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b The NFL did not hold playoff games until 1933. The team that finished with the best regular season record was named the league champions. c The result of the 1932 NFL Playoff Game to determine the NFL champion between the Bears and the Portsmouth Spartans. The game counted in the standings and broke the tie.
Beginning with the 1933 season, the NFL featured a championship game, played between the winners of its two divisions.In this era, if there was a tie for first place in the division at the end of the regular season, a one-game playoff was used to determine the team that would represent their division in the NFL Championship Game.
Since the NFL's first season in 1920, the league title had been awarded to the team with the best regular season record based on winning percentage with ties excluded.. While four of the first six championships were disputed, only once (in 1921) did two teams finish tied for first place in the standings: the Chicago Staleys, who became the Bears the following year, and the Buffalo All ...
Fewest Points, Both Teams, Game, 5; Dallas Cowboys (5) vs Detroit Lions (0), Dec 26, 1970 (Divisional Round) Most Points, Shutout Victory, Game, 73; Chicago Bears vs Washington Redskins, Dec 8, 1940 (NFL Championship Game) Fewest Points, Shutout Victory, Game, 5; Dallas Cowboys vs Detroit Lions, Dec 26, 1970 (Divisional Round) Most Points ...
That’s exactly what happened thanks to Cairo Santos drilling a 51-yard field goal to beat the Packers, 24-22, snapping Chicago’s 10-game losing streak to end the season with a 5-12 record.
The Bears opened the 2020 season with a 5–1 record. However, they lost their next six games. The Bears won three of their last four games to finish the season with an 8–8 record. Despite their finish, the Bears qualified for the 2020–21 NFL playoffs, which was expanded to include one additional wildcard team from each conference. [142]
Arizona (3-11) comes in tied with New England for the second-worst record in the NFL, with Carolina (2-12) one game back. The Cardinals hung with San Francisco for a half last week before the ...
The 1987 season was the Chicago Bears' 68th in the National Football League the 18th post-season completed in the NFL, and their sixth under head coach Mike Ditka.The team was looking to return to the playoffs, win the NFC Central Division for the fourth consecutive year and avenge their loss in the Divisional Playoffs to the Washington Redskins the year before when the team finished 14–2.