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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).
In 1956, the team added "TV numbers" to the sleeves. By 1957 the NFL, in part for easier television viewing, ordered home teams to wear dark, primary-colored jerseys and road teams white; the Bears' white jersey featured blue numerals with orange trim, and the three parallel sleeve stripes, the top and bottom blue and the middle orange.
The CNA Center in Chicago flashes a "GO BEARS" window display before a Bears Sunday Night Football game in 2006. While the Super Bowl XX champion Bears were a fixture of mainstream American pop culture in the 1980s, the Bears made a prior mark with the 1971 American TV movie Brian's Song starring Billy Dee Williams as Gale Sayers and James Caan ...
The Bulls' new playoff streak ended in 2008, when the team finished fourth in their division with a 33–49 record. After the season, the team hired a new coach, Vinny Del Negro. [14] The Bulls' poor record did help them win the 2008 NBA draft lottery, which allowed them to select Derrick Rose with the first pick in the NBA draft.
Pages in category "Chicago Bears postseason" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1932 NFL Playoff Game; 1933 NFL Championship Game ... This page was ...
On January 1, 2018, head coach John Fox was fired after spending three seasons with the Bears, compiling a 14–34 record. [1] Two days later, the Bears began interviewing for the position starting with defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, followed by Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator George Edwards (January 4), Vikings offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur and New England Patriots offensive ...
The last time the Bears had been 3–5, yet made the playoffs was in 1979, and had also performed the feat in 1977, while the last time that Chicago had made the playoffs after having a record of two games below .500 occurred in 2005, when the team was 1–3, but finished the regular season 11–5.
In Week 8, the Bears hosted the 4–2 New Orleans Saints, who led the series 16–15 after winning the 2019 game in Chicago 36–25 and had won the last five meetings. [151] On Tuesday, the team signed receiver and return specialist Dwayne Harris , who spent 2019 with the Oakland Raiders , to the practice squad; Beckner was released to ...