- Chicago Bears seasons
The
Chicago Bears franchise was originally founded as the Decatur Staleys, a charter member of theAmerican Professional Football Association (APFA). The team moved toChicago, Illinois in 1921 and changed its name to the Bears in 1922, the same year the APFA changed its name to theNational Football League (NFL). [ (Giants) (37–9)|
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-!align="center"|1942
align="center"|1942
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align="center" style="background: #D0E7FF;"|West
align="center" style="background: #D0E7FF;"|1st
align="center" style="background: #C8A2C8;"|11
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Lost NFL Championship (Redskins) (14–6)|
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-!align="center"|1943
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align="center" style="background: #D0E7FF;"|1st
align="center" style="background: #C8A2C8;"|8
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style="background: #FFE6BD;"|Won NFL Championship (Giants) (14–10)George Halas (NFL COY)
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-!align="center"|1964
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-!align="center"|1965
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align="center"|0|Gale Sayers (UPI NFL ROY)
George Halas (NFL COY)
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-!align="center"|1966
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-!align="center"|1967
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align="center"| [The1967 NFL season marks the first season in the league's history where the league was divided into two conferences which were subdivided into two divisions. Up to 1967, the league was either divided into two divisions, two conferences, or neither.]
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-!align="center"|1969
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-!align="center"|1970 [As a result of theAFL-NFL Merger , the league was broken into two conferences, with the AFL teams moving into the American Football Conference.]
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-!align="center"|1971
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-!align="center"|1972
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align="center"| [As of the2007 NFL season , this season marks the last tie game the Bears played. It was a game atSoldier Field onSeptember 24 ,1972 against theLos Angeles Rams . The game ended at 13–13]
-!align="center"|1973
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align="center"|0|Wally Chambers (NFL DROY)
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-!align="center"|1974
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-!align="center"|1975
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-!align="center"|1976
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align="center"|NFC
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align="center"|0|Jack Pardee (NFL COY)
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-!align="center"|1977
align="center"|1977
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align="center"|Central
align="center" bgcolor="#96CDCD"|2nd
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valign="top"|Lost Divisional Playoffs (Cowboys) (37–7)Walter Payton (NFL MVP/NFC POY/NFL OPY/MOYA)
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-!align="center"|1978
align="center"|1978
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align="center"|4th
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-!align="center"|1979
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align="center" bgcolor="#96CDCD"|2nd
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Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Eagles) (27–17)|
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-!align="center"|1982
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align="center"|0|Jim McMahon (UPI NFL ROY)
align="center"| [1982 was a strike-shortened season so the league was divided up into two conferences instead of its normal divisional alignment.] []
-!align="center"|1985
align="center"|1985
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align="center" style="background: #D0E7FF;"|Central
align="center" style="background: #D0E7FF;"|1st
align="center" style="background: #C8A2C8;"|15
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style="background: #FFCCCC;" valign="top"|Won Divisional Playoffs (Giants) (21–0)
Won Conference Championship (Rams) (24–0)
WonSuper Bowl XX ]
-!align="center"|1991
align="center"|1991
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align="center"|NFC
align="center"|Central
align="center" bgcolor="#96CDCD"|2nd
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align="center"|5
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Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Cowboys) (17–13)|
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-!align="center"|1994
align="center"|1994
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align="center"|Central
align="center" bgcolor="#96CDCD"|4th
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Won Wild Card Playoffs (Vikings) (35–18)
Lost Divisional Playoffs (49ers) (44–15)
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-!align="center"|1998
align="center"|1998
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align="center"|NFC
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align="center"|5th
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align="center"|12
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-!align="center"|2001
align="center"|2001
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align="center"|NFC
align="center" style="background: #D0E7FF;"|Central
align="center" style="background: #D0E7FF;"|1st
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valign="top"|Lost Divisional Playoffs (Eagles) (33–19)
Anthony Thomas (NFL OROY)Dick Jauron (NFL COY)
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-!align="center"|2004
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align="center"| [] [Records as of October 5, 2008]
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-!align="center" rowSpan="7" colSpan="6"|Totals
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align="center" colSpan="3"|Decatur Staleys regular season record (1920)
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align="center" colSpan="3"|Chicago Staleys regular season record (1921)
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align="center"|491
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align="center" colSpan="3"|Chicago Bears regular season record (1922–2008)
-!align="center"|680!align="center"|493!align="center"|42!colSpan="3"|All-time regular season record (1920–2008)
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-!align="center"|696!align="center"|510!align="center"|42!colSpan="3"|All-time regular season and postseason record (1920–2008)
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align="center" colSpan="6"|9 NFL Championships, 4 Conference Championships, 17 Divisional Championships
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References
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*cite book | author=Taylor, Roy | title=Chicago Bears History | publisher=Arcadia Publishing (SC) | year=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7385-3319-X
External links
* [http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teampage.htm?tm=CHI&lg=nfl Chicago Bears season database]
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