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The 2025 season, chant by chant

Ben Johnson's first year: 13 chants, from a preseason shutout to a playoff comeback.

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13 wins, 13 chants in 2025: 8 at home and 5 on the road. 8 were decided by one score. In the 11 regular-season wins the Bears outscored opponents 305–217.

This was Ben Johnson's first season as head coach, and the season the chant went from a locker-room ritual to something the whole city yelled. It started after a preseason shutout of Buffalo, went public after the Week 3 win over Dallas, and peaked with the shirtless chant in Philadelphia and the Wild Card comeback over Green Bay, the Bears' first playoff win since January 2011. The regular season finished 11–6.

Every win and chant

ChantDateGameResultGame balls
No. 1August 17, 2025Preseason Week 2 vs BillsW 38–0—
No. 2September 21, 2025Week 3 vs CowboysW 31–14Caleb Williams, Tremaine Edmunds
No. 3September 28, 2025Week 4 at RaidersW 25–24Cairo Santos
No. 4October 13, 2025Week 6 at CommandersW 25–24D'Andre Swift, Jake Moody
No. 5October 19, 2025Week 7 vs SaintsW 26–14Dennis Allen
No. 6November 2, 2025Week 9 at BengalsW 47–42Kyle Monangai, Colston Loveland
No. 7November 9, 2025Week 10 vs GiantsW 24–20C.J. Gardner-Johnson, Caleb Williams
No. 8November 16, 2025Week 11 at VikingsW 19–17Devin Duvernay, Cairo Santos, Kevin Warren
No. 9November 23, 2025Week 12 vs SteelersW 31–28D'Marco Jackson
No. 10November 28, 2025Week 13 at EaglesW 24–15—
No. 11December 14, 2025Week 15 vs BrownsW 31–3D'Marco Jackson, DJ Moore
No. 12December 20, 2025Week 16 vs PackersW 22–16 (OT)Cairo Santos, Jahdae Walker, Josh Blackwell, DJ Moore
No. 13January 10, 2026Wild Card vs PackersW 31–27Colston Loveland, Montez Sweat, Caleb Williams

23 game balls were reported across these wins; the full list with reasons is on the game-ball tracker.

The losses (no chant)

The chant is only for wins.

Sep 8, 2025Week 1vs MinnesotaL 24–27
Sep 14, 2025Week 2at DetroitL 21–52
Oct 26, 2025Week 8at BaltimoreL 16–30
Dec 7, 2025Week 14at Green BayL 21–28
Dec 28, 2025Week 17at San FranciscoL 38–42
Jan 4, 2026Week 18vs DetroitL 16–19
Jan 18, 2026Divisionalvs LA RamsL 17–20 (OT)

See also the 2026 season, all games, and the full timeline.