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The Chicago Bears franchise was founded as the Decatur Staleys, a charter member of the American Professional Football Association (APFA). The team moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1921 and changed its name to the Bears in 1922, the same year the APFA changed its name to the National Football League (NFL).
Miscellaneous club game records. Longest run from scrimmage – Bill Osmanski rushed 86 yards vs. the Chicago Cardinals, 10/15/39. Longest pass from scrimmage – Bo Farrington caught 98-yard pass at the Detroit Lions, 10/8/61. Longest play in Bears history – 108 yard missed field goal return, Nathan Vasher, vs. San Francisco 49ers, 11/13/05 ...
Regular season. 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.
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. [294] The largest home victory for the Bears came in a 61–7 result against the Green Bay Packers in 1980. The ...
The 1962 season was the second that saw a rookie who would make an immediate impact with the team–in this case, running back Ronnie Bull, who went on to win the Rookie of the Year Award as the Bears finished in third place in the conference with a solid 9–5 record. The Bears' rookie success hit a pinnacle in 1963, when they broke the Green ...
CHICAGO, IL - SEPTEMBER 29: Montez Sweat #98 of the Chicago Bears runs out of the tunnel prior to an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams at Solider Field on September 29, 2024 in ...
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 ...
At 4-6, the Bears’ chance of making the playoffs in football’s most competitive division is just 1%, per ESPN’s playoff projection model. But stealing wins against good teams (with no sub ...