The Chicago Bears can be excused for having a bit of Rodney Dangerfield’s “no respect” mentality heading into this Sunday’s NFC Championship Game against the Green Bay Packers. While their opponents are lauded for their championship pedigree, the Bears aren’t far behind in both big game performance and NFC Championship Game record.
NFC Championship Game: Bears Have Same Record As Packers In Conference Title Contests
The Packers are 13-5 in NFL championships, Super Bowls, and NFC Championship Games, but the Bears aren’t much worse, at 9-7. And Chicago’s first NFL championship came in 1932, when the Bears defeated the Portsmouth Spartans 9-0 in what is referred to as the 1932 NFL Playoff Game and considered an unofficial NFL Championship Game. (The Bears have nine NFL titles.)
But since the AFL-NFL merger, the Bears, like the Packers, have been a bit less successful. In NFC Championship Games, the Bears have a 2-2 record, beating the Los Angeles Rams in the 1985 season and the New Orleans Saints in 2006 and losing to the San Francisco 49ers in 1984 and 1988.
One of the two teams in Chicago for the NFC Championship Game on Sunday will leave with a 3-2 record in NFC Championship Games and a Super Bowl berth; the other will fall to 2-3 in such games, and have a long, cold offseason before it.
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