The Bears will play their first regular-season game at 7:20 p.m. (CT) Sunday against the Packers in Green Bay. Here's how you can watch and listen to the contest:
TELEVISION
The game will be nationally televised on NBC, featuring Al Michaels, (play-by-play), Cris Collinsworth (analyst) and Michele Tafoya (sideline reporter).
RADIO
The contest will be broadcast on WBBM Newsradio 780 AM and 105.9 FM, with Jeff Joniak (play-by-play), former Bears guard Tom Thayer (analyst) and Mark Grote (sideline reporter). The game will also be broadcast across the Chicago Bears Radio Network.
The pregame show begins at 4 p.m. The postgame show from the locker room features exclusive analysis at ChicagoBears.com and CBSChicago.com/Bears.
The game will also be broadcast nationally on Westwood One - Sirius/XM 81 with Kevin Kugler (play-by-play), Jason Taylor (analyst) and Scott Graham (pre-game, halftime).
DIGITAL MEDIA
Fans can follow game action on ChicagoBears.com and the team's other social media channels as well as via the official Chicago Bears app. The Bears Gameday Live pregame show (beginning at 10 :30 a.m.) and the Bears Postgame Live show, both on FOX, will be streamed live in the Bears app and on ChicagoBears.com.
NFL GAME PASS
Sunday night's Bears-Packers game will be available on NFL Game Pass as soon as the game ends. The "condensed game" version will be available 2-4 hours after the game ends, while the "coaches film" will be posted Tuesday morning.
TOP STORYLINE
Sunday night will be a night of Bears debuts. It will mark the regular-season debut for first-year coach Matt Nagy and the first opening-weekend start for quarterback Mitchell Trubisky. The Bears will also debut a trio of offensive offseason acquisitions in receivers Taylor Gabriel and Allen Robinson II and tight end Trey Burton. On defense, recent acquisition Khalil Mack looks to make his first appearance for the Bears as does rookie inside linebacker Roquan Smith.
ANOTHER LAMBEAU FIELD OPENER
The Bears have opened on the road against Green Bay just twice since the 1998 season. In 2006 the Bears kicked off the season at Lambeau Field against the Packers and rolled to a 26-0 win. The team finished that year with a 13-3 season, NFC North division title and trip to the Super Bowl. The Packers and the Bears own the two most opening-day victories in the league. The Bears are 54-39-5 in opening-weekend play and would move into a tie with the Packers (55-39-3) for most opening-day wins with a victory on Sunday night.
HISTORY LESSON
The Bears are 94-96-6 all-time against the Packers in regular-season play. The Bears' last win at Green Bay came on Thanksgiving night in 2015, when the Bears edged the Packers 17-13.The two teams are tied 7-7 when playing each other in Week 1.
