Thursday, Nov. 12
CHICAGO (4-4) at SAN FRANCISCO (3-5)
8:20 p.m. ET, NFL Network
OPENING LINE - 49ers by 3
RECORD VS. SPREAD - San Francisco 5-2-1; Chicago 4-4
SERIES RECORD - 49ers lead 30-29-1
LAST MEETING - Bears beat 49ers 41-10, Oct. 29, 2006
LAST WEEK - Bears lost to Cardinals 41-21; 49ers lost to Titans 34-27
BEARS OFFENSE - OVERALL (18), RUSH (28), PASS (11)
BEARS DEFENSE - OVERALL (15), RUSH (21), PASS (12)
49ERS OFFENSE - OVERALL (27), RUSH (21), PASS (22)
49ERS DEFENSE - OVERALL (19), RUSH (3), PASS (24)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Bears have won last three meetings, all at Soldier Field, outscoring San Francisco 81-32. Chicago hasn't been to Candlestick Park since 2003. ... Bears are playing a Thursday night game for third straight year. ... Chicago LB Lance Briggs, from Sacramento, Calif., wanted to become a 49er after 2007 season but Bears made him franchise player and then re-signed him to lucrative long-term deal in March 2008. Chicago filed tampering charges against San Francisco in '07 for contacting would-be free agent and Niners were penalized by NFL, forfeiting fifth-round draft pick. ... 49ers coach Mike Singletary was Hall of Fame LB for Bears from 1981-92 and his photo is still in linebackers' meeting room at Chicago headquarters. ... San Francisco TE Vernon Davis, coming off career-best 10-catch, 102-yard outing Sunday vs. Titans, needs only 33 yards receiving to set a career high for a season at 510. He had 509 in 2007. Davis has seven TD catches, already his high. ... A win would get Singletary to .500 mark as head coach. He's 8-9 since taking over for fired Mike Nolan in October 2008.
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