Chicago Bears Opponents, 1920-1997

This is a key to the trigraph labels in the tables listing scores of all Chicago Bears games. Not all of these teams actually played games against the Bears. The years indicate when the designated franchise was a member of the NFL and eligible to play the Bears.
Dec 1920    Decatur Staleys
Chi 1921    Chicago Staleys
Chi 1922-   Chicago Bears

Akr 1919-26 Akron Steels
Ari 1994-   Arizona Cardinals
Atl 1966-   Atlanta Falcons
Bal 1953-83 Baltimore Colts (to Indianapolis)
Bal 1996-   Baltimore Ravens
Brk 1930-43 Brooklyn Dodgers
Brk 1944    Brooklyn Tigers
Bos 1932    Boston Braves
Bos 1933-36 Boston Redskins (to Washington)
Bos 1970    Boston Patriots
Bos 1944-48 Boston Yanks
Buf 1920-27 Buffalo All-Americans
Buf 1929    Buffalo Bisons
Buf 1970-   Buffalo Bills 
CP  1944    Card-Pitt (one-year merger due to war)
Can 1919-23 Canton Bulldogs (to Cleveland)
Can 1925-26 Canton Bulldogs (new)
Car 1919-59 Chicago Cardinals (to St. Louis)
Car 1995-   Carolina Panthers
Cin 1933-34 Cincinnati Reds
Cin 1970-   Cincinnati Bengals
Cle 1919-23 Cleveland Indians
Cle 1924-27 Cleveland Bulldogs
Cle 1931    Cleveland Indians
Cle 1937-45 Cleveland Rams (to Los Angeles)
Cle 1950-95 Cleveland Browns (to Baltimore as Ravens)
Col 1923-26 Columbus Tigers
Dal 1952    Dallas Texans
Dal 1960-   Dallas Cowboys
Day 1919-29 Dayton Triangles
Den 1970-   Denver Broncos
Det 1919-21 Detroit Heralds (called Panthers in 1921)
Det 1925-26 Detroit Panthers
Det 1928    Detroit Wolverines
Det 1934-   Detroit Lions
Dul 1926-27 Duluth Eskimos
Fra 1924-31 Frankford (PA) Yellowjackets
GB  1921-   Green Bay Packers
Ham 1919-26 Hammond Pros
Hou 1970-   Houston Oilers
Ind 1984-   Indianapolis Colts
Jax 1995-   Jacksonville Jaguars
KC  1970-   Kansas City Chiefs
LA  1946-95 Los Angeles Rams
Lou 1926    Louisville Colonels
Mia 1970-   Miami Dolphins
Mil 1922-26 Milwaukee Badgers
Min 1921-24 Minneapolis Marines
Min 1929-30 Minneapolis Red Jackets
Min 1961-   Minnesota Vikings
NE  1971-   New England Patriots
NO  1967-   New Orleans Saints
NYG 1925-   New York Giants
NYJ 1970-   New York Jets
NYY 1926-28 New York Yankees
NYY 1950-1  New York Yankees
Oak 1970-81 Oakland Raiders (to Los Angeles)
Oak 1995-   Oakland Raiders
Oor 1922-23 Oorang Indians (LaRue, OH)
PP  1943    Phil-Pitt Steagles (one-year merger due to war)
Phi 1933-40 Philadelphia Eagles (to Pittsburgh as Steelers)
Phi 1941-   Philadelphia Eagles
Pho 1988-93 Phoenix Cardinals (became Arizona Cardinals)
Pit 1933-   Pittsburgh Pirates (to Philadelphia as Eagles)
Pit 1941-   Pittsburgh Steelers
Por 1930-33 Portsmouth (OH) Spartans (to Detroit as Lions)
Pot 1925-28 Pottsville Maroons
Pro 1925-31 Providence Steamrollers
RI  1919-26 Rock Island (IL) Independents
Rac 1922-26 Racine (WI) Horlick Legion
Rai 1982-94 Los Angeles Raiders (back to Oakland)
Ram 1980-94 Los Angeles Rams (to St. Louis)
Rch 1919-26 Rochester (NY) Jeffersons
SD  1970-   San Diego Chargers
SF  1946-   San Francisco 49ers
SI  1929-32 Staten Island Stapletons
Sea 1976-   Seattle Seahawks
StL 1960-87 St. Louis Cardinals (to Phoenix)
StL 1995-   St. Louis Rams
TB  1976-   Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tig 1920    Chicago Tigers
Tol 1922-23 Toledo Maroons
Was 1937-   Washington Redskins

Back to Chicago Bears