It was closed on Sunday, January 20, 2002, a day after the Bears lost in the playoffs.

In the years 1953 – 66 the Colts played in the NFL Western Conference ( also known as division ), but were never known to have a significant rivalry with any of the other franchises in that alignment, seeing as they were the eastern-most team and the rest of the division included the Great Lakes franchises Green Bay, Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears, and after 1961, the Minnesota Vikings.

In Week 13 of the 2008 season against the Bears, Gus Frerotte hooked up with Bernard Berrian for a 99-yard touchdown pass after a goal line stand by the Vikings defense.

In the 1971 Emmy Award winning TV movie " Brian's Song " which portrays the story of former Chicago Bears running backs Brian Piccolo and Hall of Famer Gale Sayers, it ’ s the night after Piccolo's second surgery and Piccolo ( James Caan ) is talking to Sayers ( Billy Dee Williams ) on the phone.

The Bears entered the game after becoming the second team in NFL history to win 15 regular season games.

The Bears ' Super Bowl triumph came 22 years after Chicago last tasted a professional sports championship when the 1963 Bears won the NFL championship, three years prior to the birth of the Super Bowl.

The Patriots took the second quickest lead in Super Bowl history after linebacker Larry McGrew recovered a fumble from Walter Payton at the Chicago 19-yard line on the second play of the game ( the Bears themselves would break this record in Super Bowl XLI when Devin Hester ran back the opening kickoff for a touchdown ).

Led by Staubach and the Doomsday Defense, Dallas advanced to their second Super Bowl after posting a 12-2 record season record and playoff victories over the Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings.

Also in 2003, José Lima pitched for the Bears at the beginning of the season ; after the Kansas City Royals signed him away from Newark, Lima won his first seven decisions for the Royals.

Wiszowaty made a presentation to the owners of the Chicago Bears to build a new stadium on the property that was proposed for the GM-Saturn plant, after securing economic commitment to expand the Enterprise Zone from the administration of Chicago Heights.

The 06-07 basketball Bears were also Conway Invitational Tournament Champs for the third time in four years and the Skyline Invitational Champs after a win over then 4th ranked Warsaw.

Chuck Drulis was an all-pro lineman for the Chicago Bears and went on to coach in the NFL after his plaing career.

He became a frequent scorer in goal line situations, after the dying Halas instructed Ditka to make the quarterback sneak a bigger part of the Bears ' offense.

McMahon would later explain that the reason behind this was that the Bears never got to go to the White House after they won Super Bowl XX, due to the event being canceled after the Challenger tragedy.

Other hits for the duo included " I Go to Pieces " ( US No. 7, but not a hit in the UK ), written by Del Shannon and given to Peter and Gordon after the two acts toured together, and remakes of Buddy Holly's " True Love Ways " ( US No. 14 and UK No. 2 in 1965 ), and The Teddy Bears ' " To Know Him Is To Love Him ", retitled " To Know You Is To Love You " ( US No. 24 and UK No. 5 in 1965 ).

Canseco played with the Chicago White Sox in, after being cut by the Anaheim Angels in spring training and spending half of the season with the Newark Bears of the independent Atlantic League.

In 2009 and 2010, the Bears received an automatic qualifier for the MCLA National Championships in Denver, Colorado, after winning the GRLC championship.

Journalist Tara Mooney interviewed with Bears Ray D ' Arcy on Ireland's Today FM two years after Thigpen's death, and stated that " the crew's hearts just weren't in it anymore.

Sapp signed with the Minnesota Vikings after being released by the Bears.

On October 26, 1931, the franchise suspended operations the day after the team defeated the Chicago Bears, 13-12, at Wrigley Field.

The club ran into financial difficulties in the 1980s after decades of poor on-field performance and was forced to merge its playing operations with the Brisbane Bears at the end of the 1996 season to form the Brisbane Lions, the latter of which won three consecutive premierships between 2001 and 2003.

Brian's Song is the biography of Brian Piccolo, a Chicago Bears football player who died at a young age after battling cancer.

Meanwhile, on the Upper Rhine, Villars had been forced onto the defensive as battalion after battalion had been sent north to bolster collapsing French forces in Flanders ; there was now no possibility of his undertaking the re-capture of Landau.

The Browns finished 8 – 4 in 1952, but lost that year's championship game 17-7 after a muffed punt, several Lions defensive stands and a 67-yard touchdown run by Doak Walker scuttled their chances.

* In the 2006 season, the game clock was started when the ball was declared ready for play after the defensive team ( during a scrimmage down ) or the kick-receiving team ( during a free kick down ) was awarded a first down ( change of possession ), reducing the time of games.

One of the oldest is Dublin Castle, which was first founded as a major defensive work on the orders of King John of England in 1204, shortly after the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169, when it was commanded that a castle be built with strong walls and good ditches for the defence of the city, the administration of justice, and the protection of the King ’ s treasure.

It was broad daylight by the time they circled round the back of Deir el Abyad where they found the feature to the east of it occupied by 18th Indian Infantry Brigade which, after a hasty journey from Iraq, had occupied the exposed position just west of Ruweisat Ridge and east of Deir el Abyad at Deir el Shein late on 28 June to create one of Norrie's additional defensive boxes.

He was a Board Member for the Lott IMPACT Trophy, which is named after Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive back Ronnie Lott, and is awarded annually to college football's Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year.

They became less successful after this, with longbowmen taking casualties at the Battle of Verneuil ( 1424 ), and being completely routed at the Battle of Patay ( 1429 ) when they were charged before they had set up their defensive position.

The WBA proposed a number of rule changes, including the use of five designated hitters to replace defensive players who would remain in the game ; the use of one designated runner per game ; the pitcher would be required to throw a pitch within 20 seconds ; a walk would be on three balls instead of the usual four ; and stealing home after the sixth inning would count as two runs.

After serving as the interim head coach for the final six games of the season ( finishing with a 3 – 3 record ), defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier was officially named the head coach on January 3, 2011, after signing a three-year contract.

Alarmed, Corcyra sought an alliance with Athens, which after debate and input from both Corcyra and Corinth, decided to swear to a defensive alliance with Corcyra.

Stow-on-the-Wold, originally called Stow St. Edward or Edwardstow after the town's patron saint Edward, probably Edward the Martyr, is said to have originated as an Iron Age fort on this defensive position on a hill.

Chicago then drove to the 3-yard line, but had to settle for another field goal from Butler after rookie defensive lineman William " Refrigerator " Perry was tackled for a 1-yard loss while trying to throw his first NFL pass on a halfback option play.

) But later in the period, the Packers put the game completely out of reach after defensive back Herb Adderley intercepted a pass from Lamonica and returned it 60 yards for a touchdown, making the score 33 – 7.

On the second play of their next drive, Vikings wide receiver John Henderson fumbled the ball after catching a 16-yard reception, and Chiefs defensive back Johnny Robinson recovered the ball at the Minnesota 46-yard line.

The defeat was total for the Vikings, as even their " Indestructible " quarterback Joe Kapp had to be helped off the field in the fourth quarter after being sacked by Chiefs defensive lineman Aaron Brown.

The ball bounced off Hinton's hands, was tipped by Dallas defensive back Mel Renfro, and finally ended up in the arms of tight end John Mackey, who took the ball 75 yards for a touchdown, tying the score 6 – 6 after Jim O ' Brien's extra point attempt was blocked.

Scott became the second defensive player in Super Bowl history ( after linebacker Chuck Howley in Super Bowl V ) to earn a Super Bowl MVP.

On the second play after receiving the ensuing kickoff, Morton was intercepted again, this time by Dallas defensive back Benny Barnes at his own 40-yard line.

But after catching a 19-yard pass from Anderson at the 5-yard line, wide receiver Cris Collinsworth lost a fumble while being tackled by 49ers defensive back Eric Wright.

Then after forcing the Redskins to punt, Woodley attempted a deep pass again, but was hit by Washington defensive end Dexter Manley causing him to fumble, and defensive tackle Dave Butz recovered the ball.

Late in the third quarter, the Redskins had an opportunity to score after defensive back Anthony Washington forced and recovered a fumble from Branch at the Raiders 35-yard line.

On the Dolphins ' ensuing drive, they were forced to punt again after Marino was sacked twice ( once by defensive lineman Manu Tuiasosopo and once by Board ).