1988 Chicago Bears season
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The 1988 Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 season
was their 69th regular season
Regular season (NFL)
The National Football League regular season begins the weekend after Labor Day. Each team plays 16 games during a 17-week period. Traditionally, the majority of each week's games are played on Sunday afternoon, with weekly games on Sunday night and Monday night, and occasional games on Thursday...

 and 19th postseason
NFL playoffs
The National Football League playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held at the end of the regular season to determine the NFL champion. Six teams from each of the league's two conferences qualify for the playoffs based on regular season records, and a tie-breaking procedure exists in the...

 completed in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

. The club posted a 12-4 record, winning the NFC Central for the fifth straight season, but lost in the NFC Championship Game. Coach Mike Ditka
Mike Ditka
Michael Keller Ditka, Jr. is a former American football NFL player, television commentator, and coach. Ditka coached the Chicago Bears for 11 years and New Orleans Saints for three years. Ditka and Tom Flores are the only two people to win Super Bowls as a player, an assistant coach, and a head...

 suffered a heart attack during the season, but was back on the sidelines 11 days later. Ditka was named coach of the year for the second time in his career. During the offseason, the Bears traded quarterback Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon
James Robert "Jim" McMahon, Jr. is a former American football player. He played college football at Brigham Young University, where he was a two-time All-American and later in the professional ranks with the Chicago Bears, San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Arizona...

 to the San Diego Chargers
San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

.

Roster

Chicago Bears 1988 roster
Quarterbacks
  •  4 Jim Harbaugh
    Jim Harbaugh
    James Joseph "Jim" Harbaugh is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. Harbaugh agreed to a five-year deal with the San Francisco 49ers on January 7, 2011. Previously, he was the head coach at...

  •  9 Jim McMahon
    Jim McMahon
    James Robert "Jim" McMahon, Jr. is a former American football player. He played college football at Brigham Young University, where he was a two-time All-American and later in the professional ranks with the Chicago Bears, San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Arizona...

  •  18 Mike Tomczak
    Mike Tomczak
    Michael John "Mike" Tomczak is a former American football player. Tomczak played quarterback for several NFL teams including the Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Cleveland Browns, and Pittsburgh Steelers....



Running Backs
  • 35 Neal Anderson
    Neal Anderson
    Charles Neal Anderson is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League for eight seasons in the 1980s and 1990s...

     RB
  • 25 Brad Muster
    Brad Muster
    Brad William Muster is a former American football fullback in the NFL for the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints from 1988 to 1994.Muster prepped at San Marin High School in Novato, CA, graduating in 1983....

    FB
  • 20 Thomas Sanders RB
  • 26 Matt Suhey
    Matt Suhey
    Matthew Jerome Suhey is a former professional American football player, playing fullback/running back for ten seasons in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears...

     FB
  • 33 Calvin Thomas RB


Wide Receivers
  • 82 Wendell Davis
    Wendell Davis
    Wendell Tyrone Davis is a former professional American football wide receiver who played for the Chicago Bears for six seasons from 1988 to 1993. He was selected by the Bears in the 1st round in the 1988 NFL Draft...

  • 29 Dennis Gentry
    Dennis Gentry
    Dennis Louis Gentry is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Chicago Bears in the 4th round of the 1982 NFL Draft. He spent his entire 11-year NFL career with the Bears from 1982 to 1992, and was a part of the Bears team that was victorious in Super Bowl XX versus...

  • 88 Glen Kozlowski
    Glen Kozlowski
    Glen Kozlowski is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for six seasons for the Chicago Bears.-College:...

  • 85 Dennis McKinnon
    Dennis McKinnon
    Dennis Lewis McKinnon is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and the Dallas Cowboys....

  • 84 Ron Morris
    Ron Morris (American football)
    Ronald Wayne "Ron" Morris is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He played six seasons for the Chicago Bears...



Tight Ends
  • 86 Cap Boso
    Cap Boso
    Casper "Cap" Boso is a former professional American football player who played tight end for six seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Bears. He is considered to be one of the greatest video game football tight ends of all time for his appearance in Tecmo Bowl....

  • 87 Emery Moorehead
    Emery Moorehead
    Emery Matthew Moorehead is a former American football tight end/wide receiver in the National Football League for the New York Giants, Denver Broncos, and the Chicago Bears. He won a Super Bowl ring as the starting tight end and a member of the 1985 Chicago Bears...

  • 98 Brent Novoselsky
    Brent Novoselsky
    Brent Howard Novoselsky , is a former professional American football tight end in the National Football League. He is currently living in Buffalo Grove....

  • 80 James Thornton
    James Thornton (tight end)
    James Michael Thornton is a former professional American football player who played tight end for seven seasons for the Chicago Bears, the New York Jets, and the Houston Oilers. He was given the nickname of "RoboCop" because of his physique.-External links:**...

Offensive Linemen
  • 54 John Adickes C
  • 79 Kurt Becker
    Kurt Becker
    Kurt Frank Becker is a former professional American football player who played guard for nine seasons for the Chicago Bears and the Los Angeles Rams. An offensive guard at the University of Michigan, Becker started in 36 consecutive games...

     G
  • 62 Mark Bortz
    Mark Bortz
    Mark Steven Bortz was a guard in the National Football League. He attended the University of Iowa and was drafted by the Bears in 1983 for the Chicago Bears and played there until 1994.-Professional career:...

     G
  • 74 Jim Covert
    Jim Covert
    James Paul "Jimbo" Covert is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Institute for Transfusion Medicine and a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears.-High school:Covert excelled in both football and wrestling at Freedom Area High...

     T
  • 63 Jay Hilgenberg
    Jay Hilgenberg
    Jay Walter Hilgenberg is a former American football player in the NFL. He played center for the Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns and the New Orleans Saints from 1981 to 1993.-Football career:...

     C
  • 71 Caesar RentieT
  • 57 Tom Thayer
    Tom Thayer
    Thomas "Tom" Allen Thayer is a former American-football center/guard. He played in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and the Miami Dolphins. He won a Super Bowl as a member of the 1985 Chicago Bears...

     G
  • 78 Keith Van Horne
    Keith Van Horne
    Keith Van Horne is a retired American football tackle.-High school:Keith attended Fullerton High School, Fullerton, California.His Fullerton football varsity team mate was future NFL...

     T
  • 73 John Wojciechowski
    John Wojciechowski
    John Wojciechowski is a former professional American football player who played tackle for seven seasons for the Chicago Bears. Today John Wojiciechowski teaches gym and strength training at Fitzgerald High school in Warren Michigan....

     T


  • Defensive Linemen
    • 94 Dick Chapura DT
    • 95 Richard Dent
      Richard Dent
      Richard Lamar Dent is a former American football defensive end, who played primarily for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was the MVP of Super Bowl XX...

       DE
    • 99 Dan Hampton
      Dan Hampton
      Daniel Oliver Hampton also known as "Danimal" is a retired Hall of Fame American football defensive tackle who played twelve seasons for the Chicago Bears from 1979 to 1990 in the National Football League. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002...

       DT
    • 76 Steve McMichael
      Steve McMichael
      -World Wrestling Federation :After the end of his NFL career, he appeared at ringside in the WWF for Lawrence Taylor at WrestleMania XI on April 2, 1995 in Hartford, Connecticut. Taylor was wrestling Bam Bam Bigelow and there were several football players at ringside to keep wrestlers from...

       DT
    • 72 William Perry
      William Perry (American football)
      William Perry is a former professional American football player. He is best known for his years as a defensive lineman for the Chicago Bears. In reference to his large size, he was popularly known as "The Refrigerator" or, abbreviated, "The Fridge".-Life and athletic career:Perry was born in...

       DT
    • 75 John Shannon
      John Shannon
      John Shannon is an American modern folk guitarist, vocalist, and composer. He has played with artists like Haale, Pyeng Threadgill, Sonya Kitchell, Ruslan Sirota, Hiromi and has also recorded three albums as the leader of the instrumental jazz fusion trio Waking Vision...

       DT
    • 97 Sean Smith DE
    Linebackers
  • 98 Greg Clark
    Greg Clark
    Rt. Hon. Gregory David Clark is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Tunbridge Wells since 2005. Clark is currently a Minister of State in the Department for Communities and Local Government, with responsibility for overseeing decentralisation, a key...

     LB
  • 92 Troy Johnson
    Troy Johnson
    Troy Johnson is an American gospel and soul singer. He got his first break with a track on the Blame it on Rio soundtrack in 1984, and signed to Motown Records, where he released his first album. He scored a hit in 1986 with "It's You", which peaked at #65 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart....

     LB
  • 53 Dante Jones
    Dante Jones
    Dante Jones is a former linebacker in the NFL who played for the Chicago Bears from 1988–1994 and Denver Broncos in 1995. As a Sooner, Jones was an All Big 8 selection at linebacker in 1987.He is from Skyline High School in Dallas, TX, Class of 1983....

    MLB
  • 51 Jim Morrissey
    Jim Morrissey
    Jim Morrissey is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for nine seasons for the Chicago Bears and one with the Green Bay Packers. He was a member of the Bears team that won Super Bowl XX following the 1985 NFL season. He was also a member of the "Shuffling Crew" in...

    OLB
  • 46 Mickey Pruitt
    Mickey Pruitt
    Mickey Pruitt Mickey Pruitt Mickey Pruitt (born January 10, 1965 in Bamberg, South Carolina is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for five seasons for the Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys....

     LB
  • 59 Ron Rivera
    Ron Rivera
    Ronald Eugene Rivera is the head coach of the NFL's Carolina Panthers. Rivera was a linebacker on the 1985 Chicago Bears, who won Super Bowl XX. Rivera was the defensive coordinator for the 2006 Chicago Bears, who won the National Football Conference championship and competed in Super Bowl XLI...

     OLB
  • 50 Mike Singletary
    Mike Singletary
    Michael "Mike" Singletary is an American football coach and former professional football player. He is currently the linebacker coach and assistant head coach for the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL....

     MLB


  • Defensive Backs
    • 37 Maurice Douglass
      Maurice Douglass
      Maurice Gerrard "Mo" Douglass is a high school football head coach and former American football safety who played eleven seasons in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants...

      CB
    • 22 Dave Duerson
      Dave Duerson
      David Russell Duerson was an American football safety in the National Football League who played for the Chicago Bears , the New York Giants , and the Phoenix Cardinals .-Early life:...

       SS
    • 23 Shaun Gayle
      Shaun Gayle
      Shaun Lanard Gayle is a former American football cornerback/safety in the NFL. He played twelve seasons, eleven for the Chicago Bears , and one for the San Diego Chargers . He was a member of the Bears squad that won Super Bowl XX in 1985. He was also a member of the "Shuffling Crew" in the video...

       SS
    • 24 Vestee Jackson
      Vestee Jackson
      Vestee Jackson II is a former professional American football cornerback in the National Football League. He played eight seasons for the Chicago Bears and the Miami Dolphins ....

       CB
    • 44 Todd Krumm DB
    • 31 Greg Lasker
      Greg Lasker
      Greg Lasker is a former American football defensive back who played three seasons in the National Football League for the New York Giants, Chicago Bears, and Phoenix Cardinals....

       DB
    • 43 Lorenzo Lynch
      Lorenzo Lynch
      Lorenzo Lynch is a former American professional football player. A 5'9", 197 lbs. cornerback from Sacramento State, Lynch played in 11 NFL seasons for three teams...

       DB
    • 27 Mike Richardson CB
    • 32 Lemuel Stinson
      Lemuel Stinson
      Lemuel Stinson is a former professional American football cornerback who played five seasons for the Chicago Bears of the NFL. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity....

      CB
    • 49 David Tate DB


    Special Teams
    •  15 Bryan Wagner
      Bryan Wagner
      Bryan James Wagner is the first Republican since Reconstruction to have been elected to the New Orleans City Council. He filled a vacancy of an unexpired term in District A from May 1980 to April 1982....

       P
    •  6 Kevin Butler
      Kevin Butler (American football)
      Kevin Gregory Butler is a former professional American football placekicker. He played college football for the University of Georgia Bulldogs, and then played professionally for the Chicago Bears and the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League...

       K


    1988 Chicago Bears draft choices

    Round Pick Name Position College
    1 23 Brad Muster
    Brad Muster
    Brad William Muster is a former American football fullback in the NFL for the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints from 1988 to 1994.Muster prepped at San Marin High School in Novato, CA, graduating in 1983....

    FB Stanford
    Stanford Cardinal football
    The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The...

    1 27 Wendell Davis
    Wendell Davis
    Wendell Tyrone Davis is a former professional American football wide receiver who played for the Chicago Bears for six seasons from 1988 to 1993. He was selected by the Bears in the 1st round in the 1988 NFL Draft...

    WR LSU
    LSU Tigers football
    The LSU Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in NCAA Division I FBS college football. Current head coach Les Miles has led the team since 2005. Since 1999 when Nick Saban took over as...

    2 51 Dante Jones
    Dante Jones
    Dante Jones is a former linebacker in the NFL who played for the Chicago Bears from 1988–1994 and Denver Broncos in 1995. As a Sooner, Jones was an All Big 8 selection at linebacker in 1987.He is from Skyline High School in Dallas, TX, Class of 1983....

    LB Oklahoma
    3 78 Ralph Jarvis DE Temple
    Temple Owls football
    The Temple Owls football team participates in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference...

    4 105 James Thornton
    James Thornton (tight end)
    James Michael Thornton is a former professional American football player who played tight end for seven seasons for the Chicago Bears, the New York Jets, and the Houston Oilers. He was given the nickname of "RoboCop" because of his physique.-External links:**...

    TE Cal State-Fullerton
    Cal State Fullerton Titans football
    The Cal State Fullerton Titans football team represented California State University, Fullerton from the 1970 through 1992 seasons. The Titans originally competed as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association from 1970-1973 before moving to the Pacific Coast Athletic Association in...

    5 133 Troy A. Johnson DB Oklahoma
    Oklahoma Sooners football
    The Oklahoma Sooners football program is a college football team that represents the University of Oklahoma . The team is currently a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...

    6 161 Lemuel Stinson
    Lemuel Stinson
    Lemuel Stinson is a former professional American football cornerback who played five seasons for the Chicago Bears of the NFL. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity....

    CB Texas Tech
    Texas Tech Red Raiders football
    Texas Tech Red Raiders football program is a college football team that represents Texas Tech University . The team competes, as a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...

    7 189 Caesar Rentie T Oklahoma
    Oklahoma Sooners football
    The Oklahoma Sooners football program is a college football team that represents the University of Oklahoma . The team is currently a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...

    8 208 David Tate DB Colorado
    Colorado Buffaloes football
    The Colorado Buffaloes football program represents the University of Colorado at Boulder in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level. The team is currently a member of the Pacific-12 Conference, having previously been a charter member of the Big 12 Conference. Before joining the Big 12,...

    8 217 Harvey Reed RB Howard
    Howard Bison football
    The Howard Bison are the college football team representing the Howard University. The Bison play in NCAA Division I Football Championship as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.-Alumni in the NFL:...

    9 245 Rogie Magee WR LSU
    LSU Tigers football
    The LSU Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in NCAA Division I FBS college football. Current head coach Les Miles has led the team since 2005. Since 1999 when Nick Saban took over as...

    10 273 Joel Porter
    Joel Porter
    Joel William Porter is an Australian football player who plays as a striker for the Hyundai A-League team Gold Coast United...

    G Baylor
    Baylor Bears football
    The Baylor Bears football team represents Baylor University in Division I FBS college football. They are a member of the Big 12 Conference. The team plays its home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas.-History:...

    11 301 Steve Forch LB Nebraska
    Nebraska Cornhuskers football
    The Nebraska Cornhuskers represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in college football. The program has established itself as a traditional powerhouse, and has the fourth-most all-time victories of any NCAA Division I-A team. Nebraska is one of only six football programs in NCAA Division I-A...

    12 329 Greg Clark
    Greg Clark
    Rt. Hon. Gregory David Clark is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Tunbridge Wells since 2005. Clark is currently a Minister of State in the Department for Communities and Local Government, with responsibility for overseeing decentralisation, a key...

    LB Arizona State
    Arizona State Sun Devils football
    The Arizona State Sun Devils' football program represents Arizona State University in college football, and competes in NCAA Division I FBS as a member of the Pacific-12 Conference....


    Schedule

    Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
    1 September 4, 1988 Miami Dolphins
    Miami Dolphins
    The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

    W 34-7
    63,330
    2 September 11, 1988 at Indianapolis Colts
    Indianapolis Colts
    The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....

    W 17-13
    60,503
    3 September 18, 1988 Minnesota Vikings
    Minnesota Vikings
    The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...

    L 31-7
    63,990
    4 September 25, 1988 at Green Bay Packers
    Green Bay Packers
    The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...

    W 24-6
    56,492
    5 October 2, 1988 Buffalo Bills
    Buffalo Bills
    The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

    W 24-3
    62,793
    6 October 9, 1988 at Detroit Lions
    Detroit Lions
    The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...

    W 24-7
    64,526
    7 October 16, 1988 Dallas Cowboys
    Dallas Cowboys
    The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...

    W 17-7
    64,759
    8 October 24, 1988 San Francisco 49ers
    San Francisco 49ers
    The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...

    W 10-9
    65,293
    9 October 30, 1988 at New England Patriots
    New England Patriots
    The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...

    L 30-7
    60,821
    10 November 6, 1988 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
    Tampa Bay Buccaneers
    The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...

    W 28-10
    56,892
    11 November 13, 1988 at Washington Redskins
    Washington Redskins
    The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...

    W 34-14
    52,418
    12 November 20, 1988 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
    Tampa Bay Buccaneers
    The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...

    W 27-15
    67,070
    13 November 27, 1988 Green Bay Packers
    Green Bay Packers
    The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...

    W 16-0
    62,026
    14 December 5, 1988 at Los Angeles Rams
    St. Louis Rams
    The St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Rams have won three NFL Championships .The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland,...

    L 23-3
    65,579
    15 December 11, 1988 Detroit Lions
    Detroit Lions
    The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...

    W 13-12
    55,010
    16 December 19, 1988 at Minnesota Vikings
    Minnesota Vikings
    The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...

    L 28-27
    62,067

    Standings

    NFC Central
    TeamWLTPCTPFPA
    Chicago Bears 12 4 0 .750 312 215
    Minnesota Vikings
    1988 Minnesota Vikings season
    -Schedule:-Postseason:*12/26 LA Rams W 28-17 *1/1 at San Francisco L 9-34 -Standings:-NFC Divisional Playoff:-References:* *...

    11 5 0 .688 406 233
    Tampa Bay Buccaneers
    1988 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
    The 1988 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the team's first full, non-strike season under head coach Ray Perkins. Perkins had by now rebuilt the Buccaneers as the NFL's youngest team, having replaced so many veterans that leadership became an issue. A strong draft produced several starters, including...

    5 11 0 .313 261 350
    Detroit Lions
    1988 Detroit Lions season
    The 1988 Detroit Lions season was the 59th season in franchise history. Darryl Rogers was released after 11 games and was replaced by Wayne Fontes.-NFL Draft:-Schedule:-Standings:-Roster:-References:***...

    4 12 0 .250 220 313
    Green Bay Packers
    1988 Green Bay Packers season
    The 1988 Green Bay Packers season was their 68th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 4–12 record under coach Lindy Infante, earning them a fifth-place finish in the NFC Central division...

    4 12 0 .250 240 315


    Playoffs

    In the divisional playoffs, the Bears defeated the Philadelphia Eagles
    Philadelphia Eagles
    The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

     in the Fog Bowl
    Fog Bowl (American football)
    In American football, the Fog Bowl was the name given to the December 31, 1988 National Football League playoff game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Chicago Bears. A heavy, dense fog rolled over Chicago's Soldier Field during the 2nd quarter, cutting visibility to about 10-20 yards for the...

    , earning their first postseason victory since Super Bowl XX
    Super Bowl XX
    Super Bowl XX was an American football championship game played on January 26, 1986 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana to decide the National Football League champion following the 1985 regular season...

    . A week later, Chicago was routed 28-3 by the San Francisco 49ers
    San Francisco 49ers
    The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...

    . This was the Bears' last appearance in the NFC Championship Game until 2006
    2006 Chicago Bears season
    The 2006 Chicago Bears season was their 87th regular season and 25th post-season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 13-3 regular season record, the best in the NFC, improving on their previous year’s record of 11-5...

    .

    NFC Divisional Playoff

    NFC Championship Game

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