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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 ...
The 1963 Chicago Bears season was their 44th regular season and 12th post-season appearance in the National Football League.The team finished with an 11–1–2 record (the best of the 4th and final Halas era) to gain their first Western Conference championship since 1956, and the berth to host the NFL Championship Game against the New York Giants (11–3–0).
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 ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Jordan Love ran for a go-ahead touchdown in the closing minutes, and the Green Bay Packers hung on to beat the Chicago Bears 20-19 on Sunday when Karl Brooks blocked Cairo Santos ...
Currently, WMVP (1000 AM) broadcast Bears games with Jeff Joniak doing the play-by-play, along with color commentator Tom Thayer, who played for the Bears from 1985 to 1992. [ 287 ] [ 288 ] [ 289 ] Over the years, many Bears play-by-play broadcasters have included play-by-play announcers Jack Brickhouse , Joe McConnell and Wayne Larrivee , and ...
The 1956 NFL Championship Game was the league 's 24th championship game, played at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx in New York City on December 30. [1][2][3][4] The New York Giants (8–3–1) won the Eastern Conference title and hosted the Chicago Bears (9–2–1), the Western Conference champions. The teams had met in the regular season five ...
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 ...
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.