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The Bears played in four straight NFL Championship Games between 1940 and 1943, winning three of them, including an NFL record 73–0 victory over the Washington Redskins in 1940. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The second period of success was between 1984 and 1991 when the Bears captured six NFC Central Division titles in eight years and won Super Bowl XX .
The Bears entered a franchise record 10-game losing streak. [103] Despite the team's slump, Fields set multiple NFL and franchise quarterback rushing records. [104] The Bears finished the season with an NFL-worst 3–14 record, which secured the team the rights to the first overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft. [103]
The rivalry grew in 1932, when the Bears and Spartans met in the first-ever postseason game in NFL history, with the Bears winning the game 9–0. The game also was known as the first pro "indoor football" game, as the game took place in indoor Chicago Stadium due to a blizzard at the time. The game also started the forward pass. [197]
This is a list of the all-time series record for the Chicago Bears against all current NFL franchises in competitive play and how they fared against defunct franchises. That includes all regular season and postseason matchups between the years of 1920 and the 2024 season.
As of 2023, Chicago's 73 points is the most scored by one team in any NFL game, regular season or postseason. [10] Since 1940, three NFL teams have scored at least 70 points in regular season games. [11] The regular-season record holder is the Redskins, who defeated the New York Giants 72–41 in 1966.
The NFL Championship Game was ended after the 1969 season, succeeded by the NFC Championship Game. [2] [6] The champions of that game play the champions of the AFC Championship Game in the Super Bowl to determine the NFL champion. [2] The Green Bay Packers won the most NFL championships before the merger, winning eleven of the fifty ...
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 ...
The 1985 season was the Chicago Bears' 66th in the National Football League (NFL) and their fourth under head coach Mike Ditka.The Bears entered 1985 looking to improve on their 10–6 record from 1984 and advance further than the NFC Championship Game, where they lost to the 15–1 San Francisco 49ers.