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Further complicating matters, though the Spartans and Bears had played each other twice during the regular season and the league's head-to-head tiebreaker accounted for a split two-game series, this tiebreaker only applied if each team won one game: the winner of the second game would be awarded the tiebreaker and the championship. As the two ...
The Bears' nine championships are the second most by any team in NFL history. The franchise has captured 18 NFL divisional titles and four NFL conference championships. The Bears have also recorded the second most regular season victories of any NFL franchise. [5][6][7] The franchise has experienced three major periods of continued success in ...
The 1963 NFL Championship Game was the 31st annual championship game, played on December 29 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. [1][2] The game pitted the visiting New York Giants (11–3) of the Eastern Conference against the Chicago Bears (11–1–2) of the Western Conference. [3][4][5][6] Originally, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle had ...
Early years: Formation of the league and Bear domination (1919–1946) The Decatur Staleys, the organization that eventually became the Chicago Bears, were originally founded as a works team of the A. E. Staley food starch company of Decatur, Illinois, in 1919; [1] this was the typical start for several early professional football franchises.
1933 NFL Championship Game. The 1933 NFL Championship Play-off Game was the first scheduled championship game of the National Football League (NFL) since its founding in 1920. It was played on December 17 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, [1][2] and the attendance was estimated at 25,000. [3][4] The game was between the champions of the league's ...
The 1940 NFL Championship Game, sometimes referred to simply as 73–0, was the eighth title game of the National Football League (NFL). It was played at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., on December 8, with a sellout capacity attendance of 36,034. [1][2] The Chicago Bears (8–3) of the Western Division met the Washington Redskins (9–2 ...
The 1932 NFL season was the 13th regular season of the National Football League. It was a year marked by a decrease in the number of franchises to just eight and the last time all teams were encompassed in a single division. The league title was won by the Chicago Bears in a championship playoff game against the Portsmouth Spartans.
The 1946 NFL Championship Game was the 14th annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), played December 15 at the Polo Grounds in New York City, [1] with a record-breaking attendance of 58,346.[2][3] The game matched the New York Giants (7–3–1), champions of the Eastern Division, against the Western Division champion ...