When Do the Chicago Bears Play Next? The Official Time and Broadcast Listing

The Bears’ next game is Monday, September 28

The Chicago Bears’ next listed game is Philadelphia Eagles at Chicago Bears in Week 3. The NFL’s official prime-time schedule lists kickoff at 8:15 p.m. ET on ESPN. The Bears’ official schedule identifies Soldier Field as the venue and lists ESPN, ABC, and ESPN Deportes in the broadcast information.

The NFL schedule is the useful reference for an Eastern Time kickoff. The Bears’ schedule adds the team-side details, including the opponent, venue, and broadcast listing.

Why the two official listings should be read together

A schedule question contains several separate decisions:

Question	Official reference
When does the game start in Eastern Time?	NFL’s prime-time schedule: 8:15 p.m. ET
Who is playing and where?	Bears’ schedule: Eagles at Bears at Soldier Field
Which networks are listed?	Bears’ schedule: ESPN, ABC, and ESPN Deportes

This division matters because the team schedule and the NFL schedule present the same game through different scheduling contexts. Starting with the page that explicitly labels ET avoids carrying over a local kickoff display without checking the time zone.

One part of the season is still undecided

The full schedule should not be treated as equally final. The Bears’ official schedule marks Week 18, at Minnesota, as date TBD, time TBD, and TV TBD. That is a different kind of information from the confirmed Week 3 listing: it identifies the opponent but does not yet provide the planning details needed for a calendar entry.

The practical takeaway is narrower than simply asking what the Bears are doing “today”: identify the next confirmed schedule row, read the kickoff in the time zone you use, and leave fields marked TBD unresolved until the official schedule fills them in.