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 ).

The Chicago Bulls are actually the third NBA team in Chicago, after the Packers – Zephyrs ( now the Washington Wizards ) and the Stags ( 1946 – 50 ).

* 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.

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 ).

* Champ Seibold – NFL player for the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Cardinals

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

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 ).

The Kelleys were tied for fourth place in the league with the Packers and the Chicago Cardinals.

Stafford v. Wallace ( 1922 ) upheld a federal law ( the Packers and Stockyards Act ) regulating the Chicago meatpacking industry, because the industry was part of the interstate commerce of beef from ranchers to dinner tables.

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 the season, the Chicago Bears and the Portsmouth Spartans tied with the best regular-season winning percentages ( although the Green Bay Packers had four more wins ).

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.

As a result, the NFL was dominated by the Chicago Bears, the Green Bay Packers, the Giants and the Redskins.

* Bo Molenda: played for Michigan ( 1925 – 1926 ), head coach for Menlo College ( 1950 – 1969 ); also an assistant coach in professional football for the New York Giants 1936 – 1941 ( interim head coach for the 1939 NFL Championship Game ); Green Bay Packers ( 1947 – 1948 ); Chicago Hornets ( 1949 )

The arena was re-furbished for use by the Chicago Packers, an expansion NBA team.

In his fight for the Illinois and Indiana delegations, Hearst made several trips to Chicago to confer with Andrew Lawrence, the former San Francisco Examiner man who was now his Chicago kingpin, and once to meet with Bryan.

`` We are back with the ' Met ' again now that the ' Met ' is back in Chicago '', bulletins Mrs. Frank S. Sims, president of the women's board of the University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation.

`` Even on the basis of 154 games, this is the ideal situation '', insists Hank Greenberg, now vice-president of the Chicago White Sox.

It fell to Chancellor Kimpton, now a Standard Oil ( Indiana ) executive, to spend his nine-year reign tidying up Chicago after the 21-year typhoon of Idealist Robert Maynard Hutchins.

He is now president of the Chicago Conservatory College.

The element was chemically identified at the Metallurgical Laboratory ( now Argonne National Laboratory ) of the University of Chicago.

* 1812 – War of 1812: The Battle of Fort Dearborn is fought between United States troops and Potawatomi at what is now Chicago, Illinois.

Playing to the pitcher's desire to return to his Midwestern roots and challenging Spalding's integrity, Hulbert convinced Spalding to sign a contract to play for the White Stockings ( now known as the Chicago Cubs ) in 1876.

Emigrants did succeed, however, in spreading the concepts of the Bauhaus to other countries, including the “ New Bauhaus ” of Chicago: Mies decided to emigrate to the United States for the directorship of the School of Architecture at the Armour Institute ( now IIT ) in Chicago and to seek building commissions.

The now all professional Chicago White Stockings, financed by businessman William Hulbert, became a charter member of the league along with the Red Stockings, who had dissolved and moved to Boston.

While raising Chicago, and at first improving the health of the city, the untreated sewage and industrial waste now flowed into the Chicago River, then into Lake Michigan, polluting the primary source of fresh water for the city.

Major construction projects, including the Sears Tower ( now known as the Willis Tower, which in 1974 became the world's tallest building ), University of Illinois at Chicago, McCormick Place, and O ' Hare International Airport, were undertaken during Richard J. Daley's tenure.

The historic Chicago Cultural Center ( 1897 ), originally serving as the Chicago Public Library, now houses the city's Visitor Information Center, galleries and exhibit halls.

** Chicago ( now Reisinger ) ( 8 ) 1937, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1950, 1957, 1963

** Chicago ( now Reisinger ) ( 2 ) 1944, 1951

Originally located at 4200 West Diversey Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, Hammond is now owned by Suzuki Musical Inst.

In 2012, of the teams they were unbeaten or winless against, the Texans have already played against and beaten Miami ( now 7-0 ), and still have games scheduled to be played against Baltimore, Chicago, Minnesota, and the New York Jets.

In the United States, the Improv Olympics were later produced by Charna Halpern under the name " ImprovOlympic " and now as " IO "; IO operates training centers and theaters in Chicago and Los Angeles.

From 1966 to 1968, the league expanded from 9 to 14 teams, introducing the Chicago Bulls, Seattle SuperSonics ( now Oklahoma City Thunder ), San Diego Rockets ( who relocated to Houston four years later ), Milwaukee Bucks, and Phoenix Suns.