Bears Beat Seahawks 34-17 as Swift Scores Three Touchdowns on Monday Night Football

The Chicago Bears beat the Seattle Seahawks 34-17 at Lumen Field in Seattle on Monday, November 2, 2026. D'Andre Swift scored three rushing touchdowns and Chicago improved to 6-2.

Chicago scored 7 points in the first quarter, 6 in the second, 7 in the third and 14 in the fourth. Seattle scored 0 in the first, 9 in the second, 0 in the third and 8 in the fourth. Chicago led 13-9 at halftime. The opening drive set the tone. Chicago went 17 plays and 80 yards, and Caleb Williams threw a 1 yard touchdown pass to Luther Burden III at 5:30 of the first quarter.

Swift scores three times

Swift carried the ball 27 times for 69 yards and 3 touchdowns. He also caught 2 passes for 10 yards. His touchdown runs were 1 yard in the third quarter at 5:41, 5 yards in the fourth quarter at 8:34, and 5 yards in the fourth quarter at 4:46.

Seattle cut the lead to 20-17 early in the fourth quarter, and Chicago answered. Before an earlier fourth quarter Swift touchdown, Kalif Raymond broke a 39 yard play that set up the score. Swift scored his third touchdown after a Sam Darnold interception late in the fourth quarter, and that score closed the game.

Williams protects the ball

Williams completed 24 of 34 passes for 247 yards, 1 touchdown and no interceptions. Burden caught 7 passes on 9 targets for 56 yards and 1 touchdown. Colston Loveland caught 7 passes for 65 yards, and Rome Odunze caught 4 passes for 87 yards. Chicago scored on all 4 of its trips to the red zone, while Seattle scored on 1 of 4.

Seattle fights back, then fades

Darnold completed 17 of 34 passes for 188 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, and he was sacked 3 times. Jaxon Smith-Njigba caught 6 passes on 11 targets for 118 yards and 1 touchdown, a 43 yard score at 0:37 of the second quarter. Cooper Kupp caught a 7 yard touchdown at 11:53 of the fourth quarter, and a two point pass to Tory Horton followed. That cut the Chicago lead to 20-17, before Chicago answered.

Jeffery Simmons impressed in his Bears debut. He made 6 tackles, 3 solo and 3 assisted, with 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 1 quarterback hit and 1 pass defended.

Numbers and kicking

Chicago outgained Seattle 363 yards to 252 and held the ball for 34 minutes 56 seconds against 24 minutes 58 seconds for Seattle. Chicago converted 7 of 15 third downs, while Seattle converted 1 of 11. Chicago ran 70 plays to 56 for Seattle.

Cairo Santos made both of his field goals for Chicago, from 44 yards and 38 yards, and he made all 4 extra points. Jason Myers made a 27 yard field goal for Seattle, had another field goal blocked, and missed the extra point after the Smith-Njigba touchdown.

Ben Johnson coaches Chicago and Mike Macdonald coaches Seattle. Conditions at Lumen Field were overcast, at 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Seattle fell to 4-4 with the loss in the Week 8 Monday Night Football game.