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The Chicago Bears of the National Football League played at Wrigley Field for 50 years, from 1921 to 1970 before relocating to Soldier Field. The team had transferred from Decatur, and retained the name " Staleys " for the 1921 season.
The city of Chicago had passed an ordinance banning night events at Wrigley Field, due to its presence in the residential Lakeview neighborhood, so Tribune was unable to install lights unless the ordinance was repealed. They compromised by scheduling a significant number of 3:00 starts, which typically carried games into the evening but did not ...
The NFL's Chicago Bears called Wrigley Field home from 1921 to 1970 before making the move to Soldier Field, where they still play today. The Bears' 50 seasons at Wrigley Field was the NFL record ...
After winning their final game at Wrigley 35–17 against the Green Bay Packers on December 13, 1970 (and finishing the season fourth place with a record of 6–8), the Bears moved into Soldier Field (which had opened in 1924 and once hosted their former crosstown rivals, the Chicago Cardinals, in 1959) on the Near South Side of Chicago, and ...
In 1980, the Chicago Tribune reveled that the Bears were considering playing their 1980 regular season games at the stadium, if they couldn't sign a lease extension with the Chicago Park District, who owns Soldier Field. In 1998, then-Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley proposed that the Bears share New Comiskey Park with the White Sox.
The team played home games at Wrigley Field on Chicago's North Side through the 1970 season; playing since then at Soldier Field on the Near South Side, adjacent to Lake Michigan. The team headquarters, Halas Hall, is in the Chicago suburb of Lake Forest, Illinois. The Bears practice at adjoining facilities there during the season, and began ...
Wrigley Field Bears 11–6–4 Thanksgiving Day game. 1931: Bears 26–13: Wrigley Field Bears 12–6–4 Cardinals' first home game at Wrigley Field Bears 18–7: Wrigely Field Bears 13–6–4 Thanksgiving Day game. 1932: Tie 0–0: Wrigley Field Bears 13–6–5 Bears 34–0: Wrigley Field Bears 14–6–5 Thanksgiving Day game. Bears win ...
On October 27, 1968, with :03 left in the game, the Vikings led the Bears 24–23 at Wrigley Field. Bears kicker Mac Percival booted a 47-yard game-winning field goal to give the Bears the 26–24 win. [2] On November 28, 1982, the Bears visited the Vikings for their first meeting in the Metrodome.