers coming out victorious over the...
.
Notable Moments
- Signature moment: The first meeting between the two teams in 1961. The upstart Minnesota Vikings upset the dominant Chicago Bears 37-13 in the Vikings first game as a franchise. Also memorable was the meeting between the two teams in 1998 when former Vikings linebacker Dwayne Rudd taunted a Chicago player en route to scoring a defensive touchdown.
- Signature Moment: On October 14, 2007 the Bears hosted the Vikings at Soldier Field. The game was scoreless until Devin Hester returned a punt for an 89-yard touchdown with two minutes left in the first quarter. But on the final play of the first quarter, Vikings QB Tarvaris Jackson launched a 60-yard touchdown pass to Troy Williamson. The Bears threw for 373 yards and Brian Griese threw three touchdowns and two picks, while the Vikings behind rookie RB Adrian Peterson's 224 rushing yards and three scores attacked on the ground to the tune of 311 rushing yards. The Vikings stormed to a 31-17 lead with five minutes in regulation, but two Griese touchdowns tied the game with 1:38 to go. The Vikings clawed into range for a 55-yard Ryan Longwell field goal on the final play for a 34-31 Vikings win.
- Signature Moment: The highest scoring matchup in the two clubs' history came on October 19, 2008 at Soldier Field. The Bears triumphed 48-41 as Kyle Orton threw for 283 yards and two touchdowns while the Vikings' Gus Frerotte had 298 passing yards and two touchdowns but threw four interceptions, the last coming in the final two minutes. The Bears scored twice off botched Vikings punts; Garrett Wolfe ran in a 17-yard score off a blocked punt in the first quarter, while in the second the Vikings dropped a punt snap and Zackary Bowman fell on it in the endzone for a Bears touchdown.
- Signature Moment: En route to the 2008 division title, the Vikings on November 30, 2008 hosted the Bears, and broke out of a close contest with a 99-yard touchdown catch by Vikings ex-Bear Bernard Berrian in the second quarter. The Vikings went on to win 34-14 as Gus Frerotte threw for 201 yards and Adrian Peterson rushed for 131.
- Signature Moment: The 11-3 Vikings traveled to Soldier Field on December 28, 2009 for a Monday Night Football matchup with the 5-9 Bears. The Bears manhandled the Vikings in the game's first half, forcing a Brett Favre fumble and scoring on three Robbie Gould field goals and a seven-yard Jay Cutler touchdown to Greg Olsen. Adrian Peterson rushed in a six-yard touchdown in the third but the extra point was no good, and another Cutler touchdown (to Desmond Clark) put the score at 23-6 Bears entering the fourth. Favre had never won a game (in 42 previous tries) in which his team trailed by at least 17 points, but Favre connected with Visanthe Shiancoe in the third, then after a Ryan Longwell field goal Peterson ran in a second touchdown for a 23-all tie. The Bears clawed downfield and Cutler found Earl Bennett in the endzone, then Favre, on fourth and goal, hit Sidney Rice in the final thirty seconds to tie the game at 30. Gould missed a field goal in overtime, but Peterson caught a Favre pass and then fumbled to the Bears at Minnesota's 39-yard line; Cutler then finished the game with a deep bomb to Devin Aromashodu, ending a wild 36-30 Bears win.
- Signature Moment: The scheduled December 20, 2010 meeting at the Metrodome was moved to TCF Bank Stadium after a snowstorm punctured the inflatable roof and caused collapse. The Bears clinched the NFC North title by hammering the Vikings 40-14. Devin Hester broke a tie with Brian Mitchell for most return touchdowns by scoring on a 66-yard punt, the league-record 14th of his career, while Jay Cutler threw for 194 yards and three touchdowns. Amid speculation he was trying to duck a meeting with Roger Goodell over allegations of harassment of Jenn Sterger[15] Brett Favre, initially ruled out of the game, suited up and started, but after a touchdown in the first quarter he was sacked and thrown head-first to the ground; he left the game and did not return.
"Game Results"
| Bears regular season victory | Vikings regular season victory | Tied Game | Post Season Meeting NFL playoffs The National Football League playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held at the end of the regular season to determine the NFL champion. Six teams from each of the league's two conferences qualify for the playoffs based on regular season records, and a tie-breaking procedure exists in the... |
1960s (Bears 11-5-2)
| Year | Date | Winner | Result | Loser | Attendance | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 1961 NFL season The 1961 NFL season was the 42nd regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded to 14 teams with the addition of the Minnesota Vikings, after the team's owners declined to be charter members of the new American Football League. The schedule was also expanded from 12 games per... |
September 17 | Minnesota Vikings | 37-13 | Chicago Bears | 32,236 | Bloomington, Minnesota |
| 1961 | December 17 | Chicago Bears | 52-35 | Minnesota Vikings | 34,539 | Chicago, Illinois |
| 1962 1962 NFL season The 1962 NFL season was the 43rd regular season of the National Football League. Before the season, CBS signed a contract with the league to televise all regular-season games for a $4.65 million annual fee.... |
October 7 | Chicago Bears | 13-0 | Minnesota Vikings | 26,907 | Bloomington, Minnesota |
| 1962 | November 11 | Chicago Bears | 31-30 | Minnesota Vikings | 46,984 | Chicago, Illinois |
| 1963 1963 NFL season The 1963 NFL season was the 44th regular season of the National Football League. On April 17, NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle indefinitely suspended Green Bay Packers running back Paul Hornung and Detroit Lions defensive tackle Alex Karras for gambling on their own teams, as well as other NFL games;... |
September 22 | Chicago Bears | 28-7 | Minnesota Vikings | 33,923 | Bloomington, Minnesota |
| 1963 | December 1 | Chicago Bears | 17-17 | Minnesota Vikings | 47,249 | Chicago, Illinois |
| 1964 1964 NFL season The 1964 NFL season was the 45th regular season of the National Football League. Before the season started, NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle reinstated Green Bay Packers running back Paul Hornung and Detroit Lions defensive tackle Alex Karras, who had been suspended for the 1963 season due to... |
September 20 | Chicago Bears | 28-7 | Minnesota Vikings | 33,923 | Bloomington, Minnesota |
| 1964 | December 13 | Minnesota Vikings | 41-14 | Chicago Bears | 46,486 | Chicago, Illinois |
| 1965 1965 NFL season The 1965 NFL season was the 46th regular season of the National Football League.Because the Green Bay Packers and Baltimore Colts ended up tied in the Western Conference standings after the regular season ended, a conference playoff game was held in Green Bay. Although the Packers had defeated the... |
October 17 | Chicago Bears | 45-37 | Minnesota Vikings | 47,426 | Bloomington, Minnesota |
| 1965 | December 19 | Minnesota Vikings | 24-17 | Chicago Bears | 46,604 | Chicago, Illinois |
| 1966 1966 NFL season The 1966 NFL season was the 47th regular season of the National Football League, and the season after which was played Super Bowl I, though it was called the AFL-NFL World Championship Game. The league expanded to 15 teams with the addition of the Atlanta Falcons, thus an odd number of teams... |
October 2 | Chicago Bears | 13-10 | Minnesota Vikings | Bloomington, Minnesota | |
| 1966 | December 18 | Chicago Bears | 41-28 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1967 1967 NFL season The 1967 NFL season was the 48th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded to 16 teams with the addition of the New Orleans Saints. The league's teams were realigned into four divisions: the Capitol and Century Divisions in the Eastern Conference, and the Central and... |
October 1 | Chicago Bears | 17-7 | Minnesota Vikings | Bloomington, Minnesota | |
| 1967 | December 10 | Chicago Bears | 10-10 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1968 1968 NFL season The 1968 NFL season was the 49th regular season of the National Football League. As per the agreement made during the 1967 realignment, the New Orleans Saints and the New York Giants switched divisions; the Saints joined the Century Division while the Giants became part of the Capitol Division.The... |
September 29 | Chicago Bears | 27-17 | Minnesota Vikings | Bloomington, Minnesota | |
| 1968 | October 27 | Chicago Bears | 26-24 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1969 1969 NFL season The 1969 NFL season was the 50th regular season of the National Football League, and the last one before the AFL-NFL Merger. To honor the NFL's 50th season, a special anniversary logo was designed and each player wore a patch on their jerseys with this logo throughout the season.As per the... |
October 12 | Minnesota Vikings | 31-0 | Chicago Bears | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1969 | November 2 | Minnesota Vikings | 31-14 | Chicago Bears | Bloomington, Minnesota | |
1970s (Vikings 15-5)
| Year | Date | Winner | Result | Loser | Attendance | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 1970 NFL season The 1970 NFL season was the 51st regular season of the National Football League, and the first one after the AFL-NFL Merger.The merger forced a realignment between the combined league's clubs. Because there were 16 NFL teams and 10 AFL teams, three teams needed to transfer to balance the two new... |
October 11 | Minnesota Vikings | 24-0 | Chicago Bears | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1970 | December 5 | Minnesota Vikings | 16-13 | Chicago Bears | Bloomington, Minnesota | |
| 1971 1971 NFL season The 1971 NFL season was the 52nd regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl VI when the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Miami Dolphins... |
September 26 | Chicago Bears | 20-17 | Minnesota Vikings | Bloomington, Minnesota | |
| 1971 | November 14 | Minnesota Vikings | 27-10 | Chicago Bears | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1972 1972 NFL season The 1972 NFL season was the 53rd regular season of the National Football League. The Miami Dolphins became the first NFL team to finish a championship season undefeated and untied when they beat the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII.-Major rule changes:... |
October 23 | Chicago Bears | 13-10 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1972 | December 3 | Minnesota Vikings | 23-10 | Chicago Bears | Bloomington, Minnesota | |
| 1973 1973 NFL season The 1973 NFL season was the 54th regular season of the National Football League. The season featured O.J. Simpson becoming the first man to rush for 2,000 yards in one season... |
September 23 | Minnesota Vikings | 22-13 | Chicago Bears | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1973 | December 8 | Minnesota Vikings | 31-13 | Chicago Bears | Bloomington, Minnesota | |
| 1974 1974 NFL season The 1974 NFL season was the 55th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl IX when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Minnesota Vikings... |
September 29 | Minnesota Vikings | 11-7 | Chicago Bears | Bloomington, Minnesota | |
| 1974 | November 3 | Minnesota Vikings | 17-0 | Chicago Bears | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1975 1975 NFL season The 1975 NFL season was the 56th regular season of the National Football League. It was also the first time that featured an entire season with no games ending in a tie. The league made two significant changes to increase the appeal of the game:... |
October 5 | Minnesota Vikings | 28-3 | Chicago Bears | Bloomington, Minnesota | |
| 1975 | October 27 | Minnesota Vikings | 13-9 | Chicago Bears | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1976 1976 NFL season The 1976 NFL season was the 57th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded to 28 teams with the addition of the Seattle Seahawks and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers... |
October 10 | Minnesota Vikings | 20-19 | Chicago Bears | Bloomington, Minnesota | |
| 1976 | October 31 | Chicago Bears | 14-13 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1977 1977 NFL season The 1977 NFL season was the 58th regular season of the National Football League. The Seattle Seahawks were placed in the AFC West while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were slotted in the NFC Central.... |
October 16 | Minnesota Vikings | 22-16 | Chicago Bears | Bloomington, Minnesota | |
| 1977 | November 20 | Chicago Bears | 10-7 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1978 1978 NFL season The 1978 NFL season was the 59th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded the regular season from a 14-game schedule to 16. Furthermore, the playoff format was expanded from 8 teams to 10 teams by adding another wild card from each conference... |
September 25 | Minnesota Vikings | 24-20 | Chicago Bears | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1978 | November 12 | Minnesota Vikings | 17-14 | Chicago Bears | Bloomington, Minnesota | |
| 1979 1979 NFL season The 1979 NFL season was the 60th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XIV when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Los Angeles Rams... |
September 9 | Chicago Bears | 26-7 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1979 | October 21 | Minnesota Vikings | 30-27 | Chicago Bears | Bloomington, Minnesota | |
1980s (Bears 10-9)
| Year | Date | Winner | Result | Loser | Attendance | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 1980 NFL season The 1980 NFL season was the 61st regular season of the National Football League.After the league declined to approve the proposed move by the Raiders from Oakland, California to Los Angeles, the team along with the Los Angeles Coliseum sued the NFL for violating antitrust laws... |
September 21 | Minnesota Vikings | 34-14 | Chicago Bears | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1980 | October 12 | Minnesota Vikings | 13-7 | Chicago Bears | Bloomington, Minnesota | |
| 1981 1981 NFL season The 1981 NFL season was the 62nd regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XVI when the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals.-Major rule changes:... |
October 4 | Minnesota Vikings | 24-21 | Chicago Bears | Bloomington, Minnesota | |
| 1981 | December 6 | Chicago Bears | 10-9 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1982 1982 NFL season The 1982 NFL season was the 63rd regular season of the National Football League. A 57-day long players' strike reduced the 1982 season from a 16-game schedule per team to an abbreviated nine game schedule... |
November 28 | Minnesota Vikings | 35-7 | Chicago Bears | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 1983 1983 NFL season The 1983 NFL season was the 64th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XVIII when the Los Angeles Raiders defeated the Washington Redskins.-Major rule changes:... |
October 9 | Minnesota Vikings | 23-14 | Chicago Bears | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1983 | December 11 | Chicago Bears | 19-13 | Minnesota Vikings | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 1984 1984 NFL season The 1984 NFL season was the 65th regular season of the National Football League. The Colts relocated from Baltimore, Maryland to Indianapolis, Indiana.... |
October 28 | Chicago Bears | 16-7 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1984 | November 25 | Chicago Bears | 34-3 | Minnesota Vikings | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 1985 1985 NFL season The 1985 NFL season was the 66th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XX when the Chicago Bears defeated the New England Patriots.-Major rule changes:... |
September 19 | Chicago Bears | 33-24 | Minnesota Vikings | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 1985 | October 27 | Chicago Bears | 27-9 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1986 1986 NFL season The 1986 NFL season was the 67th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XXI when the New York Giants defeated the Denver Broncos to win their first league title in 30 years.-Major rule changes:... |
October 5 | Chicago Bears | 23-0 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1986 | October 19 | Minnesota Vikings | 23-7 | Chicago Bears | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 1987 1987 NFL season The 1987 NFL season was the 68th regular season of the National Football League. A 24-day players' strike reduced the 16-game season to 15. The games that were scheduled for the third week of the season were canceled, but the games for weeks 4–6 were played with replacement players... |
October 11 | Chicago Bears | 27-7 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1987 | December 6 | Chicago Bears | 30-24 | Minnesota Vikings | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 1988 1988 NFL season The 1988 NFL season was the 69th regular season of the National Football League. The Cardinals relocated from St. Louis, Missouri to the Phoenix, Arizona area becoming the Phoenix Cardinals but remained in the NFC East division.... |
September 18 | Minnesota Vikings | 31-7 | Chicago Bears | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1988 | December 19 | Minnesota Vikings | 28-27 | Chicago, Bears | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 1989 1989 NFL season The 1989 NFL season was the 70th regular season of the National Football League. Before the season, NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle announced his retirement... |
September 17 | Chicago Bears | 38-7 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1989 | December 3 | Minnesota Vikings | 27-16 | Chicago Bears | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
1990s (Vikings 13-8)
| Year | Date | Winner | Result | Loser | Attendance | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 1990 NFL season The 1990 NFL season was the 71st regular season of the National Football League. To increase revenue, the league changed the regular season so that all NFL teams would play their 16-game schedule over a 17-week period... |
September 23 | Chicago Bears | 19-16 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1990 | November 25 | Minnesota Vikings | 41-13 | Chicago Bears | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 1991 1991 NFL season The 1991 NFL season was the 72nd regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XXVI when the Washington Redskins defeated the Buffalo Bills.... |
September 1 | Chicago Bears | 10-6 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1991 | November 11 | Chicago Bears | 34-17 | Minnesota Vikings | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 1992 1992 NFL season The 1992 NFL season was the 73rd regular season of the National Football League.Due to the damage caused by Hurricane Andrew, the New England Patriots–Miami Dolphins game that was scheduled for September 6 at Joe Robbie Stadium was rescheduled to October 18. Both teams originally had that... |
October 4 | Minnesota Vikings | 21-20 | Chicago Bears | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 1992 | November 2 | Minnesota Vikings | 38-10 | Chicago Bears | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1993 1993 NFL season The 1993 NFL season was the 74th regular season of the National Football League. For the first time in league history, all NFL teams played their 16-game schedule over a span of 18 weeks. After the success of expanding the regular season to a period of 17 weeks in 1990, the league hoped this new... |
September 12 | Minnesota Vikings | 10-7 | Chicago Bears | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 1993 | October 25 | Minnesota Vikings | 19-12 | Chicago Bears | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1994 1994 NFL season The 1994 NFL season was the 75th regular season of the National Football League. To honor the NFL's 75th season, a special anniversary logo was designed and each player wore a patch on their jerseys with this logo throughout the season... |
September 18 | Minnesota Vikings | 42-14 | Chicago Bears | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1994 | December 1 | Minnesota Vikings | 33-27 | Chicago Bears | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 1995 1995 NFL season The 1995 NFL season was the 76th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded to 30 teams with the addition of the Carolina Panthers and the Jacksonville Jaguars... |
January 1 | Chicago Bears | 35-18 | Minnesota Vikings | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 1995 1995 NFL season The 1995 NFL season was the 76th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded to 30 teams with the addition of the Carolina Panthers and the Jacksonville Jaguars... |
September 3 | Chicago Bears | 31-14 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1995 | October 30 | Chicago Bears | 14-6 | Minnesota Vikings | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 1996 1996 NFL season The 1996 NFL season was the 77th regular season of the National Football League and the season was marked by notable controversies from beginning to end... |
September 15 | Minnesota Vikings | 20-14 | Chicago Bears | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1996 | October 28 | Chicago Bears | 15-13 | Minnesota Vikings | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 1997 1997 NFL season The 1997 NFL season was the 78th regular season of the National Football League. The Oilers relocated from Houston, Texas to Nashville, Tennessee... |
September 7 | Minnesota Vikings | 27-24 | Chicago Bears | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1997 | November 9 | Minnesota Vikings | 29-22 | Chicago Bears | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 1998 1998 NFL season The 1998 NFL season was the 79th regular season of the National Football League.The Tennessee Oilers moved their home games from Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis to Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, still awaiting construction on a new stadium in Nashville.This was the first season that CBS... |
September 27 | Minnesota Vikings | 31-28 | Chicago Bears | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1998 | December 6 | Minnesota Vikings | 48-22 | Chicago Bears | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 1999 1999 NFL season The 1999 NFL season was the 80th regular season of the National Football League. The Cleveland Browns returned to the field for the first time since the 1995 season... |
October 10 | Chicago Bears | 24-22 | Minnesota Vikings | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 1999 | November 14 | Minnesota Vikings | 27-24 | Chicago Bears | Chicago, Illinois | |
2000s (Bears/Vikings 10-10)
| Year | Date | Winner | Result | Loser | Attendance | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 2000 NFL season The 2000 NFL season was the 81st regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XXXV when the Baltimore Ravens defeated the New York Giants.Week 1 of the season reverted to Labor Day weekend in 2000... |
September 3 | Minnesota Vikings | 30-27 | Chicago Bears | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 2000 | October 15 | Minnesota Vikings | 28-16 | Chicago Bears | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 2001 2001 NFL season The 2001 NFL season was the 82nd regular season of the National Football League.Following a pattern set in 1999, the first week of the season was permanently moved to the weekend following Labor Day... |
September 23 | Chicago Bears | 17-10 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 2001 | November 25 | Chicago Bears | 13-6 | Minnesota Vikings | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 2002 2002 NFL season The 2002 NFL season was the 83rd regular season of the National Football League.The league went back to an even number of teams, expanding to 32 teams with the addition of the Houston Texans. The clubs were then realigned into eight divisions, four teams in each... |
September 8 | Chicago Bears | 27-23 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 2002 | October 27 | Minnesota Vikings | 25-7 | Chicago Bears | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 2003 2003 NFL season -Milestones:The following teams and players set all-time NFL records during the season:-Team:-Individual:-Awards:-External Links:**-References:*NFL Record and Fact Book *... |
September 14 | Minnesota Vikings | 24-13 | Chicago Bears | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 2003 | December 14 | Chicago Bears | 13-10 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 2004 2004 NFL season The 2004 NFL season was the 85th regular season of the National Football League.With the New England Patriots as the defending league champions, regular season play was held from September 9, 2004 to January 2, 2005... |
September 26 | Minnesota Vikings | 27-22 | Chicago Bears | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 2004 | December 5 | Chicago Bears | 24-14 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 2005 2005 NFL season The 2005 NFL season was the 86th regular season of the National Football League.With the New England Patriots as the defending league champions, regular season play was held from September 8, 2005 to January 1, 2006... |
October 16 | Chicago Bears | 28-3 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 2006 2005 NFL season The 2005 NFL season was the 86th regular season of the National Football League.With the New England Patriots as the defending league champions, regular season play was held from September 8, 2005 to January 1, 2006... |
January 1 | Minnesota Vikings | 34-10 | Chicago Bears | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 2006 2006 NFL season The 2006 NFL season was the 87th regular season of the National Football League.Regular season play was held from September 7 to December 31, 2006... |
September 24 | Chicago Bears | 19-16 | Minnesota Vikings | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 2006 | December 3 | Chicago Bears | 23-13 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 2007 2007 NFL season The 2007 NFL season was the 88th regular season of the National Football League.Regular-season play was held from September 6 to December 30.... |
October 14 | Minnesota Vikings | 34-31 | Chicago Bears | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 2007 | December 17 | Minnesota Vikings | 20-13 | Chicago Bears | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 2008 2008 NFL season The 2008 NFL season was the 89th regular season of the National Football League, themed with the slogan "Believe in Now."Super Bowl XLIII, the league's championship game, was at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on February 1, 2009, with the Pittsburgh Steelers coming out victorious over the... |
October 19 | Chicago Bears | 48-41 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 2008 | November 30 | Minnesota Vikings | 34-14 | Chicago Bears | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 2009 2009 NFL season The 2009 NFL season was the 90th regular season of the National Football League.The preseason started with the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game on August 9, 2009, and the regular season began September 10. The season ended with Super Bowl XLIV, the league's championship game, on February 7, 2010 at... |
November 29 | Minnesota Vikings | 36-10 | Chicago Bears | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 2009 | December 28 | Chicago Bears | 36-30 ot | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
2010s (Bears 3-0)
| Year | Date | Winner | Result | Loser | Attendance | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 2010 NFL season The 2010 NFL season was the 91st regular season of the National Football League.The regular season began with the NFL Kickoff game on NBC on Thursday, September 9, at the Louisiana Superdome as the New Orleans Saints, Super Bowl XLIV champions, defeated the Minnesota Vikings 14–9.Tom Brady,... |
November 14 | Chicago Bears | 27-13 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 2010 | December 20 | Chicago Bears | 40-14 | Minnesota Vikings | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 2011 | October 16 | Chicago Bears | 39-10 | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago, Illinois | |