2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Atlanta Falcons
Foles was officially named the starter a day after the game. Running back and punt returner Tarik Cohen tore his anterior cruciate ligament when Hill collided with his right leg, initially resulting in a Falcons penalty for fair catch interference before it was rescinded as Hill had been pushed into him. Cohen was placed on injured reserve on September 29 and Artavis Pierce was promoted from the practice squad. Former Tennessee Titans linebacker Sharif Finch and Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive lineman Terry Beckner were added to the practice squad that same day.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Week 4 saw the Bears welcome the 2–1 Indianapolis Colts, who led the series 24–19 and won the latest meeting 29–23 in 2016, though the Bears won the last game in Chicago 41–21 in 2012; Bears defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano was the Colts' head coach in both of those games. A day before the game, Tyler Bray was activated from the practice squad; under the new collective bargaining agreement, two practice squad players could be temporarily promoted to the 53-man roster without making a corresponding move. Bray had also occasionally received a protected designation to prevent other teams from signing him off the practice roster. Bray, Hambright, McCullers, Pierce, Ridley, and defensive back Sherrick McManis were inactive; McManis, a special teams expert, was hurt in the Atlanta game. Fuller served as team captain.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Indianapolis Colts
The Bears punted on the opening drive, but O'Donnell's punt was partially blocked by Jordan Glasgow and traveled 18 yards to the Colts' 41-yard line. The first three plays of the Colts' first series ended with penalties, but Philip Rivers eventually completed a 13-yard touchdown to Mo Alie-Cox. During the first quarter, Mack dropped a potential interception on an errant Rivers pass after Barkevious Mingo hit him as he threw; the drive, as would three others (two for each team), would end with a punt.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Chicago's offense began the second quarter at their own seven, where Foles led an 84-yard drive that culminated in a 27-yard field goal by Santos. The Colts answered with two Rodrigo Blankenship field goals of 21 and 30 yards, though the first was set up when Roquan Smith intercepted Rivers in the end zone at the three-yard line but was ruled out of bounds. The first four series of the second half concluded in punts, followed by a Blankenship 44-yard kick.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Two punts later, Foles was intercepted by Julian Blackmon, which led to a fourth field goal by Blankenship on a 30-yarder. Down 19–3, the Bears drove 90 yards for a 16-yard touchdown from Foles to Robinson, while Montgomery ran for the two-point conversion. However, former Bear Trey Burton recovered the ensing onside kick to secure the Chicago defeat.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Foles ended his first start as a Bear with 26 of 42 passes for 249 yards, a touchdown, and an interception. After recording at least 130 rushing yards in each of the first three games, the Bears had just 28 against the fourth-ranked Colts run defense. The defensive performance, which saw a season-low 18 first downs and 289 yards allowed, drew parallels to the 2019 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, where they allowed the fewest first downs and run yardage of the year against a Rivers-led offense but lost. Nagy regarded the loss as "a tough game to be a part of. Offensively, we know that we've got to be a lot better. Eleven points doesn't do it."


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Running back Lamar Miller, a 2019 Pro Bowler, was signed to the practice squad a day after the game; to make room for him, Stephen Denmark was released.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Bears hosted the 3–1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday Night Football in Week 5. Chicago had the better record in all-time meetings at 39–20, including a 48–10 home win in 2018; the 2020 game was also the teams' first non-Sunday meeting since the Bears won 27–0 on Saturday in 1991, and the first non-weekend matchup since a 23–0 Chicago victory in 1980. Bond was temporarily activated from the practice squad for the game. Bush, Trevis Gipson, Hambright, McCullers, McManis, and Ridley were inactive; McManis and Bush missed the game with hamstring injuries. Woods was the Bears' captain and won the team's first coin toss of the season.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Ryan Succop scored the first points of the game with a 36-yard field goal on the Buccaneers' opening drive. After two punts, Foles' pass for Robinson deflected off the receiver's hands and into Tampa's Carlton Davis for the interception. The takeaway set up a two-yard touchdown pass from Tom Brady to Mike Evans. Following another Bears punt, Succop added a 35-yard field goal in the second quarter, a 73-yard series that was aided by facemask and pass interference penalties on Fuller and Johnson.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Bears responded with a three-yard touchdown run by Montgomery, the team's first rushing score of the season, followed by Fuller forcing a fumble after hitting Ke'Shawn Vaughn and knocking the ball free, which Quinn recovered at the Buccaneers' 27-yard line. Chicago capitalized on the turnover with Foles' 12-yard touchdown throw to Graham, who caught the pass with one hand over Jamel Dean to give the Bears the 14–13 lead at halftime.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The two teams would trade field goals and the lead in the second half: Succop's 46-yarder was the lone score in the third quarter, which Santos responded on a 47-yard kick, followed by Succop's 25-yard attempt, then Santos' go-ahead score from 38 yards with 1:13 remaining. On their final drive, the Buccaneers reached the Bears' 41-yard line, but Houston-Carson broke up Brady's fourth-down pass to Brate to secure the 20–19 Chicago win.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The victory improved the Bears to 4–1, their best start since 2012. It was also Chicago's first win over Brady in six tries; Brady had entered the game with a 109.2 passer rating and 14 touchdowns to four interceptions against Chicago.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The following day, kicker Kai Forbath was signed to the practice squad after Bond was placed on injured reserve; Forbath made all ten of his field goal attempts with the 2019 Dallas Cowboys. On Saturday, Badara Traore was moved to the reserve/COVID-19 list. Guard James Daniels suffered a pectoral muscle injury in the game and was placedo on injured reserve on October 14; practice squad lineman Sam Mustipher was promoted to take his place.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Carolina Panthers
In their first game at Bank of America Stadium since a 31–24 loss in 2014, the Bears visited the 3–2 Carolina Panthers; the Bears held the 6–4 all-time edge and won the latest game 17–3 in 2017. On Friday, Jenkins was activated from injured reserve and McCullers was reassigned to the practice squad. Bush, Trevis Gipson, Hambright, Ridley, and Shelley were inactive.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Carolina Panthers
After the Panthers received to start the game, their drive ended after three plays when Teddy Bridgewater's pass was tipped by Johnson and intercepted by Tashaun Gipson. The Bears took advantage with Foles' nine-yard touchdown pass to Kmet for the rookie's first career score. Outside of two punts and a kickoff return on the final play, every drive in the first half would end in a field goal: Joey Slye made kicks of 21 and 20 yards, while Santos converted 31- and 55-yard field goals; the 55-yarder was a career best for Santos.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Carolina Panthers
Following a Bears punt to start the second half, the two teams traded turnovers when Mike Davis was stripped by Jackson and Hicks recovered the fumble, but Foles' throw for Harris was intercepted by Jeremy Chinn on the next play. Another turnover nearly occurred a play later when Fuller deflected Brigewater's pass for Robby Anderson and Jackson returned it for a 17-yard interception touchdown, but Fuller received a pass interference penalty. Slye would miss a 54-yard attempt wide right on the drive.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Carolina Panthers
Chicago scored its first third-quarter points of the year on a one-yard quarterback sneak by Foles, which was followed by a one-yard touchdown run by Davis early in the final period. Santos and Slye exchanged field goals of 31 and 48 yards, respectively to make the score 23–16 in the Bears' favor; After the Panthers turned over the ball on downs and the Bears punted with 1:40 remaining, Bridgewater's throw to D. J. Moore was intercepted by Houston-Carson to secure the Chicago win; it was Houston-Carson's first NFL interception.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Carolina Panthers
The victory improved the Bears to 5–1, their best such start since 2012, and a 3–0 record in away games for the first time since 2006. In his conference, Foles noted the team was "not going to get complacent" about the record, especially with the close victories while his 70.3 passer rating was his third-worst since 2018, but added that he would rather "win ugly" than "lose pretty" as "great teams find a way to win a game. Bad teams win with prettiness."


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Carolina Panthers
Two days after the game, Forbath was signed by the Los Angeles Rams to their active roster. Linebacker Manti Te'o, who spent 2019 with the New Orleans Saints, was signed to fill the void on the practice squad.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Los Angeles Rams
For the second consecutive year, the Bears played on the road against the 4–2 Rams, having lost the 2019 meeting 17–7; Chicago led the all-time series 54–37–3. Christian, who played just one game with the Jets, returned to the Bears' practice squad on Friday, while Finch was released and Traore was reactivated from the reserve/COVID-19 list. A day later, Michael Joseph was moved from injured reserve to reserve/COVID-19. Trevis Gipson, Hambright, McManis, Pierce, and Ridley were inactive.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Los Angeles Rams
After three punts to begin the game, the Rams struck first on Jared Goff's four-yard touchdown pass to Josh Reynolds. The Bears answered with a 42-yard field goal by Santos, set up by a 38-yard pass from Foles to Kmet. An exchange of punts led to Sam Sloman's 22-yard kick that made the score 10–3 in Los Angeles' favor at halftime. The Rams punted to start the second half, but the Bears did the same after starting their ensuing series on their own one-yard line; Foles missed an open Mooney on third down after facing pressure from Jachai Polite.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Los Angeles Rams
Malcolm Brown's one-yard touchdown run put the Rams up by 14. Although Chicago reached Los Angeles' nine-yard line on the following drive, Foles' pass to Mooney was tipped by Troy Hill and intercepted by Taylor Rapp, which the Rams capitalized on with a 12-yard touchdown throw from Goff to Gerald Everett. After the Bears turned the ball over on downs on their own 34, Sloman's 48-yard kick was blocked by Roy Robertson-Harris.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Los Angeles Rams
Although Chicago reached Los Angeles' four on their next possession and Foles was sacked by Justin Hollins on fourth down, they finally scored three plays later when Quinn stripped Robert Woods and Jackson recovered, returning the fumble for an eight-yard score. The Rams punted again and forced the Bears to start at their six, and Foles was intercepted by Jalen Ramsey; another Los Angeles punt pinned Chicago at the five, where they gained 29 yards before suffering a turnover on downs.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Los Angeles Rams
The Bears failed to score an offensive touchdown for the first time in 2020, while the top-ranked red zone defense allowed three scores from such positions against the Rams.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. New Orleans Saints
In Week 8, the Bears hosted the 4–2 New Orleans Saints, who led the series 16–15 after winning the 2019 game in Chicago 36–25 and had won the last five meetings. On Tuesday, the team signed receiver and return specialist Dwayne Harris, who spent 2019 with the Oakland Raiders, to the practice squad; Beckner was released to accommodate the addition. The day before the game, Harris was elevated to the active roster. Starting center Cody Whitehair was inactive due to a calf injury, as were Ginn, Trevis Gipson, Pierce, Ridley, and Shelley.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. New Orleans Saints
Wil Lutz and Santos traded 38- and 44-yard field goals on their teams' opening drives; the Bears' first series saw a Foles incomplete pass to Montgomery be initially ruled as a fumble recovered by New Orleans' Sheldon Rankins before being overturned and Trubisky briefly return as a Wildcat formation quarterback. After Lutz's 27-yard attempt hit the upright, the Bears traveled 80 yards with Foles' 50-yard completion to Mooney and 24-yard score to Robinson. Three more punts led to a Santos 29-yard kick that was set up by a 38-yard run by Montgomery.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. New Orleans Saints
However, the Saints responded with Drew Brees' 16-yard touchdown pass to Jared Cook with three seconds remaining in the first half. New Orleans scored ten unanswered points on their first two possessions: Deonte Harris returned an O'Donnell punt 42 yards to the Bears' 16-yard line and Lutz made a 27-yard field goal; Foles threw an interception to Marshon Lattimore, a play after Wims was ejected for inciting a brawl after punching C. J. Gardner-Johnson; and Lutz converted a 38-yarder. The Saints made the score 23–13 early in the final period on a 20-yard touchdown throw from Brees to Taysom Hill.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. New Orleans Saints
With 3:32 remaining, Foles completed a three-yard score to Mooney, followed by Santos' 51-yard field goal to tie the game with 13 seconds left and force overtime. Although the Saints punted on their first overtime drive, a pair of drops and a sack forced Chicago to do the same. Brees led a seven-play, 52-yard drive that ended with Lutz's game-winning 35-yard kick.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. New Orleans Saints
The loss marked the Bears' third overtime defeat in the Nagy era (winless in such games), and the first since 2018. The game also saw the Bears' seventh third quarter in which they failed to score as their three offensive drives ended with two punts and an interception. Nagy noted after the game that Wims later apologized for the fight; a day later, Wims accused Gardner-Johnson of spitting on him while the cornerback was filmed pulling out Wims' mouthpiece and poking Miller in the face, though Gardner-Johnson declined comment. Wims was suspended for two games without pay. Ginn was released later in the week.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Tennessee Titans
Chicago visited the 5–2 Tennessee Titans in Week 9. It was the 13th all-time meeting between the two and the sixth since the latter's move to Tennessee; the teams were tied 6–6 and the Titans won 27–21 in 2016, though the Bears had won all three games in Tennessee. During the week, the Bears performed a wave of transactions to address injuries and positive COVID-19 tests, with a season-high 13 players appearing on the injury report entering the game.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Tennessee Titans
On Tuesday, Massie, who hurt his knee on the opening drive in the Saints game, was placed on injured reserve; Germain Ifedi and Jason Spriggs were moved to the reserve/COVID-19 list; Lachavious Simmons was promoted from the practice squad to the active roster; and Aaron Neary, whose lone NFL appearance came in 2017 with the Rams, was added to the practice squad. Although Ifedi was cleared for the Titans game on Friday, Whitehair was placed on reserve/COVID-19 after testing positive.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Tennessee Titans
Bray and Bush also went on the list as close contacts of individuals who tested positive (the latter's case being Whitehair), though the former was subsequently removed. On Saturday, Bray, Harris, Eiselen, McCullers, and Traore were elevated from the practice squad. Jenkins (ankle), Mustipher, Robertson-Harris, and Trubisky (shoulder) were ruled out with injuries, while Simmons tested positive the morning of the game and Neary was activated from the squad. Trevis Gipson was also inactive for the game.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Tennessee Titans
The Titans punted on their opening drive. Chicago's offense began its first series with a starting offensive line that was missing three starters and two backups, with Alex Bars and Hambright making their first starts. Although the unit reached the Titans' 34-yard line, a fourth-down run by Montgomery was stopped. The two teams traded punts before the Titans traveled 56 yards and Stephen Gostkowski made a 40-yard field goal. The rest of the first quarter's drives ended with punts.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Tennessee Titans
During the second quarter, the Bears successfully executed a fake punt in which Houston-Carson received the snap and handed off to Mingo, who ran for the first down; however, they eventually punted. On the ensuing series, Ryan Tannehill led a 91-yard drive that ended with a 40-yard touchdown pass to A. J. Brown. The game went scoreless for the rest of the first half and the first two possessions of the second. In the third quarter, Montgomery was stripped by Jeffery Simmons and Desmond King returned the fumble for a 63-yard touchdown.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Tennessee Titans
Chicago would not score until early in the fourth quarter on Santos' 22-yard field goal, which Tennessee responded with a 76-yard possession and a two-yard score from Tannehill to Jonnu Smith. The Bears' first touchdown came on a six-yard completion from Foles to Ryan Nall with five minutes remaining. After the Titans punted, Miller lost a fumble to Simmons after being stripped by Jayon Brown, though Tennessee would punt again. Graham's eight-yard touchdown reception with 1:04 to go reduced the margin to seven points, but Amani Hooker recovered the onside kick to end the game.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Tennessee Titans
Despite playing against the NFL's worst-ranked defense in third-down situations, the Bears converted just 13.3 percent of plays on such downs (2 of 15) and failed to reach the red zone until the fourth quarter. In contrast, the defense set season bests in yardage (228) and first downs (11) allowed, while Titans running back Derrick Henry, who led the league in rushing yards, was limited to 68 yards.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Bears' first game of 2020 against the Minnesota Vikings came on Monday Night Football; the Vikings led the rivalry 60–56–6 and won the last meeting on MNF 20–17 in 2017, but the Bears had swept them in the last two seasons. With Chicago's offense struggling through the first nine games, being ranked 31st in yards per play and 29th in points per game, Nagy relinquished play calling duties to Bill Lazor beginning with Week 10.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Minnesota Vikings
The team's roster moves during the week included signing former Eagles defensive tackle Anthony Rush to the active roster, adding ex-Vikings quarterback Kyle Sloter and former Bears lineman Eric Kush to the practice squad, releasing Neary, placing Robertson-Harris on injured reserve after he hurt his shoulder in Tennessee, and activating Bush and Spriggs from the reserve/COVID-19 list. On the day of the game, Whitehair was activated from reserve/COVID-19, while Bray, Kush, McCullers, and Lamar Miller were elevated from the practice squad. Montgomery, who suffered a concussion against the Titans, missed the game; Jenkins, McManis, Mustipher, Rush, Trubisky, and Trevis Gipson were also inactive.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Minnesota Vikings
On the Vikings' opening drive, Trevathan stripped Kyle Rudolph and Tashaun Gipson recovered for Rudolph's first career lost fumble. However, the Bears lost the ball two plays later when Foles' pass for Anthony Miller was deflected and intercepted by Harrison Smith, which set up Kirk Cousins' 17-yard touchdown pass to Adam Thielen. Santos kicked a 23-yard field goal later in the opening quarter. Minnesota's next series reached Chicago's 17, where Mack intercepted a tipped pass off Thielen and returned it 33 yards. Santos would add another field goal, a 42-yarder, to end the first half.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Minnesota Vikings
Cordarrelle Patterson returned the second half-opening kickoff for a 104-yard touchdown that gave the Bears the lead, which enabled him to tie the NFL record for most kickoff returns in a career (eight) and surpass Gale Sayers' 103-yard score in 1967 for the longest kick return in Bears history. Although the defense forced a punt on the ensuing drive, Harris muffed the return and Minnesota's Josh Metellus recovered at the Bears' 20. Dan Bailey would make a 37-yard field goal.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Minnesota Vikings
Three punts later, Bailey converted a 43-yarder later in the quarter on a drive assisted by a 54-yard completion from Cousins to Justin Jefferson. When the Bears punted again to start the fourth quarter, the Vikings traveled 63 yards before scoring on a six-yard touchdown pass to Thielen. A poor snap led to an aborted pass from Britton Colquitt to Rudolph that was incomplete. The Bears failed to score for the rest of the game, with their last two drives ending with turnovers on down. The final series saw Foles suffer an injury and be replaced by Bray, who completed an 18-yard pass to Nall on his first throw before his next three passes (excluding a spike to stop the clock) fell incomplete.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Minnesota Vikings
In addition to failing to score an offensive touchdown for the second time in 2020, the offense recorded a season-worst 149 yards even though Minnesota's defense was allowing 412.9 yards per game. Although the defense limited Dalvin Cook to just 96 rushing yards, they allowed the Vikings to convert eight of 15 attempts on third down despite being the best-ranked defense on such downs.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: Bye week
The Bears entered the bye week at a 5–5 record after starting the season 5–1. Due to injuries, the bye arrived at what Nagy called "a good time for us. We're a little bit beat up right now, so we need to be able to get some guys back and get healthy."


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: Bye week
Statistically, the offense struggled through the first nine games as it was ranked 31st in total offense and points, 32nd in rushing, and 25th in passing. Conversely, the defense was the seventh-best in points allowed. This deviation in success between the two units was described by ESPN.com writer Jeff Dickerson as the team having "a championship-level defense and a Pop Warner offense."


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: Bye week
During the week, Harris was placed on injured reserve after tearing his triceps muscle in the Vikings game. To fill the void at punt returner, the Bears claimed receiver DeAndre Carter off waivers; Carter averaged 8.7 return yards on 11 punt returns and 20.8 yards on 12 kickoffs with the Houston Texans in 2020. Simmons was activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list on November 20, while Rush was waived four days later.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Green Bay Packers
The Bears' first game of the season against the longtime rival Green Bay Packers came in Week 12; the Packers led the series 99–95–6 and had won every meeting in Lambeau Field since 2016. With Foles out due to his hip injury, Trubisky returned as the starter for the game, while Bray was activated to serve as the backup. Jackson was briefly placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list during the week. In addition to Foles, Hicks missed the game with a hamstring injury; McManis, Simmons, Wims, and Trevis Gipson were also inactive.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Green Bay Packers
The Bears fell behind early when Aaron Rodgers threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Davante Adams, but Mason Crosby missed the extra point wide right. Chicago's offense responded with a 57-yard run by Montgomery to Green Bay's eight-yard line, but he was stopped for a one-yard loss on the next play and two incomplete passes led to Santos' 27-yard field goal.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Green Bay Packers
The Packers would score 21 unanswered points in the second quarter on Rodgers' five-yard pass to Marcedes Lewis, Trubisky's pass to Mooney was intercepted by Darnell Savage in the end zone to set up an 80-yard drive that ended on Rodgers' two-yard score to Allen Lazard On the next series, Trubisky was strip-sacked by Za'Darius Smith and Preston Smith picked up the loose ball for a scoop and score from 14 yards out. On the Bears' ensuing drive, Trubisky led an 87-yard series that ended on a one-yard touchdown pass to Robinson with 19 seconds remaining in the first half.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Green Bay Packers
The Bears went three-and-out on their first two drives of the second half. On their third drive, Trubisky was picked off by Savage again, leading to a 39-yard touchdown pass from Rodgers to Robert Tonyan. Green Bay increased their leas to 41–10 when Jamaal Williams' scored on a 13-yard touchdown run. In the fourth quarter, the Bears scored two garbage time touchdowns with a pair of Trubisky TD passes to Robinson and Montgomery, including a two-point conversion to Mooney to make the score 41-26. With 3:21 left, Santos' onside kick was recovered by Adams and the Packers were able to run out the clock.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Green Bay Packers
In addition to going winless in November for the third time in the last five years, the loss marked the Bears' seventh consecutive season in which they lost a game coming off their bye week. The Bears' 41 points allowed were the most since a 41–21 defeat in 2016 to the Washington Redskins. Trubisky had a passer rating of 74.7, three touchdowns, two interceptions, and a lost fumble in his first game back as the starter. The defense struggled against the Packers offense, allowing Green Bay to convert all but one third down attempt in the first half and allowed them to convert all four red zone attempts despite being the best defenses in the red zone.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Detroit Lions
The Bears' second game against the Lions, this time led by interim head coach Darrell Bevell came in Week 13. Chicago won the last two meetings at Soldier Field and were 6–4 in such games in the 2010s. On Wednesday, ex-Cincinnati Bengals defensive lineman Tyler Clark was added to the practice squad. McCullers, Pierce, Ridley, Simmons, and James Vaughters were not active.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Detroit Lions
After Santos made a 45-yard field goal on the Bears' opening drive, Skrine tackled Jamal Agnew on fourth-and-one to force a turnover on downs. Montgomery and Peterson traded touchdown runs of 13 and three yards, respectively, though their teams' kickers missed the extra points (Santos' was blocked). Patterson scored on a five-yard ouchdown run in the second quarter. After two punts, another exchange of touchdowns came as Quintez Cephus caught a 49-yard pass from Stafford, which the Bears answered on a four-yard run by Montgomery.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Detroit Lions
The three first-half rushing touchdowns marked the first time the Bears accomplished the feat since 1990 against the Phoenix Cardinals. Two punts began the second half before Stafford found Jesse James on a nine-yard touchdown throw, which the Bears responded on Trubisky's 11-yard score to Kmet. Nichols intercepted Stafford on the ensuing drive for the first pick by a Bears defensive tackle since Tommie Harris in 2009 against Detroit, though his team failed to capitalize as the offense punted. In the fourth quarter, the Lions traveled 96 yards and scored on Stafford's 25-yard pass to Jones.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Detroit Lions
On his team's 17-yard line, Trubisky was strip-sacked by Romeo Okwara and John Penisini recovered at the Bears' seven, which set up Peterson's five-yard touchdown run to give the Lions the 34–20 lead. Chicago attempted to rally and reached Detroit's 24, where Robinson went out of bounds a yard short of the first down on third down, which was followed by Montgomery being stopped on fourth down for a turnover.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Detroit Lions
The defeat marked Chicago's first six-game losing streak since 2002 and their longest such streak since they lost eight in a row between 2014 and 2015. While the offense tied their season-high four touchdowns, their first-half production of 253 yards and 17 first downs were reduced to 136 yards and nine first downs in the second. The defense's struggles also continued with a season-worst 460 yards allowed; it was also the unit's second consecutive game in which they allowed five touchdowns.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Houston Texans
Chicago hosted the 4–8 Houston Texans in Week 14. Entering the game, the Bears had never beaten the Texans in four attempts, losing 23–14 at Houston in 2016 and 13–6 at home in 2012. During the week, Carter, London, Te'o, and Thomas Ives were placed on reserve/COVID-19, while Bond returned to the practice squad from injured reserve. Skrine and Vaughters missed the game with injuries, while McCullers and Simmons were inactive.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Houston Texans
Following a Texans punt to begin the game, Montgomery scored an 80-yard touchdown run on his team's first offensive play. It was the Bears' first opening-play offensive touchdown since Rashaan Salaam's score in 1995 against the Buccaneers, and the fourth-longest run in team history. Although the Bears regained possession on a Mack fumble recovery after he and Hicks stripped Duke Johnson, they were forced to punt. After Houston also punted, Chicago traveled 79 yards on a drive that culminated in Trubisky's five-yard touchdown pass to Graham early in the second quarter.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Houston Texans
The Texans responded with Deshaun Watson throwing a five-yard touchdown of his own to Keke Coutee, but Watson was sacked by Mack in the end zone for a safety on Houston's next series. Trubisky threw two more touchdowns to Mooney (11 yards) and Robinson (three yards) to give the Bears a 30–7 lead at halftime. After Santos' 39-yard field goal to open the second half, the Texans reached the Bears' one-yard line where Watson's touchdown run was overturned. Watson suffered an injury on the next play, and backup quarterback A. J. McCarron was sacked by Roquan Smith on fourth down. Another Houston turnover on downs occurred on the final play of the third quarter when Edwards sacked Watson. Santos added a 32-yard field goal for the day's final points, while the last play of the game saw Watson be sacked again by Edwards.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Houston Texans
Besides snapping a six-game losing streak, the victory was the Bears' largest since a 41–9 win over the Buffalo Bills in 2018. The defense recorded a season-high seven sacks, while the offense produced four touchdowns and 410 yards. Trubisky completed 24 of 33 passes for 267 yards and three touchdowns, resulting in a season-best passer rating of 126.7, while Montgomery's 113 rushing yards and 155 total yards were his most in 2020. Robinson's 123 receiving yards elevated him past 1,000 yards on the season for the second straight year.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Minnesota Vikings
The Bears' second game against the Vikings came in Minnesota, where the Bears won 21–19 in the 2019 edition. Both teams entered the game with 6–7 records and fighting for the NFC's seventh and final seed in the playoffs alongside the 7–6 Arizona Cardinals. Days before the game, Lamar Miller was signed off the practice squad by the Washington Football Team; Miller's lone game in Chicago was against the Vikings in Week 10. London and Te'o also returned to the practice squad from reserve/COVID-19. Skrine was once again inactive as he remained out with a concussion, while Johnson and Bush respectively hurt their shoulder and foot against Houston and missed the game; the injuries prompted the Bears to elevate Xavier Crawford from the practice squad. Pierce and Simmons were also not active.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Minnesota Vikings
The two teams traded punts to begin the game, followed by touchdown passes from Trubisky and Cousins to Mooney (eight yards) and Thielen (three yards), After Santos' 42-yard field goal gave the Bears the lead, Cousins was sacked by Quinn for the latter's first sack since Week 2. The Vikings punted and the Bears drove 76 yards en route to Montgomery's one-yard touchdown run. On Minnesota's next drive, Cook was stopped by Jenkins and Nichols on fourth down, resulting in a turnover on downs at the Vikings' 34-yard line. Santos increased the lead to 13 points on a 35-yard kick.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings answered with ten unanswered points on Bailey's 24-yard field goal shortly before halftime, followed by Cook's one-yard touchdown run on the first drive of the second half. Chicago responded on a 75-yard possession that concluded with a 14-yard touchdown rush by Montgomery. A field goal exchange followed of 22 (Bailey) and 48 yards (Santos), and a 20-yard touchdown pass from Cousins to Tyler Conklin made the margin three points.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Minnesota Vikings
Chicago's following drive reached Minnesota's six before Trubisky's pass for J. P. Holtz was intercepted by Cameron Dantzler in the end zone, though the Vikings turned the ball over on downs again at the two-minute warning. Santos' 42-yard field goal made the score 33–27 with 56 seconds remaining. The final drive of the game saw the Vikings reach the Bears' 33, where Cousins' Hail Mary pass was tipped by Jackson and intercepted by McManis.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Minnesota Vikings
The 33 points marked the third consecutive game in which the Bears scored at least 30 points, a streak that last occurred in 2013, while the team also had 20 first-half points for the third game in a row, a first since 1967. The offense recorded 199 rushing yards on 42 attempts, both the most under Nagy, while Montgomery's 32 carries for 146 yards were career highs; Montgomery also became the first Bears player to reach 100 rushing yards in consecutive games since Jordan Howard in 2016. Mooney had four catches in the game to reach 46 receptions on the year, surpassing Harlon Hill in 1954 for the most by a rookie in franchise history.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Jacksonville Jaguars
The Bears' last road game of the season saw them play the 1–13 Jacksonville Jaguars, which served as a return game for ex-Jaguars Foles, Tashaun Gipson, Robinson, and John DeFilippo; conversely, Jaguars starting quarterback Mike Glennon took on the team for whom he had started four games in 2017. In seven all-time meetings between the Bears and Jaguars, the former held a 4–3 advantage and was 2–1 in away games, most recently winning 41–3 in 2012. Jacksonville won their latest game 17–16 in Chicago in 2016.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Jacksonville Jaguars
Transactions during the week included recalling Carter and Ives from reserve/COVID-19, signing running back Spencer Ware—who played under Nagy with the Chiefs—and former Lions cornerback Teez Tabor to the practice squad, releasing Clark, and placing Reggie Davis on practice squad reserve/injured. With Johnson and Skrine still out, Crawford was activated for the second straight week. Demetrius Harris (foot injury), McCullers, Ridley, and Simmons were also inactive.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Jacksonville Jaguars
Both teams scored on their opening driver as Aldrick Rosas kicked a 26-yard field goal for Jacksonville and Trubisky threw a five-yard touchdown pass to Graham for Chicago. After the Jaguars punted, the Bears reached the opposing one-yard line but failed to score a touchdown, forcing them to settle for Santos' second-quarter 20-yard field goal. Jacksonville responded with a 70-yard drive that ended on Glennon's 20-yard touchdown throw to D. J. Chark to tie the game.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Jacksonville Jaguars
With 24 seconds remaining in the first half, the Bears reached the Jaguars' 13 but Trubisky was intercepted by Joe Schobert, though Glennon also threw an interception to Smith that led to Santos' 40-yard kick to give the Bears the 13–10 halftime lead. Chicago opened the third quarter with a 77-yard series that culminated in Trubisky's six-yard touchdown run, which was followed by three more unanswered touchdowns on Montgomery's six-yard run, Trubisky's 22-yard throw to Graham (after Glennon was intercepted by Smith again), and Pierce's three-yard run.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Jacksonville Jaguars
Pierce's score, the first of his NFL career, was preceded by his 23-yard run on a Wildcat formation play with Montgomery receiving the snap. The two teams traded punts before Glennon threw a 34-yard touchdown to Laviska Shenault. With the game having entered garbage time, Foles substituted for Trubisky to close out the 41–17 win.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Jacksonville Jaguars
With the win and the Cardinals losing to the San Francisco 49ers, the Bears moved into the seventh seed. The game was Chicago's first 40-point game since their win over Buffalo in 2018 and extended their streak of 30-point performances to three, the longest since 1965.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Jacksonville Jaguars
Individual feats accomplished during the win included Robinson eclipsing 100 receptions in a season for the first time in his career, Montgomery becoming the Bears' first 1,000-yard rusher since Howard in 2017, Smith being the first Bears linebacker to record multiple interceptions in a game since Lance Briggs in 2008 and the first Bears defender since Ha Ha Clinton-Dix in 2019, and Santos tying Robbie Gould's team record for the most consecutive field goals made in a season at 24. The Robinson–Montgomery duo also marked the team's first season with a rusher and receiver breaking 1,000 yards in their respective categories since Matt Forte and Alshon Jeffery in 2014.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Green Bay Packers
The season finale came against the Packers, who had won all but two meetings at Soldier Field during the 2010s. In the wild card race, a Cardinals loss to the Rams would have guaranteed the Bears a playoff spot regardless of the result against the Packers. Crawford received another active roster elevation as Johnson and Skrine continued to nurse their injuries; both cornerbacks, McCullers, Ridley, and Simmons were also inactive.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Green Bay Packers
The Packers' opening kickoff saw Patterson touch the ball at the one-yard line as he slid out of bounds, resulting in an illegal kick penalty that began the Bears' drive on their 40-yard line. The series lasted 14 plays and 70 yards; although Montgomery suffered an injury on the drive, he returned in time to score on a two-yard run. The Packers responded with an 80-yard drive that concluded with Rodgers' three-yard touchdown to Tonyan.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Green Bay Packers
The Bears punted on the ensuing possession, but Demetrius Harris forced Green Bay returner Tavon Austin to fumble and Houston-Carson recovered at the Packers' 20, leading to Santos' 30-yard field goal. Green Bay followed with 14 unanswered points on Rodgers' 72- and 13-yard touchdown throws to Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Dominique Dafney, which sandwiched a Kmet fumble at the Bears' 25. Santos kicked a 27-yard field goal to reduce the deficit to eight points entering halftime. The Packers nearly scored again to begin the second half when Valdes-Scantling dropped a touchdown pass, but eventually punted for the first time.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Green Bay Packers
Chicago, aided by a 53-yard pass from Trubisky to Mooney, added another field goal from Santos of 20 yards that set the Bears record for the most consecutive field goals made at 27. After the Packers punted again, the Bears' next offensive series saw them convert two fourth-and-one situations before Mooney got hurt and a third attempt to make a fourth-and-one at the Packers' 25 resulted in a turnover on downs. Green Bay scored again on a four-yard touchdown run by Aaron Jones, followed by Trubisky being intercepted by Adrian Amos to set up Rodgers' six-yard touchdown to Adams. Down 35–16, the Bears reached the Packers' four-yard line but failed to score as their regular season ended with an 8–8 record.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Green Bay Packers
Despite the loss, the Bears clinched the NFC's third and final wild card slot as the Cardinals lost 18–7 to the Rams. It marked the Bears' second playoff appearance in Nagy's three-year tenure as head coach.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Green Bay Packers
The 2020 team was the franchise's first to qualify for the playoffs via wild since 1994, which also saw them reach the postseason by claiming the third and last remaining slot in the conference; the 2020 and 1994 Bears also lost their regular season finales (both at home; both teams' offenses also scored on their opening drives before faltering) but entered the playoffs with help from other clubs. Nagy noted in his post-game conference that it was "okay to feel like crap right now.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Green Bay Packers
We put a lot of time and effort and energy into winning this football game and it sucks when you lose. [ ...] But no one is going to take away from what these players did to work back these last three weeks to put ourselves in a position to make the playoffs."


2020 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Green Bay Packers
The Bears, who saw an uptick in offensive production after the bye week, ended the regular season with the 22nd-ranked scoring offense at 23.3 points per game, 25th in rushing, and 22nd in passing. Inversely, the defense struggled since the bye, and ranked 14th in scoring defense at 23.1 points allowed per game.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (2) New Orleans Saints
The Bears entered the postseason as the seventh seed against the second-seeded, NFC South champion Saints. While the Bears were 2–0 in playoff games against the Saints (most recently a 39–14 win in the 2006 season's NFC Championship Game), they had not won in New Orleans since 2005.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (2) New Orleans Saints
The matchup also provided further similarities between the 2020 Bears and their 1994 counterpart as both were underdogs playing their wild card games in a domed stadium, with the 1994 team taking on the division champion Vikings; both Bears teams also entered their games hoping to break six-game losing streaks to their respective opponents, with the older iteration ultimately succeeding 35–18. Mooney (ankle) and Smith (elbow) missed the game with injuries that they suffered against the Packers, leading to Te'o and Christian being activated from the practice squad. McCullers, Johnson, Simmons, Skrine, and Trevis Gipson also did not play. The match was also the first NFL game to be aired on Nickelodeon as part of a partnership between the league and ViacomCBS to produce children-oriented programming; the broadcast featured simplified graphics, different commentary from the CBS broadcast, and the digital addition of Nickelodeon's green slime for touchdowns.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (2) New Orleans Saints
Both teams punted to start the game, which was followed by Brees' 11-yard touchdown pass to Michael Thomas for the first touchdown. The Bears attempted to respond on a trick play in which Montgomery took the snap from the Wildcat formation and handed off to Patterson, who pitched to Trubisky; Trubisky threw to Wims, who dropped the potential score in the end zone. The Saints' ensuing drive saw Shelley intercept Brees' pass before it was overturned, though Lutz missed a 50-yard field goal.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (2) New Orleans Saints
After the Bears punted again, Taysom Hill was hit by Tashaun Gipson as he threw the ball, which Jenkins caught. Although Chicago reached the nine-yard line on the following series, Kmet received a controversial unsportsmanlike conduct penalty when he tossed the ball over Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins to field judge Nathan Jones, which was regarded by the official as taunting and pushed the offense back; Santos subsequently made a 36-yard field goal. The first half's remaining drives ended with punts.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (2) New Orleans Saints
Following another Bears punt to begin the second half, the Saints drove 85 yards—aided by a fourth-down neutral zone infraction penalty on Jackson—and score on Latavius Murray's six-yard touchdown pass. Further defensive penalties hindered the Bears on the Saints' next possession when Kindle Vildor's holding nullified a 14-yard sack by Mack and Trevathan's pass interference set up New Orleans at Chicago's one-yard line, where Alvin Kamara scored on a run. The Bears punted again and the Saints reached their one for the second consecutive drive, though Brees' quarterback sneak on fourth down was short. Down 21–3, Chicago drove 99 yards and Trubisky threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Graham on the final play of the game.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (2) New Orleans Saints
The defeat ended the Bears' season with an overall record of 8–9. In a post-game article, team writer Nathan Smith wrote the organization faced "several questions" about the season, including the six-game losing streak, the defense's struggles as the offense improved, and their 1–7 record against playoff teams. Nagy also noted in his press conference that the team needed to "really start figuring out, 'Okay, where are we? How do we get better?' We know this isn't good enough. What we need to do is do everything we can to be able to win a Super Bowl. That's the goal. The goal is not to make the playoffs."


2020 Chicago Bears season, Awards
During the season, Santos received weekly and monthly awards for his performance. In Week 6 against the Panthers, he was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week after making all three of his field goal attempts. Santos would also receive NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for December when he converted 12 field goals without a miss. December also saw Trubisky be nominated for the FedEx Air Player of the Week for his Week 14 showing against the Texans.


2020 Chicago Bears season, Awards
Although the 2021 Pro Bowl was canceled due to the pandemic, Mack and Patterson were voted to the all-star game; it was Mack's sixth straight Pro Bowl and third as a Bear, while Patterson had also been voted into the 2020 game's roster in his first season in Chicago. The two were also named first-team All-Pro, while Smith was on the second team; Mack received the third-most votes among edge rushers with six, while Patterson had 43 votes as a kick returner and one as a special teamer. Smith made the All-Pro Team with ten votes in a tie with the Buccaneers' Lavonte David.


2020 Chicago Cubs season
The 2020 Chicago Cubs season was the 149th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 145th in the National League and the Cubs' 105th season at Wrigley Field. The Cubs were managed by David Ross, in his first year as Cubs manager, and played their home games at Wrigley Field as members of Major League Baseball's National League Central Division. The Cubs opened the season on July 24 against the Milwaukee Brewers and finished the season on the road against the Chicago White Sox.


2020 Chicago Cubs season
The Cubs clinched a playoff berth on September 22, 2020, when the Philadelphia Phillies were swept in a doubleheader. This marked the Cubs' fifth playoff appearance in the previous six years. Four days later, they clinched the National League Central Division title for the first time since 2017. They finished the regular season 34–26 to win the division by three games. They received the No. 3 seed in the newly-expanded playoffs. However, they were swept in the Wild Card Series by the Miami Marlins.


2020 Chicago Cubs season
The season was shortened to a 60-game schedule due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Chicago Cubs season, Previous season
The Cubs finished the 2019 season 84–78 to finish in third place in the Central Division. The Cubs failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2014. The season marked the final year with Joe Maddon as manager of the Cubs.


2020 Chicago Cubs season, COVID-19 effects on season
On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled. Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks. On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps at their home ballparks on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.


2020 Chicago Cubs season, Television broadcasts
The season marked the debut season for the team's new cable television network, the Marquee Sports Network, which debuted in February 2020. All Cubs games, except for those subject to national broadcasts (on Fox, TBS and ESPN), were aired on Marquee. Previously, Cubs games were split between NBC Sports Chicago, WGN-TV, and ABC 7.


2020 Chicago Cubs season, Television broadcasts
On the day of the scheduled start of the shortened season, Marquee announced an agreement with Comcast, who had more than one millions cable subscribers in the Chicago area and which represented half of the market share for the home television market, the day of the first game of the season. Marquee was only able to work out a deal with one streaming provider, Hulu, for the 2020 season. Marquee also had agreements with DirecTV, but no other providers. Following the season, Hulu dropped the network.


2020 Chicago Cubs season, Offseason, Coaching changes
Prior to the end of the 2019 season, the Cubs announced that Joe Maddon would not return as manager for the Cubs in 2020. On October 24, 2019, the team announced that former Cub David Ross had been hired as the team's next manager. Maddon was later named the manager of the Los Angeles Angels.


2020 Chicago Cubs season, Offseason, Coaching changes
Third base coach Brian Butterfield and strength and conditioning coach Tim Buss left the Cubs to join Maddon in Anaheim. Former San Diego Padres manager Andy Green was hired as bench coach. Craig Driver was hired to coach first base with Will Veneble moving to coach third. The Cubs also added Mike Napoli (quality assurance coach) and Chris Young (bullpen coach).


2020 Chicago Cubs season, Offseason, Rule changes
For the 2020 season, MLB instituted several new rule changes including the following:


2020 Chicago Cubs season, Offseason, Rule changes
Further rule changes came into effect in response to the COVID-19 pandemic including the use of the DH in the National League, a shortened schedule, and starting extra innings with a runner at second base. After the start of the season, MLB also instituted seven-inning games for doubleheaders.


2020 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season
Due to the pandemic and the shortened season, Major League Baseball instituted certain rule changes which included the use of a universal designated hitter, a runner on second base to start extra innings, and a revised schedule. On July 30, the league and the union agreed that all remaining doubleheaders on the season would be seven innings. The league and players also agreed on an expanded postseason, giving eight teams in each league a playoff berth.


2020 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Game log
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the regular season was shortened to 60 games with teams playing 10 games against each other member of their division while also playing four games against each team in the corresponding division in the other league. The Cubs, therefore, played 10 games against each team in their division and four games against each team in the American League Central Division. On July 6, 2020, MLB announced the Cubs 60-game schedule which began on July 24 and ended on September 27.


2020 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Regular season roster
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting proposed shortened season, teams started the season with a 30-man roster. The rosters reduced to 28 after two weeks and then were to return to the new-normal roster size of 26 after that. It was decided later to keep rosters at 28 for the remainder of the season. (Contains all players who played in a game for the Cubs during the 2020 season.)


2020 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, Wild Card series
The Cubs hosted both games of the Wild Card series against the Miami Marlins. They would have hosted game 3 as well, had it been necessary. It was announced that Kyle Hendricks would make the start for the Cubs in Game 1 of the series on September 30. Yu Darvish started Game 2 of the series.


2020 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, Wild Card series, Game 1
Hendricks pitched well through six innings, giving up no runs. However, the Cub offense struggled again, failing to score a run through four innings. Ian Happ homered in the fifth to give the Cubs a 1–0 lead. However, in the seventh, Hendricks gave up a three-run home run to Corey Dickerson to give the Marlins a 3–1 lead. Jeremy Jeffress relieved Hendricks and promptly gave up a single and a home run to Jesús Aguilar to increase Marlin lead to 5–1. The Cubs only managed two further baserunners as the Cubs lost game one 5–1. The loss put the Cubs on the verge of elimination from the playoffs in the best-of-three game series.


2020 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, Wild Card series, Game 2
The game scheduled for October 1 was postponed due to the potential for rain throughout the day. The game was rescheduled to October 2. Darvish pitched six scoreless innings before allowing a homer to Garrett Cooper and a run-scoring single to Magneuris Sierra in the seventh to give the Marlins a 2–0 lead. The Cub offense continued to struggle in the postseason, failing to score a run. The Cubs lost 2–0 and were eliminated from the postseason.


2020 Chicago Cubs season, Statistics, Regular season, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; K = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage


2020 Chicago Cubs season, Statistics, Regular season, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2020 Chicago Cubs season, Statistics, Postseason, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; K = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage


2020 Chicago Cubs season, Statistics, Postseason, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2020 Chicago Cubs season, Farm system
On June 30, it was announced that the 160 minor league baseball teams' seasons were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This marked the first time in the history of Minor League Baseball that a season had been canceled.


2020 Chicago Cubs season, Major League Baseball draft
The 2020 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft occurred on Monday, June 10 through June 11, 2020. The draft assigned amateur baseball players to MLB teams. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the draft was shortened to only five rounds.


2020 Chicago Fire FC season
The 2020 Chicago Fire FC season was the club's 25th year of existence, as well as their 23rd in Major League Soccer. This was the Fire's first full year under the ownership of Joe Mansueto following his purchase of the club on September 13, 2019. This was also the Fire's first season back in city limits, playing in Soldier Field for the first time since 2005. The Fire faced Atlanta United FC in their first home match. The team also announced a rebrand on November 21, 2019.


2020 Chicago Fire FC season
They became known as Chicago Fire Football Club (Chicago Fire FC) and changed their logo. The change was met with large amounts of negative reaction on social media. The Fire failed to advance out of the group stage of the MLS is Back Tournament. After finishing 11th in the Eastern Conference, the team did not qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs.


2020 Chicago Fire FC season, Player movement, Unsigned Trialists and Draftees
The Fire also had several academy players in the camp- Chris Brady (G), Javier Casas (M), Brian Gutierrez (M), Alex Monis (F), and Allan Rodriguez (M).


2020 Chicago Fire FC season, Match results, Major League Soccer
Due to changes in the schedule, this will be the first season where the Fire don't face every club in the league (three clubs in the Western Conference). They did not compete against Real Salt Lake. Kickoff times are in CST (UTC-06)


2020 Chicago Fire FC season, Squad statistics, Cards
Note: Italics indicates a player who left during the season


2020 Chicago Fire FC season, Player Awards, Fire Awards
Note: Italics indicates player left after his first call up


2020 Chicago Fire FC season, National team call-ups
Note: Italics indicates player left after his first call up


2020 Chicago Huntsmen season
The 2020 Chicago Huntsmen was the first season for NRG Esports in the Call of Duty League.


2020 Chicago Huntsmen season, Overview
On October 24, 2019, the 5 man starting roster was announced, including the stars of the former OpTic roster, Seth "Scump" Abner and Matthew "FormaL" Piper. They were joined by recent World Champion Alec "Arcitys" Sanderson. Dylan "Envoy" Hannon and Pierce "Gunless" Hillman rounded off the 5-man starting roster. Marcus "MBoZe" Blanks and Jordon "General" General were named as substitutes with Troy "Sender" Michaels being named Head Coach.


2020 Chicago Huntsmen season, Overview
The team was supposed to host their first Home Series of the 2020 CDL season on April 4 at Wintrust Arena, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic the event along with the league was moved online. The Huntsmen ended up coming in 3rd-4th, as the Dallas Empire won the Home Series.


2020 Chicago Huntsmen season, Overview
In the inaugural CDL season, the Huntsmen finished the regular season with a record of 24-11 and placed 3rd at CoD Champs. The Huntsmen won the London Home Series after defeating the Dallas Empire 3–0. The Huntsmen also won the Seattle Home Series, their first event with Preston "Prestinni" Sanderson (the twin brother of Arcitys) after Gunless was dropped to the substitutes.


2020 Chicago Sky season
The 2020 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 15th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). This was the second season under head coach James Wade. The Sky did not improve on their previous season's record of 20–14, but entered the playoffs for the second consecutive season.


2020 Chicago Sky season
The season was initially scheduled to feature an all-time high 36 regular-season games, tipping off at the Sky's home Wintrust Arena on May 15, 2020. However, this plan was halted on April 3, when the WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under a plan approved on June 15, the league has been holding a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present, since July 24. Under this plan, the Sky's first game was on July 26, versus the Las Vegas Aces.


2020 Chicago Sky season
The Sky started out the season with success, posting a 10–4 record through 14 games. However, they lost 6 of their last 8 games to finish the season with a 12–10 record. They entered the playoffs as the 6th seed, losing to the 7th-seeded Connecticut Sun. In the offseason, the team added Azurá Stevens and Sydney Colson while losing Katie Lou Samuelson. During the season, they traded away Jantel Lavender and acquired Stephanie Mavunga. They also experienced a number of injuries throughout the season, ending the season without key players including Stevens and Diamond DeShields.


2020 Chicago Sky season
Starting guard Courtney Vandersloot set the all-time WNBA record for assists per game with 10, breaking her own record of 9.1 set in the 2019 season.


2020 Chicago Sky season, Transactions, WNBA Draft
The Sky will make the following selections in the 2020 WNBA Draft.


2020 Chicago Sky season, Season overview
The Sky entered the 2020 season looking to build on dramatic improvements in the previous season, when they reached the playoffs for the first time in three years and were recognized with three All-Star selections and a Coach of the Year Award.


2020 Chicago Sky season, Season overview
During the free agency period, the Sky made few changes to their roster from the previous year. The team traded away Astou Ndour and 2019 first-round pick Katie Lou Samuelson, acquired third-year player Azurá Stevens via trade, and signed veteran Sydney Colson. Free agents Allie Quigley, Courtney Vandersloot, and Stefanie Dolson were all re-signed to multi-year deals. Amid many All-Star players in the league changing teams, the Sky's decision to largely bring back the previous year's team received a grade of B– from SB Nation.


2020 Chicago Sky season, Season overview
On the other hand, women's basketball website Swish Appeal evaluated the Sky's decisions more positively and argued that the team positioned itself to contend for a championship. The WNBA-focused publication Winsidr gave the Sky a B+, rating the retentions of key players and addition of Sydney Colson highly, but criticizing the value of the trade for Stevens.


2020 Chicago Sky season, Season overview
In the 2020 draft, the Sky selected Ruthy Hebard in the first round and Japreece Dean and Kiah Gillespie in the third round. The Sky received a grade of B in three post-draft evaluations from ESPN, CBS Sports, and SB Nation.


2020 Chicago Sky season, Season overview
In March, the WNBA season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Jantel Lavender will miss this season due to recovery from surgery on a broken foot, and Sydney Colson missed the beginning of the season due to recovery from COVID-19. Stefanie Dolson was also afflicted with COVID-19, but recovered before the start of the delayed season. On June 29, the Sky signed guard Stella Johnson.


2020 Chicago Sky season, Season overview
The Sky returned to play for the shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy on July 26. Their first game was a rematch against the Las Vegas Aces, the team who had beaten them in the previous year's playoffs. Despite the Aces leading for most of the game, the Sky won 88-86. The Sky ended July with a 2–1 record. On August 1, they notched a narrow win against the Mystics, the last undefeated team in the league, and improved to 3–1.


2020 Chicago Sky season, Season overview
Over the next six games, the Sky alternated wins and losses and held a record of 6–4 after 10 games. During this stretch, on August 10, Courtney Vandersloot was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week. The Sky then won four consecutive games, including blowout wins against the Atlanta Dream and the New York Liberty, to improve to 10–4. Vandersloot was again named Eastern Conference Player of the Week following this run of games. However, they proceeded to lose the next two games against the lowest-seeded Liberty and the top-seeded Seattle Storm.


2020 Chicago Sky season, Season overview
On August 28, the Sky traded two draft picks and Jantel Lavender, who had been out for the season due to injury, in exchange for Stephanie Mavunga. On August 29, two key players for the Sky, Diamond DeShields and Azurá Stevens, exited the IMG Academy bubble. Stevens left due to an injury that would require her to miss the remainder of the season and DeShields left for personal reasons. Both players had missed the previous two games due to injuries. On August 31, the Sky signed forward Alisia Jenkins to a seven-day contract.


2020 Chicago Sky season, Season overview
On August 31, the Sky rebounded from their two-game losing streak with a win against the Indiana Fever. Courtney Vandersloot recorded 18 assists in the game, breaking the all-time WNBA record for assists in a single game (16) previously held by Ticha Penicheiro. Vandersloot's record-breaking 17th and 18th assists came in passes to her wife, Allie Quigley.


2020 Chicago White Sox season
The 2020 season was the Chicago White Sox' 121st season in Chicago and 120th in the American League. The Sox played their home games at Guaranteed Rate Field.


2020 Chicago White Sox season
On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled. Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks. On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.


2020 Chicago White Sox season
Due to the pandemic and the shortened season, Major League Baseball instituted certain rule changes which included the use of a universal designated hitter, a runner on second base to start extra innings, and a revised schedule. On July 30, the league and the union agreed that all remaining doubleheaders on the season would be seven innings.


2020 Chicago White Sox season
On April 1, 2020, longtime White Sox radio broadcaster Ed Farmer died at the age of 70.


2020 Chicago White Sox season
On September 17, with a win against the Minnesota Twins, the White Sox clinched their first playoff spot since 2008. This was their first winning season since 2012. They lost in three games to the Oakland Athletics in the 2020 American League Wild Card Series.


2020 Chicago White Sox season, Offseason, Rule changes
For the 2020 season, MLB instituted several new rule changes including the following:


2020 Chicago White Sox season, Offseason, Rule changes
Further rule changes came into effect in response to the COVID-19 pandemic including the use of the DH in the National League, a shortened schedule, and starting extra innings with a runner at second base.


2020 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season
On August 13, the White Sox were supposed to play the first ever MLB at Field of Dreams game against the New York Yankees at a temporary 8,000 seat ballpark in Dyersville, Iowa before the pandemic came. MLB then announced the shortened season and that the AL and NL will play against each other in the same division which took the Yankees off the matchup. Then on July 1, MLB announced that the St. Louis Cardinals would replace the Yankees for the game. Then in late July, a majority of Cardinals players and coaches tested positive for COVID-19. The MLB announced on August 3 that the Field of Dreams game would be rescheduled to August 12, 2021 in which the White Sox would still participate and their opponent will once again be the Yankees.


2020 Chicago White Sox season, Awards and honors
José Abreu won the American League Player of the Month for July/August.


2020 Chicago White Sox season, Awards and honors
Luis Robert won the American League Rookie of the Month for July/August. Robert also won the American League Gold Glove for Center field becoming the second rookie in White Sox history to do so.


2020 Chicago White Sox season, Awards and honors
The White Sox had 3 players winning the Silver Slugger Award with Abreu winning his 3rd and Tim Anderson and Eloy Jiménez winning their first.


2020 Chicago White Sox season, Awards and honors
Abreu also won his first AL MVP Award becoming the 4th player in White Sox history to do so joining Nellie Fox (1959), Dick Allen (1972), and Frank Thomas (1993-94). Abreu in 2020 batted .317 with an OBP of .370 and lead the AL in Slugging percentage at .617 and hit 19 homers on the year. Abreu also Lead the MLB with 60 RBIs and 148 total bases. Abreu also won the Hank Aaron Award, the Sporting News Player of the Year Award, and the All-MLB Second Team for first base.


2020 Chicago White Sox season, Awards and honors
White Sox General Manager Rick Hahn won the Sporting News Executive of the Year Award for 2020 becoming the third White Sox Executive to win the award joining Roland Hemond (1972) and Bill Veeck (1977).


2020 Chile Open
The 2020 Chile Open (also known as the Chile Dove Men+Care Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 22nd edition of the Chile Open (the first since 2014), and part of the ATP 250 of the 2020 ATP Tour. It took place in Santiago, Chile from 24 February through 1 March 2020. Unseeded Thiago Seyboth Wild, who entered on a wildcard, won the singles title.


2020 Chile Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 Chile Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2020 Chile Open – Doubles
Oliver Marach and Florin Mergea won the tournament in 2014, the last time it was held but they chose not to participate this year.


2020 Chile Open – Doubles
Roberto Carballés Baena and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina won the title, defeating Marcelo Arévalo and Jonny O'Mara in the final, 7–6(7–3), 6–1.


2020 Chile Open – Singles
Fabio Fognini was the champion in 2014, when the event was last held, but chose to compete in Dubai instead.


2020 Chile Open – Singles
Thiago Seyboth Wild won his first ATP Tour title, defeating Casper Ruud in the final, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3. Seyboth Wild also becomes the first player born in 2000 to win an ATP Tour title.


2020 Chile Open – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2020 Chilean Primera División
The 2020 Chilean Primera División, known as Campeonato Nacional AFP PlanVital 2020 for sponsorship reasons, was the 90th season of the Chilean Primera División, Chile's top-flight football league. The season started on 24 January 2020 and ended on 17 February 2021 with the relegation play-off. Universidad Católica were the defending champions, having won the previous tournament. They successfully defended their title, winning their fifteenth league championship and third in a row with a game to spare on 10 February 2021 after tying 0–0 at home with eventual league runners-up Unión La Calera.


2020 Chilean Primera División
The competition was suspended from 18 March to 29 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Chilean Primera División, Format changes
For this season, and given that the previous season was declared as concluded with no relegations to the Primera B, ANFP approved an expansion of the first tier to 18 teams, with two teams promoted from the second tier joining the 16 teams that competed in the top flight in 2019. The 18 teams played each other twice (once at home and once away) for a total of 34 matches. Qualification for the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana was awarded to the top eight teams at the end of the season. Originally, the Copa Chile champions would have been the fourth qualifier for the Copa Libertadores but since the 2020 Copa Chile would not be held before the start of the Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, its allocated berth was awarded to the fourth-placed team of the Campeonato Nacional instead.


2020 Chilean Primera División, Format changes
Since there were no relegated teams in the previous season, in this season three teams were relegated to the second tier: the last-placed team in the standings of the 2020 season, the last-placed team in a relegation table which was elaborated considering the performance in both the 2019 and 2020 seasons, and the losers of a play-off between the teams placed second-to-last of both tables.


2020 Chilean Primera División, Teams
Eighteen teams took part in the league in this season: the sixteen teams from the previous season, plus the 2019 Primera B champions Santiago Wanderers and Deportes La Serena, winners of the Primera B promotion play-offs.


2020 Chilean Primera División, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 16 March 2020, the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP) announced the suspension of the Campeonato Nacional as well as the rest of its tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, starting from 18 March 2020.


2020 Chilean Primera División, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 8 June, ANFP's Council of Presidents decided to resume the league on 31 July with matches to be played behind closed doors and clubs having at least four weeks of training sessions, pending approval from the Chilean government. However, this original date had to be pushed back as clubs were only given approval to resume training sessions starting from 16 July, with the ANFP considering the weekend of 8 August as a new tentative date of resumption, following three weeks of training sessions.


2020 Chilean Primera División, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 19 August, in a press conference held at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos in Santiago, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera confirmed 29 August as the date of resumption of both the first and second tier seasons, with games to be played behind closed doors. The first matches to be played would be the ones postponed from previous rounds, while the ninth round of the Campeonato Nacional would be played on the weekend of 4–6 September.


2020 Chilean Primera División, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 26 September the match between Colo-Colo and Deportes Antofagasta, scheduled to be played on that day at 11:00, was suspended due to the discovery of a positive COVID-19 case in the former team following their return from Brazil where they played a Copa Libertadores group stage match against Athletico Paranaense. It was eventually rescheduled for 10 November at 11:00, with Colo-Colo fined for the postponement of the match as well as the delay to submit their PCR test results prior to said match.


2020 Chilean Primera División, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 11 December, the ANFP announced the suspension of the Round 23 matches between Universidad de Chile and Deportes Iquique and between Unión La Calera and O'Higgins due to positive cases for COVID-19 being reported in Deportes Iquique and Unión La Calera.


2020 Chilean Primera División, Relegation, Weighted table
For this season, a weighted table was elaborated by computing an average of the points earned per game over this season and the previous one, with the average of points earned in the 2019 season weighted by 60% and the average of points earned in the 2020 season weighted by 40%. Promoted teams only had their points in the 2020 season averaged, without weighting. The team placed last in this table at the end of the season was relegated, while the team placed second-to-last qualified for the relegation play-off.


2020 Chilean Primera División, Relegation, Relegation play-off
The relegation play-off was a single match played by the teams placed second-to-last in the season table and the weighted table, on neutral ground. If the same team was placed 17th in both tables, the play-off would not be played and that team would be automatically relegated, but if one of the teams in 17th position had been already relegated by placing last in either table, the team placed 16th in the table where the relegated team placed 17th would play the play-off. The losers were the third and last team relegated to the Primera B.


2020 Chilean national plebiscite
The 2020 Chilean national plebiscite was held in Chile on 25 October 2020. The referendum asked whether a new constitution should be drafted, and whether it should be drafted by a constitutional convention, made up by members elected directly for this convention, or by a mixed constitutional convention, made up in halves by currently-sitting members of Parliament and directly elected citizens. The "Approve" side won by a landslide, with 78% agreeing to draft a new constitution. On how the new text should be written, 79% opted for a "Constitutional Convention". Voter turnout was 51%.


2020 Chilean national plebiscite
A second vote, which was held alongside municipal and gubernatorial elections between 15 and 16 May 2021, elected the members of the Constitutional Convention. A third vote, which is expected to occur no later than September 2022, will accept or reject the new constitution after it is drafted.


2020 Chilean national plebiscite
The plebiscite was held as a response to the 2019 Chilean protests, specifically after the so-called "biggest march of Chile" held on 25 October 2019, which took part in Santiago with more than 1.2 million people participating.


2020 Chilean national plebiscite, Postponement
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on 24 March 2020, the Congress agreed to reschedule the plebiscite originally set for 26 April 2020 to 25 October 2020, and the subsequent Convention election from 25 October 2020 to 11 April 2021 (and later, to 15–16 May 2021). The change, which required a constitutional reform, was promulgated by the President and published in the country's Official Gazette on 26 March 2020.


2020 China Formula 4 Championship
The 2020 China Formula 4 Championship (Shell Helix FIA F4 Chinese Championship) was the sixth season of the China Formula 4 Championship. It began on 19 September at the Zhuhai International Circuit and ended on 22 November at Guia Circuit as a part of 2020 Macau Grand Prix.


2020 China Formula 4 Championship, Race calendar and results
The season was due to start on April 18-19 as a support series to 2020 Chinese Grand Prix but the event has been called off in view of the health concerns caused by COVID-19 pandemic. The calendar has been adjusted many times and the up to date version has been published on 2 September and features 3 round calendar with Round 1 and 2 taking place at Zhuhai International Circuit and the final stage to be announced. The confirmation of Guia Circuit as the place of the last competition was declared on 16 September. The races of the final round granted double points to the driver's championship.


2020 China Formula 4 Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' Championship
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap† — Did not finish, but classified


2020 China League One
The 2020 Chinese Football Association China League One (Chinese: 2020中国足球协会甲级联赛) was the 17th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. The season was scheduled to begin on 29 February and end on 1 November, but was postponed following the COVID-19 pandemic in China.


2020 China League One
On 26 August 2020, Chinese Football Association announced that the season would be resumed on 12 September 2020 and 18 teams would be split into three groups in three locations, Group A in Chengdu, hosted by Chengdu Better City, Group B in Meizhou, hosted by Meizhou Hakka, and Group C in Changzhou, hosted by Kunshan F.C..


2020 China League One
In this season, the number of teams are expanded from 16 to 18.


2020 China League One
Changchun Yatai won the league for the second time, their first since 2003.


2020 China League One, Foreign players
The policy of foreign players was changed. The number of foreign players clubs can register over the course of the season is limited to four and the number of foreign players allowed on each team at any given time is increased from three to four. A maximum of three foreign players can be registered for each match with a maximum of two can be fielded at any time during the match. In addition, each club can register a Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan player of Chinese descent (excluding goalkeepers), provided that he registered as a professional footballer in one of those three association for the first time, as a native player.


2020 China League One, Regular season, Group A, Positions by round
To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.


2020 China League One, Regular season, Group B, Positions by round
To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.


2020 China League One, Regular season, Group C, Positions by round
To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.


2020 China League One, Promotion stage, Positions by round
To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.


2020 China League One, Relegation stage, Group E, Positions by round
To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.


2020 China League One, Relegation stage, Group F, Positions by round
To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.


2020 China League One, Relegation play-offs, Second leg
4–4 on aggregate. Heilongjiang Lava Spring won 5–3 on penalties.


2020 China League Two
The 2020 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season was the 31st season since its establishment in 1989. The season was scheduled to begin on 14 March and end on 17 October 2020, but was postponed following the coronavirus pandemic in China. On 12 October 2020, Chinese Football Association announced that the season would be resumed on 24 October 2020. In this season, 21 teams were split into two groups.


2020 China League Two, Team changes, From League Two
Heze Caozhou and Nanjing Balanta gained entries to 2020 China League Two but both withdrew before the season starts.


2020 China League Two, Group A, Positions by round
To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.


2020 China League Two, Group B, Positions by round
To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.


2020 China bolide
The 2020 China bolide was observed on December 23, 2020 at 07:23:33 local time (December 22, 2020 at 23:23:33 UTC) when a bright fireball, suspected to be a meteor, was seen flying from north to south and then exploding over mostly Tibetan-inhabited areas of the People's Republic of China.


2020 China bolide, Overview
The bolide's trajectory was from north to south and had a low inclination (5°±2°) relative to the local surface. According to CNEOS, the approximate location of the airburst was roughly near the border of the Tibet Autonomous Region and the Qinghai province.


2020 China bolide, Overview
According to CNEOS, it was the most energetic fireball, in terms of radiated energy, to happen anywhere over land since the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor. It was the most energetic fireball to happen anywhere on Earth (sea or land) since December 2018, when a more energetic fireball was observed over the Bering Sea.


2020 China bolide, Overview
Also, it was the largest recorded meteor to fall over China at least in two decades, radiating much more energy than the 2017 China bolide and the 2000 China bolide.


2020 China bolide, Overview
The large fireball lit up the sky about an hour before sunrise, and was caught on video.


2020 China bolide, Overview
The China Earthquake Networks Center posted information about a suspected bolide near the border between Nangqian County and Yushu County (both of which are in the Qinghai province) on their social media account. They said no one was injured.


2020 China bolide, Overview
Less than a month earlier, on November 29, there were reports of a bright fireball over Japan.


2020 China floods
Since early June 2020, heavy rains caused by the regional rainy season led to floods severely affecting large areas of southern China including the Yangtze basin and its tributaries. Rains and floods extended to central and eastern China during July and were described as the worst since at least 1998.


2020 China floods
According to the Ministry of Emergency Management, by the end of June flooding had displaced 744,000 people across 26 provinces with 81 people missing or dead. As of 13 August, the floods have affected 63.46 million people and caused a direct economic loss of 178.96 billion CNY, which are 12.7% and 15.5% higher than the 2015-2019 average, respectively. 219 people were found dead or are missing, and 54,000 houses collapsed, which is 54.8% and 65.3% lower than the 2015-2019 average, respectively.


2020 China floods
The Ministry of Water Resources said that a total of 443 rivers nationwide have been flooded, with 33 of them swelling to the highest levels ever recorded. According to statistics from the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA), 76 key national cultural relics and 187 provincial cultural heritage sites have suffered damage of varying degrees.


2020 China floods
Affected regions include Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hubei, and Chongqing. The regions include the upper and middle river basin of the Yangtze and its tributaries. With more rain, floods started to extend to lower regions of the Yangtze basin such as Anhui, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang. Hunan, Fujian, and Yunnan were also affected.


2020 China floods, Causes of floods, Natural causes
Hu Xiao from the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) indicated that the rains were caused by increased vapors arising from the Indian and Pacific oceans. Some experts claim climate change is partly to blame and such events may become more frequent in the future.


2020 China floods, Causes of floods, Artificial causes
The local governments in recent years had made steps to implement nature-based flood mitigation strategies like tree planting, sponge cities and floodplain restoration. Experts have noted these measures did have some positive effect as the intensity of precipitation in 2020 is much higher than the rains that caused the 1998 floods, yet the flooding has been less serious and damaging. However, huge challenges in flood management and resilience remain. The Yangtze flows through some of the most productive agricultural, economic and industrial centers in China.


2020 China floods, Causes of floods, Artificial causes
With the rapid increase of population in China and breakneck economic growth, a large number of lakes and other wetlands had been reclaimed into farmland or urban development. The serious shrinkage and disappearance of lakes in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is an important reason for the aggravation of flood disasters. In 1915, Dongting Lake was 5,000-square-kilometre (1,900 sq mi). In 2000, it was only 2,625-square-kilometre (1,014 sq mi). In the 1950s, Poyang Lake was 4,350-square-kilometre (1,680 sq mi). In 2000, it was only 3,750-square-kilometre (1,450 sq mi). Hubei was once known as "The Province of a thousand of Lakes" (千湖之省). In the late 1950s, there were 1,066 lakes in Hubei. By the early 1980s, only 309 were left.


2020 China floods, Three Gorges Dam
Multiple dams in the Yangtze river basin control floodwaters; the biggest and most important of these is the Three Gorges Dam with its catchment area of about 1,000,000-square-kilometre (390,000 sq mi). It was constructed not only for power generation but also for flood control. By the end of June, the dam had started to release floodwaters. While the CMA indicated flood discharge started on 29 June, satellite images suggest that floodgates were opened already five days earlier. Yichang, a city below the dam, experienced extensive flooding, raising questions about the effectiveness of the flood control by the dam.


2020 China floods, Three Gorges Dam
According to the company that manages the dam, the dam had been "effectively reducing the speed and extent of water level rises on the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze". Critics, however, suggest that the dam is "not doing what it is designed for" and unable to deal with severe events.


2020 China floods, Three Gorges Dam
Other experts have pointed out that studies do show that the dam does help alleviate typical flooding during normal years and that the problem is not the design of the dam, but the public's expectation that the dam alone can solve all the problems of flooding on the Yangtze. Particularly, when significant amounts of rainfall occurred downstream of the Three Gorges Dam in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze which will never pass through the dam.


2020 China floods, Three Gorges Dam
During July, three flood waves from rains in the upper Yangtze basin arrived at the dam, necessitating the opening of sluice gates multiple times to create space in the reservoir. In Chinese social media it was claimed that this exacerbated downstream flooding, while the dam operators maintained that the action helped to delay floodwaters going downstream. On 15 August, "Flood #4" passed through the Three Gorges reservoir with a maximum inflow of 62,000 cubic meters per second, the highest reached at that time during this flood season. "Flood #5" passed the dam by 22 August when the reservoir's water level reached 167.85 metres, the highest level ever recorded.


2020 China floods, Three Gorges Dam
According to a member of the expert committee of the state-sanctioned National Disaster Reduction Centre, the restrictions in human flow during the COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China halted regular dam maintenance, dam inspection, training of officials and the construction of hydraulic projects, which were scheduled in the winter and spring of 2020.


2020 China floods, Flooding by province, Anhui
On 27 June, a 3-hour heavy rainfall of 118-millimetre (4.6 in) was recorded in Hefei Economic and Technological Development Zone, of which 94-millimetre (3.7 in) was recorded during 1.5 h from 17:30 p.m. to 19:00 p.m., which was rare for many years. Some road sections and communities were submerged.


2020 China floods, Flooding by province, Anhui
On 6 July, Lecheng Bridge, a Qing dynasty stone arch bridge and provincial cultural relics protection unit in Sanxi Town of Jingde County, was destroyed. On 7 July, some houses along the Shuiyang River in Xuanzhou District of Xuancheng were submerged.


2020 China floods, Flooding by province, Anhui
On 7 July, several reservoirs in She County filled over capacity and reached record levels, requiring large releases of water to alleviate the dangerously high storage of water. Homes in She County were inundated. The first day of the National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao) was postponed due to hard rain. On 7 July 2020, Zhenhai Bridge, a large stone arch bridge in Tunxi District of Huangshan City and a "Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in Anhui", was destroyed by mountain torrents.


2020 China floods, Flooding by province, Anhui
On 9 July, Yaodu River (尧渡河) and Longquan River (龙泉河) in Dongzhi County exceeded the highest water level in history.


2020 China floods, Flooding by province, Anhui
All residents in Laozhou Township and Xuba Township of Tongling along the Yangtze River were ordered to evacuate on 11 July.


2020 China floods, Flooding by province, Anhui
On 14 July, an emergency was issued by the Office of Anhui Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief, which ordered all residents living in the central island of the Yangtze River or along the Yangtze River in Anqing, Chizhou, Tongling, Wuhu and Maanshan to evacuate.


2020 China floods, Flooding by province, Anhui
On 16 July, in Tietong Township of Zongyang County, all the remaining 2,272 people were evacuated except 176 left behind.


2020 China floods, Flooding by province, Anhui
On 18 July, the Huai River Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources raised the flood-control response from Level III to Level II.


2020 China floods, Flooding by province, Anhui
On 19 July, the Government of Quanjiao County blasted several gaps in Chu River Levee to release floods.


2020 China floods, Flooding by province, Anhui
At 8:32 am on 20 July, the Government of Nan County opened sluice gates at Wangjia Dam on the Huai River because water there was building up to too high a level. The last flood discharge was 13 years ago.


2020 China floods, Flooding by province, Anhui
At 10:24 a.m. on 21 July, the water level at Zhongmiao Station of Chaohu reached 13.36-metre (43.8 ft), which is the once-in-a-century water level of Chaohu.


2020 China floods, Flooding by province, Anhui
On 22 July, five excavators were washed away by the flood in Shida Levee, Lujiang County. That same day, a firefighter named Chen Lu (陈陆) was swept away by the burst flood while searching for trapped people in Lujiang County.


2020 China floods, Flooding by province, Anhui
On 23 July, in Chaohu, affected by the continuous heavy rainfall, the water level of the Zhegao River rose and streets of Zhegao Town were submerged.