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Bears and won
Rivera was previously the defensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears and the San Diego Chargers and was a linebacker on the 1985 Bears team that won Super Bowl XX.
The Bears have won nine ( 9 ) NFL Championships ( eight pre-merger, and one Super Bowl ).
In the 2005 season, 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.
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.
The Vikings won their first regular season game, defeating the Chicago Bears 37 – 13 on Opening Day.
The Giants won 17 – 14, but the Packers beat the Bears 10 – 3, so the Giants missed out on the playoffs again, ending a collapse in which the Giants went 4 – 4 in their last eight 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.
Under head coach Mike Ditka, who won the 1985 NFL Coach of the Year Award, the Bears went 15-1 in the regular season, becoming the second NFL team to win 15 regular season games, while outscoring their opponents with a staggering margin of 456-198.
First, they won at Soldier Field against the Chicago Bears, 21 – 17.
The final time the two met was the 1943 NFL Championship Game on December 26, 1943, during which the Bears won, 41 – 21.
They won the Wild Card playoff against the Rams, and then again in the Divisional playoffs against the Bears.
In 1994, Hird won the first of three consecutive best and fairests, culminating in his 1996 season, where he was jointly awarded the Brownlow Medal for the League's fairest and best player with Brisbane Bears midfielder Michael Voss.
The Bears have won 19 NCAA Division III Championships — one in women's cross country ( 2011 ), one in men's tennis ( 2008 ), two in men's basketball ( 2008, 2009 ), five in women's basketball ( 1998 – 2001, 2010 ), and ten in women's volleyball ( 1989, 1991 – 1996, 2003, 2007, 2009 ) – and 144 UAA titles in 15 different sports.
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.
The school football team won the AAA state championship in 1983 and the AAAAA state championship in 2000 under head coach Mike Malham, who was a draft pick for the Chicago Bears in 1976.
Brother and sister, Justin and Natalie Clickett, won Gold in the shot put and discus throws for the Union City Bears.
McMahon won the Bears ' starting quarterback job as a rookie, and was named to several All-Rookie teams when he nearly led the team to the playoffs, despite the NFL only playing two games before a players ' strike that cancelled nearly half the season.
In 1985 the Bears won their first 12 games and finished 15 – 1 for the season.
" He ended the season with a strong performance in Super Bowl XX, which the Bears won 46 – 10 over the New England Patriots.
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.
* Vanier Cup – Alberta Golden Bears won 20 – 7 over the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks

Bears and 1941
The last successful drop kick in the NFL before that was executed by Ray " Scooter " McLean of the Chicago Bears in their 37-9 victory over the New York Giants on December 21, 1941, in the NFL Championship game at Chicago's Wrigley Field.
After the government ceased NYA operations, Robinson traveled to Honolulu in fall 1941 to play football for the semi-professional, racially integrated Honolulu Bears.
Playing under the name Newark Bears ( a name previously used by the Newark Bears of the 1926 American Football League ), the team played in the AA through 1941.
By November 1941, when the pilots were trained and most of the P-40s had arrived in Asia, the Flying Tigers were divided into three squadrons: 1st Squadron (“ Adam & Eves ”); 2nd Squadron (“ Panda Bears ”) and 3rd Squadron (“ Hell ’ s Angels ”).
* 1941 ( NFL )-Chicago Bears 37, New York Giants 9
The Bears repeated as NFL champions in 1941, and the 1940s would be remembered as the era of the " Monsters of the Midway ".
* Jacksonville Red Caps ( 1938 ; 1941 – 1942 ) / Cleveland Bears ( 1939 – 1940 )
Hamp Pool, a former captain of the 1940 and 1941 Chicago Bears NFL championship teams, then took over as head coach.
He is a former running back who played for the Chicago Bears ( 1940 – 1941, 1945 – 1950 ).
Known for his versatility, in 1941 his 12-touchdown total consisted of 6 by rushing, 3 receiving, 1 by punt return, 1 by kickoff return, and 1 by interception return, all while helping the Chicago Bears to their second straight NFL league championship over the New York Giants.
The " Monsters of the Midway " is most widely known as the nickname for the National Football League's Chicago Bears — particularly the dominant teams of 1940 and 1941.
For example, in 1941 the Bears needed a victory over the Cardinals to force a playoff game, but trailed the 3 – 6 – 1 Cardinals by a score of 24 – 20 before pulling out two last-minute touchdowns to win, 34 – 24.
# 1941 Newark Bears ( 100 – 54 )
Though Hoffman had apparently little connection to Chicago, he wrote the Chicago Bears fight song " Bear Down, Chicago Bears " in 1941 under the pseudonym Jerry Downs.
*" Bear Down, Chicago Bears " ( 1941 )
Joe Starkey ( born c. 1941 ) is an American sportscaster who has served as the radio play-by-play announcer of California Golden Bears football since 1975.
* U. S. Coast Guard Yard Bears ( 1941 – 1942 / independent teams )

Bears and Packers
That 70's Show 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 the 1985 cartoon Punky Brewster, the Bears are playing the Green Bay Packers in the episode " The Quartersize Quarterback ".
The largest home victory for the Bears came in a 61 – 7 result against the Green Bay Packers in 1980.
The Vikings then went on to face their other divisional rival the Chicago Bears, but were defeated, and then went on to be blown out 31 – 3 in a rematch with the Packers the following game.
Their championship tally is surpassed only by the Green Bay Packers ( 13 ) and Chicago Bears ( 9 ).
From that point on, however, the Chargers began a six game skid with losses to the Jets, Chiefs, Packers, Raiders, Bears and Broncos with the first four by only a score and against Denver in overtime.
* Most own fumble recoveries for touchdowns, season: 2 ; Chicago Bears, 1953 ; New England Patriots, 1973 ; Buffalo Bills, 1974 ; Denver Broncos, 1975 ; Oakland Raiders, 1978 ; Green Bay Packers, 1982 and 1989 ; New Orleans Saints, 1983 ; Cleveland Browns, 1986 ; Miami Dolphins, 1996 ; Buffalo Bills, 2000.
* Bob Jeter, NFL player for the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears
* Greenwood has produced one Major League Baseball player, Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher, Cy Buker, and three National Football League players, Larry Krause with the Green Bay Packers, Harland Carl with the Chicago Bears, and Bill Miklich with the New York Giants, and Detroit Lions.
The new City Stadium was officially opened on September 29, 1957, as the Packers beat the Bears 21 – 17.
In 2007, the Packers completed their 51st season at Lambeau, breaking the all-time NFL record set by the Chicago Bears at Wrigley Field ( 1921 – 70 ).
He played college football at Brigham Young University, where he was a two-time All-American ( 1980, 1981 ) and later in the professional ranks with the Chicago Bears, San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns, and Green Bay Packers.
The 39th season of MNF ended December 22, 2008 in Chicago, when the Bears beat the Green Bay Packers, 20 – 17, in overtime.
** 1 point – Chicago Bears 10, Green Bay Packers 9 – October 21, 1974
* October 31, 1994, In a rainy and windy game at Soldier Field on Monday Night Football, Dick Buktus ' and Gale Sayers ' Jerseys were retired at Halftime, but the Bears were blown away by Brett Favre and the Packers, 6-33.
Louisville's final two NFL games came on November 7, 1926 ( Chicago Bears 34, Louisville Colonels 0 ) and November 14, 1926 ( Green Bay Packers 14, Louisville Colonels 0 ).
In 2006, the Packers started with a 4-8 record, but managed to win their last four games to finish the season 8-8, ending with a win against their archrival Chicago Bears, but missing the playoffs for the second straight year.
* Chicago Bears win only meeting vs. Green Bay Packers in the playoffs.
The other thirteen NFL teams ( Atlanta Falcons, Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers and Washington Redskins ) became part of the National Football Conference ( NFC ).
In 1990 – 91, he served as the Golden Bears ' Offensive Coordinator before being appointed as QB coach for the Green Bay Packers.

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