Chicago Bears Milestones

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How the Chicago Bears history timeline works

This deck is a set of Bears milestones, each with a short description below the headline, sorted by the year they happened. You get one card on the line to begin, its year visible. Place each new card in the gap you think it belongs in. If you're right, the year is shown; if you're wrong, the card still settles in its true spot, and you lose one of three lives.

As one of the league's founding franchises, the Bears have a deck crowded with old championships, and many of those title games involve the same rival. Separating them takes careful reading of the descriptions. Other cards focus on a few legendary players' records, plus one famous defense. A single running back's career accounts for several cards, and those are easy to put in the wrong order.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

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Here are 28 of the 29 cards you might be dealt, with 1 more in the deck. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

Founded as the Decatur Staleys A starch company in an Illinois town sponsored this charter NFL member, run by player-coach George Halas.
Moved to Chicago and won a title Now the Chicago Staleys, the team claimed the young league's championship in its first season in the big city.
Renamed the Chicago Bears George Halas rebranded his team, picking a name to complement the baseball Cubs whose ballpark they shared.
Signed Red Grange The 'Galloping Ghost' left Illinois and joined the Bears for a barnstorming tour that drew huge pro-football crowds.
Won an indoor championship game A blizzard forced a title-deciding game indoors onto a shortened Chicago Stadium field, where the Bears beat the Portsmouth Spartans.
Won the first scheduled NFL title game The Bears edged the Giants 23-21 in the league's first planned championship game.
Lost the 'Sneakers Game' Undefeated entering the title game, the Bears watched the Giants switch to basketball shoes on an icy field and pull away.
Won the NFL title 73-0 The Bears delivered the most lopsided championship-game rout in league history, over Washington.
Repeated as NFL champions over the Giants A 37-9 win gave the 'Monsters of the Midway' back-to-back titles.
Won the NFL Championship behind Sid Luckman The T-formation quarterback led a 41-21 title-game win over Washington.
Won the NFL title over the Giants after the war A 24-14 title-game win gave the Bears another crown just after World War II.
Lost the title game to the Giants 47-7 New York routed the Bears in the championship game at Yankee Stadium.
Won the NFL title over the Giants behind defense A stingy defense carried the Bears to a 14-10 title-game win, the franchise's last championship for over two decades.
Drafted Dick Butkus and Gale Sayers The Bears landed two future Hall of Famers with back-to-back first-round picks in the same draft.
Moved to Soldier Field The Bears left Wrigley Field after decades for a stadium on the lakefront.
Drafted Walter Payton The Bears used a top-five pick on a running back from Jackson State they nicknamed 'Sweetness'.
Watched Walter Payton run for 275 yards Payton set a single-game rushing record against the Vikings as the Bears returned to the playoffs.
Hired Mike Ditka George Halas brought back a former Bears tight end, then a Cowboys assistant, to coach the team.
Watched Walter Payton break the career rushing record Payton passed Jim Brown to become pro football's all-time leading rusher.
Recorded the 'Super Bowl Shuffle' During a 15-1 season, the Bears' swaggering roster cut a rap video before even reaching the title game.
Won Super Bowl XX The Bears' fearsome defense crushed New England 46-10 behind the '46' scheme.
Watched Walter Payton play his final season The NFL's career rushing leader retired after this campaign, his last in a Bears uniform.
Fired Mike Ditka The Bears parted with their Super Bowl-winning coach after eleven seasons.
Drafted Brian Urlacher The Bears took a New Mexico safety and moved him to middle linebacker, where he won Defensive Rookie of the Year.
Lost Super Bowl XLI Devin Hester returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, but the Bears fell to the Colts in the Miami rain.
Traded for Jay Cutler The Bears sent two first-round picks and a quarterback to Denver for a strong-armed passer.
Traded for Khalil Mack The Bears sent two first-round picks to the Raiders for a star pass rusher and won the division.
Lost on the 'Double Doink' Cody Parkey's last-second field goal hit the upright and the crossbar, ending a playoff game against the Eagles.