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Da Bears: [24] Slang nickname given to the Chicago Bears made popular by the Bill Swerski's Superfans sketches of the early 1990s on Saturday Night Live. Sometimes used to retroactively refer to the 1985 Bears. Deflatriots: Used in reference to Deflategate. [25] Dirty Birds: [26] The 1998 Atlanta Falcons (but is still a nickname for the Falcons).
By nickname "Ain'ts*" – New Orleans Saints, NFL; rhyming play on the non-standard English negative ain't [30] "America's Team" – Dallas Cowboys, by sports media [31] "B.I.L.L.S.*" – Buffalo Bills, by detractors, acronyms for "Boy I Love Losing Super Bowls", in reference to the team's failure to win the Super Bowl in four straight tries during the early 1990s [32]
The Chicago Bears won six championships between the 1930s and 1940s. [2] Fans and the media referred to the Bears as the Monsters of the Midway, especially after their lopsided 56–7 victory over the New York Giants in 1943. [2] The Bears also adopted the Maroons’ wishbone "C" logo in 1962. [3]
The team moved to Chicago in 1921, and changed its name to the Bears in 1922, the same year the American Professional Football Association (APFA) changed its name to the National Football League (NFL). The Chicago Bears have played more than 1,000 games. Of those games, five different coaches have won NFL championships with the team: George ...
Justin Fields (2021–2023) Mitchell Trubisky (2017–2020) Jay Cutler, who holds multiple Bears franchise passing records [1] (2009–2016) Kyle Orton started 15 games in 2008 Rex Grossman, who played for the Bears in Super Bowl XLI in 2006 (2003–2008) Jim McMahon, who won the Bears' only Super Bowl in 1985 (1982–1988)
The Chicago Bears retired number 7 in his honor, and the Pro Football Hall of Fame is located on George Halas Drive. The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign inducted Halas into the Engineering Hall of Fame in 2016. [35] The Bears erected a statue and marker dedicated to Halas in 2019 near the south entrance to Soldier Field. [36]
This is a list of players who have appeared in at least one regular season or postseason game in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Bears franchise and whose last names fall between "A" and "Kla". For the rest of the players, see Chicago Bears all-time roster (Kle–Z). This list is accurate through the end of the 2023 NFL season.
The 1940 Chicago Bears team holds the record for the biggest margin of victory in an NFL game, including both playoff and regular season games, with a 73–0 victory over the Washington Redskins in the 1940 NFL Championship Game. [212] The largest home victory for the Bears came in a 61–7 result against the Green Bay Packers in 1980. The ...