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id="toc-2022–present:_Matt_Eberflus_years" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2022–present:_Matt_Eberflus_years"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.11 2022–present: Matt Eberflus years </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2022–present:_Matt_Eberflus_years-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ownership" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ownership"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2 Ownership </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Ownership-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Ownership subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Ownership-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Ownership_history" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ownership_history"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.1 Ownership history </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ownership_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sponsorships" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sponsorships"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3 Sponsorships </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sponsorships-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Logos_and_uniforms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Logos_and_uniforms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4 Logos and uniforms </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Logos_and_uniforms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Team_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Team_culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5 Team culture </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Team_culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Team culture subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Team_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Mascots_and_cheerleaders" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mascots_and_cheerleaders"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.1 Mascots and cheerleaders </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mascots_and_cheerleaders-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Philanthropy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Philanthropy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.2 Philanthropy </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Philanthropy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rivalries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rivalries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6 Rivalries </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Rivalries-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Rivalries subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Rivalries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Divisional" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Divisional"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.1 Divisional </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Divisional-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Green_Bay_Packers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Green_Bay_Packers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.1.1 Green Bay Packers </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Green_Bay_Packers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Detroit_Lions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Detroit_Lions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.1.2 Detroit Lions </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Detroit_Lions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Minnesota_Vikings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Minnesota_Vikings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.1.3 Minnesota Vikings </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Minnesota_Vikings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Historic" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Historic"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.2 Historic </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Historic-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Chicago/St._Louis/Arizona_Cardinals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chicago/St._Louis/Arizona_Cardinals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.2.1 Chicago/St. Louis/Arizona Cardinals </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chicago/St._Louis/Arizona_Cardinals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-New_York_Giants" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#New_York_Giants"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.2.2 New York Giants </div> </a> <ul id="toc-New_York_Giants-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-San_Francisco_49ers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#San_Francisco_49ers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.2.3 San Francisco 49ers </div> </a> <ul id="toc-San_Francisco_49ers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.2.4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Washington_Commanders" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Washington_Commanders"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.2.5 Washington Commanders </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Washington_Commanders-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Minor" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Minor"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.3 Minor </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Minor-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Cleveland/Los_Angeles/St._Louis_Rams" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cleveland/Los_Angeles/St._Louis_Rams"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.3.1 Cleveland/Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cleveland/Los_Angeles/St._Louis_Rams-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Miami_Dolphins" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Miami_Dolphins"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.3.2 Miami Dolphins </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Miami_Dolphins-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Defunct" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Defunct"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.4 Defunct </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Defunct-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Rock_Island_Independents" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rock_Island_Independents"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.4.1 Rock Island Independents </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rock_Island_Independents-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Canton/Cleveland_Bulldogs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Canton/Cleveland_Bulldogs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.4.2 Canton/Cleveland Bulldogs </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Canton/Cleveland_Bulldogs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Facilities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Facilities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 Facilities </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Facilities-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Facilities subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Facilities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Stadium" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Stadium"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.1 Stadium </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Stadium-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Training_camp_locations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Training_camp_locations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.2 Training camp locations </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Training_camp_locations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Headquarters" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Headquarters"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.3 Headquarters </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Headquarters-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_popular_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_popular_culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 In popular culture </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_popular_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Broadcast_media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Broadcast_media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 Broadcast media </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Broadcast_media-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Broadcast media subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Broadcast_media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Radio" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Radio"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9.1 Radio </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Radio-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Television" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Television"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9.2 Television </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Television-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Statistics_and_records" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Statistics_and_records"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10 Statistics and records </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Statistics_and_records-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Statistics and records subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Statistics_and_records-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Season-by-season_results" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Season-by-season_results"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10.1 Season-by-season results </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Season-by-season_results-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Records" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Records"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10.2 Records </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Records-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Players_of_note" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Players_of_note"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11 Players of note </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Players_of_note-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Players of note subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Players_of_note-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Current_roster" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Current_roster"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11.1 Current roster </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Current_roster-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pro_Football_Hall_of_Famers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pro_Football_Hall_of_Famers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11.2 Pro Football Hall of Famers </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pro_Football_Hall_of_Famers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chicagoland_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chicagoland_Sports_Hall_of_Fame"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11.3 Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chicagoland_Sports_Hall_of_Fame-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Retired_numbers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Retired_numbers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11.4 Retired numbers </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Retired_numbers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Top_100_greatest_Bears_of_all-time" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Top_100_greatest_Bears_of_all-time"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11.5 Top 100 greatest Bears of all-time </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Top_100_greatest_Bears_of_all-time-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-All-Time_Team" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#All-Time_Team"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11.6 All-Time Team </div> </a> <ul id="toc-All-Time_Team-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Offense" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Offense"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11.6.1 Offense </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Offense-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Defense" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Defense"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11.6.2 Defense </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Defense-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Special_teams" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Special_teams"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11.6.3 Special teams </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Special_teams-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Coaching_staff" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a 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104 years ago (September 17, 1920)<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> First season: <a href="/wiki/1920_Decatur_Staleys_season" title="1920 Decatur Staleys season">1920</a> Play in <a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a> <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago, Illinois</a> Headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Halas_Hall" title="Halas Hall">Halas Hall</a> <a href="/wiki/Lake_Forest,_Illinois" title="Lake Forest, Illinois">Lake Forest, Illinois</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B162A, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B162A;; text-align:center; padding:5px;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">League / conference affiliations</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (<a href="/wiki/1920_NFL_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1920 NFL season">1920</a>–present) <ul><li>Western Division (1933–1949)</li> <li>National Conference (1950–1952)</li> <li>Western Conference (1953–1969) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NFC_North" title="NFC North">Central Division</a> (1967–1969)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_Conference" title="National Football Conference">National Football Conference</a> (1970–present) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NFC_North" title="NFC North">NFC Central</a> (1970–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFC_North" title="NFC North">NFC North</a> (2002–present)</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="background-color: #0B162A !important; 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color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B162A, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B162A;; text-align:center; padding:5px;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Personnel</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Halas_McCaskey" title="Virginia Halas McCaskey">Virginia Halas McCaskey</a><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Chairman</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/George_McCaskey" title="George McCaskey">George McCaskey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">General manager</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Poles" title="Ryan Poles">Ryan Poles</a><a href="#cite_note-Mayer-8">[8]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">President</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Warren" title="Kevin Warren">Kevin Warren</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Head coach</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Eberflus" title="Matt Eberflus">Matt Eberflus</a></td></tr><tr style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;; text-align:center; padding:5px;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Team history</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align:left;"><div> <ul><li>Decatur Staleys (1920)</li> <li>Chicago Staleys (1921)</li> <li>Chicago Bears (1922–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B162A, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B162A;; text-align:center; padding:5px;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Team nicknames</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Swerski%27s_Superfans" title="Bill Swerski's Superfans">Da Bears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monsters_of_the_Midway" title="Monsters of the Midway">The Monsters of the Midway</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;; text-align:center; padding:5px;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Championships</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_NFL_championship" title="History of the NFL championship">League championships</a> (9) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_champions_(1920%E2%80%9369)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of NFL champions (1920–69)">NFL championships</a> (pre-1970 <a href="/wiki/AFL%E2%80%93NFL_merger" title="AFL–NFL merger">AFL–NFL merger</a>) (8) <a href="/wiki/1921_Chicago_Staleys_season" title="1921 Chicago Staleys season">1921</a>, <a href="/wiki/1932_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1932 Chicago Bears season">1932</a>, <a href="/wiki/1933_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1933 Chicago Bears season">1933</a>, <a href="/wiki/1940_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1940 Chicago Bears season">1940</a>, <a href="/wiki/1941_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1941 Chicago Bears season">1941</a>, <a href="/wiki/1943_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1943 Chicago Bears season">1943</a>, <a href="/wiki/1946_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1946 Chicago Bears season">1946</a>, <a href="/wiki/1963_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1963 Chicago Bears season">1963</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_champions" title="List of Super Bowl champions">Super Bowl championships</a> (1) <a href="/wiki/1985_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1985 Chicago Bears season">1985</a> (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XX" title="Super Bowl XX">XX</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align:left;">Conference championships (4) <ul><li>NFL Western: <a href="/wiki/1956_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1956 Chicago Bears season">1956</a>, <a href="/wiki/1963_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1963 Chicago Bears season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFC_Championship_Game" title="NFC Championship Game">NFC</a>: <a href="/wiki/1985_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1985 Chicago Bears season">1985</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2006 Chicago Bears season">2006</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align:left;">Division championships (19) <ul><li>NFL Western: <a href="/wiki/1933_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1933 Chicago Bears season">1933</a>, <a href="/wiki/1934_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1934 Chicago Bears season">1934</a>, <a href="/wiki/1937_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1937 Chicago Bears season">1937</a>, <a href="/wiki/1940_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1940 Chicago Bears season">1940</a>, <a href="/wiki/1941_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1941 Chicago Bears season">1941</a>, <a href="/wiki/1942_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1942 Chicago Bears season">1942</a>, <a href="/wiki/1943_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1943 Chicago Bears season">1943</a>, <a href="/wiki/1946_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1946 Chicago Bears season">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFC_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="NFC Central">NFC Central</a>: <a href="/wiki/1984_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1984 Chicago Bears season">1984</a>, <a href="/wiki/1985_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1985 Chicago Bears season">1985</a>, <a href="/wiki/1986_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1986 Chicago Bears season">1986</a>, <a href="/wiki/1987_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1987 Chicago Bears season">1987</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1988 Chicago Bears season">1988</a>, <a href="/wiki/1990_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1990 Chicago Bears season">1990</a>, <a href="/wiki/2001_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2001 Chicago Bears season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFC_North" title="NFC North">NFC North</a>: <a href="/wiki/2005_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2005 Chicago Bears season">2005</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2006 Chicago Bears season">2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2010 Chicago Bears season">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2018 Chicago Bears season">2018</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B162A, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B162A;; text-align:center; padding:5px;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Playoff appearances (28)</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li>NFL: <a href="/wiki/1932_NFL_Playoff_Game" title="1932 NFL Playoff Game">1932</a>, <a href="/wiki/1933_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1933 NFL Championship Game">1933</a>, <a href="/wiki/1934_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1934 NFL Championship Game">1934</a>, <a href="/wiki/1937_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1937 NFL Championship Game">1937</a>, <a href="/wiki/1940_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1940 NFL Championship Game">1940</a>, <a href="/wiki/1941_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1941 NFL Championship Game">1941</a>, <a href="/wiki/1942_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1942 NFL Championship Game">1942</a>, <a href="/wiki/1943_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1943 NFL Championship Game">1943</a>, <a href="/wiki/1946_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1946 NFL Championship Game">1946</a>, <a href="/wiki/1950_NFL_playoffs" title="1950 NFL playoffs">1950</a>, <a href="/wiki/1956_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1956 NFL Championship Game">1956</a>, <a href="/wiki/1963_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1963 NFL Championship Game">1963</a>, <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_NFL_playoffs" title="1977–78 NFL playoffs">1977</a>, <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NFL_playoffs" title="1979–80 NFL playoffs">1979</a>, <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_NFL_playoffs" title="1984–85 NFL playoffs">1984</a>, <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NFL_playoffs" title="1985–86 NFL playoffs">1985</a>, <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NFL_playoffs" title="1986–87 NFL playoffs">1986</a>, <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_NFL_playoffs" title="1987–88 NFL playoffs">1987</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NFL_playoffs" title="1988–89 NFL playoffs">1988</a>, <a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_NFL_playoffs" title="1990–91 NFL playoffs">1990</a>, <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_NFL_playoffs" title="1991–92 NFL playoffs">1991</a>, <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_NFL_playoffs" title="1994–95 NFL playoffs">1994</a>, <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_NFL_playoffs" title="2001–02 NFL playoffs">2001</a>, <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NFL_playoffs" title="2005–06 NFL playoffs">2005</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NFL_playoffs" title="2006–07 NFL playoffs">2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_NFL_playoffs" title="2010–11 NFL playoffs">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_NFL_playoffs" title="2018–19 NFL playoffs">2018</a>, <a href="/wiki/2020-21_NFL_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2020-21 NFL playoffs">2020</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;; text-align:center; padding:5px;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Home fields</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Staley_Field" title="Staley Field">Staley Field</a> (<a href="/wiki/1919_Decatur_Staleys_season" title="1919 Decatur Staleys season">1919</a>–<a href="/wiki/1920_NFL_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1920 NFL season">1920</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a> (<a href="/wiki/1921_NFL_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1921 NFL season">1921</a>–<a href="/wiki/1970_NFL_season" title="1970 NFL season">1970</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a> (<a href="/wiki/1971_NFL_season" title="1971 NFL season">1971</a>–<a href="/wiki/2001_NFL_season" title="2001 NFL season">2001</a>, <a href="/wiki/2003_NFL_season" title="2003 NFL season">2003</a>–present)</li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="">Temporary stadiums</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <a href="/wiki/1970_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1970 Chicago Bears season">1970</a> due to renovations to <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dyche_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Dyche Stadium">Dyche Stadium</a> (one game)</li></ul> <a href="/wiki/2002_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2002 Chicago Bears season">2002</a> due to renovations to <a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Stadium_(Champaign)" class="mw-redirect" title="Memorial Stadium (Champaign)">Memorial Stadium</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B162A, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B162A;; text-align:center; padding:5px;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Team owner(s)</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A._E._Staley" title="A. E. Staley">A. E. Staley</a> (1920–1921)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">George Halas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edward_Sternaman" title="Edward Sternaman">Edward Sternaman</a> (1920–1931)</li> <li>George Halas (1931–1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Halas_McCaskey" title="Virginia Halas McCaskey">Virginia Halas McCaskey</a> (1983–present)<a href="#cite_note-9">[a]</a> (1983–present)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;; text-align:center; padding:5px;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Team president(s)</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li>George Halas (1921–1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Halas_Jr." title="George Halas Jr.">George Halas Jr.</a> (1963–1979)<a href="#cite_note-10">[9]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_McCaskey" title="Michael McCaskey">Michael McCaskey</a> (1983–1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Phillips" title="Ted Phillips">Ted Phillips</a> (1999–2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Warren" title="Kevin Warren">Kevin Warren</a> (2023–present)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> The Chicago Bears are a professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> team based in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>. The Bears compete in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) as a member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_Conference" title="National Football Conference">National Football Conference</a> (NFC) <a href="/wiki/NFC_North" title="NFC North">North</a> division. The Bears have won nine <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_National_Football_League_championship" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the National Football League championship">NFL Championships</a>, eight prior to the <a href="/wiki/AFL%E2%80%93NFL_merger" title="AFL–NFL merger">AFL–NFL merger</a> and one <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a>. They also hold the NFL records for the most enshrinees in the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a> and the most <a href="/wiki/Retired_number" title="Retired number">retired jersey</a> numbers. The Bears' NFL championships and <a href="/wiki/List_of_all-time_NFL_win%E2%80%93loss_records" title="List of all-time NFL win–loss records">overall victories</a> are second behind the <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a>,<a href="#cite_note-CBFE-11">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-13">[12]</a> with whom they have a <a href="/wiki/Bears%E2%80%93Packers_rivalry" title="Bears–Packers rivalry">long-standing rivalry</a>.<a href="#cite_note-14">[13]</a> The franchise was founded in <a href="/wiki/Decatur,_Illinois" title="Decatur, Illinois">Decatur, Illinois</a>, on September 20, 1919,<a href="#cite_note-15">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-16">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-17">[16]</a> became professional on September 17, 1920, and moved to Chicago in 1921.<a href="#cite_note-18">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-Halas-19">[18]</a> It is one of two remaining franchises from the NFL founding in 1920, along with the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Cardinals" title="Arizona Cardinals">Arizona Cardinals</a>, which began in Chicago. The team played home games at <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a> on Chicago's <a href="/wiki/North_Side,_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="North Side, Chicago">North Side</a> through the 1970 season; playing since then at <a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Near_South_Side,_Chicago" title="Near South Side, Chicago">Near South Side</a>, adjacent to <a href="/wiki/Lake_Michigan" title="Lake Michigan">Lake Michigan</a>. The team headquarters, <a href="/wiki/Halas_Hall" title="Halas Hall">Halas Hall</a>, is in the Chicago suburb of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Forest,_Illinois" title="Lake Forest, Illinois">Lake Forest, Illinois</a>. The Bears practice at adjoining facilities there during the season, and began hosting training camp at Halas Hall in 2020 after major renovations. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Chicago_Bears" title="History of the Chicago Bears">History of the Chicago Bears</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1919–1939:_Early_Bears">1919–1939: Early Bears</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote">In March of 1920 a man telephoned me ... George Chamberlain and he was general superintendent of the A.E. Staley Company ... In 1919, [the company's Fellowship Club] had formed a football team. It had done well against other local teams but Mr. Staley wanted to build it into a team that could compete successfully with the best semi-professional and industrial teams in the country ... Mr. Chamberlain asked if I would like to come to Decatur and work for the Staley Company.<div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">George Halas</a>, in his book Halas by Halas.<a href="#cite_note-Halas-19">[18]</a></cite></div></blockquote> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pete_Rozelle_and_George_Halas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Pete_Rozelle_and_George_Halas.jpg/220px-Pete_Rozelle_and_George_Halas.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Pete_Rozelle_and_George_Halas.jpg/330px-Pete_Rozelle_and_George_Halas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Pete_Rozelle_and_George_Halas.jpg/440px-Pete_Rozelle_and_George_Halas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2651" data-file-height="1869" /></a><figcaption>The team's founder <a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">George Halas</a> (right) with NFL Commissioner <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rozelle" title="Pete Rozelle">Pete Rozelle</a>, early 1980s</figcaption></figure> Originally named the Decatur Staleys, the club was established by the <a href="/wiki/A._E._Staley" title="A. E. Staley">A. E. Staley</a> food starch company of <a href="/wiki/Decatur,_Illinois" title="Decatur, Illinois">Decatur, Illinois</a> as a company team. This was the typical start for several early professional football franchises. The team played independently in <a href="/wiki/1919_Decatur_Staleys_season" title="1919 Decatur Staleys season">1919</a>, winning the Central Illinois Championship.<a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-20">[19]</a> The company hired <a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">George Halas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edward_Sternaman" title="Edward Sternaman">Edward "Dutch" Sternaman</a> in 1920 to run the team. The <a href="/wiki/1920_Decatur_Staleys_season" title="1920 Decatur Staleys season">1920 Decatur Staleys season</a><a href="#cite_note-21">[20]</a> was their inaugural <a href="/wiki/Regular_Season_(NFL)" class="mw-redirect" title="Regular Season (NFL)">regular season</a> completed in the newly formed American Professional Football Association (later renamed the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) in 1922). Full control of the team was turned over to Halas and Sternaman in 1921.<a href="#cite_note-22">[21]</a> Official team and league records cite Halas as the founder as he took over the team in 1920 when it became a charter member of the NFL.<a href="#cite_note-23">[22]</a> The team moved to Chicago in 1921, where the club was renamed the Chicago Staleys; Under an agreement reached by Halas and Sternaman with Staley, they received US$5,000 to keep the name "Staleys" for the 1921 season.<a href="#cite_note-24">[23]</a> In 1922, Halas changed the team name from the Staleys to the Bears.<a href="#cite_note-25">[24]</a> The team moved into <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a>, home of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> franchise. As with several early NFL franchises, the Bears derived their nickname from their city's baseball team (bears' young are called "cubs").<a href="#cite_note-26">[25]</a> Halas liked the bright orange-and-blue colors of his alma mater, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana%E2%80%93Champaign" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign">University of Illinois</a>, and the Bears adopted those colors as their own, albeit in a darker shade of each (the blue is <a href="/wiki/Pantone" title="Pantone">Pantone</a> 5395, <a href="/wiki/Navy_blue" title="Navy blue">navy blue</a>, and the orange is Pantone 1665, similar to burnt orange).<a href="#cite_note-27">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-28">[27]</a> The Staleys/Bears dominated the league in the early years. Their rivalry with the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Cardinals" title="Arizona Cardinals">Chicago Cardinals</a>, the oldest in the NFL (and a crosstown rival from 1920 to 1959), was key in four out of the first six league titles. During the league's first six years, the Bears lost twice to the <a href="/wiki/Canton_Bulldogs" title="Canton Bulldogs">Canton Bulldogs</a> (who took two league titles over that span), and split with their crosstown rival Cardinals (going 4–4–2 against each other over that span), but no other team in the league defeated the Bears more than a single time. During that span, the Bears posted 34 shutouts. The Bears' rivalry with the <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a> is one of the oldest and most storied in American professional sports, dating back to 1921 (the Green Bay Packers were an independent team until they joined the NFL in 1921). In one infamous incident that year, Halas got the Packers expelled from the league in order to prevent their signing a particular player, and then graciously got them re-admitted after the Bears had closed the deal with that player.<a href="#cite_note-29">[28]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1924bears.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/1924bears.jpg/220px-1924bears.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/1924bears.jpg/330px-1924bears.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/1924bears.jpg/440px-1924bears.jpg 2x" data-file-width="708" data-file-height="555" /></a><figcaption>The 1924 team photo</figcaption></figure>The franchise was an early success under Halas, capturing the NFL Championship in <a href="/wiki/1921_NFL_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1921 NFL season">1921</a> and remaining competitive throughout the decade. In 1924 the Bears claimed the Championship after defeating the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Bulldogs" title="Cleveland Bulldogs">Cleveland Bulldogs</a> on December 7, even putting the title "World's Champions" on their 1924 team photo. But the NFL had ruled that games after November 30 did not count towards league standings, and the Bears had to settle for second place behind Cleveland.<a href="#cite_note-30">[29]</a> Their only losing season came in <a href="/wiki/1929_NFL_season" title="1929 NFL season">1929</a>. During the 1920s the club was responsible for triggering the NFL's long-standing rule that a player could not be signed until his college's senior class had graduated. The NFL took that action as a consequence of the Bears' aggressive signing of famous University of Illinois player <a href="/wiki/Red_Grange" title="Red Grange">Red Grange</a> within a day of his final game as a collegian.<a href="#cite_note-31">[30]</a> Despite much of the on-field success, the Bears were a team in trouble. They faced the problem of increased operating costs and flatlined attendance. The Bears would only draw roughly 5,000–6,000 fans a game, while a University of Chicago game would draw 40,000–50,000 fans a game. By adding top college football draw Red Grange to the roster, the Bears knew that they found something to draw more fans to their games. C.C. Pyle was able to secure a $2,000 per game contract for Grange, and in one of the first games, the Bears defeated the Green Bay Packers, 21–0. However, Grange remained on the sidelines while learning the team's plays from Bears quarterback <a href="/wiki/Joey_Sternaman" title="Joey Sternaman">Joey Sternaman</a>. Later in 1925, The Bears would go on a barnstorming tour, showing off the best football player of the day. 75,000 people paid to see Grange lead the Bears to a 17–7 victory over the Los Angeles Tigers, who were a quickly put together team of West Coast college all-stars. After a loss to San Francisco, the Bears cruised to a 60–3 over a semi-pro team called the Portland All Stars.<a href="#cite_note-ChicagoBears-32">[31]</a> Any hopes that Grange would lead the Bears to glory in 1926 were quickly dashed. A failed contract talk led to Grange bolting to the AFL's <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees_(NFL)" title="New York Yankees (NFL)">New York Yankees</a>, owned by Pyle. The Bears also lost star quarterback <a href="/wiki/Joey_Sternaman" title="Joey Sternaman">Joey Sternaman</a>, who joined the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls_(AFL,_1926)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Bulls (AFL, 1926)">Chicago Bulls of the AFL</a>. The Bears replaced Grange with Paddy Driscoll, a star football player in his own right. The Bears used the money made from the Grange barn-storming tour to sign the man that replaced him. Grange split his time between making movies and playing football. However, the time was not right to have two competing pro football leagues, and the AFL folded after only one season. Grange would return to the Bears.<a href="#cite_note-ChicagoBears-32">[31]</a> After the financial losses of the <a href="/wiki/1932_NFL_season" title="1932 NFL season">1932</a> Championship season, Halas' partner Dutch Sternaman left the organization. Halas maintained full control of the Bears until his death in 1983. He also coached the team off-and-on for forty seasons, an NFL record. In the <a href="/wiki/NFL_Playoff_Game,_1932" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Playoff Game, 1932">1932 "Unofficial" NFL Championship</a>, the Bears defeated the <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_Spartans" title="Portsmouth Spartans">Portsmouth Spartans</a> in the first NFL playoff game.<a href="#cite_note-fpg-33">[32]</a> Due to blizzard conditions in Chicago, the game was played at <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Stadium" title="Chicago Stadium">Chicago Stadium</a>,<a href="#cite_note-fpg-33">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-34">[33]</a> marking it as the first indoor American football game. The success of the playoff game led the NFL to institute a championship game. In the first <a href="/wiki/History_of_NFL_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="History of NFL Championships">NFL Championship</a>, the Bears played against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a>, defeating them 23–21. The teams met again in the <a href="/wiki/1934_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1934 NFL Championship Game">1934 NFL Championship</a> where the <a href="/wiki/1933_New_York_Giants_season" title="1933 New York Giants season">Giants</a>, wearing sneakers<a href="#cite_note-35">[34]</a> defeated the Bears 30–13 on a cold, icy day at the <a href="/wiki/Polo_Grounds" title="Polo Grounds">Polo Grounds</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1940s:_The_Monsters_of_the_Midway">1940s: The Monsters of the Midway</h3></div> From 1940 to 1947, <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a> <a href="/wiki/Sid_Luckman" title="Sid Luckman">Sid Luckman</a> led the Bears to victories in four out of the five NFL Championship Games in which they appeared. The team acquired the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Chicago" title="University of Chicago">University of Chicago</a>'s discarded nickname "<a href="/wiki/Monsters_of_the_Midway" title="Monsters of the Midway">Monsters of the Midway</a>" and their famous helmet <a href="/wiki/Wishbone-C" title="Wishbone-C">wishbone-C</a>, as well as a newly penned <a href="/wiki/Bear_Down,_Chicago_Bears" title="Bear Down, Chicago Bears">theme song</a> that declared them "The Pride and Joy of Illinois". One famous victory during that period was their 73–0 victory over the favored <a href="/wiki/1939_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1939 Washington Redskins season">Washington Redskins</a> at <a href="/wiki/Griffith_Stadium" title="Griffith Stadium">Griffith Stadium</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1940_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1940 NFL Championship Game">1940 NFL Championship Game</a>;<a href="#cite_note-j957-36">[35]</a> the score is still an NFL record for lopsided results.<a href="#cite_note-37">[36]</a> The secret behind the one-sided outcome was the introduction of a new offensive formation by Halas. The <a href="/wiki/T-formation" class="mw-redirect" title="T-formation">T-formation</a>, as Halas named it, involved two <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">running backs</a> instead of the traditional one in the backfield. Luckman established himself as one of the franchise's most elite quarterbacks. Between 1939 and 1950, he set the Bears' passing records for most career touchdowns, yards, and completions. Many of Luckman's records stood for decades before they were eclipsed by <a href="/wiki/Jay_Cutler" title="Jay Cutler">Jay Cutler</a> in <a href="/wiki/2014_NFL_season" title="2014 NFL season">2014</a>.<a href="#cite_note-38">[37]</a> Cutler then went on to break Luckman's franchise record for most career passing touchdowns a year later in <a href="/wiki/2015_NFL_season" title="2015 NFL season">2015</a>.<a href="#cite_note-39">[38]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1950s–1968:_Late-Halas_era">1950s–1968: Late-Halas era</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:8X10A_1961_Chicago_Bears_o-line_practice_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/8X10A_1961_Chicago_Bears_o-line_practice_1.jpg/220px-8X10A_1961_Chicago_Bears_o-line_practice_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/8X10A_1961_Chicago_Bears_o-line_practice_1.jpg/330px-8X10A_1961_Chicago_Bears_o-line_practice_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/8X10A_1961_Chicago_Bears_o-line_practice_1.jpg/440px-8X10A_1961_Chicago_Bears_o-line_practice_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2400" /></a><figcaption>1961 Chicago Bears offensive line in action. "Bears Workout at Soldier Field for Armed Forces game Friday."</figcaption></figure> After declining throughout the 1950s, the team rebounded in <a href="/wiki/1963_NFL_season" title="1963 NFL season">1963</a> to capture its eighth NFL Championship, which would be its last until 1985.<a href="#cite_note-h741-40">[39]</a> The late 1960s and early-1970s produced notable players like <a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Dick Butkus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gale_Sayers" title="Gale Sayers">Gale Sayers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Piccolo" title="Brian Piccolo">Brian Piccolo</a>,<a href="#cite_note-41">[40]</a> who died of <a href="/wiki/Embryonal_carcinoma" title="Embryonal carcinoma">embryonal carcinoma</a> in 1970. The American television network <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> aired a movie about Piccolo in 1971 entitled <a href="/wiki/Brian%27s_Song" title="Brian's Song">Brian's Song</a>, starring <a href="/wiki/James_Caan_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Caan (actor)">James Caan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Dee_Williams" title="Billy Dee Williams">Billy Dee Williams</a> in the roles of Piccolo and Sayers respectively; <a href="/wiki/Jack_Warden" title="Jack Warden">Jack Warden</a> won an <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy Award">Emmy Award</a> for his performance as Halas. The movie was later released for theater screenings after first being shown on television. Despite Hall of Fame careers, Butkus and Sayers would also have their careers cut short due to injuries, hamstringing the Bears of this era. Halas retired as coach in <a href="/wiki/1967_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1967 Chicago Bears season">1967</a> and spent the rest of his days in the front office.<a href="#cite_note-r846-42">[41]</a> He became the only person to be involved with the NFL throughout the first 60 years of its existence. He was also a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's first induction class in 1963.<a href="#cite_note-u291-43">[42]</a> As the only living founder of the NFL at the February 1970 <a href="/wiki/AFL-NFL_Merger" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL-NFL Merger">merger</a> between the NFL and the <a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">American Football League</a>, the owners honored Halas by electing him the first President of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_Conference" title="National Football Conference">National Football Conference</a>, a position that he held until his death in 1983. In his honor, the NFL named the NFC Championship trophy as the <a href="/wiki/NFC_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NFC Championship">George Halas Memorial Trophy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-h712-44">[43]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1969–1982:_Struggles">1969–1982: Struggles</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1986_Jeno%27s_Pizza_-_12_-_Walter_Payton_(Walter_Payton_crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/1986_Jeno%27s_Pizza_-_12_-_Walter_Payton_%28Walter_Payton_crop%29.jpg/220px-1986_Jeno%27s_Pizza_-_12_-_Walter_Payton_%28Walter_Payton_crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/1986_Jeno%27s_Pizza_-_12_-_Walter_Payton_%28Walter_Payton_crop%29.jpg/330px-1986_Jeno%27s_Pizza_-_12_-_Walter_Payton_%28Walter_Payton_crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/1986_Jeno%27s_Pizza_-_12_-_Walter_Payton_%28Walter_Payton_crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="338" data-file-height="249" /></a><figcaption>Payton set several franchise and NFL records in rushing during his 13-season career with the Bears.</figcaption></figure> After the merger, the Bears finished the <a href="/wiki/1970_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1970 Chicago Bears season">1970 season</a> last place in their division, a repeat of their placing in the <a href="/wiki/1969_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1969 Chicago Bears season">1969 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-45">[44]</a> In <a href="/wiki/1975_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1975 Chicago Bears season">1975</a>, the Bears <a href="/wiki/1975_NFL_draft" title="1975 NFL draft">drafted</a> <a href="/wiki/Walter_Payton" title="Walter Payton">Walter Payton</a> from <a href="/wiki/Jackson_State_University" title="Jackson State University">Jackson State University</a> with their first pick.<a href="#cite_note-46">[45]</a> He won the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Most Valuable Player Award">NFL Most Valuable Player Award</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1977_NFL_season" title="1977 NFL season">1977–78 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-47">[46]</a><a href="#cite_note-48">[47]</a> Payton would go on to eclipse <a href="/wiki/Jim_Brown" title="Jim Brown">Jim Brown</a>'s NFL career <a href="/wiki/Rush_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rush (American football)">rushing</a> record in 1984 before retiring in 1987, and would hold the mark until <a href="/wiki/2002_NFL_season" title="2002 NFL season">2002</a>, when <a href="/wiki/Emmitt_Smith" title="Emmitt Smith">Emmitt Smith</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> surpassed it.<a href="#cite_note-49">[48]</a> Payton's career and personality would capture the hearts of Bear fans, who called him "Sweetness".<a href="#cite_note-q483-50">[49]</a> He died from a rare form of liver cancer in 1999 at the age of 45.<a href="#cite_note-d335-51">[50]</a> On November 1, 1983, a day after the death of George Halas, his oldest daughter, Virginia McCaskey, took over as the majority owner of the team.<a href="#cite_note-w943-52">[51]</a> Her husband, <a href="/wiki/Ed_McCaskey" title="Ed McCaskey">Ed McCaskey</a>, succeeded her father as the chairman of the board.<a href="#cite_note-53">[52]</a> Their son Michael became the third president in team history.<a href="#cite_note-54">[53]</a> Mrs. McCaskey holds the honorary title of "secretary of the board of directors", but has been called the glue that holds the franchise together.<a href="#cite_note-luvhsr-55">[54]</a> Mrs. McCaskey's reign as the owner of the Bears was not planned, as her father originally earmarked her brother, <a href="/wiki/George_Halas_Jr." title="George Halas Jr.">George "Mugs" Halas Jr.</a> as the heir apparent to the franchise. However, he died of a severe heart attack in 1979.<a href="#cite_note-y409-56">[55]</a> Her impact on the team is well-noted as her own family has dubbed her "The First Lady of Sports", and the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times" title="Chicago Sun-Times">Chicago Sun-Times</a> has listed her as one of Chicago's most powerful women.<a href="#cite_note-57">[56]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1983–1985:_Contenders,_then_Super_Bowl_champions">1983–1985: Contenders, then Super Bowl champions</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mike_Ditka.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Mike_Ditka.jpg/220px-Mike_Ditka.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Mike_Ditka.jpg/330px-Mike_Ditka.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Mike_Ditka.jpg/440px-Mike_Ditka.jpg 2x" data-file-width="611" data-file-height="598" /></a><figcaption>Bears Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Mike_Ditka" title="Mike Ditka">Mike Ditka</a> is the only person in the modern era to win an NFL championship as a player and coach for the Chicago Bears.</figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Ditka" title="Mike Ditka">Mike Ditka</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Tight_end" title="Tight end">tight end</a> for the Bears from <a href="/wiki/1961_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1961 Chicago Bears season">1961</a> to <a href="/wiki/1966_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1966 Chicago Bears season">1966</a>, was hired to coach the team by George Halas in <a href="/wiki/1982_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1982 Chicago Bears season">1982</a>.<a href="#cite_note-w706-58">[57]</a> His gritty personality earned him the nickname "Iron Mike".<a href="#cite_note-f122-59">[58]</a> The team reached the NFC Championship game, losing to the San Francisco 49ers 23–0, in 1984.<a href="#cite_note-60">[59]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/1985_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1985 Chicago Bears season">1985 season</a> the fire in the Bears–Packers rivalry was re-lit when Ditka used 315-pound defensive tackle <a href="/wiki/William_Perry_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Perry (football)">"Refrigerator" Perry</a> as a running back in a <a href="/wiki/Touchdown" title="Touchdown">touchdown</a> play at <a href="/wiki/Lambeau_Field" title="Lambeau Field">Lambeau Field</a>, against the Packers.<a href="#cite_note-b869-61">[60]</a> The Bears won their ninth NFL Championship, first since the <a href="/wiki/AFL-NFL_merger" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL-NFL merger">AFL-NFL merger</a>, in Super Bowl XX after the 1985 season in which they dominated the NFL with their then-revolutionary <a href="/wiki/46_defense" title="46 defense">46 defense</a> and a cast of characters that recorded the novelty rap song "<a href="/wiki/The_Super_Bowl_Shuffle" title="The Super Bowl Shuffle">The Super Bowl Shuffle</a>".<a href="#cite_note-l415-62">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-p168-63">[62]</a> The season was notable in that the Bears had only one loss, the "unlucky 13th" game of the season, a <a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Football" title="Monday Night Football">Monday night</a> affair in which they were defeated by the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a>.<a href="#cite_note-g035-64">[63]</a> At the time, much was made of the fact that the <a href="/wiki/1972_NFL_season" title="1972 NFL season">1972</a> <a href="/wiki/1972_Miami_Dolphins_season" title="1972 Miami Dolphins season">Dolphins</a> were the only franchise in history to have had an <a href="/wiki/Perfect_season" title="Perfect season">undefeated season and post-season</a>. The Dolphins came close to setting up a rematch in the Super Bowl, but lost to the <a href="/wiki/1985_New_England_Patriots_season" title="1985 New England Patriots season">New England Patriots</a> in the <a href="/wiki/AFC_Championship_Game" title="AFC Championship Game">AFC title game</a>. "The Super Bowl Shuffle" was videotaped the day after that Monday night loss in Miami.<a href="#cite_note-j414-65">[64]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1986–2003:_Post-Super_Bowl_era">1986–2003: Post-Super Bowl era</h3></div> After the 1985 championship season, the Bears remained competitive throughout the 1980s but failed to return to the <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> under Ditka. Throughout the remainder of his tenure, Ditka led the Bears to five more postseason berths, getting as far as the NFC Championship in the 1988 season.<a href="#cite_note-66">[65]</a> Between the firing of Ditka and the hiring of <a href="/wiki/Lovie_Smith" title="Lovie Smith">Lovie Smith</a>, the Bears had two head coaches, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Wannstedt" title="Dave Wannstedt">Dave Wannstedt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dick_Jauron" title="Dick Jauron">Dick Jauron</a>.<a href="#cite_note-q839-67">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[67]</a><a href="#cite_note-69">[68]</a> While both head coaches led the team to the playoffs once (Wannstedt in 1994 and Jauron in 2001), neither was able to accumulate a winning record or bring the Bears back to the Super Bowl. Therefore, the 1990s was largely considered to be a disappointment.<a href="#cite_note-k296-70">[69]</a> Before the Bears hired Jauron in January 1999, <a href="/wiki/Dave_McGinnis" title="Dave McGinnis">Dave McGinnis</a> (Arizona's defensive coordinator, and a former Bears assistant under Ditka and Wannstedt) backed out of taking the head coaching position. The Bears scheduled a press conference to announce the hiring before McGinnis agreed to contract terms.<a href="#cite_note-71">[70]</a> Soon after Jauron's hiring, Mrs. McCaskey fired her son Michael as president, replacing him with <a href="/wiki/Ted_Phillips" title="Ted Phillips">Ted Phillips</a> and promoting Michael to <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_board" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman of the board">chairman of the board</a>.<a href="#cite_note-72">[71]</a> Phillips became the first man outside of the Halas-McCaskey family to run the team.<a href="#cite_note-73">[72]</a> From 1997 to 2000, the Bears suffered four consecutive last place finishes within the division.<a href="#cite_note-74">[73]</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-76">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-77">[76]</a> In the 2001 season, Jim Miller took over as the primary starting quarterback and helped lead the Bears to a resurgent 13–3 record and division title.<a href="#cite_note-78">[77]</a> The 2001 team did not see any postseason success as they fell 33–19 to the Philadelphia Eagles in the Divisional Round.<a href="#cite_note-79">[78]</a> The 2002 season saw a setback as the team went 4–12.<a href="#cite_note-80">[79]</a> The team improved to a 7–9 record in 2003 but still missed the postseason.<a href="#cite_note-81">[80]</a> Jauron was fired following the end of the 2003 season.<a href="#cite_note-p261-82">[81]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004–2012:_Lovie_Smith_era">2004–2012: Lovie Smith era</h3></div> <a href="/wiki/Lovie_Smith" title="Lovie Smith">Lovie Smith</a>, hired on January 15, 2004, is the third post-Ditka head coach. Joining the Bears as a rookie head coach, Smith brought the highly successful <a href="/wiki/Tampa_2" title="Tampa 2">Tampa 2</a> defensive scheme with him to Chicago. Before his second season with the Bears, the team rehired their former offensive coordinator and then <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana%E2%80%93Champaign" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign">Illinois</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/Ron_Turner_(football_coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ron Turner (football coach)">Ron Turner</a> to improve the Bears' struggling offense.<a href="#cite_note-83">[82]</a> In <a href="/wiki/2005_NFL_season" title="2005 NFL season">2005</a>, the Bears won their division and reached the <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NFL_playoffs" title="2005–06 NFL playoffs">playoffs</a> for the first time in four years. Their previous playoff berth was earned by winning the NFC Central in <a href="/wiki/2001_NFL_season" title="2001 NFL season">2001</a>. The Bears improved upon their success the following season, by clinching their second consecutive NFC North title during Week 13 of the <a href="/wiki/2006_NFL_season" title="2006 NFL season">2006</a> season, winning their first playoff game since 1995, and earning a trip to <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLI" title="Super Bowl XLI">Super Bowl XLI</a>.<a href="#cite_note-84">[83]</a> However, they fell short of the championship, losing 29–17 to the <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Colts" title="Indianapolis Colts">Indianapolis Colts</a>. Following the 2006 season, the club decided to give Smith a contract extension through 2011, at roughly $5 million per year. This comes a season after being the lowest-paid head coach in the National Football League.<a href="#cite_note-85">[84]</a> The club has played in over a thousand games since becoming a charter member of the NFL in <a href="/wiki/1920_NFL_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1920 NFL season">1920</a>. Through the 2010 season, they led the NFL in overall franchise wins with 704 and had an overall record of 704–512–42 (going 687–494–42 during the regular season and 17–18 in the playoffs).<a href="#cite_note-86">[85]</a> On November 18, 2010, the Bears recorded franchise win number 700 in a win against the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a>.<a href="#cite_note-v450-87">[86]</a> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cutler_Quinnan8_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Cutler_Quinnan8_%28cropped%29.jpg/130px-Cutler_Quinnan8_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="256" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Cutler_Quinnan8_%28cropped%29.jpg/195px-Cutler_Quinnan8_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Cutler_Quinnan8_%28cropped%29.jpg/260px-Cutler_Quinnan8_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1232" data-file-height="2423" /></a><figcaption>The Bears made one of the biggest trades in team history by acquiring Pro Bowl quarterback Jay Cutler in 2009.</figcaption></figure> The Bears made one of the biggest trades in franchise history, acquiring <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> quarterback <a href="/wiki/Jay_Cutler" title="Jay Cutler">Jay Cutler</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a> in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Orton" title="Kyle Orton">Kyle Orton</a> and draft picks on April 2, 2009.<a href="#cite_note-88">[87]</a> After a disappointing 2009 campaign with the team going 7–9,<a href="#cite_note-89">[88]</a> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Martz" title="Mike Martz">Mike Martz</a> was hired as the team's offensive coordinator on February 1, 2010.<a href="#cite_note-90">[89]</a> On March 5, 2010, the Bears signed defensive end <a href="/wiki/Julius_Peppers" title="Julius Peppers">Julius Peppers</a>, running back <a href="/wiki/Chester_Taylor" title="Chester Taylor">Chester Taylor</a>, and tight end <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Manumaleuna" title="Brandon Manumaleuna">Brandon Manumaleuna</a>, spending over $100 million on the first day of free agency.<a href="#cite_note-91">[90]</a> Also during the 2010 offseason, Michael McCaskey was replaced by brother <a href="/wiki/George_McCaskey" title="George McCaskey">George McCaskey</a> as chairman of the Bears.<a href="#cite_note-chicagobears1-92">[91]</a> With a 38–34 win against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Jets" title="New York Jets">New York Jets</a>, the Bears clinched the No. 2 seed and a first-round <a href="/wiki/Bye_(sports)" title="Bye (sports)">bye</a> for the <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_NFL_playoffs" title="2010–11 NFL playoffs">2010–11 NFL playoffs</a>. In their first Playoff game since <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLI" title="Super Bowl XLI">Super Bowl XLI</a>, The Bears defeated the No. 4 seed <a href="/wiki/2010_Seattle_Seahawks_season" title="2010 Seattle Seahawks season">Seattle Seahawks</a> 35–24 in the Divisional Round. The Bears reached the NFC Championship Game, where they played <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a> at <a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a> – only the second playoff meeting between the two storied rivals, the only other game played in 1941.<a href="#cite_note-93">[92]</a> The Bears lost the game, 21–14.<a href="#cite_note-x286-94">[93]</a> The team started the 2011 season strong with a 7–3 record,<a href="#cite_note-95">[94]</a> and running back <a href="/wiki/Matt_Fort%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Matt Forté">Matt Forté</a> led the NFL in total yards from scrimmage. Eventually, quarterback <a href="/wiki/Jay_Cutler" title="Jay Cutler">Jay Cutler</a> fractured his thumb, and Forté also was lost for the season against the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a> after spraining his MCL, and the Bears, with <a href="/wiki/Caleb_Hanie" title="Caleb Hanie">Caleb Hanie</a> playing, lost five straight before winning against the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</a> with <a href="/wiki/Josh_McCown" title="Josh McCown">Josh McCown</a> starting over Hanie. At season's end, general manager <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Angelo" title="Jerry Angelo">Jerry Angelo</a> was fired, and former Chiefs director of scouting and former Bears scout <a href="/wiki/Phil_Emery_(American_football)" title="Phil Emery (American football)">Phil Emery</a> was brought in.<a href="#cite_note-a481-96">[95]</a><a href="#cite_note-e395-97">[96]</a> Offensive coordinator <a href="/wiki/Mike_Martz" title="Mike Martz">Mike Martz</a> resigned, and eventually retired, and was replaced by offensive line coach <a href="/wiki/Mike_Tice" title="Mike Tice">Mike Tice</a>.<a href="#cite_note-g778-98">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-i018-99">[98]</a> The Bears made another notable move by trading for <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a> receiver and <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> MVP <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Marshall" title="Brandon Marshall">Brandon Marshall</a>.<a href="#cite_note-100">[99]</a> The Bears became the first team in NFL history to return six interceptions for touchdowns in the first seven games of the season, with another pick-six by <a href="/wiki/Brian_Urlacher" title="Brian Urlacher">Brian Urlacher</a> in Week 9 bringing Chicago two behind the record set by the <a href="/wiki/1961_San_Diego_Chargers_season" title="1961 San Diego Chargers season">1961 San Diego Chargers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-101">[100]</a> However, the Bears missed the playoffs with a record of 10–6 (after starting the season 7–1, the first team to start with the record and miss the playoffs since the <a href="/wiki/1996_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1996 Washington Redskins season">1996 Washington Redskins</a>),<a href="#cite_note-102">[101]</a> and Smith was fired on December 31.<a href="#cite_note-103">[102]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2013–2014:_Marc_Trestman_years">2013–2014: Marc Trestman years</h3></div> Then-<a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">CFL</a> head coach and former NFL journeyman <a href="/wiki/Marc_Trestman" title="Marc Trestman">Marc Trestman</a> was hired to succeed Smith after an exhaustive search that included at least 13 known candidates.<a href="#cite_note-104">[103]</a><a href="#cite_note-105">[104]</a> On March 20, 2013, Brian Urlacher's 13-year tenure with the Bears ended when both sides failed to agree on a contract.<a href="#cite_note-106">[105]</a> The Trestman era began on September 8 with a 24–21 win over the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bengals" title="Cincinnati Bengals">Cincinnati Bengals</a>, making Trestman the fourth head coach in Bears history to win in his coaching debut, after George Halas (1920), Neill Armstrong (1978) and Dick Jauron (1999).<a href="#cite_note-107">[106]</a> The Bears ended the 2013 season 8–8, barely missing the playoffs after losing in the final week of the season to the Packers.<a href="#cite_note-108">[107]</a> Despite having a second-ranked offense that set numerous franchise records,<a href="#cite_note-109">[108]</a> the defense greatly worsened as it set franchise worsts in categories like yards allowed (6,313).<a href="#cite_note-110">[109]</a> The following season was a disaster for the Bears, with the offense regressing to finish outside the top 20 in scoring.<a href="#cite_note-111">[110]</a> The team also allowed 50-point games in two straight weeks against the Patriots and Packers, including a franchise-high 42 points and NFL-record six touchdowns allowed in the first half against the latter,<a href="#cite_note-112">[111]</a><a href="#cite_note-113">[112]</a> to become the first team since the <a href="/wiki/1923_Rochester_Jeffersons_season" title="1923 Rochester Jeffersons season">1923 Rochester Jeffersons</a> to allow at least 50 points in consecutive games.<a href="#cite_note-114">[113]</a> The Bears ended the year 5–11 and last in the NFC North.<a href="#cite_note-115">[114]</a> Trestman and Emery were fired after the season ended.<a href="#cite_note-116">[115]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2015–2017:_John_Fox_years">2015–2017: John Fox years</h3></div> The Bears hired <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Pace" title="Ryan Pace">Ryan Pace</a> of the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a> to be their new general manager on January 8, 2015.<a href="#cite_note-117">[116]</a> On January 16, 2015, <a href="/wiki/John_Fox_(American_football)" title="John Fox (American football)">John Fox</a> accepted a four-year deal to become head coach.<a href="#cite_note-118">[117]</a> In Fox's first season as head coach, the Bears saw improvements from 2014; after <a href="/wiki/USA_Today" title="USA Today">USA Today</a> projected the Bears to win three games,<a href="#cite_note-119">[118]</a> they doubled that total and finished the season with a 6–10 record, including a <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_Thanksgiving_Day" title="NFL on Thanksgiving Day">Thanksgiving</a> win over the Packers at Lambeau Field.<a href="#cite_note-120">[119]</a> However, during the 2016 season, the Bears regressed heavily, compiling a 3–13 record (their worst since the NFL's change to 16-game seasons in 1978). The season included several injuries to starters and secondary players, including Jay Cutler, who only played five games as a result of two separate injuries.<a href="#cite_note-121">[120]</a> Backup quarterback <a href="/wiki/Brian_Hoyer" title="Brian Hoyer">Brian Hoyer</a> started the next three games before a broken arm put him out for the season. He was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Matt_Barkley" title="Matt Barkley">Matt Barkley</a>, who made his first career start with the Bears.<a href="#cite_note-122">[121]</a><a href="#cite_note-123">[122]</a> None of the three quarterbacks returned for the 2017 season.<a href="#cite_note-124">[123]</a><a href="#cite_note-125">[124]</a><a href="#cite_note-126">[125]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/2017_NFL_draft" title="2017 NFL draft">2017 NFL draft</a>, the team selected quarterback <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Trubisky" title="Mitchell Trubisky">Mitchell Trubisky</a> with the second-overall pick,<a href="#cite_note-127">[126]</a> who sat behind newly signed quarterback <a href="/wiki/Mike_Glennon" title="Mike Glennon">Mike Glennon</a> for the first four games before taking over.<a href="#cite_note-128">[127]</a> The Bears ended the season 5–11 and again finished last in the NFC North.<a href="#cite_note-129">[128]</a> On January 1, 2018, Fox was fired, ending his tenure in Chicago with a 14–34 record.<a href="#cite_note-130">[129]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018–2021:_Matt_Nagy_years">2018–2021: Matt Nagy years</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bears_Defense_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Bears_Defense_2018.jpg/220px-Bears_Defense_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Bears_Defense_2018.jpg/330px-Bears_Defense_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Bears_Defense_2018.jpg/440px-Bears_Defense_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Roquan_Smith" title="Roquan Smith">Roquan Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khalil_Mack" title="Khalil Mack">Khalil Mack</a>, <a href="/wiki/DeAndre_Houston-Carson" title="DeAndre Houston-Carson">DeAndre Houston-Carson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Akiem_Hicks" title="Akiem Hicks">Akiem Hicks</a> of the Bears in 2018</figcaption></figure> The Bears hired <a href="/wiki/Matt_Nagy" title="Matt Nagy">Matt Nagy</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a> as their new head coach in January 2018.<a href="#cite_note-131">[130]</a> General manager <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Pace" title="Ryan Pace">Ryan Pace</a> signed receivers <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Gabriel" title="Taylor Gabriel">Taylor Gabriel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Allen_Robinson" title="Allen Robinson">Allen Robinson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Trey_Burton" title="Trey Burton">Trey Burton</a> in the offseason to complement second-year quarterback <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Trubisky" title="Mitchell Trubisky">Mitchell Trubisky</a>.<a href="#cite_note-132">[131]</a> The Bears also acquired linebacker <a href="/wiki/Khalil_Mack" title="Khalil Mack">Khalil Mack</a> in a block-blockbuster trade from the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Raiders" title="Oakland Raiders">Oakland Raiders</a> to further bolster their defense, sending a package of draft picks that includes 2019 and 2020 1st round draft picks in exchange.<a href="#cite_note-133">[132]</a> Nagy's Bears clinched the NFC North on December 16, 2018, for the first time since 2010 with a 24–17 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-134">[133]</a> The Bears finished the 2018 season with a 12–4 record.<a href="#cite_note-135">[134]</a> They lost to the <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LII" title="Super Bowl LII">defending Super Bowl Champions</a> <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a> in the wild-card round of the playoffs after <a href="/wiki/Cody_Parkey" title="Cody Parkey">Cody Parkey</a>'s game-winning field goal attempt was partially tipped and hit the uprights in the final seconds of the game, a play coined the "<a href="/wiki/Double_Doink" title="Double Doink">Double Doink</a>".<a href="#cite_note-136">[135]</a><a href="#cite_note-137">[136]</a> Despite the first-round exit, Nagy was named Coach of the Year by the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Writers_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro Football Writers Association">Pro Football Writers Association</a> and <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press_NFL_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year Award">Associated Press</a>.<a href="#cite_note-138">[137]</a><a href="#cite_note-139">[138]</a> He was the first Bears coach to be given the AP award since Lovie Smith in 2005 and the fifth in team history.<a href="#cite_note-140">[139]</a> In 2019, the team regressed to an 8–8 record, though Nagy's combined 20 wins in 2018 and 2019 were the most by a Bears head coach in his first two seasons.<a href="#cite_note-141">[140]</a> During the year, renovations to Halas Hall were completed, allowing the team to move Training Camp from <a href="/wiki/Ward_Field_(Bourbonnais)" title="Ward Field (Bourbonnais)">Ward Field</a> on the campus of <a href="/wiki/Olivet_Nazarene_University" title="Olivet Nazarene University">Olivet Nazarene University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bourbonnais,_Illinois" title="Bourbonnais, Illinois">Bourbonnais, Illinois</a> to Lake Forest for 2020.<a href="#cite_note-142">[141]</a><a href="#cite_note-143">[142]</a> The Bears opened the <a href="/wiki/2020_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2020 Chicago Bears season">2020 season</a> with a 5–1 record. However, they lost their next six games. The Bears won three of their last four games to finish the season with an 8–8 record. Despite their finish, the Bears qualified for the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_NFL_playoffs" title="2020–21 NFL playoffs">2020–21 NFL playoffs</a>, which was expanded to include one additional wildcard team from each conference.<a href="#cite_note-144">[143]</a> The <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a> defeated the Bears in the opening round of the playoffs, 21–9.<a href="#cite_note-145">[144]</a> The team did not re-sign Trubisky after the 2020 season and instead allowed him to become a free agent.<a href="#cite_note-146">[145]</a> Prior to the <a href="/wiki/2021_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2021 Chicago Bears season">2021 season</a>, the Bears traded up in the <a href="/wiki/2021_NFL_draft" title="2021 NFL draft">2021 NFL draft</a> to select quarterback <a href="/wiki/Justin_Fields" title="Justin Fields">Justin Fields</a> 11th overall.<a href="#cite_note-147">[146]</a> The team also signed veteran quarterback <a href="/wiki/Andy_Dalton" title="Andy Dalton">Andy Dalton</a> in free agency.<a href="#cite_note-q118-148">[147]</a> Dalton was initially declared the Bears starting quarterback, but Fields won the position after Dalton was injured.<a href="#cite_note-149">[148]</a> The Bears finished the season with a 6–11 record and missed the playoffs.<a href="#cite_note-firenagy-150">[149]</a> Nagy and general manager <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Pace" title="Ryan Pace">Ryan Pace</a> were fired after the season's conclusion.<a href="#cite_note-firenagy-150">[149]</a> Nagy posted a 34–33 record over four seasons with two playoff berths, while Pace compiled a 48–65 record over seven seasons.<a href="#cite_note-firenagy-150">[149]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2022–present:_Matt_Eberflus_years">2022–present: Matt Eberflus years</h3></div> On January 25, 2022, the Bears hired <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Poles" title="Ryan Poles">Ryan Poles</a> as their general manager.<a href="#cite_note-Mayer-8">[8]</a> The team hired <a href="/wiki/Matt_Eberflus" title="Matt Eberflus">Matt Eberflus</a> as the franchise's 17th head coach two days later.<a href="#cite_note-151">[150]</a> The Bears struggled throughout the <a href="/wiki/2022_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2022 Chicago Bears season">2022 season</a>, which included a franchise-record 10-game losing streak.<a href="#cite_note-2022recap-152">[151]</a> They finished with an NFL worst 3–14 record, which secured the team the first overall pick in the <a href="/wiki/2023_NFL_draft" title="2023 NFL draft">2023 NFL draft</a>.<a href="#cite_note-2022recap-152">[151]</a> The Bears traded the first overall pick to the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Panthers" title="Carolina Panthers">Carolina Panthers</a> in exchange for wide receiver <a href="/wiki/D._J._Moore" title="D. J. Moore">D. J. Moore</a> and multiple draft picks.<a href="#cite_note-153">[152]</a> The Bears opened the <a href="/wiki/2023_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2023 Chicago Bears season">2023 season</a> with a 0–4 record, extending the team <a href="/wiki/Losing_streak" title="Losing streak">losing streak</a> to 14 (longest in team history; dating back to the 2022 season).<a href="#cite_note-r698-154">[153]</a> 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. However, the team acquired the first overall pick in the <a href="/wiki/2024_NFL_draft" title="2024 NFL draft">2024 NFL draft</a>, which was part of their previous trade with the Panthers, who finished the 2023 season with worst record in the NFL.<a href="#cite_note-Kane-2024-155">[154]</a> The top overall pick was used on USC quarterback Caleb Williams.<a href="#cite_note-m938-156">[155]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ownership">Ownership</h2></div> The team is primarily owned by the heirs of George Halas. His daughter, <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Halas_McCaskey" title="Virginia Halas McCaskey">Virginia Halas McCaskey</a> (holds 22.6% of the team shares), is the principal owner and votes on behalf of her 11 children and two nephews (who each own 3.8%) as well as the <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Brizzolara" title="Ralph Brizzolara">Brizzolara family</a> (who own 8.33%), which amounts to an 80.33% ownership stake, allowing her to control the team.<a href="#cite_note-157">[156]</a> Former chairman and CEO of <a href="/wiki/Aon_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Aon Corporation">Aon Corp.</a> <a href="/wiki/Pat_Ryan_(executive)" title="Pat Ryan (executive)">Pat Ryan</a> (17.67%)<a href="#cite_note-Ryan-158">[157]</a> and former Aon director <a href="/wiki/Andrew_J._McKenna" title="Andrew J. McKenna">Andrew J. McKenna</a>'s estate (2%) own the remainder 19.67% of the club.<a href="#cite_note-159">[158]</a> Ryan is also a board member.<a href="#cite_note-160">[159]</a> The McCaskey family has right of first refusal on stock sale, while Ryan's block has second refusal rights.<a href="#cite_note-Ryan-158">[157]</a> In 2020, <a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a> magazine reported that the franchise is worth $3.525 billion, making it the seventh richest franchise in the NFL.<a href="#cite_note-161">[160]</a> Chicago is the third largest media market in the United States.<a href="#cite_note-162">[161]</a> In a <a href="/wiki/Crain%27s_Chicago_Business" title="Crain's Chicago Business">Crain's Chicago Business</a> article, one businessman described his wishes for the team to maximize its potential. In 2009, Yahoo! Sports listed the McCaskeys as the third worst owner in the NFL, stating "[T]hey get less for what they've got than any team in our league."<a href="#cite_note-163">[162]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ownership_history">Ownership history</h3></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Halas-Sternaman-grange-bears.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Halas-Sternaman-grange-bears.jpg/340px-Halas-Sternaman-grange-bears.jpg" decoding="async" width="340" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Halas-Sternaman-grange-bears.jpg/510px-Halas-Sternaman-grange-bears.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Halas-Sternaman-grange-bears.jpg/680px-Halas-Sternaman-grange-bears.jpg 2x" data-file-width="945" data-file-height="709" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Edward_Sternaman" title="Edward Sternaman">Sternaman</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">Halas</a> with <a href="/wiki/Red_Grange" title="Red Grange">Grange</a> and <a href="/wiki/C._C._Pyle" title="C. C. Pyle">Pyle</a></figcaption></figure> The club was founded by <a href="/wiki/A._E._Staley" title="A. E. Staley">A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company</a> owner Augustus Eugene Staley in 1919 and was owned by the company until 1921. In 1921, Staley felt he could no longer afford the expensive burden of pro-football and transferred team ownership to Halas and paid him $5,000 for a sponsorship deal that kept the Staleys name for one more year.<a href="#cite_note-164">[163]</a> Halas than added <a href="/wiki/Edward_Sternaman" title="Edward Sternaman">Edward "Dutch" Sternaman</a> as a second owner. On January 28, 1922, the Bears were incorporated at an NFL meeting, as "a new league team" after its name change.<a href="#cite_note-165">[164]</a><a href="#cite_note-1922season-166">[165]</a> At season's end, the two competed with agent <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Harley_(agent)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bill Harley (agent) (page does not exist)">Bill Harley</a> for ownership of the Staleys, after he negotiated a contract that was to give his brother <a href="/wiki/Chic_Harley" title="Chic Harley">Chic Harley</a> and himself one-third ownership of the team as part of his contract. However, Halas and Sternaman claimed that the contract was voided when a physical revealed health impairments resultant from Harley's time in the war. The other league owners agreed to nullify the deal in favor of the Halas/Sternaman partnership by an 8–2 vote.<a href="#cite_note-1922season-166">[165]</a> In addition, Halas and Sternaman offered a share of the team to Paddy Driscoll, but the move was blocked by the owners in the NFL's June meeting, after the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cardinals" title="Chicago Cardinals">Chicago Cardinals</a> (Driscoll's team) activated the league's <a href="/wiki/Reserve_clause" title="Reserve clause">reserve clause</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1922season-166">[165]</a> In 1931, Sternaman offered to sell his stake to Halas for $38,000 to focus on his other businesses. Halas’ purchase agreement with Sternaman was to be paid off in installments, and stipulated that if Halas defaulted on any of the payments, ownership of the team reverted to Sternaman. Halas raised the initial funding by selling an 8.33% ownership stake to <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Brizzolara" title="Ralph Brizzolara">Ralph Brizzolara</a>,<a href="#cite_note-167">[166]</a> as well as $5,000 of shares to <a href="/wiki/Jim_McMillen" title="Jim McMillen">Jim McMillen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/George_Trafton" title="George Trafton">George Trafton</a>'s mother, who paid $20,000 (Halas later bought her out for $40,000).<a href="#cite_note-m976-168">[167]</a> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Bidwill" title="Charles Bidwill">Charles Bidwill</a> purchased $5,000 in stock in 1933 (which was later bought off of his widow <a href="/wiki/Violet_Bidwill_Wolfner" title="Violet Bidwill Wolfner">Violet</a> for $50,000 in 1949<a href="#cite_note-q877-169">[168]</a>) and he also arranged a bank loan for the remaining $5,000 needed to pay off Sternaman: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote">"But it was a mighty close call. As I remember, I finally got all the money together at 11:10 a.m. on the day the final note came due. Forfeit time was 12 o’clock noon."<div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">George Halas</a>, That’s The Way the Ball Bounces, 1967</cite></div></blockquote> Halas remained the club's president and principal owner until his death on October 31, 1983. Halas' children, <a href="/wiki/George_Halas_Jr." title="George Halas Jr.">George "Mugs" Halas Jr.</a> and Virginia McCaskey acquired stock in the team through prior gifts and sales. After Mugs' death in 1979, Halas Sr. owned a 49.35% interest in the Bears, Mugs' estate owned a 19.67% interest, while Virginia McCaskey, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Finks" title="Jim Finks">Jim Finks</a> (3.5%, which he later relinquished when he resigned as the team GM<a href="#cite_note-s614-170">[169]</a>), Charles Brizzolara, Robert and Carol Brizzolara in joint tenancy, and Nancy Lorenz owned the remaining outstanding shares. In 1981, the shareholders merged the Bears with a newly formed Delaware-incorporated organization, the Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc..<a href="#cite_note-171">[170]</a> In 1987, Mugs' estate executor wanted to sell his ownership stake and challenged the legality of a 1981 corporate reorganization and the other owners' <a href="/wiki/Right_of_first_refusal" title="Right of first refusal">right of first refusal</a>,<a href="#cite_note-172">[171]</a> while his heirs, Christine and Stephen Halas, wanted to keep their father's stake, asking a Cook County Probate Court judge not to allow the sale.<a href="#cite_note-173">[172]</a> Ultimately they failed to block the Chicago Bears from buying their father's 19.67% ownership stake of the team, which sold for $17.5 million in 1988.<a href="#cite_note-174">[173]</a> Bears then-president <a href="/wiki/Michael_McCaskey" title="Michael McCaskey">Michael McCaskey</a> called the purchase a "terrific financial burden", and the team would later sell the stake to Chicago-area businessmen Andrew McKenna and Patrick Ryan for a then-undisclosed sum<a href="#cite_note-175">[b]</a> in 1990.<a href="#cite_note-u724-176">[174]</a> At the time it was also speculated that they invested to help the Bears lobby lawmakers for a domed stadium.<a href="#cite_note-c387-177">[175]</a> In 2017, the NFL approved a sale of shares from Mugs' children (unreported whom or how much) to the McCaskey family for an undisclosed sum.<a href="#cite_note-l406-178">[176]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sponsorships">Sponsorships</h2></div> The team has major sponsorship deals with <a href="/wiki/Dr_Pepper_Snapple_Group" title="Dr Pepper Snapple Group">Dr Pepper Snapple Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miller_Brewing_Company" title="Miller Brewing Company">Miller Brewing Company</a>, <a href="/wiki/PNC_Financial_Services" title="PNC Financial Services">PNC Financial Services</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Airlines" title="United Airlines">United Airlines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Verizon_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Verizon Communications">Verizon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xfinity" title="Xfinity">Xfinity</a>, and Proven IT.<a href="#cite_note-179">[177]</a><a href="#cite_note-180">[178]</a> The team was the first in the NFL to have a presenting <a href="/wiki/Sponsor_(commercial)" title="Sponsor (commercial)">sponsor</a>, with the 2004 season advertised as "Bears Football presented by <a href="/wiki/Bank_One_Corporation" title="Bank One Corporation">BankOne</a>". Additionally, the Bears have an agreement with <a href="/wiki/WFLD" title="WFLD">WFLD</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> <a href="/wiki/Owned-and-operated_station" title="Owned-and-operated station">owned-and-operated station</a> in Chicago) to broadcast pre-season football games.<a href="#cite_note-181">[179]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Logos_and_uniforms">Logos and uniforms</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Logos_and_uniforms_of_the_Chicago_Bears" title="Logos and uniforms of the Chicago Bears">Logos and uniforms of the Chicago Bears</a></div> The club has had few official logos throughout their history. When the team was known as the Decatur Staleys in 1920, they used <a href="/wiki/A._E._Staley" title="A. E. Staley">A. E. Staley</a>'s logo as football was intended to help promote the company.<a href="#cite_note-182">[180]</a> The first Chicago Bears logo was introduced in 1940, depicting a black bear running with a football. The next logo, introduced in 1946, featured a navy blue bear on top of a football. In 1962, the Bears introduced their trademark "<a href="/wiki/Wishbone-C" title="Wishbone-C">wishbone-C</a>" logo for the first time.<a href="#cite_note-183">[181]</a> Initially white with a black outline, the logo is similar to the "C" long worn on the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>' baseball caps, and very closely resembles the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Maroons" title="Chicago Maroons">University of Chicago Maroons</a>' "C" logo introduced in 1898. The change in the Bears' logo was due to the addition of logos on <a href="/wiki/Football_helmet" title="Football helmet">helmets</a>, which professional football teams began adding in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 2023, the Bears made their primary logo the orange bear head, which was previously their secondary logo since 1999.<a href="#cite_note-brandguidelines-3">[3]</a> Despite demoting the "C" to a secondary logo, the team will still retain it on their helmets and at the home field's 50-yard line.<a href="#cite_note-184">[182]</a> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Chicago_Bears_white_logo.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Primary logo (1962–1973)"><img alt="Primary logo (1962–1973)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Chicago_Bears_white_logo.png/120px-Chicago_Bears_white_logo.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Chicago_Bears_white_logo.png/180px-Chicago_Bears_white_logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Chicago_Bears_white_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="133" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Primary logo (1962–1973)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Chicago_Bears_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Primary logo (1974–2022) Secondary logo (2023–present)"><img alt="Primary logo (1974–2022) Secondary logo (2023–present)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Chicago_Bears_logo.svg/120px-Chicago_Bears_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Chicago_Bears_logo.svg/180px-Chicago_Bears_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Chicago_Bears_logo.svg/240px-Chicago_Bears_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="129" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Primary logo (1974–2022) Secondary logo (2023–present)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Chicago_Bears_wordmark.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wordmark logo (1974–present)"><img alt="Wordmark logo (1974–present)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Chicago_Bears_wordmark.svg/120px-Chicago_Bears_wordmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Chicago_Bears_wordmark.svg/180px-Chicago_Bears_wordmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Chicago_Bears_wordmark.svg/240px-Chicago_Bears_wordmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="29" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Wordmark logo (1974–present) </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Chicago_Bears_logo_primary.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Secondary logo (1999–2022) Primary logo (2023–present)"><img alt="Secondary logo (1999–2022) Primary logo (2023–present)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/15/Chicago_Bears_logo_primary.svg/120px-Chicago_Bears_logo_primary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/15/Chicago_Bears_logo_primary.svg/180px-Chicago_Bears_logo_primary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/15/Chicago_Bears_logo_primary.svg/240px-Chicago_Bears_logo_primary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="248" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Secondary logo (1999–2022) Primary logo (2023–present)</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Team_culture">Team culture</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mascots_and_cheerleaders">Mascots and cheerleaders</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Staley_Da_Bear" title="Staley Da Bear">Staley Da Bear</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Honey_Bears" title="Chicago Honey Bears">Chicago Honey Bears</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Staleythebear.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Staleythebear.jpg/220px-Staleythebear.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Staleythebear.jpg/330px-Staleythebear.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Staleythebear.jpg/440px-Staleythebear.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>Staley Da Bear in 2008</figcaption></figure> Before the <a href="/wiki/2003_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2003 Chicago Bears season">2003 season</a>, the team had two unofficial mascots named "Rocky" and "Bearman". "Rocky" was a man who donned a #1 Bears jersey, carried a <a href="/wiki/Megaphone" title="Megaphone">megaphone</a>, and started chants all over Soldier Field during the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s, in a fashion similar to <a href="/wiki/Fireman_Ed" title="Fireman Ed">Fireman Ed</a>. The identity of "Rocky" is unknown, but he presumably lives in northwestern Indiana.<a href="#cite_note-185">[183]</a> Don Wachter, also known as "Bearman", is a <a href="/wiki/Season_ticket" title="Season ticket">season ticket</a> holder who decided in 1995 that he could also assist the team by cheerleading, similar to Rocky. The club allowed him to run across the field with a large Bears flag during player introductions and each team score (a role more recently done by the Bears 4th Phase and Bears captains). In 1996, he donned his "costume" of face paint, bear head and arms, and a number <a href="/wiki/Doug_Plank" title="Doug Plank">46</a> jersey. "Bearman" was forced to stop wearing his costume with the introduction of <a href="/wiki/Staley_Da_Bear" title="Staley Da Bear">Staley Da Bear</a> in 2003, but in 2005 Wachter was allowed in costume again.<a href="#cite_note-186">[184]</a> Staley Da Bear is an <a href="/wiki/Anthropomorphic" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthropomorphic">anthropomorphic</a> bear with a customized No. 00 jersey, with blue and orange eyes, synonymous with the team's main colors.<a href="#cite_note-187">[185]</a> His name is eponymous to starch processing company <a href="/wiki/A._E._Staley" title="A. E. Staley">A. E. Staley</a>, who founded the Bears' franchise. Like Rocky and Bearman, he entertains Bears fans, but like other <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_mascots" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Football League mascots">NFL mascots</a>, and mascots in general, Staley also visits charity events, parties,<a href="#cite_note-188">[186]</a><a href="#cite_note-189">[187]</a> <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Rush" title="Chicago Rush">Chicago Rush</a> <a href="/wiki/Arena_Football_League" title="Arena Football League">AFL</a> games, and other Bears-related events, as well as taking part in games with his "furballs" against youth football teams at halftime.<a href="#cite_note-190">[188]</a><a href="#cite_note-191">[189]</a> The team had a <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Cheerleading" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Cheerleading">cheerleading squad</a> called the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Honey_Bears" title="Chicago Honey Bears">Chicago Honey Bears</a> beginning in 1976. However, Bears owner <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Halas_McCaskey" title="Virginia Halas McCaskey">Virginia Halas McCaskey</a> terminated them after the <a href="/wiki/1985_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1985 Chicago Bears season">1985 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-192">[190]</a> The squad's uniforms changed three times: from 1976 to 1979, the uniform was a white bodysuit with navy blue sleeves; from 1980 to 1984 it was a white bodysuit with orange sleeves and the navy was moved to the trim, and for the squad's final season in 1985, the uniform was redesigned with an orange sequin vest.<a href="#cite_note-193">[191]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h3></div> Since 1998, the Bears have partnered with 'A Safe Place,' a domestic violence shelter in <a href="/wiki/Waukegan,_Illinois" title="Waukegan, Illinois">Waukegan, Illinois</a>.<a href="#cite_note-chicagobears.com-194">[192]</a> In June 2017, existing and former Bears employees helped renovate the shelter by ripping up carpet, painting walls, demolishing a kitchen and building a fence.<a href="#cite_note-chicagobears.com-194">[192]</a> The Bears have also provided financial support throughout the years. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rivalries">Rivalries</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Divisional">Divisional</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Green_Bay_Packers">Green Bay Packers</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bears%E2%80%93Packers_rivalry" title="Bears–Packers rivalry">Bears–Packers rivalry</a></div> The <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a> are the Bears' biggest rivals since their team's inception in 1920. The Green Bay Packers currently have the lead at 103–95–6,<a href="#cite_note-195">[193]</a> and the teams have met twice in the postseason. The Bears won the 1941 meeting, 33–14, and eventually defeated the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1941_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1941 NFL Championship Game">1941 NFL Championship Game</a>, and the Packers won the 2011 meeting, 21–14, en route to a <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLV" title="Super Bowl XLV">Super Bowl XLV</a> win over the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-u063-196">[194]</a> The teams' first meeting was a victory for the Bears (known as the Staleys at the time) in 1921 in a shutout, 20–0. The Packers claimed their first win over the Bears in 1925, 14–10. The 1924 matchup (which ended in a 3–0 win for Chicago) was notable for featuring the first-ever ejection of players in a game in NFL history, as <a href="/wiki/Frank_Hanny" title="Frank Hanny">Frank Hanny</a> of the Bears and <a href="/wiki/Tillie_Voss" title="Tillie Voss">Walter Voss</a> of the Packers were ejected for punching each other.<a href="#cite_note-197">[195]</a> The rivalry also featured one of the last successful <a href="/wiki/Fair_catch_kick" title="Fair catch kick">fair catch kicks</a> in 1968, when Bears kicker <a href="/wiki/Mac_Percival" title="Mac Percival">Mac Percival</a> kicked the game-winning field goal.<a href="#cite_note-198">[196]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Detroit_Lions">Detroit Lions</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bears%E2%80%93Lions_rivalry" title="Bears–Lions rivalry">Bears–Lions rivalry</a></div> The <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a> and Bears have faced off since the Lions' inception in 1930, when they were known as the Portsmouth Spartans, with the Spartans winning, 7–6, and Chicago winning the second meeting, 14–6. Since then, the Bears have led the series, 99–74–5.<a href="#cite_note-199">[197]</a> The rivalry grew in 1932, when the Bears and Spartans met in the first-ever postseason game in NFL history, with the Bears winning the <a href="/wiki/1932_NFL_Playoff_Game" title="1932 NFL Playoff Game">game 9–0</a>. The game also was known as the first pro "<a href="/wiki/Indoor_American_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Indoor American football">indoor football</a>" game, as the game took place in indoor <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Stadium" title="Chicago Stadium">Chicago Stadium</a> due to a blizzard at the time. The game also started the <a href="/wiki/Forward_pass" title="Forward pass">forward pass</a>.<a href="#cite_note-200">[198]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Minnesota_Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bears%E2%80%93Vikings_rivalry" title="Bears–Vikings rivalry">Bears–Vikings rivalry</a></div> Chicago and <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota</a> took each other on in the Vikings' inaugural game, with the Vikings defeating the Bears in a 37–13 rout, and Minnesota currently holds the series lead 60–54–2.<a href="#cite_note-201">[199]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historic">Historic</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Chicago/St._Louis/Arizona_Cardinals">Chicago/St. Louis/Arizona Cardinals</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bears%E2%80%93Cardinals_rivalry" title="Bears–Cardinals rivalry">Bears–Cardinals rivalry</a></div> The oldest continuing matchup in the NFL belongs to the Bears and the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Cardinals" title="Arizona Cardinals">Arizona Cardinals</a>.<a href="#cite_note-b968-202">[200]</a> It began as intense intra-city rivalry between the Bears and the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Chicago_Cardinals" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Chicago Cardinals">Chicago Cardinals</a>, which the Bears were leading 47–19–6 through 1959, when the Cardinals <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_St._Louis_Cardinals_(NFL)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)">moved to St. Louis</a>. The rivalry's importance waned further after the Cardinals moved to the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_metropolitan_area" title="Phoenix metropolitan area">Phoenix metropolitan area</a> in 1988. The Bears lead the all-time series 59–28–6.<a href="#cite_note-203">[201]</a> The teams have yet to meet in the playoffs.<a href="#cite_note-204">[202]</a><a href="#cite_note-205">[203]</a><a href="#cite_note-CardinalsSI-206">[204]</a><a href="#cite_note-207">[205]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="New_York_Giants">New York Giants</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bears%E2%80%93Giants_rivalry" title="Bears–Giants rivalry">Bears–Giants rivalry</a></div> The Bears and the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a> squared off in six NFL championship games, more than any common match-up in either the NFL championship game or Super Bowl. The Bears won four of the six championship games, which included the Sneakers Game that the Giants won in the <a href="/wiki/1934_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1934 NFL Championship Game">1934 NFL Championship Game</a>. The two teams also met in the <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NFL_playoffs" title="1985–86 NFL playoffs">1985</a> and <a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_NFL_playoffs" title="1990–91 NFL playoffs">1990 playoffs</a>, splitting each meeting en route to a Super Bowl championship (Bears in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XX" title="Super Bowl XX">Super Bowl XX</a>, Giants in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXV" title="Super Bowl XXV">Super Bowl XXV</a>). As of the 2023 season, the Bears lead the all-time series 36–25–2.<a href="#cite_note-BearsGiantsRivalry-208">[206]</a><a href="#cite_note-209">[207]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="San_Francisco_49ers">San Francisco 49ers</h4></div> The Bears and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> were regular foes while both played in the <a href="/wiki/NFL_Western_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Western Conference">Western Conference</a>. The rilvary grow during the 1980s, as both teams were constant playoff contenders in the NFC. The 49ers currently holds the series lead 35-33-1 and 3–0 in the playoffs.<a href="#cite_note-p110-210">[208]</a><a href="#cite_note-c828-211">[209]</a> Under the current NFL scheduling formula, the Bears and 49ers play at least once every four years.<a href="#cite_note-NFLSchedule-212">[210]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</h4></div> The Bears holds historic rivalry with its former <a href="/wiki/NFC_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="NFC Central">NFC Central</a> foe <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers" title="Tampa Bay Buccaneers">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a>. as of the 2023 season, Chicago currently holds the series lead 40–22.<a href="#cite_note-213">[211]</a><a href="#cite_note-214">[212]</a> Under the current NFL scheduling formula, the Bears and Bucs play at least once every four years.<a href="#cite_note-NFLSchedule-212">[210]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Washington_Commanders">Washington Commanders</h4></div> Although the teams never played in the same division, the Bears and the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Commanders" title="Washington Commanders">Washington Commanders</a> have a historically significant rivalry, dating back to 1932, when the Commanders were located in Boston and were known as the <a href="/wiki/1932_Boston_Braves_(NFL)_season" title="1932 Boston Braves (NFL) season">Braves</a>. The rivalry started to heat up in 1937, when Washington drafted quarterback <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Sammy Baugh</a> and both teams were often met in the <a href="/wiki/NFL_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Championship Game">NFL Championship Game</a>.<a href="#cite_note-c400-215">[213]</a> The most memorable game from that era was in 1940, when the Bears set a record by defeating the Commanders <a href="/wiki/1940_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1940 NFL Championship Game">73-0 in the NFL Championship game</a>, to this day, the largest margin of victory in league history.<a href="#cite_note-216">[214]</a><a href="#cite_note-j957-36">[35]</a> The series regained steam in the 1980s, when both teams were fighting for the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_Conference" title="National Football Conference">NFC</a> supremacy.<a href="#cite_note-n966-217">[215]</a> Washington holds a slight edge in the all-time series 27-25-1 (2–1 in the playoffs and 2–2 in championship games).<a href="#cite_note-218">[216]</a> Under the current NFL scheduling formula, the Bears and Commanders play at least once every four years.<a href="#cite_note-NFLSchedule-212">[210]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minor">Minor</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Cleveland/Los_Angeles/St._Louis_Rams">Cleveland/Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams</h4></div> The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Cleveland/Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams</a> and the Bears played in the same division the <a href="/wiki/1937_NFL_season" title="1937 NFL season">1937 NFL season</a> to the <a href="/wiki/1969_NFL_season" title="1969 NFL season">1969 NFL season</a> (with the 1958 game attracting 100,470 fans, the largest in Bears history<a href="#cite_note-u972-219">[217]</a>), while the two franchises continue to play annually until the <a href="/wiki/1980_NFL_season" title="1980 NFL season">1980 NFL season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-z443-220">[218]</a> From 1995 to 2015 the two teams were part of the Chicago-St. Louis rivalries in the <a href="/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada">major professional leagues</a>.<a href="#cite_note-221">[219]</a> As of the 2023 season, Chicago currently holds the series lead 54–39–3 (1–1 in the playoffs). It is the Rams' longest-running, non-division series.<a href="#cite_note-222">[220]</a> Under the current NFL scheduling formula, the Bears and Rams play at least once every four years.<a href="#cite_note-NFLSchedule-212">[210]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Miami_Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</h4></div> The <a href="/wiki/American_Football_Conference" title="American Football Conference">AFC</a> member <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a> and the Bears met less than 15 times but most of them were memorable.<a href="#cite_note-t236-223">[221]</a> The most notable was the 1985 shootout at <a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Football" title="Monday Night Football">Monday Night</a>, as Miami handing Chicago their first, and only, regular-season loss for the year, while keeping the <a href="/wiki/1972_Miami_Dolphins_season" title="1972 Miami Dolphins season">1972 Dolphins</a> as the only perfect team in NFL history.<a href="#cite_note-w184-224">[222]</a> As of the 2023 season, Miami currently holds the series lead 10–4.<a href="#cite_note-225">[223]</a> Under the current NFL scheduling formula, the teams play at least once every four years.<a href="#cite_note-NFLSchedule-212">[210]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Defunct">Defunct</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rock_Island_Independents">Rock Island Independents</h4></div> Chicago had a fierce instate rivalry with the <a href="/wiki/Rock_Island_Independents" title="Rock Island Independents">Rock Island Independents</a> in the league first decade, with the Bears winning the series 8–1–4.<a href="#cite_note-s226-226">[224]</a><a href="#cite_note-227">[225]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Canton/Cleveland_Bulldogs">Canton/Cleveland Bulldogs</h4></div> The <a href="/wiki/Canton_Bulldogs" title="Canton Bulldogs">Canton/Cleveland Bulldogs</a> and the Staleys/Bears rivalry was between the two NFL's powerhouses in the 1920s, with games usually attracting the most fans,<a href="#cite_note-k430-228">[226]</a> and the outcome often decided the fate of <a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_champions_(1920%E2%80%931969)" title="List of NFL champions (1920–1969)">NFL Championship</a> (1921–1924).<a href="#cite_note-c528-229">[227]</a> The rivalry grow after the 1921 season, when the Staleys star <a href="/wiki/Guy_Chamberlin" title="Guy Chamberlin">Guy Chamberlin</a> joined the Bulldogs and led them to three consecutive championships, including a tiebreaker win over the Bears in <a href="/wiki/1924_NFL_season" title="1924 NFL season">1924</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1922season-166">[165]</a><a href="#cite_note-230">[228]</a><a href="#cite_note-231">[229]</a> Chicago won the series 4–3.<a href="#cite_note-232">[230]</a><a href="#cite_note-233">[231]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Facilities">Facilities</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stadium">Stadium</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Staley_Field" title="Staley Field">Staley Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears_stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Bears stadium">Chicago Bears stadium</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Soldier_Field,_Chicago.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Soldier_Field%2C_Chicago.jpg/220px-Soldier_Field%2C_Chicago.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Soldier_Field%2C_Chicago.jpg/330px-Soldier_Field%2C_Chicago.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Soldier_Field%2C_Chicago.jpg/440px-Soldier_Field%2C_Chicago.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3586" data-file-height="2553" /></a><figcaption>Soldier Field in 2011, as seen from the lakeshore</figcaption></figure> Soldier Field, located on <a href="/wiki/Lake_Shore_Drive" title="Lake Shore Drive">Lake Shore Drive</a> in Chicago, is the home of the Bears. The Bears moved to Soldier Field in 1971 after outgrowing <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a>, the team's home for 50 years.<a href="#cite_note-a130-234">[232]</a> After the <a href="/wiki/AFL-NFL_Merger" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL-NFL Merger">AFL-NFL Merger</a>, the league preferred their teams to play in stadiums that could hold at least 50,000 fans. Even with portable bleachers that the team set up at Wrigley, the stadium could still only hold 46,000.<a href="#cite_note-Wrigley_Field-235">[233]</a> At first, the Bears were supposed to play at Dyche Stadium (later called <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Field_(stadium)" title="Ryan Field (stadium)">Ryan Field</a>), but <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University" title="Northwestern University">Northwestern University</a>'s residential neighbors objected, and the agreement was cancelled. The original home of the Bears was <a href="/wiki/Staley_Field" title="Staley Field">Staley Field</a> at <a href="/wiki/Decatur,_Illinois" title="Decatur, Illinois">Decatur, Illinois</a>, when the team was known as the <a href="/wiki/Decatur_Staleys" class="mw-redirect" title="Decatur Staleys">Decatur Staleys</a>, before they moved to Chicago in 1921. Soldier Field's playing surface was changed from natural grass to <a href="/wiki/AstroTurf" title="AstroTurf">astroturf</a> before the 1971 season, and then back to natural grass in time for the start of the 1988 season. Throughout its history, Soldier Field's field maintenance has been done by the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Park_District" title="Chicago Park District">Chicago Park District</a> (the municipal entity from which the Bears lease the field) by disparate district employees, rather than a permanent team-employed grounds crew, generating some controversy among players for its rough surface.<a href="#cite_note-236">[234]</a> This arrangement caused disagreements with the city throughout the years, with the Bears attempting to agree on a new stadium since 1986.<a href="#cite_note-w908-237">[235]</a> The stadium was the site of the infamous <a href="/wiki/Fog_Bowl_(American_football)" title="Fog Bowl (American football)">Fog Bowl</a> playoff game between the Bears and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a>.<a href="#cite_note-238">[236]</a> In <a href="/wiki/2002_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2002 Chicago Bears season">2002</a>, the stadium was closed and rebuilt with only the exterior wall being preserved. It was closed on Sunday, January 20, 2002, the day after the Bears lost in the <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_NFL_playoffs" title="2001–02 NFL playoffs">playoffs</a>. It reopened on September 27, 2003, after a complete rebuild (the second in the stadium's history).<a href="#cite_note-Wrigley_Field-235">[233]</a> Many fans refer to the rebuilt stadium as "New Soldier Field".<a href="#cite_note-239">[237]</a> During the <a href="/wiki/2002_NFL_season" title="2002 NFL season">2002</a> season, the Bears played their home games at the University of Illinois' <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Stadium_(Champaign)" class="mw-redirect" title="Memorial Stadium (Champaign)">Memorial Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Champaign,_Illinois" title="Champaign, Illinois">Champaign</a>, where they went 3–5. Multiple critics have negative views of the new stadium, believing that its structure has made it more of an eyesore than a landmark; some have dubbed it the "Mistake on the Lake".<a href="#cite_note-240">[238]</a> Soldier Field was stripped of its <a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark" title="National Historic Landmark">National Historic Landmark</a> designation on February 17, 2006.<a href="#cite_note-241">[239]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/2005_NFL_season" title="2005 NFL season">2005 season</a>, the Bears won the NFC North Division and the No. 2 Seed in the NFC Playoffs, entitling them to play at least one home game in the postseason. The team hosted (and lost) their divisional round match on January 15, 2006, against the <a href="/wiki/2005_Carolina_Panthers_season" title="2005 Carolina Panthers season">Carolina Panthers</a>. This was the first playoff game at Soldier Field since the stadium reopened. The stadium's <a href="/wiki/End_zone" title="End zone">end zones</a> and midfield were unpainted until the <a href="/wiki/1982_NFL_season" title="1982 NFL season">1982 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-242">[240]</a> The design sported on the field included the bolded word "Chicago" rendered in <a href="/wiki/Highway_Gothic" title="Highway Gothic">Highway Gothic</a> in both end zones. In 1983, the end zone design returned, with the addition of a large wishbone "C" Bears logo painted at midfield. These field markings remained unchanged until the <a href="/wiki/1996_NFL_season" title="1996 NFL season">1996 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-243">[241]</a> In 1996 the midfield wishbone "C" was changed to a large blue Bears head, and the end zone design were painted with "Bears" in cursive. This design remained until the <a href="/wiki/1999_NFL_season" title="1999 NFL season">1999 season</a>, when the artwork was returned to the classic "Chicago" and "C". In the new Soldier Field, the artwork was tweaked with the word "Chicago" bolded in one end zone and the other having "Bears".<a href="#cite_note-244">[242]</a> In June 2021, the Bears submitted a bid to purchase the <a href="/wiki/Arlington_International_Racecourse" class="mw-redirect" title="Arlington International Racecourse">Arlington International Racecourse</a> in <a href="/wiki/Arlington_Heights,_Illinois" title="Arlington Heights, Illinois">Arlington Heights, Illinois</a> from <a href="/wiki/Churchill_Downs_Incorporated" title="Churchill Downs Incorporated">Churchill Downs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-arl-245">[243]</a> Despite negotiations between the city of Chicago to upgrade Soldier Field again, the Bears entered into an agreement with Churchill Downs to purchase the Arlington International Racecourse in September 2021 for $197.2 million. The sale of the property which includes 326 acres of space for potential development closed on February 15, 2023.<a href="#cite_note-k957-246">[244]</a><a href="#cite_note-247">[245]</a> As of 2024, the Bears have shifted their focus to the parking area south of Soldier Field on <a href="/wiki/Museum_Campus" title="Museum Campus">Museum Campus</a>.<a href="#cite_note-i276-248">[246]</a><a href="#cite_note-f024-249">[247]</a> On April 24, 2024, the Bears revealed plans for a $4.7 billion domed lakefront stadium development.<a href="#cite_note-a123-250">[248]</a><a href="#cite_note-251">[249]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Training_camp_locations">Training camp locations</h3></div> From its inception until 1930 the Staleys/Bears conducted their summer training camp in their home stadiums: <a href="/wiki/Staley_Field" title="Staley Field">Staley Field</a> (<a href="/wiki/Decatur,_Illinois" title="Decatur, Illinois">Decatur, Illinois</a>) and later <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Cubs' Park</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>).<a href="#cite_note-252">[250]</a> In 1930 they first moved to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mills_Stadium&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mills Stadium (page does not exist)">Mills Stadium</a> in Chicago and from 1931 to 1934 to <a href="/wiki/Loyola_University_Chicago" title="Loyola University Chicago">Loyola University Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Logan_Square,_Chicago" title="Logan Square, Chicago">Logan Square Baseball Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Notre Dame University">Notre Dame University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lane_Tech_College_Prep_High_School" title="Lane Tech College Prep High School">Lane Tech College Prep High School</a>, respectively.<a href="#cite_note-c170-253">[251]</a> In 1935 they began to conduct training camps at a prominent location, when they started practicing at <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_Northwestern_Military_Academy" title="St. John's Northwestern Military Academy">St. John's Northwestern Military Academy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Delafield,_Wisconsin" title="Delafield, Wisconsin">Delafield, Wisconsin</a>) for a decade.<a href="#cite_note-254">[252]</a> In 1944 they moved to <a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph%27s_College_(Indiana)" title="Saint Joseph's College (Indiana)">St. Joseph's College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rensselaer,_Indiana" title="Rensselaer, Indiana">Rensselaer, Indiana</a> and stayed there for 30 years. This location was the place of the famous automobile accident on July 27, <a href="/wiki/1964_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1964 Chicago Bears season">1964</a> that killed Bears players <a href="/wiki/Willie_Galimore" title="Willie Galimore">Willie Galimore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bo_Farrington" title="Bo Farrington">Bo Farrington</a>, after Galimore's <a href="/wiki/Volkswagen_Beetle" title="Volkswagen Beetle">Volkswagen</a> left the road on a curve and rolled, a few miles from the team's training camp.<a href="#cite_note-gfkiac-255">[253]</a><a href="#cite_note-256">[254]</a><a href="#cite_note-bthcv-257">[255]</a> From 1975 to 1984 they conducted their summer training camp in <a href="/wiki/Lake_Forest_College" title="Lake Forest College">Lake Forest College</a>, at the original <a href="/wiki/Halas_Hall" title="Halas Hall">Halas Hall</a> (the practice and front office facility for the Bears from 1977 until 1997).<a href="#cite_note-258">[256]</a> The practice field was later renamed Farwell Field and serves as the main field for <a href="/wiki/Lake_Forest_Foresters_football" title="Lake Forest Foresters football">Foresters football</a> and soccer. From 1984 to 2001, the Bears held pre-season training camp in <a href="/wiki/Ralph_E._Davis_Pioneer_Stadium" title="Ralph E. Davis Pioneer Stadium">Ralph E. Davis Pioneer Stadium</a> at <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Platteville" title="University of Wisconsin–Platteville">University of Wisconsin–Platteville</a>. They were considered a member of the "Cheese League" that in 1999 consisted of the <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a>, with each team practicing at a different university in Wisconsin.<a href="#cite_note-259">[257]</a> In 2001, the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_General_Assembly" title="Illinois General Assembly">Illinois General Assembly</a> asked the Bears to move to an Illinois practice facility in order to raise funds for remodeling <a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a>. Before the Bears left, they donated $250,000 to UW–Platteville for a new computer lab, which was named "The Bears Den".<a href="#cite_note-260">[258]</a> On <a href="/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_June_16%E2%80%9318,_2014" title="Tornado outbreak of June 16–18, 2014">June 16, 2014</a>, the stadium was damaged by a <a href="/wiki/Tornado" title="Tornado">tornado</a> and the Bears donated $50,000 to the school relief fund.<a href="#cite_note-donation-261">[259]</a> From 2002 to 2019, the Bears held their summer training camp at <a href="/wiki/Olivet_Nazarene_University" title="Olivet Nazarene University">Olivet Nazarene University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bourbonnais,_IL" class="mw-redirect" title="Bourbonnais, IL">Bourbonnais</a>. Although the Bears had an agreement to continue practicing there through 2022,<a href="#cite_note-262">[260]</a> they moved the camp permanently into the recently renovated <a href="/wiki/Halas_Hall" title="Halas Hall">Halas Hall</a> in 2020.<a href="#cite_note-263">[261]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Halas-hall-bears-2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Halas-hall-bears-2014.jpg/220px-Halas-hall-bears-2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Halas-hall-bears-2014.jpg/330px-Halas-hall-bears-2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Halas-hall-bears-2014.jpg/440px-Halas-hall-bears-2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Halas_Hall" title="Halas Hall">Halas Hall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lake_Forest,_Illinois" title="Lake Forest, Illinois">Lake Forest, Illinois</a>, is the Bears' headquarters.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Headquarters">Headquarters</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Halas_Hall" title="Halas Hall">Halas Hall</a></div> The team headquarters, Halas Hall, named after founder <a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">George Halas</a>, is in the Chicago suburb of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Forest,_Illinois" title="Lake Forest, Illinois">Lake Forest, Illinois</a>. The Bears practice at adjoining facilities during the season. The location is 4 miles (6.4 km) west of the original Halas Hall which had opened in 1977, and it was named after <a href="/wiki/George_Halas_Jr." title="George Halas Jr.">George Halas Jr.</a>, who died unexpectedly in 1979. It was located at <a href="/wiki/Lake_Forest_College" title="Lake Forest College">Lake Forest College</a> and contained 2 practice fields (one regulation-size outdoor field as well as a 70-yard practice field) and front office facilities,<a href="#cite_note-264">[262]</a> which is used by the <a href="/wiki/Lake_Forest_Foresters_football" title="Lake Forest Foresters football">Foresters Athletics Department</a>.<a href="#cite_note-265">[263]</a> The 38-acre complex opened on March 3, 1997, and was expanded in 2013 and 2018.<a href="#cite_note-266">[264]</a><a href="#cite_note-u926-267">[265]</a> The team also has a 11,000 square feet (1,000 m2) corporate office in <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Loop" title="Chicago Loop">downtown Chicago</a>, located at 123 N. Wacker Dr,<a href="#cite_note-x766-268">[266]</a> for sales, corporate partnerships and events departments employees.<a href="#cite_note-p326-269">[267]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cna_gobears.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Cna_gobears.jpg/220px-Cna_gobears.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Cna_gobears.jpg/330px-Cna_gobears.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Cna_gobears.jpg/440px-Cna_gobears.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/333_South_Wabash" title="333 South Wabash">CNA Center</a> in Chicago flashes a "GO BEARS" window display before a Bears <a href="/wiki/NBC_Sunday_Night_Football" title="NBC Sunday Night Football">Sunday Night Football</a> game in 2006.</figcaption></figure> 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 <a href="/wiki/Brian%27s_Song" title="Brian's Song">Brian's Song</a> starring <a href="/wiki/Billy_Dee_Williams" title="Billy Dee Williams">Billy Dee Williams</a> as Gale Sayers and <a href="/wiki/James_Caan_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Caan (actor)">James Caan</a> as Brian Piccolo.<a href="#cite_note-m379-270">[268]</a><a href="#cite_note-w883-271">[269]</a> The film told of how Piccolo helped Sayers recover from a devastating knee injury to return to his status as one of the league's best players, and how Sayers in turn helped the Piccolo family through Brian's fatal illness.<a href="#cite_note-272">[270]</a><a href="#cite_note-273">[271]</a> A <a href="/wiki/Brian%27s_Song_(2001_film)" title="Brian's Song (2001 film)">2001 remake</a> of the movie for ABC starred <a href="/wiki/Sean_Maher" title="Sean Maher">Sean Maher</a> as Piccolo and <a href="/wiki/Mekhi_Phifer" title="Mekhi Phifer">Mekhi Phifer</a> as Sayers.<a href="#cite_note-274">[272]</a> The 1985 team is also remembered for recording the song "<a href="/wiki/The_Super_Bowl_Shuffle" title="The Super Bowl Shuffle">The Super Bowl Shuffle</a>", which reached number forty-one on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a> and was nominated for a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a>.<a href="#cite_note-275">[273]</a> The music video for the song depicts the team <a href="/wiki/Rapping" title="Rapping">rapping</a> that they are "not here to start no trouble" but instead "just here to do the Super Bowl Shuffle". The team took a risk by recording and releasing the song before the playoffs had even begun, but were able to avoid embarrassment by going on to win Super Bowl XX by a then-record margin of 46–10. That game was one of the most-watched television events in history according to the <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">Nielsen ratings</a> system; the game had a rating of 48.3, ranking it seventh in all-time television history.<a href="#cite_note-276">[274]</a> In addition to the "Super Bowl Shuffle"<a href="#cite_note-277">[275]</a> rap song, the Bears' success in the 1980s – and especially the personality of head coach Mike Ditka – inspired a recurring sketch on the <a href="/wiki/Television_in_the_United_States" title="Television in the United States">American</a> <a href="/wiki/Sketch_comedy" title="Sketch comedy">sketch comedy</a> <a href="/wiki/Television_program" class="mw-redirect" title="Television program">program</a> <a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a>, called "<a href="/wiki/Bill_Swerski%27s_Superfans" title="Bill Swerski's Superfans">Bill Swerski's Superfans</a>".<a href="#cite_note-278">[276]</a> The sketch featured <a href="/wiki/Cheers" title="Cheers">Cheers</a> co-star <a href="/wiki/George_Wendt" title="George Wendt">George Wendt</a>, a Chicago native, as host of a radio talk-show (similar in tone to <a href="/wiki/WGN_(AM)" title="WGN (AM)">WGN radio</a>'s "The Sportswriters"), with co-panelists Carl Wollarski (<a href="/wiki/Robert_Smigel" title="Robert Smigel">Robert Smigel</a>), Pat Arnold (<a href="/wiki/Mike_Myers" title="Mike Myers">Mike Myers</a>) and Todd O'Connor (<a href="/wiki/Chris_Farley" title="Chris Farley">Chris Farley</a>). To hear them tell it, "Da Bears" and Coach Ditka could do no wrong. The sketch stopped after Ditka was fired in 1993. The sketch usually showed the panelists chugging beer and eating lots of <a href="/wiki/Polish_sausage" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish sausage">Polish sausage</a>, and often featured Todd getting so agitated about what was happening with the Bears that he suffered a heart attack, but quickly recovered (through self-administered <a href="/wiki/Cardiopulmonary_resuscitation" title="Cardiopulmonary resuscitation">CPR</a>). The sketch also features the cast predicting unrealistic blowout victories for Bears games.<a href="#cite_note-279">[277]</a> Da Super Fan sketch has not been brought back by SNL, with the exception of a single appearance by <a href="/wiki/Horatio_Sanz" title="Horatio Sanz">Horatio Sanz</a> as a Super Fan for the Cubs on "<a href="/wiki/Weekend_Update" title="Weekend Update">Weekend Update</a>" in 2003. Outside of SNL, George Wendt reprised his role of Swerski in the opening promo of <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XL" title="Super Bowl XL">Super Bowl XL</a> on <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>. On TV shows based in Chicago such as <a href="/wiki/The_Bob_Newhart_Show" title="The Bob Newhart Show">The Bob Newhart Show</a>, <a href="/wiki/Married..._with_Children" title="Married... with Children">Married... with Children</a>, <a href="/wiki/Family_Matters" title="Family Matters">Family Matters</a>, <a href="/wiki/Still_Standing_(American_TV_series)" title="Still Standing (American TV series)">Still Standing</a>, <a href="/wiki/According_to_Jim" title="According to Jim">According to Jim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Early_Edition" title="Early Edition">Early Edition</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Bernie_Mac_Show" title="The Bernie Mac Show">The Bernie Mac Show</a>, the main characters are all Bears fans, and have worn Bears' jerseys and T-shirts on some occasions. Some episodes even show them watching Bears games. <a href="/wiki/Roseanne_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Roseanne (TV series)">Roseanne</a> is another TV show based in Illinois (albeit not in Chicago itself) to feature the Bears as the consensus household favorite, as 'Dan Connor' <a href="/wiki/John_Goodman" title="John Goodman">John Goodman</a> is seen wearing Bears hats in several episodes. <a href="/wiki/That_%2770s_Show" title="That '70s Show">That '70s Show</a> featured several Bears references, as it was based in Wisconsin, home of the Packers. On one episode while the gang is at a Bears vs. Packers game, Eric comes to the seat in a Walter Payton jersey and is booed by the surrounding Packers fans. In an episode of the <a href="/wiki/Disney_Channel" title="Disney Channel">Disney Channel</a> show <a href="/wiki/Shake_It_Up_(U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shake It Up (U.S. TV series)">Shake It Up</a>, based in Chicago, recurring character Dina Garcia (Ainsley Bailey) sold <a href="/wiki/Ticket_resale" title="Ticket resale">scalped</a> Chicago Bears tickets. More recently, <a href="/wiki/Modern_Family" title="Modern Family">Modern Family</a> character <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Tucker_(Modern_Family)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cameron Tucker (Modern Family)">Cameron Tucker</a> has been shown as a Bears fan. In an episode of the <a href="/wiki/Disney_Channel" title="Disney Channel">Disney Channel</a> show "<a href="/wiki/I_Didn%27t_Do_It_(TV_series)" title="I Didn't Do It (TV series)">I Didn't Do It</a>", based in Chicago, Lindy Watson (Olivia Holt) and Logan Watson (Austin North) try to get a football signed by NFL Hall of Famer Dick Butkus after destroying their fathers Butkus signed ball, <a href="/wiki/Alshon_Jeffery" title="Alshon Jeffery">Alshon Jeffery</a> also makes a cameo appearance as well.<a href="#cite_note-280">[278]</a> Ditka's success and popularity in Chicago has led him to land analyst roles on various American football pregame shows. Ditka worked for both the <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_NBC" title="NFL on NBC">NFL on NBC</a> and CBS's <a href="/wiki/The_NFL_Today" title="The NFL Today">The NFL Today</a>, and he currently works on ESPN's <a href="/wiki/Sunday_NFL_Countdown" title="Sunday NFL Countdown">Sunday NFL Countdown</a> and provided Friday night analysis on the Bears on <a href="/wiki/WBBM-TV" title="WBBM-TV">WBBM-TV</a>'s 2 on Football with former WBBM-TV sports director <a href="/wiki/Mark_Malone" title="Mark Malone">Mark Malone</a>.<a href="#cite_note-281">[279]</a> He is also the color analyst for all local broadcasts of Bears preseason games. Ditka also co-starred himself alongside actor <a href="/wiki/Will_Ferrell" title="Will Ferrell">Will Ferrell</a> in the 2005 <a href="/wiki/Comedy_film" title="Comedy film">comedy film</a> <a href="/wiki/Kicking_%26_Screaming_(2005_film)" title="Kicking & Screaming (2005 film)">Kicking & Screaming</a>.<a href="#cite_note-282">[280]</a> Also, Ditka, <a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Dick Butkus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walter_Payton" title="Walter Payton">Walter Payton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_McMahon" title="Jim McMahon">Jim McMahon</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Perry_(American_football)" title="William Perry (American football)">William "Refrigerator" Perry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Urlacher" title="Brian Urlacher">Brian Urlacher</a> are among Bears figures known for their appearances in TV commercials. Urlacher, whose jersey was among the league's best-selling in 2002, was featured on <a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a> commercials with former <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons" title="Atlanta Falcons">Atlanta Falcons</a> quarterback <a href="/wiki/Michael_Vick" title="Michael Vick">Michael Vick</a>.<a href="#cite_note-283">[281]</a><a href="#cite_note-284">[282]</a> In the 1961 <a href="/wiki/Hanna-Barbera" title="Hanna-Barbera">Hanna-Barbera</a> animated short "Rah Rah Bear", <a href="/wiki/Yogi_Bear" title="Yogi Bear">Yogi Bear</a> helps the Bears beat the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a>.<a href="#cite_note-285">[283]</a> The Bears were later depicted in an episode of the 1985 <a href="/wiki/It%27s_Punky_Brewster" title="It's Punky Brewster">cartoon version</a> of the NBC sitcom <a href="/wiki/Punky_Brewster" title="Punky Brewster">Punky Brewster</a>, where the Bears are playing the <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-286">[284]</a><a href="#cite_note-287">[285]</a> <a href="/wiki/Clark_Griswold" class="mw-redirect" title="Clark Griswold">Clark Griswold</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chevy_Chase" title="Chevy Chase">Chevy Chase</a>) from the <a href="/wiki/National_Lampoon%27s_Vacation_(film_series)" title="National Lampoon's Vacation (film series)">National Lampoon's Vacation series</a> appears in some scenes wearing a navy blue with burnt orange scripting Chicago Bears ball cap. He wears the same Chicago Bears cap throughout all four Vacation movies.<a href="#cite_note-288">[286]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcast_media">Broadcast media</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chicago_Bears_radio_affiliates.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Chicago_Bears_radio_affiliates.png/220px-Chicago_Bears_radio_affiliates.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Chicago_Bears_radio_affiliates.png/330px-Chicago_Bears_radio_affiliates.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Chicago_Bears_radio_affiliates.png/440px-Chicago_Bears_radio_affiliates.png 2x" data-file-width="2087" data-file-height="1968" /></a><figcaption>Map of radio affiliates by tower location, thus WBBM's location in the western suburbs of Chicago</figcaption></figure> Currently, <a href="/wiki/WMVP" title="WMVP">WMVP</a> (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.<a href="#cite_note-c257-289">[287]</a><a href="#cite_note-w088-290">[288]</a><a href="#cite_note-291">[289]</a> Over the years, many Bears play-by-play broadcasters have included play-by-play announcers <a href="/wiki/Jack_Brickhouse" title="Jack Brickhouse">Jack Brickhouse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_McConnell" title="Joe McConnell">Joe McConnell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Larrivee" title="Wayne Larrivee">Wayne Larrivee</a>, and color commentators Hub Arkush, Dick Butkus, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Hart_(American_football)" title="Jim Hart (American football)">Jim Hart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Irv_Kupcinet" title="Irv Kupcinet">Irv Kupcinet</a>. Spanish radio station <a href="/wiki/WLEY-FM" title="WLEY-FM">WLEY-FM</a> aired the Bears games from 2012 to 2014. Since 2015, <a href="/wiki/WRTO_(AM)" title="WRTO (AM)">WRTO</a> and <a href="/wiki/WVIV-FM" title="WVIV-FM">WVIV-FM</a> air Bears games in Spanish.<a href="#cite_note-e374-292">[290]</a> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Chicago Bears Network Radio affiliates </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;">Market </th> <th style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;">Station </th> <th style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WMVP" title="WMVP">WMVP</a> (1000 AM) </td> <td>All games Bears Insider Bears All-Access </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/WRTO_(AM)" title="WRTO (AM)">WRTO</a> (1200 AM) / <a href="/wiki/WVIV-FM" title="WVIV-FM">WVIV-FM</a> (93.5 FM) </td> <td>All games (in Spanish) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3></div> Preseason games air on <a href="/wiki/WFLD" title="WFLD">WFLD</a> (channel 32).<a href="#cite_note-t348-293">[291]</a> The announcers are <a href="/wiki/Adam_Amin" title="Adam Amin">Adam Amin</a> (play-by-play), <a href="/wiki/Jim_Miller_(quarterback)" title="Jim Miller (quarterback)">Jim Miller</a> (color commentary) and Lou Canellis (sideline reporter). WFLD also carries the majority of the team's regular season games through the <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_Fox" title="NFL on Fox">NFL on Fox</a>. Any Bears home games against AFC teams are aired on the CBS O&O station, <a href="/wiki/WBBM-TV" title="WBBM-TV">WBBM-TV</a>, which was the Bears' unofficial "home" station from 1956 until Fox won the NFC rights in 1995. Sunday Night games are broadcast on <a href="/wiki/WMAQ-TV" title="WMAQ-TV">WMAQ-TV</a>, the NBC O&O station, with <a href="/wiki/ESPN_Monday_Night_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="ESPN Monday Night Football">ESPN Monday Night Football</a> games airing either on <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> or <a href="/wiki/WLS-TV" title="WLS-TV">WLS-TV</a>, the ABC affiliate. <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Chicago Bears Network Television affiliates </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;">Market </th> <th style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;">Station </th> <th style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>Regional cable </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marquee_Sports_Network" title="Marquee Sports Network">Marquee Sports Network</a> </td> <td>Bear Essentials Bears Den The Official Bears Postgame Live </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> </td> <td>WFLD </td> <td>Preseason and Fox regional/national games Bears Gameday Live Bears Gamenight Live </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Rapids,_Iowa" title="Cedar Rapids, Iowa">Cedar Rapids, Iowa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/KFXA" title="KFXA">KFXA</a> </td> <td>Preseason and Fox regional/national games </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Champaign,_Illinois" title="Champaign, Illinois">Champaign</a>–<a href="/wiki/Urbana,_Illinois" title="Urbana, Illinois">Urbana</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WCCU_(TV)" class="mw-redirect" title="WCCU (TV)">WCCU</a> </td> <td>Preseason and Fox regional/national games </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois">Peoria</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WMBD-TV" title="WMBD-TV">WMBD-TV</a> </td> <td>Preseason and CBS regional/national games </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Quad_Cities" title="Quad Cities">Quad Cities</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/KLJB" title="KLJB">KLJB</a> </td> <td>Preseason and Fox regional/national games </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rockford,_Illinois" title="Rockford, Illinois">Rockford</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WIFR" class="mw-redirect" title="WIFR">WIFR</a> </td> <td>Preseason and CBS regional/national games </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/WQRF" class="mw-redirect" title="WQRF">WQRF</a> </td> <td>Preseason and Fox regional/national games </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois" title="Springfield, Illinois">Springfield</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WRSP-TV" title="WRSP-TV">WRSP-TV</a> </td> <td>Preseason and Fox regional/national games </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Bend,_Indiana" title="South Bend, Indiana">South Bend</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WSBT-TV" title="WSBT-TV">WSBT-TV</a> </td> <td>Preseason and CBS regional/national games </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics_and_records">Statistics and records</h2></div> <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Mannelly" title="Patrick Mannelly">Patrick Mannelly</a> holds the record for the most seasons in a Bears uniform with 16.<a href="#cite_note-records-294">[292]</a> On the other hand, <a href="/wiki/Steve_McMichael" title="Steve McMichael">Steve McMichael</a> holds the record for most consecutive games played by a Bear with 191;<a href="#cite_note-records-294">[292]</a> he accomplished the feat from 1981 to 1993. In second place is Payton, who played 186 games from 1975 to 1987 at running back, a position considered to be conducive to injury, only missing one game in a span of 13 seasons. Kicker <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Gould" title="Robbie Gould">Robbie Gould</a> became the Bears' all-time scoring leader in Week 5 of 2015 season<a href="#cite_note-295">[293]</a> overtaking <a href="/wiki/Placekicker" title="Placekicker">placekicker</a> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Butler_(American_football)" title="Kevin Butler (American football)">Kevin Butler</a> who previously held the club record<a href="#cite_note-records-294">[292]</a> for scoring the most points in his ten-year Bear career. He scored 1,116 points as the Bears kicker from 1985 to 1995. He is followed by running back <a href="/wiki/Walter_Payton" title="Walter Payton">Walter Payton</a>, with 750 points. Payton holds the team record for career rushing yards with 16,726.<a href="#cite_note-records-294">[292]</a> That was an NFL record until <a href="/wiki/Emmitt_Smith" title="Emmitt Smith">Emmitt Smith</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> broke it in <a href="/wiki/2002_NFL_season" title="2002 NFL season">2002</a>. Former Bears running back <a href="/wiki/Matt_Forte" title="Matt Forte">Matt Forte</a>, who started playing for the Bears in 2008, is the closest to Payton's record with 6,985 yards. Forte also holds the team's single season record for rookies in rushing attempts, rushing yards and receptions. <a href="/wiki/Mark_Bortz" title="Mark Bortz">Mark Bortz</a> holds the record for most Bear playoff appearances, with 13 between 1983 and 1994, and is followed by Kevin Butler, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Gentry" title="Dennis Gentry">Dennis Gentry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dan_Hampton" title="Dan Hampton">Dan Hampton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jay_Hilgenberg" title="Jay Hilgenberg">Jay Hilgenberg</a>, Steve McMichael, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Rivera" title="Ron Rivera">Ron Rivera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Singletary" title="Mike Singletary">Mike Singletary</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Keith_Van_Horne" title="Keith Van Horne">Keith Van Horne</a>, who have each played in 12 playoff games. The 1940 Chicago Bears team holds the record for the biggest margin of victory in an NFL game, including both <a href="/wiki/NFL_playoffs" title="NFL playoffs">playoff</a> and regular season games, with a 73–0 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1940_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1940 NFL Championship Game">1940 NFL Championship Game</a>.<a href="#cite_note-c857-296">[294]</a> The largest home victory for the Bears came in a 61–7 result against the <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a> in 1980. The largest defeat in club history was a 52–0 loss against the Baltimore Colts in 1964. The club recorded undefeated regular seasons in 1934 and 1942; unlike the 1972 <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a>, however, they did not win the championship game in either season. In 1934, the club completed a 13–0 record but were defeated by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a>, and in 1942 the club completed an 11–0 record but were defeated by the Redskins. Had the Bears won either championship, the club would have completed a championship three-peat – a feat completed only by the Packers (twice), although no team has done it since the AFL-NFL merger.<a href="#cite_note-297">[295]</a> Halas holds the team record for coaching the most seasons with 40 and for having the most career victories of 324. Halas' victories record stood until <a href="/wiki/Don_Shula" title="Don Shula">Don Shula</a> surpassed Halas in <a href="/wiki/1993_NFL_season" title="1993 NFL season">1993</a>. Ditka is the closest Bears coach to Halas, with 112 career victories. No other Bears coach has recorded over 100 victories with the team.<a href="#cite_note-records-294">[292]</a> During the <a href="/wiki/2006_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2006 Chicago Bears season">2006 season</a>, return specialist <a href="/wiki/Devin_Hester" title="Devin Hester">Devin Hester</a> set several kick return records. He currently holds the franchise record for most return yards with 2,261.<a href="#cite_note-298">[296]</a> He had six touchdown returns, setting a record for most returns in a single season.<a href="#cite_note-Hester-SB-299">[297]</a> In 2007, he recorded another six touchdown season from returns. One of the most notable of these returns came on November 12, 2006, when he returned a missed field goal for a 108-yard touchdown.<a href="#cite_note-300">[298]</a> The record tied former teammate <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Vasher" title="Nathan Vasher">Nathan Vasher</a>'s previous record, which was set almost a year earlier.<a href="#cite_note-301">[299]</a> Hester set a Super Bowl record as the first player to return an opening kick of a Super Bowl for a touchdown.<a href="#cite_note-302">[300]</a> On December 20, 2010, Hester set an NFL record for most touchdowns on a punt or kickoff return with his 14th career return coming against the Minnesota Vikings. In 2011, Hester broke the record for the most punt returns against the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Panthers" title="Carolina Panthers">Carolina Panthers</a>. In 2012, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Tillman" title="Charles Tillman">Charles Tillman</a> set the record for most forced fumbles in a single game with four against the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Titans" title="Tennessee Titans">Tennessee Titans</a>.<a href="#cite_note-f599-303">[301]</a> Against the Titans, Chicago became the first team in league history to score a touchdown pass, a touchdown run, an interception return for a touchdown, and a blocked kick/punt for a score in the same quarter.<a href="#cite_note-304">[302]</a> Tillman and teammate <a href="/wiki/Lance_Briggs" title="Lance Briggs">Lance Briggs</a> became the first pair in NFL history to return an interception for a touchdown in consecutive games against the <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Jaguars" title="Jacksonville Jaguars">Jacksonville Jaguars</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a>.<a href="#cite_note-305">[303]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season-by-season_results">Season-by-season results</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Bears_seasons" title="List of Chicago Bears seasons">List of Chicago Bears seasons</a></div> This is a partial list of the Bears' last five completed seasons. For the full season-by-season franchise results, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Bears_seasons" title="List of Chicago Bears seasons">List of Chicago Bears seasons</a>.<a href="#cite_note-x512-306">[304]</a> Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play. <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#fcc;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_champions" title="List of Super Bowl champions">Super Bowl champions</a> (1970–present) </td> <td style="background:#dfd;">Conference champions </td> <td style="background:#d0e7ff;">Division champions </td> <td style="background:#96cdcd;">Wild Card berth </td></tr></tbody></table> As of January 8, 2023 <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Season </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Team </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">League </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Conference </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Division </th> <th colspan="4" style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Regular season </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Postseason results </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Awards </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Finish </th> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Wins </th> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Losses </th> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Ties </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2019_NFL_season" title="2019 NFL season">2019</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2019_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2019 Chicago Bears season">2019</a> </th> <td>NFL</td> <td>NFC</td> <td>North</td> <td>3rd</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr style="background:#96cdcd;"> <th><a href="/wiki/2020_NFL_season" title="2020 NFL season">2020</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2020_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2020 Chicago Bears season">2020</a> </th> <td>NFL</td> <td>NFC</td> <td>North</td> <td>2nd</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>Lost to <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a> in <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_NFL_playoffs" title="2020–21 NFL playoffs">NFC Wild Card Game</a>.</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2021_NFL_season" title="2021 NFL season">2021</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2021_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2021 Chicago Bears season">2021</a> </th> <td>NFL</td> <td>NFC</td> <td>North</td> <td>3rd</td> <td>6</td> <td>11</td> <td>0</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2022_NFL_season" title="2022 NFL season">2022</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2022_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2022 Chicago Bears season">2022</a> </th> <td>NFL</td> <td>NFC</td> <td>North</td> <td>4th</td> <td>3</td> <td>14</td> <td>0</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2023_NFL_season" title="2023 NFL season">2023</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2023_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2023 Chicago Bears season">2023</a> </th> <td>NFL</td> <td>NFC</td> <td>North</td> <td>4th</td> <td>7</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Records">Records</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a 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href="/wiki/Walter_Payton" title="Walter Payton">Walter Payton</a></td> <td>16,726 rushing yards<a href="#cite_note-308">[306]</a></td> <td>1975–1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Receiving</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Morris_(American_football)" title="Johnny Morris (American football)">Johnny Morris</a></td> <td>5,059 receiving yards<a href="#cite_note-309">[307]</a></td> <td>1958–1967 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Points</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Gould" title="Robbie Gould">Robbie Gould</a></td> <td>1,142 points<a href="#cite_note-310">[308]</a></td> <td>2005–2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Coaching Wins</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">George Halas</a></td> <td>318 wins<a href="#cite_note-311">[309]</a></td> <td>1920–1929, 1933–1942 1946–1955, 1958–1967 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players_of_note">Players of note</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" 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<ul><li>17 <a href="/wiki/Tyson_Bagent" title="Tyson Bagent">Tyson Bagent</a></li></ul> <ul><li>18 <a href="/wiki/Caleb_Williams" title="Caleb Williams">Caleb Williams</a></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">Running backs</a> (RB) <ul><li>20 <a href="/wiki/Travis_Homer" title="Travis Homer">Travis Homer</a></li></ul> <ul><li>23 <a href="/wiki/Roschon_Johnson" title="Roschon Johnson">Roschon Johnson</a></li></ul> <ul><li> 4 <a href="/wiki/D%27Andre_Swift" title="D'Andre Swift">D'Andre Swift</a></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">Wide receivers</a> (WR) <ul><li>13 <a href="/wiki/Keenan_Allen" title="Keenan Allen">Keenan Allen</a></li></ul> <ul><li>11 <a href="/wiki/DeAndre_Carter" title="DeAndre Carter">DeAndre Carter</a></li></ul> <ul><li>80 <a href="/wiki/Collin_Johnson" title="Collin Johnson">Collin Johnson</a></li></ul> <ul><li> 2 <a href="/wiki/D._J._Moore" title="D. J. Moore">D. J. Moore</a></li></ul> <ul><li>15 <a href="/wiki/Rome_Odunze" title="Rome Odunze">Rome Odunze</a></li></ul> <ul><li>10 <a href="/wiki/Tyler_Scott_(American_football)" title="Tyler Scott (American football)">Tyler Scott</a></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/Tight_end" title="Tight end">Tight ends</a> (TE) <ul><li>14 <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Everett" title="Gerald Everett">Gerald Everett</a></li></ul> <ul><li>85 <a href="/wiki/Cole_Kmet" title="Cole Kmet">Cole Kmet</a></li></ul> <ul><li>84 <a href="/wiki/Marcedes_Lewis" title="Marcedes Lewis">Marcedes Lewis</a></li></ul> </td> <td style="width: 25px;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Offensive_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive line">Offensive linemen</a> (OL) <ul><li>72 <a href="/wiki/Kiran_Amegadjie" title="Kiran Amegadjie">Kiran Amegadjie</a> <abbr title="Left tackle">LT</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>71 <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Bates" title="Ryan Bates">Ryan Bates</a> <abbr title="Right guard">RG</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>75 <a href="/wiki/Larry_Borom" title="Larry Borom">Larry Borom</a> <abbr title="Left tackle">LT</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>73 <a href="/wiki/Jake_Curhan" title="Jake Curhan">Jake Curhan</a> <abbr title="Right tackle">RT</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>76 <a href="/wiki/Teven_Jenkins" title="Teven Jenkins">Teven Jenkins</a> <abbr title="Left guard">LG</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>70 <a href="/wiki/Braxton_Jones" title="Braxton Jones">Braxton Jones</a> <abbr title="Left tackle">LT</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>68 <a href="/wiki/Doug_Kramer_Jr." title="Doug Kramer Jr.">Doug Kramer Jr.</a> <abbr title="Center">C</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>79 <a href="/wiki/Matt_Pryor_(American_football)" title="Matt Pryor (American football)">Matt Pryor</a> <abbr title="Right tackle">RT</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>65 <a href="/wiki/Coleman_Shelton" title="Coleman Shelton">Coleman Shelton</a> <abbr title="Center">C</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>58 <a href="/wiki/Darnell_Wright" title="Darnell Wright">Darnell Wright</a> <abbr title="Right tackle">RT</abbr></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/Defensive_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Defensive line">Defensive linemen</a> (DL) <ul><li>94 <a href="/wiki/Austin_Booker" title="Austin Booker">Austin Booker</a> <abbr title="Defensive end">DE</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>93 <a href="/wiki/Byron_Cowart" title="Byron Cowart">Byron Cowart</a> <abbr title="Defensive tackle">DT</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>99 <a href="/wiki/Gervon_Dexter" title="Gervon Dexter">Gervon Dexter</a> <abbr title="Defensive tackle">DT</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>92 <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Hardy_(linebacker)" title="Daniel Hardy (linebacker)">Daniel Hardy</a> <abbr title="Defensive end">DE</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>55 <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Martin_(American_football)" title="Jacob Martin (American football)">Jacob Martin</a> <abbr title="Defensive end">DE</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>96 <a href="/wiki/Zacch_Pickens" title="Zacch Pickens">Zacch Pickens</a> <abbr title="Defensive tackle">DT</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>90 <a href="/wiki/Dominique_Robinson" title="Dominique Robinson">Dominique Robinson</a> <abbr title="Defensive end">DE</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>98 <a href="/wiki/Montez_Sweat" title="Montez Sweat">Montez Sweat</a> <abbr title="Defensive end">DE</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>52 <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Taylor" title="Darrell Taylor">Darrell Taylor</a> <abbr title="Defensive end">DE</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>95 <a href="/wiki/DeMarcus_Walker" title="DeMarcus Walker">DeMarcus Walker</a> <abbr title="Defensive end">DE</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>91 <a href="/wiki/Chris_Williams_(defensive_tackle)" title="Chris Williams (defensive tackle)">Chris Williams</a> <abbr title="Defensive tackle">DT</abbr></li></ul> </td> <td style="width: 25px;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">Linebackers</a> (LB) <ul><li>49 <a href="/wiki/Tremaine_Edmunds" title="Tremaine Edmunds">Tremaine Edmunds</a> <abbr title="Middle linebacker">MLB</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>53 <a href="/wiki/T._J._Edwards" title="T. J. Edwards">T. J. Edwards</a> <abbr title="Outside linebacker">OLB</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>45 <a href="/wiki/Amen_Ogbongbemiga" title="Amen Ogbongbemiga">Amen Ogbongbemiga</a> <abbr title="Outside linebacker">OLB</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>57 <a href="/wiki/Jack_Sanborn" title="Jack Sanborn">Jack Sanborn</a> <abbr title="Middle linebacker">MLB</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>44 <a href="/wiki/Noah_Sewell" title="Noah Sewell">Noah Sewell</a> <abbr title="Outside linebacker">OLB</abbr></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">Defensive backs</a> (DB) <ul><li>39 <a href="/wiki/Josh_Blackwell" title="Josh Blackwell">Josh Blackwell</a> <abbr title="Cornerback">CB</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>31 <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Byard" title="Kevin Byard">Kevin Byard</a> <abbr title="Free safety">FS</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li> 6 <a href="/wiki/Kyler_Gordon" title="Kyler Gordon">Kyler Gordon</a> <abbr title="Cornerback">CB</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>22 <a href="/wiki/Elijah_Hicks" title="Elijah Hicks">Elijah Hicks</a> <abbr title="Strong safety">SS</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li> 1 <a href="/wiki/Jaylon_Johnson" title="Jaylon Johnson">Jaylon Johnson</a> <abbr title="Cornerback">CB</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>30 <a href="/wiki/Tarvarius_Moore" title="Tarvarius Moore">Tarvarius Moore</a> <abbr title="Free safety">FS</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>36 <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Owens" title="Jonathan Owens">Jonathan Owens</a> <abbr title="Strong safety">SS</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>32 <a href="/wiki/Terell_Smith" title="Terell Smith">Terell Smith</a> <abbr title="Cornerback">CB</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>38 <a href="/wiki/Ameer_Speed" title="Ameer Speed">Ameer Speed</a> <abbr title="Cornerback">CB</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>29 <a href="/wiki/Tyrique_Stevenson" title="Tyrique Stevenson">Tyrique Stevenson</a> <abbr title="Cornerback">CB</abbr></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/Special_teams" class="mw-redirect" title="Special teams">Special teams</a> <ul><li>46 <a href="/wiki/Scott_Daly" title="Scott Daly">Scott Daly</a> <abbr title="Long snapper">LS</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li> 8 <a href="/wiki/Cairo_Santos" title="Cairo Santos">Cairo Santos</a> <abbr title="Kicker">K</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>19 <a href="/wiki/Tory_Taylor" title="Tory Taylor">Tory Taylor</a> <abbr title="Punter">P</abbr></li></ul> </td> <td style="width: 12px;"> </td> <td style="width: 1px; background-color: #E64100"> </td> <td style="width: 12px;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Practice_squad" title="Practice squad">Practice squad</a> <ul><li>47 <a href="/wiki/Micah_Baskerville" title="Micah Baskerville">Micah Baskerville</a> <abbr title="Middle linebacker">MLB</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>62 <a href="/wiki/Theo_Benedet" title="Theo Benedet">Theo Benedet</a> <abbr title="Right tackle">RT</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>24 <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Colbert" title="Adrian Colbert">Adrian Colbert</a> <abbr title="Free safety">FS</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>25 <a href="/wiki/Darrynton_Evans" title="Darrynton Evans">Darrynton Evans</a> <abbr title="Running back">RB</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>63 <a href="/wiki/Chris_Glaser_(American_football)" title="Chris Glaser (American football)">Chris Glaser</a> <abbr title="Offensive guard">G</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>82 <a href="/wiki/John_Jackson_(wide_receiver,_born_1999)" title="John Jackson (wide receiver, born 1999)">John Jackson</a> <abbr title="Wide receiver">WR</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>50 <a href="/wiki/Carl_Jones_Jr." title="Carl Jones Jr.">Carl Jones Jr.</a> <abbr title="Outside linebacker">OLB</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>59 <a href="/wiki/Jamree_Kromah" title="Jamree Kromah">Jamree Kromah</a> <abbr title="Defensive end">DE</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>69 <a href="/wiki/Dashaun_Mallory" title="Dashaun Mallory">Dashaun Mallory</a> <abbr title="Defensive tackle">DT</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>78 <a href="/wiki/Austen_Pleasants" title="Austen Pleasants">Austen Pleasants</a> <abbr title="Left tackle">LT</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>16 <a href="/wiki/Austin_Reed_(American_football)" title="Austin Reed (American football)">Austin Reed</a> <abbr title="Quarterback">QB</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>27 <a href="/wiki/Reddy_Steward" title="Reddy Steward">Reddy Steward</a> <abbr title="Cornerback">CB</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>67 <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Stromberg" title="Ricky Stromberg">Ricky Stromberg</a> <abbr title="Center">C</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>87 <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sweeney" title="Tommy Sweeney">Tommy Sweeney</a> <abbr title="Tight end">TE</abbr> <a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/15px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/23px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/30px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a> (<abbr title="Practice squad/injured">PS/I</abbr>)</li></ul> <ul><li>83 <a href="/wiki/Samori_Toure_(American_football)" title="Samori Toure (American football)">Samori Toure</a> <abbr title="Wide receiver">WR</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>86 <a href="/wiki/Joel_Wilson_(American_football)" title="Joel Wilson (American football)">Joel Wilson</a> <abbr title="Tight end">TE</abbr></li></ul> <ul><li>26 <a href="/wiki/JT_Woods" title="JT Woods">JT Woods</a> <abbr title="Strong safety">SS</abbr></li></ul> Reserve <ul><li>97 <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Billings" title="Andrew Billings">Andrew Billings</a> <abbr title="Defensive tackle">DT</abbr> <a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/15px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/23px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/30px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a> (<a href="/wiki/Injured_reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Injured reserve">IR</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li> 9 <a href="/wiki/Jaquan_Brisker" title="Jaquan Brisker">Jaquan Brisker</a> <abbr title="Strong safety">SS</abbr> <a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/15px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/23px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/30px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a> (<a href="/wiki/Injured_reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Injured reserve">IR</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li>88 <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Carlson" title="Stephen Carlson">Stephen Carlson</a> <abbr title="Tight end">TE</abbr> <a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/15px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/23px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/30px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a> (<a href="/wiki/Injured_reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Injured reserve">IR</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li>21 <a href="/wiki/Jaylon_Jones_(American_football,_born_1997)" title="Jaylon Jones (American football, born 1997)">Jaylon Jones</a> <abbr title="Cornerback">CB</abbr> <a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/15px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/23px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/30px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a> (<a href="/wiki/Injured_reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Injured reserve">IR</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li>60 <a href="/wiki/Bill_Murray_(offensive_lineman)" title="Bill Murray (offensive lineman)">Bill Murray</a> <abbr title="Offensive guard">G</abbr> <a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/15px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/23px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/30px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a> (<a href="/wiki/Injured_reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Injured reserve">IR</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li>48 <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Scales_(American_football)" title="Patrick Scales (American football)">Patrick Scales</a> <abbr title="Long snapper">LS</abbr> <a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/15px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/23px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/30px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a> (<a href="/wiki/Injured_reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Injured reserve">IR</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li>-- <a href="/wiki/Nsimba_Webster" title="Nsimba Webster">Nsimba Webster</a> <abbr title="Wide receiver">WR</abbr> <a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/15px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/23px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/30px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a> (<a href="/wiki/Injured_reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Injured reserve">IR</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li>33 <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ian_Wheeler_(American_football)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ian Wheeler (American football) (page does not exist)">Ian Wheeler</a> <abbr title="Running back">RB</abbr> <a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/15px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/23px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/30px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a> (<a href="/wiki/Injured_reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Injured reserve">IR</a>)</li></ul> <div style="font-size:90%;">As of November 20, 2024. Rookies in italics. 53 active, 8 reserve, 16 practice squad (+1 exempt) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chicagobears.com/team/players-roster/">Roster</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chicagobears.com/team/depth-chart/">Depth chart</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chicagobears.com/team/transactions/">Transactions</a></li></ul></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pro_Football_Hall_of_Famers">Pro Football Hall of Famers</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Bears_in_the_Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="List of Chicago Bears in the Pro Football Hall of Fame">List of Chicago Bears in the Pro Football Hall of Fame</a></div> In the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a>, the Bears have the most enshrined primary members with 32;<a href="#cite_note-e312-312">[310]</a> the club also has had eight Hall of Famers spend a minor portion of their career with the franchise.<a href="#cite_note-313">[311]</a> Founder, owner, head coach, and player George Halas, <a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">halfback</a> <a href="/wiki/Bronko_Nagurski" title="Bronko Nagurski">Bronko Nagurski</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Red_Grange" title="Red Grange">Red Grange</a> were a part of the original class of inductees in 1963. The franchise saw 14 individuals inducted into the Hall of Fame from 1963 to 1967. <a href="/wiki/Offensive_tackle" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive tackle">Offensive tackle</a> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Covert" title="Jim Covert">Jim Covert</a> and <a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">defensive end</a> <a href="/wiki/Ed_Sprinkle" title="Ed Sprinkle">Ed Sprinkle</a> are the most recent Chicago Bear inductees, both being inducted as seniors as part of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's centennial class of 2020.<a href="#cite_note-314">[312]</a> In 2023 <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Howley" title="Chuck Howley">Chuck Howley</a>, who only played minor portion of his career with the Bears, was elected as a Seniors candidate.<a href="#cite_note-p682-315">[313]</a> In addition, <a href="/wiki/Ray_Bray" title="Ray Bray">Ray Bray</a> was enshrined in <a href="/wiki/Helms_Athletic_Foundation#Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Helms Athletic Foundation">Helms Athletic Foundation Pro Football Hall of Fame</a>, which was established in 1950 and preceded the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He's the only Bears member from the <a href="/wiki/Helms_Athletic_Foundation" title="Helms Athletic Foundation">Helms Athletic Foundation</a> hall to not be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chicagoland_Sports_Hall_of_Fame">Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Chicagoland_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame">Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame</a></div> The <a href="/wiki/Chicagoland_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame">Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame</a> was founded in 1979 and honors sports greats associated with the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_metropolitan_area" title="Chicago metropolitan area">Chicago metropolitan area</a>.<a href="#cite_note-316">[314]</a> As of 2023, there are 59 honorees enshrined in the hall with connection to the Bears.<a href="#cite_note-317">[315]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retired_numbers">Retired numbers</h3></div> The Bears have retired 14 uniform numbers, which is the most in the NFL, and ranks fourth behind the basketball <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Boston_Celtics_accomplishments_and_records" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Boston Celtics accomplishments and records">23</a>), baseball <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> (21), and hockey <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a> (15) for the most in <a href="/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada">major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada</a>.<a href="#cite_note-t585-318">[316]</a> The Bears retired <a href="/wiki/Mike_Ditka" title="Mike Ditka">Mike Ditka</a>'s number 89 jersey on December 9, 2013.<a href="#cite_note-319">[317]</a> It is the last number that the Bears retired.<a href="#cite_note-320">[318]</a> <table class="toccolours" style="background:#F9F9F9; border:#CCCCCC solid 1px; color:white; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td colspan="7" style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;;">Chicago Bears retired numbers </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ; padding:1em; width:94px;"><a href="/wiki/File:ChicagoBears3.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/ChicagoBears3.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="110" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="110" /></a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ; padding:1em; width:94px;"><a href="/wiki/File:ChicagoBears5.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/ChicagoBears5.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="110" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="110" /></a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ; padding:1em; width:94px;"><a href="/wiki/File:ChicagoBears7.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/ChicagoBears7.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="110" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="110" /></a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ; padding:1em; width:94px;"><a href="/wiki/File:ChicagoBears28.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/ChicagoBears28.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="110" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="110" /></a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ; padding:1em; width:94px;"><a href="/wiki/File:ChicagoBears34.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/ChicagoBears34.PNG" decoding="async" width="80" height="110" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="110" /></a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ; padding:1em; width:94px;"><a href="/wiki/File:ChicagoBears40.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/ChicagoBears40.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="110" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="110" /></a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ; padding:1em; width:94px;"><a href="/wiki/File:ChicagoBears41.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/ChicagoBears41.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="110" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="110" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ; padding:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Bronko_Nagurski" title="Bronko Nagurski">Bronko Nagurski</a> FB/LB/T 1930–1937, 1943 Minnesota </td> <td style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ; padding:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/George_McAfee" title="George McAfee">George McAfee</a> RB/DB/PR 1940–1941, 1945–1950 Duke </td> <td style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ; padding:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">George Halas</a> End/HC Owner/Founder 1920–1983 Illinois </td> <td style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ; padding:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Willie_Galimore" title="Willie Galimore">Willie Galimore</a> RB 1957–1963 Florida A&M </td> <td style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ; padding:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Payton" title="Walter Payton">Walter Payton</a> RB 1975–1987 Jackson State </td> <td style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ; padding:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Gale_Sayers" title="Gale Sayers">Gale Sayers</a> RB/KR 1965–1971 Kansas </td> <td style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ; padding:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Piccolo" title="Brian Piccolo">Brian Piccolo</a> RB/FB 1965–1969 Wake Forest </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ; padding:1em; width:94px;"><a href="/wiki/File:ChicagoBears42.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/ChicagoBears42.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="110" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="110" /></a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ; padding:1em; width:94px;"><a href="/wiki/File:ChicagoBears51.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/ChicagoBears51.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="110" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="110" /></a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ; padding:1em; width:94px;"><a href="/wiki/File:ChicagoBears56.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/ChicagoBears56.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="110" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="110" /></a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ; padding:1em; width:94px;"><a href="/wiki/File:ChicagoBears61.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/ChicagoBears61.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="110" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="110" /></a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ; padding:1em; width:94px;"><a href="/wiki/File:ChicagoBears66.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/ChicagoBears66.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="110" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="110" /></a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ; padding:1em; width:94px;"><a href="/wiki/File:ChicagoBears77.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/ChicagoBears77.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="110" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="110" /></a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ; padding:1em; width:94px;"><a href="/wiki/File:ChicagoBears89.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/ChicagoBears89.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="110" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="110" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ; padding:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Sid_Luckman" title="Sid Luckman">Sid Luckman</a> QB/DB/P 1939–1950 Columbia </td> <td style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ; padding:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Dick Butkus</a> MLB 1965–1973 Illinois </td> <td style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ; padding:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Hewitt_(American_football)" title="Bill Hewitt (American football)">Bill Hewitt</a> End 1932–1936 Michigan </td> <td style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ; padding:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Bill_George_(linebacker)" title="Bill George (linebacker)">Bill George</a> MG/MLB 1952–1965 Wake Forest </td> <td style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ; padding:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Bulldog_Turner" title="Bulldog Turner">Clyde Turner</a> C/LB 1940–1952 Hardin-Simmons </td> <td style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ; padding:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Red_Grange" title="Red Grange">Red Grange</a> RB/DB 1925, 1929–1934 Illinois </td> <td style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ; padding:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ditka" title="Mike Ditka">Mike Ditka</a> TE 1961–1966 Pittsburgh </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Top_100_greatest_Bears_of_all-time">Top 100 greatest Bears of all-time</h3></div> In honor of the team's centennial anniversary, on May 20, 2019, the Chicago Bears unveiled the Top 100 players in franchise history, as voted on by Hall of Fame writers Don Pierson and Dan Pompei, two of the most famous journalists that have ever covered the club in their long history.<a href="#cite_note-321">[319]</a> At the time of the publish, the list included 27 Pro Football Hall of Famers, while two more inductees would join in the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame#2020_Centennial_Slate" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">2020 Centennial class</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jim_Covert" title="Jim Covert">Jim Covert</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ed_Sprinkle" title="Ed Sprinkle">Ed Sprinkle</a>). Among the 100 Greatest, four active players made the list, including safety <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Jackson_(safety)" title="Eddie Jackson (safety)">Eddie Jackson</a> (96), defensive lineman <a href="/wiki/Akiem_Hicks" title="Akiem Hicks">Akiem Hicks</a> (75), offensive lineman <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Long" title="Kyle Long">Kyle Long</a> (74) and <a href="/wiki/Khalil_Mack" title="Khalil Mack">Khalil Mack</a> (60), who had only played only one season with the team at the time of the unveiling of the list. Long would retire the following year. On a later date, Chicagobears.com released a list titled "Top 10: Best of the rest" that featured the "top 10 snubs" from the centennial list. The players include (in a following order): <a href="/wiki/Alex_Brown_(defensive_end)" title="Alex Brown (defensive end)">Alex Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jones_(American_football)" title="Thomas Jones (American football)">Thomas Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Whitsell" title="Dave Whitsell">Dave Whitsell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Conway" title="Curtis Conway">Curtis Conway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Jennings" title="Tim Jennings">Tim Jennings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Frazier" title="Leslie Frazier">Leslie Frazier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Garza" title="Roberto Garza">Roberto Garza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marty_Booker" title="Marty Booker">Marty Booker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Vasher" title="Nathan Vasher">Nathan Vasher</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Perry_(American_football)" title="William Perry (American football)">William Perry</a>.<a href="#cite_note-322">[320]</a> Pompei would later say that the last two players who didn't make the list were Brown and Frazier.<a href="#cite_note-k795-323">[321]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;;"># </th> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;;">Name </th> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;;">Position </th> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;;">Years </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Payton" title="Walter Payton">Walter Payton</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>RB </td> <td>1975–1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Dick Butkus</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>LB </td> <td>1965–1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Bronko_Nagurski" title="Bronko Nagurski">Bronko Nagurski</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>FB/LB/T </td> <td>1930–1937, 1943 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Sid_Luckman" title="Sid Luckman">Sid Luckman</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>QB/P/DB </td> <td>1939–1950 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Gale_Sayers" title="Gale Sayers">Gale Sayers</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>RB </td> <td>1965–1971 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ditka" title="Mike Ditka">Mike Ditka</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>TE </td> <td>1961–1966 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Bill_George_(linebacker)" title="Bill George (linebacker)">Bill George</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>LB </td> <td>1952–1965 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Clyde_%22Bulldog%22_Turner" class="mw-redirect" title="Clyde "Bulldog" Turner">Clyde "Bulldog" Turner</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>C/LB </td> <td>1940–1952 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Doug_Atkins" title="Doug Atkins">Doug Atkins</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>DE </td> <td>1955–1966 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Fortmann" class="mw-redirect" title="Danny Fortmann">Danny Fortmann</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>OG </td> <td>1936–1943 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Hampton" title="Dan Hampton">Dan Hampton</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>DE/DT </td> <td>1979–1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Dent" title="Richard Dent">Richard Dent</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>DE </td> <td>1983–1993, 1995 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Covert" title="Jim Covert">Jim Covert</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>OT </td> <td>1983–1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Urlacher" title="Brian Urlacher">Brian Urlacher</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>LB </td> <td>2000–2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Singletary" title="Mike Singletary">Mike Singletary</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>LB </td> <td>1981–1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Hewitt_(American_football)" title="Bill Hewitt (American football)">Bill Hewitt</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>E </td> <td>1932–1936 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Stan_Jones_(American_football)" title="Stan Jones (American football)">Stan Jones</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>OG/DT </td> <td>1954–1965 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </td> <td style="background-color:#e3e3e3"><a href="/wiki/Jay_Hilgenberg" title="Jay Hilgenberg">Jay Hilgenberg</a>vg </td> <td>C/LS </td> <td>1981–1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Steve_McMichael" title="Steve McMichael">Steve McMichael</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>DT </td> <td>1981–1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Devin_Hester" title="Devin Hester">Devin Hester</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>KR/PR/WR </td> <td>2006–2013 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Stydahar" title="Joe Stydahar">Joe Stydahar</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>OT </td> <td>1936–1942 1945–1946 </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/George_Connor_(American_football)" title="George Connor (American football)">George Connor</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>T/LB </td> <td>1948–1955 </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/George_McAfee" title="George McAfee">George McAfee</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>HB/DB </td> <td>1940–1941 1945–1950 </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 </td> <td style="background-color:#e3e3e3"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Fortunato_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Fortunato (American football)">Joe Fortunato</a>vg </td> <td>LB </td> <td>1955–1966 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Sprinkle" title="Ed Sprinkle">Ed Sprinkle</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>DE </td> <td>1944–1955 </td></tr> <tr> <td>26 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Healey" title="Ed Healey">Ed Healey</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>OT/DT </td> <td>1922–1927 </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Olin_Kreutz" title="Olin Kreutz">Olin Kreutz</a> </td> <td>C </td> <td>1998–2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td>28 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lance_Briggs" title="Lance Briggs">Lance Briggs</a> </td> <td>LB </td> <td>2003–2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td>29 </td> <td style="background-color:#e3e3e3"><a href="/wiki/Rick_Casares" title="Rick Casares">Rick Casares</a>vg </td> <td>FB </td> <td>1955–1964 </td></tr> <tr> <td>30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Fencik" title="Gary Fencik">Gary Fencik</a> </td> <td>S </td> <td>1976–1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Tillman" title="Charles Tillman">Charles Tillman</a> </td> <td>CB </td> <td>2003–2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td>32 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Driscoll" title="Paddy Driscoll">Paddy Driscoll</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>HB/QB/P </td> <td>1920, 1926–1929 </td></tr> <tr> <td>33 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/George_Trafton" title="George Trafton">George Trafton</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>C </td> <td>1920–1932 </td></tr> <tr> <td>34 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Forte" title="Matt Forte">Matt Forte</a> </td> <td>RB </td> <td>2008–2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td>35 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/George_Musso" title="George Musso">George Musso</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>OG </td> <td>1933–1944 </td></tr> <tr> <td>36 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Red_Grange" title="Red Grange">Red Grange</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>HB/DB </td> <td>1925, 1929–1934 </td></tr> <tr> <td>37 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">George Halas</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>E </td> <td>1920–1929 </td></tr> <tr> <td>38 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Link_Lyman" title="Link Lyman">Link Lyman</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>T </td> <td>1926–1928 1930–1931 1933–1934 </td></tr> <tr> <td>39 </td> <td style="background-color:#e3e3e3"><a href="/wiki/Harlon_Hill" title="Harlon Hill">Harlon Hill</a>vg </td> <td>FL </td> <td>1954–1961 </td></tr> <tr> <td>40 </td> <td style="background-color:#e3e3e3"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Kavanaugh" title="Ken Kavanaugh">Ken Kavanaugh</a>vg </td> <td>E </td> <td>1940–1941 1945–1950 </td></tr> <tr> <td>41 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neal_Anderson" title="Neal Anderson">Neal Anderson</a> </td> <td>RB </td> <td>1986–1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td>42 </td> <td style="background-color:#e3e3e3"><a href="/wiki/Richie_Petitbon" title="Richie Petitbon">Richie Petitbon</a>vg </td> <td>S </td> <td>1959–1968 </td></tr> <tr> <td>43 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wilber_Marshall" title="Wilber Marshall">Wilber Marshall</a> </td> <td>LB </td> <td>1984–1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td>44 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Morris_(American_football)" title="Johnny Morris (American football)">Johnny Morris</a> </td> <td>FL </td> <td>1958–1967 </td></tr> <tr> <td>45 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Otis_Wilson" title="Otis Wilson">Otis Wilson</a> </td> <td>LB </td> <td>1980–1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td>46 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Doug_Buffone" title="Doug Buffone">Doug Buffone</a> </td> <td>LB </td> <td>1966–1979 </td></tr> <tr> <td>47 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Duerson" title="Dave Duerson">Dave Duerson</a> </td> <td>S </td> <td>1983–1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>48 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fred_Williams_(defensive_lineman)" title="Fred Williams (defensive lineman)">Fred Williams</a> </td> <td>DT </td> <td>1952–1963 </td></tr> <tr> <td>49 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE34D"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Bray" title="Ray Bray">Ray Bray</a>HAF </td> <td>OG </td> <td>1939–1942 1946–1951 </td></tr> <tr> <td>50 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Bortz" title="Mark Bortz">Mark Bortz</a> </td> <td>OG </td> <td>1983–1994 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;;"># </th> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;;">Name </th> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;;">Position </th> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;;">Years </th></tr> <tr> <td>51 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Keith_Van_Horne" title="Keith Van Horne">Keith Van Horne</a> </td> <td>OT </td> <td>1981–1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td>52 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Kopcha" title="Joe Kopcha">Joe Kopcha</a> </td> <td>OG </td> <td>1929, 1932–1935 </td></tr> <tr> <td>53 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_McMahon" title="Jim McMahon">Jim McMahon</a> </td> <td>QB </td> <td>1982–1988 </td></tr> <tr> <td>54 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ed_Brown_(quarterback)" title="Ed Brown (quarterback)">Ed Brown</a> </td> <td>QB/P </td> <td>1954–1961 </td></tr> <tr> <td>55 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Lujack" title="Johnny Lujack">Johnny Lujack</a> </td> <td>QB/DB </td> <td>1948–1951 </td></tr> <tr> <td>56 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roosevelt_Taylor" title="Roosevelt Taylor">Roosevelt Taylor</a> </td> <td>CB </td> <td>1961–1969 </td></tr> <tr> <td>57 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Osborne_(American_football)" title="Jim Osborne (American football)">Jim Osborne</a> </td> <td>DT </td> <td>1972–1984 </td></tr> <tr> <td>58 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wally_Chambers" title="Wally Chambers">Wally Chambers</a> </td> <td>DT </td> <td>1973–1977 </td></tr> <tr> <td>59 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Julius_Peppers" title="Julius Peppers">Julius Peppers</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>DE </td> <td>2010–2013 </td></tr> <tr> <td>60 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Khalil_Mack" title="Khalil Mack">Khalil Mack</a> </td> <td>LB </td> <td>2018–2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td>61 </td> <td style="background-color:#FBCEB1"><a href="/wiki/Willie_Galimore" title="Willie Galimore">Willie Galimore</a>𝐟 </td> <td>HB </td> <td>1957–1963 </td></tr> <tr> <td>62 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Gould" title="Robbie Gould">Robbie Gould</a> </td> <td>K </td> <td>2005–2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td>63 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Brown_(safety)" title="Mike Brown (safety)">Mike Brown</a> </td> <td>S </td> <td>2000–2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td>64 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_%22Big_Cat%22_Williams" class="mw-redirect" title="James "Big Cat" Williams">James "Big Cat" Williams</a> </td> <td>OT </td> <td>1991–2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td>65 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Gordon_(American_football)" title="Dick Gordon (American football)">Dick Gordon</a> </td> <td>WR </td> <td>1965–1971 </td></tr> <tr> <td>66 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Hartenstine" title="Mike Hartenstine">Mike Hartenstine</a> </td> <td>DE </td> <td>1975–1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td>67 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ed_O%27Bradovich" title="Ed O'Bradovich">Ed O'Bradovich</a> </td> <td>DE </td> <td>1962–1971 </td></tr> <tr> <td>68 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Barwegen" title="Dick Barwegen">Dick Barwegen</a> </td> <td>OG </td> <td>1950–1952 </td></tr> <tr> <td>69 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Wade" title="Bill Wade">Bill Wade</a> </td> <td>QB </td> <td>1961–1966 </td></tr> <tr> <td>70 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Suhey" title="Matt Suhey">Matt Suhey</a> </td> <td>FB </td> <td>1980–1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>71 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Butler_(American_football)" title="Kevin Butler (American football)">Kevin Butler</a> </td> <td>K </td> <td>1985–1995 </td></tr> <tr> <td>72 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Carrier_(safety)" title="Mark Carrier (safety)">Mark Carrier</a> </td> <td>S </td> <td>1990–1996 </td></tr> <tr> <td>73 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommie_Harris" title="Tommie Harris">Tommie Harris</a> </td> <td>DT </td> <td>2004–2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td>74 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Long" title="Kyle Long">Kyle Long</a> </td> <td>OG </td> <td>2013–2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>75 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Akiem_Hicks" title="Akiem Hicks">Akiem Hicks</a> </td> <td>DT </td> <td>2016–2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td>76 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/J.C._Caroline" class="mw-redirect" title="J.C. Caroline">J.C. Caroline</a> </td> <td>DB </td> <td>1956–1965 </td></tr> <tr> <td>77 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bennie_McRae" title="Bennie McRae">Bennie McRae</a> </td> <td>DB </td> <td>1962–1970 </td></tr> <tr> <td>78 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Donnell_Woolford" title="Donnell Woolford">Donnell Woolford</a> </td> <td>CB </td> <td>1989–1996 </td></tr> <tr> <td>79 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dennis_McKinnon" title="Dennis McKinnon">Dennis McKinnon</a> </td> <td>WR/KR </td> <td>1983–1985 1987–1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>80 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alshon_Jeffery" title="Alshon Jeffery">Alshon Jeffery</a> </td> <td>WR </td> <td>2012–2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td>81 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Marshall" title="Brandon Marshall">Brandon Marshall</a> </td> <td>WR </td> <td>2012–2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td>82 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/George_Blanda" title="George Blanda">George Blanda</a>𝙝𝙤𝙛 </td> <td>QB/K </td> <td>1949–1958 </td></tr> <tr> <td>83 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willie_Gault" title="Willie Gault">Willie Gault</a> </td> <td>WR </td> <td>1983–1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td>84 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Thayer" title="Tom Thayer">Tom Thayer</a> </td> <td>OG </td> <td>1985–1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td>85 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jay_Cutler" title="Jay Cutler">Jay Cutler</a> </td> <td>QB </td> <td>2009–2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td>86 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Allan_Ellis_(American_football)" title="Allan Ellis (American football)">Allan Ellis</a> </td> <td>CB </td> <td>1973–1977 1979–1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td>87 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luke_Johnsos" title="Luke Johnsos">Luke Johnsos</a> </td> <td>E </td> <td>1929–1936 </td></tr> <tr> <td>88 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joey_Sternaman" title="Joey Sternaman">Joey Sternaman</a> </td> <td>QB/HB/K </td> <td>1922–1925 1927–1930 </td></tr> <tr> <td>89 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Pyle_(American_football)" title="Mike Pyle (American football)">Mike Pyle</a> </td> <td>C </td> <td>1961–1969 </td></tr> <tr> <td>90 </td> <td style="background-color:#FBCEB1"><a href="/wiki/Beattie_Feathers" title="Beattie Feathers">Beattie Feathers</a>𝐟 </td> <td>HB </td> <td>1934–1937 </td></tr> <tr> <td>91 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wetoska" title="Bob Wetoska">Bob Wetoska</a> </td> <td>OT </td> <td>1960–1969 </td></tr> <tr> <td>92 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Osmanski" title="Bill Osmanski">Bill Osmanski</a> </td> <td>FB </td> <td>1939–1943 1946–1947 </td></tr> <tr> <td>93 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Herm_Lee" class="mw-redirect" title="Herm Lee">Herm Lee</a> </td> <td>OT </td> <td>1958–1966 </td></tr> <tr> <td>94 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Dooley" title="Jim Dooley">Jim Dooley</a> </td> <td>FL/DB </td> <td>1952–1954 1956–1957 1959–1962 </td></tr> <tr> <td>95 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Larry_Morris" title="Larry Morris">Larry Morris</a> </td> <td>LB </td> <td>1959–1965 </td></tr> <tr> <td>96 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Jackson_(safety)" title="Eddie Jackson (safety)">Eddie Jackson</a> </td> <td>S </td> <td>2017–present </td></tr> <tr> <td>97 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Joe_Green" title="Bobby Joe Green">Bobby Joe Green</a> </td> <td>P </td> <td>1962–1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td>98 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trace_Armstrong" title="Trace Armstrong">Trace Armstrong</a> </td> <td>DE </td> <td>1989–1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td>99 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Doug_Plank" title="Doug Plank">Doug Plank</a> </td> <td>S </td> <td>1975–1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td>100 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Mannelly" title="Patrick Mannelly">Patrick Mannelly</a> </td> <td>LS </td> <td>1998–2013 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style>𝙝𝙤𝙛   <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a> inductee. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562">𝐟   Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562">HAF   <a href="/wiki/Helms_Athletic_Foundation#Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Helms Athletic Foundation">Helms Athletic Foundation</a> Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee.<a href="#cite_note-324">[c]</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562">vg   <a href="/wiki/Professional_Football_Researchers_Association" title="Professional Football Researchers Association">PFRA Hall of Very Good</a> inductee.<a href="#cite_note-325">[322]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="All-Time_Team">All-Time Team</h3></div> During the week of June 3, 2019, the All-Time Team was announced in parts each day starting with the All-Time defensive players,<a href="#cite_note-326">[323]</a> followed by the All-Time specialists<a href="#cite_note-327">[324]</a> and then the All-Time offensive players.<a href="#cite_note-328">[325]</a> Bold indicates those elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Larry Mayer of the Chicagobears.com would later state, that according to the voters "if they had included a long-snapper on the team it would have been <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Mannelly" title="Patrick Mannelly">Patrick Mannelly</a>".<a href="#cite_note-o812-329">[326]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Offense">Offense</h4></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;;">Position </th> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;;">Player </th> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;;">Tenure </th> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;;">Honors* </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Sid_Luckman" title="Sid Luckman">Sid Luckman</a></td> <td>1939–1950</td> <td> <ul><li>4× <a href="/wiki/NFL_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL champion">NFL champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1940_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1940 NFL Championship Game">1940</a>, <a href="/wiki/1941_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1941 NFL Championship Game">1941</a>, <a href="/wiki/1943_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1943 NFL Championship Game">1943</a>, <a href="/wiki/1946_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1946 NFL Championship Game">1946</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_F._Carr_Trophy" title="Joe F. Carr Trophy">NFL Most Valuable Player</a> (1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_1940s_All-Decade_Team" title="NFL 1940s All-Decade Team">NFL 1940s All-Decade Team</a></li> <li><a href="#Retired_numbers">Chicago Bears No. 42</a> retired</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Fullback_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fullback (American football)">FB</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Bronko_Nagurski" title="Bronko Nagurski">Bronko Nagurski</a></td> <td>1930–1937, 1943</td> <td> <ul><li>3× <a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_champions_(1920%E2%80%931969)" title="List of NFL champions (1920–1969)">NFL champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1932_NFL_Playoff_Game" title="1932 NFL Playoff Game">1932</a>, <a href="/wiki/1933_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1933 NFL Championship Game">1933</a>, <a href="/wiki/1943_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1943 NFL Championship Game">1943</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_1930s_All-Decade_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League 1930s All-Decade Team">NFL 1930s All-Decade Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_75th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League 75th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team</a></li> <li><a href="#Retired_numbers">Chicago Bears No. 3</a> retired</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">RB</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Payton" title="Walter Payton">Walter Payton</a></td> <td>1975–1987</td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> champion (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XX" title="Super Bowl XX">XX</a>)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/AP_NFL_Most_Valuable_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="AP NFL Most Valuable Player">NFL Most Valuable Player</a> (1977, 1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_1970s_All-Decade_Team" title="NFL 1970s All-Decade Team">NFL 1970s All-Decade Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_1980s_All-Decade_Team" title="NFL 1980s All-Decade Team">NFL 1980s All-Decade Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_75th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" title="NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_100th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" title="NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team</a></li> <li><a href="#Retired_numbers">Chicago Bears No. 34</a> retired</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harlon_Hill" title="Harlon Hill">Harlon Hill</a></td> <td>1954–1961</td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Thorpe_Trophy" title="Jim Thorpe Trophy">NFL MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/1955_NFL_season" title="1955 NFL season">1955</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ken_Kavanaugh" title="Ken Kavanaugh">Ken Kavanaugh</a></td> <td>1940–1941, 1945–1950</td> <td> <ul><li>3× <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_National_Football_League_championship" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the National Football League championship">NFL champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1940_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1940 NFL Championship Game">1940</a>, <a href="/wiki/1941_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1941 NFL Championship Game">1941</a>, <a href="/wiki/1946_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1946 NFL Championship Game">1946</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_1940s_All-Decade_Team" title="NFL 1940s All-Decade Team">NFL 1940s All-Decade Team</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Tight_end" title="Tight end">TE</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ditka" title="Mike Ditka">Mike Ditka</a></td> <td>1961–1966</td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NFL_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Championship">NFL champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1963_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1963 NFL Championship Game">1963</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_75th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" title="NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_100th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" title="NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team</a></li> <li><a href="#Retired_numbers">Chicago Bears No. 89</a> retired</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Offensive_tackle" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive tackle">OT</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Stydahar" title="Joe Stydahar">Joe Stydahar</a></td> <td>1936–1942, 1945–1946</td> <td> <ul><li>3x <a href="/wiki/NFL_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Championship">NFL champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1940_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1940 NFL Championship Game">1940</a>, <a href="/wiki/1942_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1942 NFL Championship Game">1942</a>, <a href="/wiki/1946_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1946 NFL Championship Game">1946</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_1930s_All-Decade_Team" title="NFL 1930s All-Decade Team">NFL 1930s All-Decade Team</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Covert" title="Jim Covert">Jim Covert</a></td> <td>1983–1990</td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> champion (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XX" title="Super Bowl XX">XX</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_1980s_All-Decade_Team" title="NFL 1980s All-Decade Team">NFL 1980s All-Decade Team</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">G</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Stan_Jones_(American_football)" title="Stan Jones (American football)">Stan Jones</a></td> <td>1954–1965</td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NFL_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL champion">NFL champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1963_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1963 NFL Championship Game">1963</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sporting_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Sporting News">Sporting News</a> 1950s All-Decade Team</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Fortmann" class="mw-redirect" title="Danny Fortmann">Danny Fortmann</a></td> <td>1936–1943</td> <td> <ul><li>3× <a href="/wiki/NFL_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL champion">NFL champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1940_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1940 NFL Championship Game">1940</a>, <a href="/wiki/1941_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1941 NFL Championship Game">1941</a>, <a href="/wiki/1943_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1943 NFL Championship Game">1943</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_1930s_All-Decade_Team" title="NFL 1930s All-Decade Team">NFL 1930s All-Decade Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a> 1940s All-Decade Team</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_100th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" title="NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Center_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Center (American football)">C</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Clyde_%22Bulldog%22_Turner" class="mw-redirect" title="Clyde "Bulldog" Turner">Clyde "Bulldog" Turner</a></td> <td>1940–1952</td> <td> <ul><li>4× <a href="/wiki/NFL_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL champion">NFL champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1940_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1940 NFL Championship Game">1940</a>, <a href="/wiki/1941_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1941 NFL Championship Game">1941</a>, <a href="/wiki/1943_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1943 NFL Championship Game">1943</a>, <a href="/wiki/1946_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1946 NFL Championship Game">1946</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_1940s_All-Decade_Team" title="NFL 1940s All-Decade Team">NFL 1940s All-Decade Team</a></li> <li><a href="#Retired_numbers">Chicago Bears No. 66</a> retired</li></ul> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Defense">Defense</h4></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;;">Position </th> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;;">Player </th> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;;">Tenure </th> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;;">Honors* </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">DE</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Doug_Atkins" title="Doug Atkins">Doug Atkins</a></td> <td>1955–1966</td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_champions" class="mw-redirect" title="List of NFL champions">NFL champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1963_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1963 NFL Championship Game">1963</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_1960s_All-Decade_Team" title="NFL 1960s All-Decade Team">NFL 1960s All-Decade Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_100th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" title="NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Dent" title="Richard Dent">Richard Dent</a></td> <td>1983–1993, 1995</td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> champion (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XX" title="Super Bowl XX">XX</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="Super Bowl MVP">Super Bowl MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XX" title="Super Bowl XX">XX</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Defensive_tackle" title="Defensive tackle">DT</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Hampton" title="Dan Hampton">Dan Hampton</a></td> <td>1979–1990</td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> champion (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XX" title="Super Bowl XX">XX</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_1980s_All-Decade_Team" title="NFL 1980s All-Decade Team">NFL 1980s All-Decade Team</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Steve_McMichael" title="Steve McMichael">Steve McMichael</a></td> <td>1981–1993</td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> champion (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XX" title="Super Bowl XX">XX</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro-Football-Reference.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro-Football-Reference.com">PFR</a> 1980s All-Decade Team</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Linebacker#Middle_linebacker" title="Linebacker">MLB</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Dick Butkus</a></td> <td>1965–1973</td> <td> <ul><li>2× <a href="/wiki/NFL_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Defensive Player of the Year">NFL Defensive Player of the Year</a> (1969, 1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_1960s_All-Decade_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League 1960s All-Decade Team">NFL 1960s All-Decade Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_1970s_All-Decade_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League 1970s All-Decade Team">NFL 1970s All-Decade Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_75th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League 75th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_100th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League 100th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team</a></li> <li><a href="#Retired_numbers">Chicago Bears No. 51</a> retired</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Linebacker#Outside_linebacker" title="Linebacker">OLB</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/George_Connor_(American_football)" title="George Connor (American football)">George Connor</a></td> <td>1948–1955</td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NFL_1940s_All-Decade_Team" title="NFL 1940s All-Decade Team">NFL 1940s All-Decade Team</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Fortunato_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Fortunato (American football)">Joe Fortunato</a></td> <td>1955–1966</td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NFL_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL champion">NFL champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1963_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1963 NFL Championship Game">1963</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_1950s_All-Decade_Team" title="NFL 1950s All-Decade Team">NFL 1950s All-Decade Team</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">CB</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/George_McAfee" title="George McAfee">George McAfee</a></td> <td>1940–1941, 1945–1950</td> <td> <ul><li>3× <a href="/wiki/NFL_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL champion">NFL champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1940_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1940 NFL Championship Game">1940</a>, <a href="/wiki/1941_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1941 NFL Championship Game">1941</a>, <a href="/wiki/1946_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1946 NFL Championship Game">1946</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_1940s_All-Decade_Team" title="NFL 1940s All-Decade Team">NFL 1940s All-Decade Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears_retired_numbers" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Bears retired numbers">Chicago Bears No. 5</a> retired</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Tillman" title="Charles Tillman">Charles Tillman</a></td> <td>2003–2014</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Safety_(American_football_position)" class="mw-redirect" title="Safety (American football position)">S</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Fencik" title="Gary Fencik">Gary Fencik</a></td> <td>1976–1987</td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> champion (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XX" title="Super Bowl XX">XX</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro-Football-Reference.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro-Football-Reference.com">PFR</a> 1980s All-Decade Team</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Richie_Petitbon" title="Richie Petitbon">Richie Petitbon</a></td> <td>1959–1968</td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NFL_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Championship">NFL champion</a> (<a 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position)">P</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Joe_Green" title="Bobby Joe Green">Bobby Joe Green</a></td> <td>1962–1973</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Placekicker" title="Placekicker">PK</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Gould" title="Robbie Gould">Robbie Gould</a></td> <td>2005–2015</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Punt_returner" class="mw-redirect" title="Punt returner">PR</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Devin_Hester" title="Devin Hester">Devin Hester</a></td> <td>2006–2013</td> <td> <ul><li>3× <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Alumni" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Alumni">Special Teams Player of the Year</a> (2006, 2007, 2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_2000s_All-Decade_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League 2000s All-Decade Team">NFL 2000s All-Decade Team</a> (PR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_2010s_All-Decade_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League 2010s All-Decade Team">NFL 2010s All-Decade Team</a> (KR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_100th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" title="NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kickoff_returner" class="mw-redirect" title="Kickoff returner">KR</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><a href="/wiki/Gale_Sayers" title="Gale Sayers">Gale Sayers</a></td> <td>1965–1971</td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NFL_1960s_All-Decade_Team" title="NFL 1960s All-Decade Team">NFL 1960s All-Decade Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_50th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" title="NFL 50th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 50th Anniversary All-Time Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_75th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" title="NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_100th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" title="NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team</a></li> <li><a href="#Retired_numbers">Chicago Bears No. 40</a> retired</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> * As a Chicago Bear <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_staff">Coaching staff</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a more in-depth look into the history of the head coaches of the Bears, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Bears_head_coaches" title="List of Chicago Bears head coaches">List of Chicago Bears head coaches</a>.</div> <table class="toccolours" style="text-align: left;"> <caption style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1045256916"><div class="navbar-header" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Chicago Bears staff<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Chicago_Bears_staff" title="Template:Chicago Bears staff"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:#FFFFFF;">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Chicago_Bears_staff" title="Template talk:Chicago Bears staff"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:#FFFFFF;">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Chicago_Bears_staff" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Chicago Bears staff"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:#FFFFFF;">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></div> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="7" style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;"> <dl><dt>Front office</dt></dl> <ul><li>Secretary of the board of directors – <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Halas_McCaskey" title="Virginia Halas McCaskey">Virginia Halas McCaskey</a></li> <li>Chairman – <a href="/wiki/George_McCaskey" title="George McCaskey">George McCaskey</a></li> <li>President/CEO – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Warren" title="Kevin Warren">Kevin Warren</a></li> <li>General manager – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Poles" title="Ryan Poles">Ryan Poles</a></li> <li>Assistant general manager – <a href="/wiki/Ian_Cunningham" title="Ian Cunningham">Ian Cunningham</a></li> <li>Senior director of player personnel – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_King_(American_football)" title="Jeff King (American football)">Jeff King</a></li> <li>Director of player personnel – Trey Koziol</li> <li>Director of college scouting – Breck Ackley</li> <li>Director of pro scouting – DJ Hord</li> <li>Director of football administration – Matt Feinstein</li> <li>Director of football analytics – Krithi Chandrakasan</li></ul> <dl><dt>Head coaches</dt></dl> <ul><li>Head coach – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Eberflus" title="Matt Eberflus">Matt Eberflus</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Offensive coaches</dt></dl> <ul><li>Offensive coordinator – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Brown_(American_football_coach)" title="Thomas Brown (American football coach)">Thomas Brown</a></li> <li>Quarterbacks – <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Joseph" title="Kerry Joseph">Kerry Joseph</a></li> <li>Running backs – <a href="/wiki/Chad_Morton" title="Chad Morton">Chad Morton</a></li> <li>Wide receivers – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Beatty" title="Chris Beatty">Chris Beatty</a></li> <li>Tight ends – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Dray" title="Jim Dray">Jim Dray</a></li> <li>Offensive line/offensive run game coordinator – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Morgan_(American_football)" title="Chris Morgan (American football)">Chris Morgan</a></li> <li>Assistant offensive line – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Houghtaling" title="Jason Houghtaling">Jason Houghtaling</a></li> <li>Offensive assistant (quarterbacks/wide receivers) – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Griffin_(quarterback)" title="Ryan Griffin (quarterback)">Ryan Griffin</a></li> <li>Offensive assistant (quarterbacks/wide receivers) – Robbie Picazo</li> <li>Offensive assistant (running backs) – <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_King" title="Jennifer King">Jennifer King</a></li> <li>Offensive quality control – Zach Cable</li></ul> </td> <td width="35">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;"> <dl><dt>Defensive coaches</dt></dl> <ul><li>Defensive coordinator – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Washington_(American_football)" title="Eric Washington (American football)">Eric Washington</a></li> <li>Defensive line – Travis Smith</li> <li>Assistant defensive line – Brian Bing</li> <li>Linebackers – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Borgonzi" title="Dave Borgonzi">Dave Borgonzi</a></li> <li>Cornerbacks/defensive passing game coordinator – <a href="/wiki/Jon_Hoke" title="Jon Hoke">Jon Hoke</a></li> <li>Nickelbacks – David Overstreet II</li> <li>Safeties – <a href="/wiki/Andre_Curtis" title="Andre Curtis">Andre Curtis</a></li> <li>Defensive quality control – Kevin Koch</li> <li>Defensive quality control – Kenny Norton III</li> <li>Defensive analyst (advance/special projects) – Matt Pees</li></ul> <dl><dt>Special teams coaches</dt></dl> <ul><li>Special teams coordinator – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hightower" title="Richard Hightower">Richard Hightower</a></li> <li>Assistant special teams – <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Polk" title="Carlos Polk">Carlos Polk</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Coaching administration</dt></dl> <ul><li>Director of research and analysis – Harrison Freid</li> <li>Coaching administration manager – Chavis Cook</li></ul> <dl><dt>Strength and conditioning</dt></dl> <ul><li>Head strength and conditioning – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Arthur" title="Jim Arthur">Jim Arthur</a></li> <li>Assistant strength and conditioning – Noble Landry</li> <li>Assistant strength and conditioning – Pierre Ngo</li></ul> → <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chicagobears.com/team/coaches/">Coaching staff</a> → <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chicagobears.com/team/front-office">Front office</a> → <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_National_Football_League/List_of_current_National_Football_League_staffs" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject National Football League/List of current National Football League staffs">More NFL staffs</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Minor_league_affiliates">Minor league affiliates</h2></div> The NFL, contrary to the four other major sports leagues in North America, don't have a formal <a href="/wiki/Farm_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Farm system">farm system</a> (beside the short lived <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Professional_Football_Leagues" title="Association of Professional Football Leagues">Association of Professional Football Leagues</a>), and over the years some teams had "independent" minor affiliates throughout their existence. The Bears, along with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a>, were at the forefront of those endeavors when in 1939 Halas purchased the <a href="/wiki/American_Association_(American_football)" title="American Association (American football)">American Association</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Newark_Tornadoes" class="mw-redirect" title="Newark Tornadoes">Newark Tornadoes</a> and renamed them the "Bears".<a href="#cite_note-CC2-330">[327]</a> Halas stocked the team with talent that did not make the Chicago roster, and used the club to incubate talent and for easy return for injured players, thus making it pro football's first true farm team.<a href="#cite_note-331">[328]</a> Newark's most notable names included <a href="/wiki/Joe_Zeller" title="Joe Zeller">Joe Zeller</a> as coach and <a href="/wiki/Gene_Ronzani" title="Gene Ronzani">Gene Ronzani</a> (that year Chicago also assigned <a href="/wiki/Sid_Luckman" title="Sid Luckman">Sid Luckman</a> to Newark playoff game, which the Bears won 13–6, to win the Southern Division title). This practice continued sporadically until 1972, and ended with the collapse of several minor leagues along with the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Players_Association" title="National Football League Players Association">NFL labor disputes in the 1970s</a>.<a href="#cite_note-NFLPA_history-332">[329]</a> Other notable players assigned includes: <a href="/wiki/George_Gulyanics" title="George Gulyanics">George Gulyanics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ed_Ecker" title="Ed Ecker">Ed Ecker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Reese" title="Lloyd Reese">Lloyd Reese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raymond_R._Schumacher" title="Raymond R. Schumacher">Raymond Schumacher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Karwales" title="Jack Karwales">Jack Karwales</a> and <a href="/wiki/Doug_McEnulty" title="Doug McEnulty">Doug McEnulty</a>. <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;;">Team </th> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;;">League </th> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;;">Location </th> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;;">Stadium </th> <th style="background-color: #0B162A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E64100, inset -2px -2px 0 #E64100;;">Affiliated </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Orange/Newark_Tornadoes" title="Orange/Newark Tornadoes">Newark Bears</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Association_(American_football)" title="American Association (American football)">American Association</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark, New Jersey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Newark_Schools_Stadium" title="Newark Schools Stadium">Newark Schools Stadium</a> </td> <td>1939–1941 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wichita_Aero_Commandos" title="Wichita Aero Commandos">Wichita Aero Commandos</a> </th> <td>Independent </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wichita,_Kansas" title="Wichita, Kansas">Wichita, Kansas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lawrence%E2%80%93Dumont_Stadium" title="Lawrence–Dumont Stadium">Lawrence Stadium</a> </td> <td>1942 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/George_Halas#Akron_Bears" title="George Halas">Akron Bears</a><a href="#cite_note-333">[d]</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Association_(American_football)" title="American Association (American football)">American Football League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Akron,_Ohio" title="Akron, Ohio">Akron, Ohio</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rubber_Bowl" title="Rubber Bowl">Rubber Bowl</a> </td> <td>1946<a href="#cite_note-334">[330]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bloomfield_Cardinals&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bloomfield Cardinals (page does not exist)">Bloomfield Cardinals</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Association_(American_football)" title="American Association (American football)">American Football League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bloomfield,_New_Jersey" title="Bloomfield, New Jersey">Bloomfield, New Jersey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bloomfield_College" title="Bloomfield College">Foley Field</a> </td> <td>1947<a href="#cite_note-335">[331]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Rebels_(Dixie_League)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richmond Rebels (Dixie League)">Richmond Rebels</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Association_(American_football)" title="American Association (American football)">American Football League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond, Virginia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/City_Stadium_(Richmond)" title="City Stadium (Richmond)">City Stadium</a> </td> <td>1948–1950 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quad_City_Mohawks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Quad City Mohawks (page does not exist)">Quad City Mohawks</a> </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midwest_Professional_Football_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Midwest Professional Football League (page does not exist)">Midwest Professional Football League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Davenport,_Iowa" title="Davenport, Iowa">Davenport, Iowa</a> </td> <td><a 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McKenna">Andrew J. McKenna</a>'s estate own 19.7% of the club. </li> <li id="cite_note-175"><a href="#cite_ref-175">^</a> At the time it was estimated the Bears received between $20 million to $40 million, but later reports indicated the amount was $17 million. </li> <li id="cite_note-324"><a href="#cite_ref-324">^</a> The Helms Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame was established in 1950 and preceded the Pro Football Hall of Fame. </li> <li id="cite_note-333"><a href="#cite_ref-333">^</a> Halas also owned the <a href="/wiki/Newark_Tornadoes#Tornadoes_and_Bears_in_the_American_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Newark Tornadoes">Newark Bombers</a>, but it acted as an independent team. </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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records">Records</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Bears_team_records" title="List of Chicago Bears team records">Franchise records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Bears_award_winners" title="List of Chicago Bears award winners">Team awards and honors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears_all-time_roster" title="Chicago Bears all-time roster">All-time roster</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears_all-time_roster_(A%E2%80%93Kla)" title="Chicago Bears all-time roster (A–Kla)">A–Kla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears_all-time_roster_(Kle%E2%80%93Z)" title="Chicago Bears all-time roster (Kle–Z)">Kle–Z</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Bears_head_coaches" title="List of Chicago Bears head coaches">Head coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Bears_in_the_Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="List of Chicago Bears in the Pro Football 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Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears_Stadium" title="Chicago Bears Stadium">Chicago Bears Stadium</a> (proposed)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Brian's Song <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brian%27s_Song" title="Brian's Song">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian%27s_Song_(2001_film)" title="Brian's Song (2001 film)">2001</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Piccolo_Award" title="Brian Piccolo Award">Brian Piccolo Award</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bear_Down,_Chicago_Bears" title="Bear Down, Chicago Bears">Bear Down, Chicago Bears</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Super_Bowl_Shuffle" title="The Super Bowl Shuffle">The Super Bowl Shuffle</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monsters_of_the_Midway" title="Monsters of the Midway">Monsters of the Midway</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sweet_Home_Chicago" title="Sweet Home Chicago">Sweet Home Chicago</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Swerski%27s_Superfans" title="Bill Swerski's Superfans">Bill Swerski's Superfans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Swirsky" title="Chuck Swirsky">Chuck Swirsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Honey_Bears" title="Chicago Honey Bears">Chicago Honey Bears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staley_Da_Bear" title="Staley Da Bear">Staley Da Bear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logos_and_uniforms_of_the_Chicago_Bears" title="Logos and uniforms of the Chicago Bears">Logos and uniforms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halas_Hall" title="Halas Hall">Halas Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._E._Staley" title="A. E. Staley">A. E. Staley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Brickhouse" title="Jack Brickhouse">Jack Brickhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">George Halas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ditka" title="Mike Ditka">Mike Ditka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roosevelt_station_(CTA)" title="Roosevelt station (CTA)">Roosevelt/Wabash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85386_Payton" class="mw-redirect" title="85386 Payton">85386 Payton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Cornelison" title="Jim Cornelison">Jim Cornelison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2018 Chicago Bears season">Club Dub</a> ("<a href="/wiki/Swag_Surfin" title="Swag Surfin">Swag Surfin</a>")</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1921_NFL_championship_controversy" class="mw-redirect" title="1921 NFL championship controversy">Staley Swindle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_NFL_Playoff_Game" title="1932 NFL Playoff Game">1932 Playoff Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1933 NFL Championship Game">First NFL Championship Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1934 NFL Championship Game">Sneakers Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T_formation" title="T formation">T formation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1940 NFL Championship Game">73–0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1985 Chicago Bears season">1985 season</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XX" title="Super Bowl XX">Super Bowl XX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46_defense" title="46 defense">46 defense</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Instant_Replay_Game" title="Instant Replay Game">Asterisk Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fog_Bowl_(American_football)" title="Fog Bowl (American football)">Fog Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Chicago_Bears%E2%80%93Arizona_Cardinals_game" title="2006 Chicago Bears–Arizona Cardinals game">"They are who we thought they were!"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_Doink" title="Double Doink">Double Doink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhouse_in_Maryland" title="Madhouse in Maryland">Madhouse in Maryland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bears%E2%80%93Cardinals_rivalry" title="Bears–Cardinals rivalry">Arizona Cardinals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bears%E2%80%93Lions_rivalry" title="Bears–Lions rivalry">Detroit Lions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bears%E2%80%93Packers_rivalry" title="Bears–Packers rivalry">Green Bay Packers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bears%E2%80%93Vikings_rivalry" title="Bears–Vikings rivalry">Minnesota Vikings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bears%E2%80%93Giants_rivalry" title="Bears–Giants rivalry">New York Giants</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Minor league affiliates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Newark_Tornadoes" class="mw-redirect" title="Newark Tornadoes">Newark Bears</a> (<a href="/wiki/American_Association_(American_football)" title="American Association (American football)">AA</a>, 1939–1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wichita_Aero_Commandos" title="Wichita Aero Commandos">Wichita Aero Commandos</a> (1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Halas#Akron_Bears" title="George Halas">Akron Bears</a> (<a href="/wiki/American_Football_League_(1946)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Football League (1946)">AFL</a>, 1946)</li> <li>Bloomfield Cardinals (<a href="/wiki/American_Football_League_(1946)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Football League (1946)">AFL</a>, 1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Rebels_(Dixie_League)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richmond Rebels (Dixie League)">Richmond Rebels</a> (<a href="/wiki/American_Football_League_(1946)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Football League (1946)">AFL</a>, 1948–1950)</li> <li>Quad City Mohawks (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Midwest_Professional_Football_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Midwest Professional Football League (page does not exist)">MWPFL</a>, 1970–1972)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Retired numbers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bronko_Nagurski" title="Bronko Nagurski">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_McAfee" title="George McAfee">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Galimore" title="Willie Galimore">28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Payton" title="Walter Payton">34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gale_Sayers" title="Gale Sayers">40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Piccolo" title="Brian Piccolo">41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sid_Luckman" title="Sid Luckman">42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Hewitt_(American_football)" title="Bill Hewitt (American football)">56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_George_(linebacker)" title="Bill George (linebacker)">61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulldog_Turner" title="Bulldog Turner">66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Grange" title="Red Grange">77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ditka" title="Mike Ditka">89</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Key personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Principal owner: <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Halas_McCaskey" title="Virginia Halas McCaskey">Virginia Halas McCaskey</a></li> <li>Chairman: <a href="/wiki/George_McCaskey" title="George McCaskey">George McCaskey</a></li> <li>President/CEO: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Warren" title="Kevin Warren">Kevin Warren</a></li> <li>General manager: <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Poles" title="Ryan Poles">Ryan Poles</a></li> <li>Head coach: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Eberflus" title="Matt Eberflus">Matt Eberflus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Division championships (21)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1933_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1933 Chicago Bears season">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1934 Chicago Bears season">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1937 Chicago Bears season">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1940 Chicago Bears season">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1941 Chicago Bears season">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1942 Chicago Bears season">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1943 Chicago Bears season">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1946 Chicago Bears season">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1956 Chicago Bears season">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1963 Chicago Bears season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1984 Chicago Bears season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1985 Chicago Bears season">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1986 Chicago Bears season">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1987 Chicago Bears season">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1988 Chicago Bears season">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1990 Chicago Bears season">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2001 Chicago Bears season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2005 Chicago Bears season">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2006 Chicago Bears season">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2010 Chicago Bears season">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2018 Chicago Bears season">2018</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Conference championships (4)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1956_NFL_season" title="1956 NFL season">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_NFL_season" title="1963 NFL season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NFL_season" title="1985 NFL season">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_NFL_season" title="2006 NFL season">2006</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">League championships (9)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1921_NFL_championship_controversy" class="mw-redirect" title="1921 NFL championship controversy">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_NFL_Playoff_Game" title="1932 NFL Playoff Game">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1933 NFL Championship Game">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1940 NFL Championship Game">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1941 NFL Championship Game">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1943 NFL Championship Game">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1946 NFL Championship Game">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1963 NFL Championship Game">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XX" title="Super Bowl XX">1985 (XX)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Bears_broadcasters" title="List of Chicago Bears broadcasters">Broadcasters</a></li> <li>Radio: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WMVP" title="WMVP">WMVP</a></li></ul></li> <li>Personnel: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Joniak" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeff Joniak">Jeff Joniak</a> (play-by-play)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Thayer" title="Tom Thayer">Tom Thayer</a> (analyst)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_McKie" title="Jason McKie">Jason McKie</a> (sideline reporter)</li></ul></li> <li>Television: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WFLD" title="WFLD">WFLD</a> (pre-season and most regular season games through <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_Fox" title="NFL on Fox">Fox</a>, official pre-game and post-game alternate)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marquee_Sports_Network" title="Marquee Sports Network">Marquee Sports Network</a> (official post-game and in-season programming)</li></ul></li> <li>Personnel: <ul><li>Lou Canellis (gameday television host, pre-season sideline reporter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Amin" title="Adam Amin">Adam Amin</a> (pre-season play-by-play)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Miller_(quarterback)" title="Jim Miller (quarterback)">Jim Miller</a> (pre-season analyst)</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; 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color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B162A, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B162A;;;width:1%"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Active</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1 <a href="/wiki/Jaylon_Johnson" title="Jaylon Johnson">Jaylon Johnson</a></li> <li>2 <a href="/wiki/D._J._Moore" title="D. J. Moore">D. J. Moore</a></li> <li>4 <a href="/wiki/D%27Andre_Swift" title="D'Andre Swift">D'Andre Swift</a></li> <li>6 <a href="/wiki/Kyler_Gordon" title="Kyler Gordon">Kyler Gordon</a></li> <li>8 <a href="/wiki/Cairo_Santos" title="Cairo Santos">Cairo Santos</a></li> <li>10 <a href="/wiki/Tyler_Scott_(American_football)" title="Tyler Scott (American football)">Tyler Scott</a></li> <li>11 <a href="/wiki/DeAndre_Carter" title="DeAndre Carter">DeAndre Carter</a></li> <li>13 <a href="/wiki/Keenan_Allen" title="Keenan Allen">Keenan Allen</a></li> <li>14 <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Everett" title="Gerald Everett">Gerald Everett</a></li> <li>15 <a href="/wiki/Rome_Odunze" title="Rome Odunze">Rome Odunze</a></li> <li>17 <a href="/wiki/Tyson_Bagent" title="Tyson Bagent">Tyson Bagent</a></li> <li>18 <a href="/wiki/Caleb_Williams" title="Caleb Williams">Caleb Williams</a></li> <li>19 <a href="/wiki/Tory_Taylor" title="Tory Taylor">Tory Taylor</a></li> <li>20 <a href="/wiki/Travis_Homer" title="Travis Homer">Travis Homer</a></li> <li>22 <a href="/wiki/Elijah_Hicks" title="Elijah Hicks">Elijah Hicks</a></li> <li>23 <a href="/wiki/Roschon_Johnson" title="Roschon Johnson">Roschon Johnson</a></li> <li>29 <a href="/wiki/Tyrique_Stevenson" title="Tyrique Stevenson">Tyrique Stevenson</a></li> <li>30 <a href="/wiki/Tarvarius_Moore" title="Tarvarius Moore">Tarvarius Moore</a></li> <li>31 <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Byard" title="Kevin Byard">Kevin Byard</a></li> <li>32 <a href="/wiki/Terell_Smith" title="Terell Smith">Terell Smith</a></li> <li>36 <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Owens" title="Jonathan Owens">Jonathan Owens</a></li> <li>38 <a href="/wiki/Ameer_Speed" title="Ameer Speed">Ameer Speed</a></li> <li>39 <a href="/wiki/Josh_Blackwell" title="Josh Blackwell">Josh Blackwell</a></li> <li>44 <a href="/wiki/Noah_Sewell" title="Noah Sewell">Noah Sewell</a></li> <li>45 <a href="/wiki/Amen_Ogbongbemiga" title="Amen Ogbongbemiga">Amen Ogbongbemiga</a></li> <li>46 <a href="/wiki/Scott_Daly" title="Scott Daly">Scott Daly</a></li> <li>49 <a href="/wiki/Tremaine_Edmunds" title="Tremaine Edmunds">Tremaine Edmunds</a></li> <li>52 <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Taylor" title="Darrell Taylor">Darrell Taylor</a></li> <li>53 <a href="/wiki/T._J._Edwards" title="T. J. Edwards">T. J. Edwards</a></li> <li>55 <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Martin_(American_football)" title="Jacob Martin (American football)">Jacob Martin</a></li> <li>57 <a href="/wiki/Jack_Sanborn" title="Jack Sanborn">Jack Sanborn</a></li> <li>58 <a href="/wiki/Darnell_Wright" title="Darnell Wright">Darnell Wright</a></li> <li>65 <a href="/wiki/Coleman_Shelton" title="Coleman Shelton">Coleman Shelton</a></li> <li>68 <a href="/wiki/Doug_Kramer_Jr." title="Doug Kramer Jr.">Doug Kramer Jr.</a></li> <li>70 <a href="/wiki/Braxton_Jones" title="Braxton Jones">Braxton Jones</a></li> <li>71 <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Bates" title="Ryan Bates">Ryan Bates</a></li> <li>72 <a href="/wiki/Kiran_Amegadjie" title="Kiran Amegadjie">Kiran Amegadjie</a></li> <li>73 <a href="/wiki/Jake_Curhan" title="Jake Curhan">Jake Curhan</a></li> <li>75 <a href="/wiki/Larry_Borom" title="Larry Borom">Larry Borom</a></li> <li>76 <a href="/wiki/Teven_Jenkins" title="Teven Jenkins">Teven Jenkins</a></li> <li>79 <a href="/wiki/Matt_Pryor_(American_football)" title="Matt Pryor (American football)">Matt Pryor</a></li> <li>80 <a href="/wiki/Collin_Johnson" title="Collin Johnson">Collin Johnson</a></li> <li>84 <a href="/wiki/Marcedes_Lewis" title="Marcedes Lewis">Marcedes Lewis</a></li> <li>85 <a href="/wiki/Cole_Kmet" title="Cole Kmet">Cole Kmet</a></li> <li>90 <a href="/wiki/Dominique_Robinson" title="Dominique Robinson">Dominique Robinson</a></li> <li>91 <a href="/wiki/Chris_Williams_(defensive_tackle)" title="Chris Williams (defensive tackle)">Chris Williams</a></li> <li>92 <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Hardy_(linebacker)" title="Daniel Hardy (linebacker)">Daniel Hardy</a></li> <li>93 <a href="/wiki/Byron_Cowart" title="Byron Cowart">Byron Cowart</a></li> <li>94 <a href="/wiki/Austin_Booker" title="Austin Booker">Austin Booker</a></li> <li>95 <a href="/wiki/DeMarcus_Walker" title="DeMarcus Walker">DeMarcus Walker</a></li> <li>96 <a href="/wiki/Zacch_Pickens" title="Zacch Pickens">Zacch Pickens</a></li> <li>98 <a href="/wiki/Montez_Sweat" title="Montez Sweat">Montez Sweat</a></li> <li>99 <a href="/wiki/Gervon_Dexter" title="Gervon Dexter">Gervon Dexter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B162A, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B162A;;;width:1%"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Practice squad</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>16 <a href="/wiki/Austin_Reed_(American_football)" title="Austin Reed (American football)">Austin Reed</a></li> <li>24 <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Colbert" title="Adrian Colbert">Adrian Colbert</a></li> <li>25 <a href="/wiki/Darrynton_Evans" title="Darrynton Evans">Darrynton Evans</a></li> <li>26 <a href="/wiki/JT_Woods" title="JT Woods">JT Woods</a></li> <li>27 <a href="/wiki/Reddy_Steward" title="Reddy Steward">Reddy Steward</a></li> <li>47 <a href="/wiki/Micah_Baskerville" title="Micah Baskerville">Micah Baskerville</a></li> <li>50 <a href="/wiki/Carl_Jones_Jr." title="Carl Jones Jr.">Carl Jones Jr.</a></li> <li>59 <a href="/wiki/Jamree_Kromah" title="Jamree Kromah">Jamree Kromah</a></li> <li>62 <a href="/wiki/Theo_Benedet" title="Theo Benedet">Theo Benedet</a></li> <li>63 <a href="/wiki/Chris_Glaser_(American_football)" title="Chris Glaser (American football)">Chris Glaser</a></li> <li>67 <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Stromberg" title="Ricky Stromberg">Ricky Stromberg</a></li> <li>69 <a href="/wiki/Dashaun_Mallory" title="Dashaun Mallory">Dashaun Mallory</a></li> <li>78 <a href="/wiki/Austen_Pleasants" title="Austen Pleasants">Austen Pleasants</a></li> <li>82 <a href="/wiki/John_Jackson_(wide_receiver,_born_1999)" title="John Jackson (wide receiver, born 1999)">John Jackson</a></li> <li>83 <a href="/wiki/Samori_Toure_(American_football)" title="Samori Toure (American football)">Samori Toure</a></li> <li>86 <a href="/wiki/Joel_Wilson_(American_football)" title="Joel Wilson (American football)">Joel Wilson</a></li> <li>87 <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sweeney" title="Tommy Sweeney">Tommy Sweeney</a> (Inj.)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B162A, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B162A;;;width:1%"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Reserve lists</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>9 <a href="/wiki/Jaquan_Brisker" title="Jaquan Brisker">Jaquan Brisker</a> (IR)</li> <li>21 <a href="/wiki/Jaylon_Jones_(American_football,_born_1997)" title="Jaylon Jones (American football, born 1997)">Jaylon Jones</a> (IR)</li> <li>33 <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ian_Wheeler_(American_football)&action=edit&redlink=1" 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_seasons" title="List of NFL seasons">Seasons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_NFL_team_seasons" title="Lists of NFL team seasons">by team</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_preseason" title="NFL preseason">Preseason</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame_Game" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame Game">Hall of Fame Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Bowl" title="American Bowl">American Bowl</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_regular_season" title="NFL regular season">Regular season</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NFL_Kickoff_Game" title="NFL Kickoff Game">Kickoff game</a></li> <li><a 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title="Timeline of the National Football League">Timeline</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_defunct_NFL_franchises" title="List of defunct NFL franchises">Defunct franchises</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_franchise_moves_and_mergers" title="NFL franchise moves and mergers">moves and mergers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_NFL_in_Los_Angeles" title="History of the NFL in Los Angeles">NFL in Los Angeles</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_and_Western_Conferences_(NFL)_1933%E2%80%931969" title="Eastern and Western Conferences (NFL) 1933–1969">Eastern and Western Conferences</a> (1933–1969) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NFL_Century_Division" title="NFL Century Division">Century Division</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">American Football League</a> (1960–1969) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Football_League_playoffs" title="American Football League playoffs">Playoffs</a></li> <li><a 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Toronto">Toronto</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bills_Toronto_Series" title="Bills Toronto Series">Bills Series</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_Europe" title="NFL Europe">NFL Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_players_born_outside_the_United_States" title="List of NFL players born outside the United States">Non-American players</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_Player_Pathway" title="International Player Pathway">International Player Pathway</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Business</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_NFL_franchise_owners" title="List of current NFL franchise owners">Owners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_Properties" title="NFL Properties">Properties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_Management_Council" title="NFL Management Council">Management 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