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Won Divisional playoffs (at Redskins) 23–19 Lost NFC Championship (at 49ers) 0–23 [20] 1985: 1985: NFL: NFC: Central: 1st: 15 1 0 .938 Won Divisional playoffs 21–0 Won NFC Championship 24–0 Won Super Bowl XX (9) (vs. Patriots) 46–10 Richard Dent Mike Singletary Mike Ditka [21] 1986: 1986: NFL NFC Central: 1st: 14 2 0 .875
At the time, only the two division champions made it to the post-season but ties were broken with a playoff game. The Bears won the playoff game 33–14 and wet on to win the NFL Championship. The teams did not meet in the playoffs again until the 2010 NFC Championship Game.
In 2005, the Bears won their division and reached the playoffs for the first time in four years. Their previous playoff berth was earned by winning the NFC Central in 2001 . The Bears improved upon their success the following season, by clinching their second consecutive NFC North title during Week 13 of the 2006 season, winning their first ...
1967 was the first year where a pre-scheduled playoff (rather than regular season results) determined participation in the championship. It also marked the first year in which if there was a tie for first place in a division, the division champion was determined by a system of tiebreakers, rather than via a playoff game (as detailed in the 1933 ...
Chicago Bears (2) 15–1: Won Divisional playoffs 21–0 Won NFC Championship 24–0 Won Super Bowl XX (vs. Patriots) 46–10 1986: Chicago Bears (3) 14–2: Lost Divisional playoffs 13–27 1987: Chicago Bears (4) 11–4: Lost Divisional playoffs 17–21 1988: Chicago Bears (5) 12–4: Won Divisional playoffs 20–12
Home field for the 1933 title game was determined by the won-lost percentage in use at the time; the Western Division champion Chicago Bears (10–2–1, .833), having a better record than the Eastern Division champion New York Giants (11–3–0, .786), won the right to host the first title playoff.
Tie 1–1: Bears 28–10: Vikings 21–14: Vikings 53–49–2 Both teams finished with 10–6 records, but the Vikings clinched the final playoff berth based on a better divisional record, eliminating the Bears from playoff contention. 2013: Tie 1–1: Bears 31–30: Vikings 23–20(OT) Vikings 54–50–2 2014: Tie 1–1: Bears 21–13 ...
Within each conference, the three division winners and the three non-division winners with the best overall regular season records qualified for the playoffs. The three division winners were seeded 1–3 based on the overall won-lost-tied record, and the three wild card teams were seeded 4–6. The NFL did not use a fixed bracket playoff system ...