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In this period the Bears participated in the first National Football League playoff game, the first NFL Championship Game, and became the American football sports dynasty of the 1940s. 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 ...
The Bears would play in the NFL Championship Game two more times that decade, losing both of them. In 1935 and 1936, the Bears remained somewhat competitive, but failed to qualify for the Championship. In 1937, they made a return to the Championship Game, but fell short as Sammy Baugh and the Washington Redskins won 28–21.
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 ...
Bear down, Chicago Bears, and let them know why you're wearing the crown. You're the pride and joy of Illinois! Chicago Bears, bear down!" After the Bears' Super Bowl XX win during the 1985 season, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus performed and recorded the song for London Records. [3] [4] The song was featured in Madden NFL 11's ...
CHICAGO — Willie Thrower lived his life as a footnote in the history books of one of professional football’s most storied franchises. A quarterback whose “name is synonymous with his skill ...
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 ...
CHICAGO — Over his first three NFL seasons, Chicago Bears tight end Cole Kmet became a master in treading water, learning how to paddle, thrash and kick to stay afloat when the seas got rough.
Bears LB Tremaine Edmunds is injured on the play after taking a helmet to the shin. 13:42 left, third quarter On 3rd-and-6, Justin Herbert hits Austin Ekeler for 9 yards and a Chargers first down ...