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Chicago Bears
Image Current season
Established September 17, 1920; 105 years ago (1920-09-17)[1][2]
First season: 1920
Play in Soldier Field
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Bears logo
Chicago Bears logo
Chicago Bears wordmark
Chicago Bears wordmark
LogoWordmark
League/conference affiliations

National Football League (1920–present)

Current uniform
Image
Team colorsNavy blue, orange, white[3][4][5]
     
Fight song"Bear Down, Chicago Bears"
MascotStaley Da Bear[6]
Personnel
Owner(s)George McCaskey
ChairmanGeorge McCaskey
CEOKevin Warren
PresidentKevin Warren
General managerRyan Poles[7]
Head coachBen Johnson
Team history
  • Decatur Staleys (1920)
  • Chicago Staleys (1921)
  • Chicago Bears (1922–present)
Team nicknames
Championships
League championships (9)
Conference championships (4)
Division championships (20)
Playoff appearances (29)
Home fields

Template:Hiddenbegin 1970 due to renovations to Wrigley Field:

2002 due to renovations to Soldier Field:

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Team owner(s)
Team president(s)

The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team in the National Football League based in Chicago, Illinois. The team is owned by George McCaskey, replacing her mother Virginia Halas McCaskey in 2025.[9] and the general manager is Ryan Pace.[10] The team's current head coach is Ben Johnson since 2025. The team has won nine NFL Championships, with the last being in 1985 (Super Bowl XX). The team is known for their rivalry against the Green Bay Packers.[11][12]

History

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The Bears were founded in Decatur, Illinois, by George Halas, in 1919. They were first called the Decatur Staleys, after the A.E. Staley Starch Company which owned the team for its first two seasons. The team has won nine NFL Championships, with the last being in 1985 (Super Bowl XX).[13] They also played in Super Bowl XLI in 2006 against the Indianapolis Colts, but they lost 29-17 to Peyton Manning and the Colts.[13]

The Bears play their home games at Soldier Field. They played there from 1974 to 2001 and then 2003-present (Soldier Field was being made new in 2002). The Bears had played at Wrigley Field from 1921 to 1970. Wrigley Field is the home of the Chicago Cubs baseball team, and the Bears were named after the Cubs.[14]

The Bears have retired 14 uniform numbers, more than any NFL team.[15][16]

Since 2006, the Bears have struggled to find success, going fifteen years in between playoff wins from 2011 to 2026. During that time, the Bears have had 23 different starting quarterbacks and six different head coaches. In September 2025, a sale of a minority stake in the team valued the Bears at $8.9 billion.[17]

Players

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Current Chicago Bears roster (21 January 2022)[18]

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

  

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

  

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

Notes

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  1. ↑ Principal owner and control 80.3% of the stocks held by her family. Pat Ryan and Andrew J. McKenna's estate own 19.7% of the club.

References

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  1. ↑ Mayer, Larry (September 17, 2020). "Bears, NFL celebrate 100th birthday Thursday". ChicagoBears.com. Archived from the original on February 14, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Chicago Bears Team Facts". ProFootballHOF.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Brand Guidelines". ChicagoBears.com. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  4. ↑ "History of the Bears Uniform" (PDF). 2025 Chicago Bears Media Guide (PDF). NFL Enterprises, LLC. September 14, 2025. Retrieved November 9, 2025. In 1935 the Bears introduced an orange jersey with black arm stripes and black helmet and by 1958 were wearing the familiar navy blue with burnt orange.
  5. ↑ "Chicago Bears Team Capsule" (PDF). 2024 Official National Football League Record and Fact Book (PDF). NFL Enterprises, LLC. July 22, 2024. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Staley's Page". ChicagoBears.com. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  7. ↑ Mayer, Larry (January 25, 2022). "Bears hire Ryan Poles as general manager". ChicagoBears.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  8. ↑ "George Halas, Jr". ChicagoBears.com. Archived from the original on December 11, 2006. Retrieved December 13, 2006.
  9. ↑ "Meet The 88-Year-Old Grandmother Who's One Win Away From The Super Bowl - Business Insider". Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
  10. ↑ "Bears hire Emery as general manager". Archived from the original on 2012-01-31. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
  11. ↑ Regalbuto, Gabriele; Messier, Ashlyn (2023-12-12). "Packers vs Bears: The NFL rival that started with a shutout in 1921". Fox News. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  12. ↑ "Packers and Bears fans reflect on longest NFL rivalry". spectrumnews1.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  13. 1 2 "2019 Super Bowl Homepage - NFL.com". www.nfl.com.
  14. ↑ "1920s Chicago Bears". www.bearshistory.com.
  15. ↑ "Retired jersey numbers for all 32 NFL teams". ESPN.com. 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
  16. ↑ "Wisch: What You Might Not Know About Retired Numbers - CBS Chicago". www.cbsnews.com. 2013-06-11. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
  17. ↑ Temple, Christine (September 24, 2025). "Bears hit valuation of $8.9B after recent minority sale". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved 28 December 2025. The Bears earlier this month reached a "new record for a minority stake sale in an NFL team." The estate of Andre McKenna Sr. sold a 2.35% stake to the two current owners, the McCaskey family and the Ryan family, was sold for a total that put the valuation of the franchise at $8.9B.
  18. ↑ "Team Roster". www.chicagobears.com.

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