The 49ers (4-10) host the Chicago Bears (10-4) at Levi's Stadium for a 1:25 PT kickoff.
Mitchell Trubisky starts at quarterback for Chicago. Khalil Mack leads the Bears' defense. Matt Nagy coaches the first-year team. Nick Mullens makes his sixth start for the 49ers.
Mitchell Trubisky and the Bears are 10-4 with a chance to clinch the NFC North at Levi's Stadium. Matt Nagy's first-year team has the league's best defense behind the Mack trade. Bears under 20 in 12 of 14.
The 49ers, at 4-10 with the Mullens-led OT win fresh, face the year's best defensive front. Mullens's sixth start. Matt Breida at lead back.
Underdog by 7. The favorite handles business; the rebuilding team plays for pride.
Week 16 is the late-December playoff-positioning sort. The Rams (12-2), Saints (12-2), Bears (10-4), and Cowboys (9-5) lead the NFC's competitive tier. The Vikings (7-6-1) and Eagles (7-7) are in the wild-card chase. Around the AFC the Patriots, Chiefs, Texans, and Chargers lead. The Sunday home game is the kind of week the Bears can clinch their division.
Through fourteen games the 49ers are 4-10 with a -72 point differential. The Bears are 10-4 with a +120. Khalil Mack has 11.5 sacks. Bears defense ranks first in points allowed (17.0 per game). Mitchell Trubisky has 19 TDs and 11 INTs. Nick Mullens 414 in Week 15. Vegas opens the Bears as 7-point road favorites; total 44.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 9-5 | L2 |
| Miami Dolphins | 7-7 | L1 |
| Buffalo Bills | 5-9 | W1 |
| New York Jets | 4-10 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 8-5-1 | W1 |
| Baltimore Ravens | 8-6 | W1 |
| Cleveland Browns | 6-7-1 | W2 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 6-8 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | 10-4 | W1 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 8-6 | W2 |
| Tennessee Titans | 8-6 | W3 |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 4-10 | L2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | 11-3 | L1 |
| Los Angeles Chargers | 11-3 | W4 |
| Denver Broncos | 6-8 | L2 |
| Oakland Raiders | 3-11 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | 11-3 | -- |
| Seattle Seahawks | 8-6 | L1 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 4-10 | W2 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 3-11 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 8-6 | L1 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 7-7 | W1 |
| Washington Redskins | 7-7 | W1 |
| New York Giants | 5-9 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | 10-4 | W2 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7-6-1 | W1 |
| Green Bay Packers | 5-8-1 | L1 |
| Detroit Lions | 5-9 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | 12-2 | W2 |
| Carolina Panthers | 6-8 | L6 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 5-9 | W1 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5-9 | L2 |
Reveal each quarter as you watch, the next quarter stays hidden until you tap it.
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| No scoring this quarter. | ||
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 49ers | Robbie Gould 33 yard field goal | 0-3 |
| 49ers | Robbie Gould 30 yard field goal | 0-6 |
| Bears | Anthony Miller 4 yard pass from Mitchell Trubisky ( Cody Parkey kick) | 7-6 |
| 49ers | Robbie Gould 23 yard field goal | 7-9 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bears | Jordan Howard 2 yard rush ( Cody Parkey kick) | 14-9 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| No scoring this quarter. | ||
Eddie Goldman and the Chicago Bears defense produced six sacks and held the 49ers to 9 points as Chicago won 14-9 at Levi's Stadium. Mitchell Trubisky threw for 197 and a touchdown. Khalil Mack had 1.5 sacks. Nick Mullens threw for 241 with two interceptions. Robbie Gould kicked three field goals. The 49ers fell to 4-11.[1][2][3]
Khalil Mack had a sack and a half Sunday afternoon at Levi's Stadium. The Chicago Bears defense produced six total sacks and held the 49ers to 9 points. The Bears beat the 49ers 14-9 in the kind of Sunday-afternoon home loss where the year's best defense did exactly what it had been doing all year.
Mitchell Trubisky threw for 197 yards and a touchdown to Anthony Miller. Tarik Cohen ran for 60 yards. The Bears clinched the NFC North.
Nick Mullens, off his 414-yard game the previous Sunday, threw for 241 with two interceptions. The kind of Sunday afternoon home game where the rebuilding team's offense, after the Mullens breakout the previous week, ran into the conference's best defensive front. 4-11 with the Rams coming up on the road in the season finale next week.
Bears 14, 49ers 9. Margin: -5. Fifteen-game record: 4-11, -77 differential.
A 14-9 home loss to the Chicago Bears at Levi's Stadium. The 49ers fall to 4-11 in a defensive grind against the league's best defense.
How it unfolded
The Bears scored on the opening drive with a Trubisky touchdown to Anthony Miller. The 49ers answered with a Robbie Gould field goal. Both teams traded field goals into the second quarter. The Bears added a Tarik Cohen rushing touchdown. The 49ers' offense produced two more field goals in the second half. The Bears' defense generated six sacks total. The 49ers' offense never crossed the goal line.
The turning point
The Bears' opening-drive touchdown. With the rebuilding team's offense having to operate against the league's best defense, the early Bears' touchdown forced the 49ers into a position where they would never have time to recover.
By the numbers
Mullens 18-of-29 for 241 with two INTs (no TDs). Trubisky 25-of-29 for 197 with a TD. Khalil Mack 1.5 of the Bears' 6 sacks. Matt Breida 11 carries for 33. Gould three field goals. The 49ers' two sacks of Trubisky.
Personnel watch
Mullens's two interceptions after his career game the previous week. Mack's pressure on every dropback. The kind of Sunday home performance where the Niners' year-two effort's offense looked like a 4-11 team's offense against the league's best defense. The Bears clinched their division.
What it means
4-11 with the Rams in the season finale on the road next week. The Sunday loss to the league's best defensive front is the kind of result that, after the Mullens breakout, reset expectations on the Niners' young squad's offensive consistency. The Rams game in Week 17 is the regular season's final test.
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | |||||
| Nick Mullens | 22/38 | 241 | 0 | 1 | |
| CHI | |||||
| Mitchell Trubisky | 25/29 | 246 | 1 | 0 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | ||||
| Jeff Wilson | 11 | 27 | 0 | 8 |
| Matt Breida | 4 | 20 | 0 | 11 |
| CHI | ||||
| Jordan Howard | 13 | 53 | 1 | 9 |
| Tarik Cohen | 6 | 12 | 0 | 9 |
| Allen Robinson | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Taylor Gabriel | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Anthony Miller | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Mitchell Trubisky | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Taquan Mizzell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | ||||
| George Kittle | 7 | 74 | 0 | 35 |
| Kendrick Bourne | 4 | 73 | 0 | 25 |
| Marquise Goodwin | 3 | 29 | 0 | 17 |
| Trent Taylor | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| Dante Pettis | 3 | 21 | 0 | 13 |
| Jeff Wilson | 2 | 11 | 0 | 9 |
| Matt Breida | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Richie James | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| CHI | ||||
| Allen Robinson | 6 | 85 | 0 | 43 |
| Trey Burton | 5 | 30 | 0 | 8 |
| Taylor Gabriel | 3 | 28 | 0 | 16 |
| Taquan Mizzell | 2 | 27 | 0 | 26 |
| Anthony Miller | 3 | 24 | 1 | 12 |
| Ben Braunecker | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| Jordan Howard | 2 | 17 | 0 | 16 |
| Tarik Cohen | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Josh Bellamy | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Adam Shaheen | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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