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The 1963 Chicago Bears season was their 44th regular season and 12th post-season appearance in the National Football League.The team finished with an 11–1–2 record (the best of the 4th and final Halas era) to gain their first Western Conference championship since 1956, and the berth to host the NFL Championship Game against the New York Giants (11–3–0).
Chicago Bears regular season record (1922–present) 798 646 42 .551 All-time regular season record (1920–present) [49] 17 20 — .459 All-time postseason record (1933–present) [49] 815 666 42 .549 All-time regular season and postseason record (1920–present) [49] 9 NFL Championships, 4 Conference Championships, 19 Divisional Championships
The 1963 NFL season was the 44th regular season of the National Football League.. On April 17, NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle suspended Green Bay Packers running back Paul Hornung and Detroit Lions defensive tackle Alex Karras indefinitely for gambling on their own teams, as well as other NFL games; Hornung and Karras would miss the entire season, while five of Karras' teammates were fined ...
The Bears were in their first Championship Game since a loss to the Giants in 1956 at Yankee Stadium, and had last won in 1946, defeating the Giants at the Polo Grounds. This was the fifth and final NFL Championship Game at Wrigley Field, which hosted the first in 1933, as well as 1937, 1941, and 1943. The Bears won four, with the only loss in ...
He was the first Bear to record four games with 300+ passing yards in a season. In 1963, Wade led the Bears to an 11–1–2 record and victory and the NFL championship. [ 24 ] Wade scored both Chicago touchdowns on quarterback sneaks in a 14–10 victory over the New York Giants in the 1963 NFL Championship Game played in freezing weather ...
Bears 26, Packers 7 (November 17, 1963) – The Bears and Packers, both with 8–1 records, met at Wrigley Field to play for first place in the Western Conference. Chicago, behind a dominant defense, got a 26–0 lead and held on to win 26–7, completing a sweep of the Packers in the 1963 season and handling Green Bay only two losses of the ...
The Bears ended the 2013 season 8–8, barely missing the playoffs after losing in the final week of the season to the Packers. [106] Despite having a second-ranked offense that set numerous franchise records, [ 107 ] the defense greatly worsened as it set franchise worsts in categories like yards allowed (6,313).
Ditka was the first tight end in NFL history to reach 1,000 yards receiving in his rookie season. He was an NFL champion with the 1963 Bears and is a three-time Super Bowl champion, playing on the Cowboys' Super Bowl VI team, winning as an assistant coach for the Cowboys in Super Bowl XII, and coaching the Bears to victory in Super Bowl XX. He ...