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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).
Chicago Bears regular season record (1922–present) 798 646 42 .551 All-time regular season record (1920–present) [49] 17 20 — .459 All-time postseason record (1933–present) [49] 815 666 42 .549 All-time regular season and postseason record (1920–present) [49] 9 NFL Championships, 4 Conference Championships, 19 Divisional Championships
The Bears opened the 2023 season with a 0–4 record, extending the team losing streak to 14 (longest in team history; dating back to the 2022 season). [152] The team bounced back by winning five of their last eight games, but finished with a 7–10 record, placing last in the NFC North for the second consecutive season.
Justin Fields (2021–2023) Mitchell Trubisky (2017–2020) Jay Cutler, who holds multiple Bears franchise passing records [1] (2009–2016) Kyle Orton started 15 games in 2008 Rex Grossman, who played for the Bears in Super Bowl XLI in 2006 (2003–2008) Jim McMahon, who won the Bears' only Super Bowl in 1985 (1982–1988)
The Bears' rookie success hit a pinnacle in 1963, when they broke the Green Bay Packers' three-year stranglehold on the Western Division and the NFL by posting an 11–1–2 record. In the 1963 NFL Championship Game at Wrigley Field , the Bears battled the New York Giants in front of 45,801 fans on a bone-chilling afternoon, winning their ...
On November 11, 1962, he threw for 466 passing yards against Dallas, two yards short of the Bears' single-game record. [23] He was the first Bear to record four games with 300+ passing yards in a season. In 1963, Wade led the Bears to an 11–1–2 record and victory and the NFL championship. [24]
Bears 26, Packers 7 (November 17, 1963) – The Bears and Packers, both with 8–1 records, met at Wrigley Field to play for first place in the Western Conference. Chicago, behind a dominant defense, got a 26–0 lead and held on to win 26–7, completing a sweep of the Packers in the 1963 season and handling Green Bay only two losses of the ...
In 1963, the Pro Football Hall of Fame was created to honor the history of professional American football and the individuals who have greatly influenced it. [5] Since the charter induction class of 1963, 32 individuals who have played, coached, or held an administrative position for the Bears have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.