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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).
The Bears tied an NFL record for most blown double digit 4th quarter leads, at three. [ 2 ] During the season, Justin Fields became the fourth quarterback since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger to have 5,000 passing yards and 1,500 rushing yards in their first 30 starts.
The 2024 season was the Chicago Bears' 105th in the National Football League (NFL), their third under general manager Ryan Poles, and their third and final under head coach Matt Eberflus. The Bears failed to improve on their 7–10 record from 2023 following a Week 15 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Monday Night Football .
With this loss, the Bears have now lost seven straight home games, 10 striaght overall, both new franchise records. Houston's win over the Colts also ensured the Bears would finish dead last in the NFL, thus earning the #1 pick for the 2023 draft. This also marked the first time since 2017 the Bears were swept by the NFC North.
The 2021 season was the Chicago Bears' 102nd season in the National Football League (NFL), their 103rd overall, and their fourth and final under head coach Matt Nagy.This was the first season under the NFL's new 17-game schedule.
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 Cleveland/Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams and the Bears played in the same division the 1937 NFL season to the 1969 NFL season (with the 1958 game attracting 100,470 fans, the largest in Bears history [216]), while the two franchises continue to play annually until the 1980 NFL season. [217]
The 2020 season was the Chicago Bears' 101st overall in the National Football League (NFL), their 100th in Chicago, [1] and their third under head coach Matt Nagy. Despite starting the season 5–1, the Bears went on to lose their next six games, dropping them to 5–7.