2026 NFL Week 7 · Thursday Night
New England Patriots at Chicago Bears
The New England Patriots visit the Chicago Bears on Thursday, October 22 at 8:15 PM ET at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois.
It is a 2026 regular-season game in Week 7.
It has the thursday night time slot to itself (standalone window); games like this are typically televised nationally.
Last updated: Schedule data: third-party sports data feedTV listings: listed by our data provider (may be incomplete)Geographic coverage data: not available — why
Kickoff time
- Date
- Thursday, October 22, 2026
- Eastern (ET)
- Central (CT)
- Mountain (MT)
- Pacific (PT)
- Time slot
- Thursday Night
- Week
- Week 7
- Venue
- Soldier Field · Chicago, Illinois
- Season
- 2026 regular season
TV channel & coverage
- Coverage window
- Standalone window
- US TV (listed)
- Not listed yet
Standalone window: this is the only game in its time slot, so it is typically televised or streamed nationally. TV listings come from our data provider and can be incomplete. We don't have market-by-market broadcast data. Nationally televised NFL games
Before and after this game
New England Patriots schedule
- Previous: vs New York Jets (Week 6)
- Next: at Miami Dolphins (Week 8)
Chicago Bears schedule
- Previous: at Atlanta Falcons (Week 6)
- Next: at Seattle Seahawks (Week 8)