Bears football player-turned-sportscaster Johnny Morris, who worked on the channel, picked it up began to use it, as did the station ’ s weatherman.

Marshall picked up the loose ball and returned it for a touchdown, a moment that was said to be a perfect end to the Bears ' season ( at home ) and others say that the snow was " Papa Bear " George Halas giving his thumbs-up to the team.

After Texas was picked over Cal for a Rose Bowl berth, the fourth-ranked Bears earned a spot in the Holiday Bowl, but lost to Texas Tech, 45 – 31.

He served on the practice squad of the Falcons and the Chicago Bears before being picked up by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League in 2000, and spent time with them and the Toronto Argonauts.

Traylor's second career interception came in the season finale against Jacksonville, when he picked off a Mark Brunell pass and returned it 67 yards to the Jaguars ’ 9, setting up a Bears touchdown two plays afterward in a 33-13 victory.

* Heartley Anderson, former player and head coach for the Chicago Bears

Playing with a back-up quarterback in Jeff Hostetler and a 33-year-old veteran running back in Ottis Anderson, the Giants convincingly defeated the Chicago Bears in the divisional playoff, 31 – 3, and won in dramatic, come-from-behind fashion over San Francisco, 15 – 13, in the NFC Championship on a last-second 42-yard field goal by Matt Bahr which was set up by a Roger Craig fumble caused by nose tackle Erik Howard.

On June 14, 2009, Anderson signed with the Newark Bears of the independent Atlantic League.

Anderson graduated from Ohio State and turned pro in 1945 and 1946 with the Hollywood Bears in the Pacific Coast Football League ( along with future CFL opponent Ezzert Anderson.

On the final play of regulation, Jim Harbaugh threw a six-yard touchdown pass to Neal Anderson ; Bears kicker Kevin Butler tied the game with the extra point.

The Chicago Bears selected Anderson in the first round ( twenty-seventh pick overall ) of the 1986 NFL Draft, and he played for the Bears for eight seasons from to.

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 ).

With the clock ticking down, players from both teams were fighting, and the Bears were forced to snap the ball before the officials formally put it back into play, allowing McMahon to throw the ball out of bounds and stop the clock with three seconds left.

Camarillo, who punted 4 times in the first half, managed to pin the Bears back at their own 4-yard line with a then-Super Bowl record 62-yard punt.

Florida head coach Jack Pardee bolted back to the NFL to take over the Chicago Bears.

* Gale Sayers, former running back for the Chicago Bears

* Curtis Enis, former Penn State and Chicago Bears running back

* Matt Forté, running back for Chicago Bears ; played at Tulane University in New Orleans and at Slidell High School

People of note born in Wynnewood include musician Roy Milton, General Tommy Franks, who commanded the invasion forces of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq, and Donna Shirley, who led the Mars Pathfinder project at JPL and James Allen, former NFL running back for the Chicago Bears and Houston Texans.

* Vic Zucco, former NFL defensive back who played four seasons for the Chicago Bears

The team included later notable NFL stars such as David Overstreet, a former running back for the Oklahoma Sooners and Miami Dolphins, and Lovie Smith, head coach of the Chicago Bears.

" Mad Mac " brought the Chicago Bears back in the first game following the 1987 NFL players strike to defeat the Buccaneers, 27 – 26.

The Bears went on to an 11 – 4 record with many expecting McMahon to lead the Bears back to the Super Bowl — however as in 1986 they fell short against the Washington Redskins, this time 21 – 17 in the NFC divisional playoff game.

* November 1 – death of Walter Payton ( 45 ), Chicago Bears running back

The Orange Tornadoes moved back to Newark in 1937 and were eventually bought by the Chicago Bears.

And if it is, aren't the Berenstain Bears simply teaching to the test, providing a lesson to be spit back, rather than one lived and understood and embraced?

In January, the Blitz tendered an offer that would have been the largest contract in football --- $ 2 Million dollars a year for 3 years --- to Bears running back Walter Payton.

Cappelletti signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL, but was traded to the Saskatchewan Roughriders, later cut, and went back to the ORFU, leading the Sarnia Golden Bears ( the team changed its name in 1956 ) to the league championship.

In 1986, Gibbs coached the team to a 12 – 4 regular season record and defeated the Los Angeles Rams 19 – 7 in the wild card playoffs, then upset the defending champion Chicago Bears 27 – 13 in the divisional round, on the road, to get back to the NFC Championship game against the New York Giants.

* Al Campana, former National Football League running back, Chicago Bears

* Marion Barber III – Running back, Chicago Bears

After sitting out 1928, Grange returned to the Bears, where he was a solid runner and excellent defensive back through the 1934 season.

After a successful campaign in Division 2, the Bears were promoted back to the top flight after only a season's absence in September 2008.

After Lancashire set the Bears 194 to win, Warwickshire were able to claw back to 187 for 7, and lost by 7 runs.

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.

Although Montana threw a combined total of 5 interceptions in their 2 games, they only gave up a combined total of 10 points and zero touchdowns in their victories over the New York Giants, 21-10, and the Chicago Bears, 23-0.

* Tim Jessie-Although he was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 1987 NFL Draft Jessie ended up playing for the Washington Redskins in 1987 as a replacement player during the 1987 NFL Players Strike.

Hundreds of angry women showed up at the Bears hotel to protest until they were informed the whole thing was a hoax.

The team wound up playing one of its final two " home " games at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio, where the franchise's only win occurred — over the Chicago Bears of George Halas, in front of an estimated 3, 000 fans on Thanksgiving Day.

The Berenstain Bears series has been called " syrupy ", " unsatisfying ", " infuriatingly formulaic ", " hokey ", " abominable ", and " little more than stern lectures dressed up as children's stories.

In television the song has cropped up in episodes and programs that include The Berenstain Bears and the Talent Show ; The Berenstain Bears and the Female Fullback ; Rawhide ; Garfield and Friends ; The Care Bears ; Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman ; Saved by the Bell ; All That ; Kenan & Kel ; Drake and Josh, SpongeBob SquarePants, That's So Raven ; Rugrats ; Cat in the Hat ; Peter Gunn ; Little House on the Prairie ; Our Gang ; The Twilight Zone ; Wind at My Back ; Leonardo and Shining Time Station.

Like Coal Black, Tin Pan Alley Cats and Goldilocks and the Jivin ' Bears would also end up in the Censored Eleven.

During his time in the minor leagues, he was a member of the International Hockey League champion Orlando Solar Bears in 2000 – 2001, and the American Hockey League champion Chicago Wolves In 2001 – 2002, he was called up to the NHL, he scored 10 goals and four assists in 36 games with the Thrashers in the 2002 – 2003 season.

In his return the following season, the Bears, struggling for forward line talent and with an increasingly talented backline, first experimented playing Lynch up forward to relieve an ageing Roger Merrett with some success.

( The Chicago Bears had two unbeaten regular seasons in the first half of the twentieth century, but ended up losing in the post season, similar to the New England Patriots of 2007.

In spite of this, the finish-up brings up the best team-play from the Bears.

A population of American Black Bears occupy various niches in the backcountry ; showing up in communities below the mountains every few years.

Biffo is holding up a barbell and Buster is tickling him with a feather, with Dennis, The Three Bears, Jonah, Minnie, Roger & The Bash Street Kids are watching them.

In 1979, 1982, and 1982, the Potsdam Bears were national runners up for this title.

That same year, Halas met with the Army chief of staff, General Dwight Eisenhower, the Navy chief of staff, Admiral Chester Nimitz, and the Air Force chief of staff, General Carl Spaatz, and Halas offered to set up an annual charity football game, with the Bears as hosts, whose proceeds would go to the relief agencies of the armed forces.

2009 California Golden Bears football team | California lines up to attempt an onside kick against 2009 Oregon State Beavers football team | Oregon State in a November 2009 American football game.

Despite growing up in Chicago, Butkus was not a Bears fan, preferring to attend Chicago Cardinals games at Comiskey Park and watch Thanksgiving games between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers.

In the London Police Act 1839, " fighting or baiting Lions, Bears, Badgers, Cocks, Dogs, or other Animals " was prohibited in London, with a penalty of up to one month imprisonment, with possible hard labour, or up to five pounds.

Bears fan Alan McLoughlin, a Central Coast resident, has set up a Facebook petition to bring the Bears to Gosford.