Did You Know? 3/31/09

The last time the Bears and Packers made a trade with each other was when the Bears acquired return specialist Glyn Milburn from the Packers in exchange for a seventh-round draft pick on Aug. 29, 1998.

The swap helped both NFC North teams.

Glyn Milburn became the Bears' all-time leader with 4,596 kickoff return yards and was voted to the Pro Bowl in 1999, while the Packers selected wide receiver Donald Driver with the 213th overall pick they obtained in the deal.

Did You Know? 3-21-09

According to STATS, John St. Clair permitted 9.75 sacks last season, the fifth most in the NFL.

Houston’s Duane Brown and Buffalo’s Jason Peters tied for the most with 11.5 apiece, followed by Arizona’s Levi Brown (11) and San Francisco’s Barry Sims (10.5). Cincinnati’s Stacy Andrews and San Francisco’s Adam Snyder tied for sixth with 9.5, followed by Detroit’s Jeff Backus (9.25), Tampa Bay’s Donald Penn (8.5) and San Francisco’s Joe Staley (8.5).

Did You Know? 3-9-09

The Bears offense ranked 25th in the NFL on third downs with a 35.6 percent success rate last season, while the defense ranked fifth, allowing opponents to convert just 34.9 percent of their opportunities.

Did You Know? 2/14/09

Charles "Peanut" Tillman has forced 15 fumbles in six NFL seasons.

His 13 forced fumbles since 2005 are the most among cornerbacks in the league (Nate Clements is second with nine) and tied for ninth overall.

Charles" Peanut" Tillman tied a career high with four forced fumbles in 2008, which tied him for second among NFL cornerbacks behind only the New York Jets’ Dwight Lowery, who had five.

Did You Know? 2/11/09

The Bears ranked second in the NFL with 109 first-quarter points in 2008, trailing only the Atlanta Falcons (114).

Of those 109 points, a league-high 51 came on Chicago’s first possession. Five of the Bears’ six touchdowns on their opening drive came through the air, also the most in the NFL.

Did You Know? 2-9-09

The Bears odds to win SBXLIV in Miami, FL are 30-1 on Bodog.com.

Did You Know? 1-22-09

The last time the Bears played both Super Bowl participants from the previous season as they will in 2009 when they face the Steelers and Cardinals was 1991.

Next season will mark the eighth time the Bears have played both Super Bowl teams from the previous year.

They are 4-12 overall in those games and have lost six straight dating back to 1991 when they defeated the reigning champion New York Giants 20-17 at Soldier Field.

The Bears have never hosted both Super Bowl participants from the previous season at Soldier Field and have never defeated both Super Bowl teams from the previous year in the same season.

IAlso, this coming season will mark the first time that the Bears have ever played all four of the teams that reached the conference championship games the previous year.

They’re the only NFL team to do this in 2009.

Did you Know? 10-23-08

The Bears have now won back-to-back games in overtime for just the second time since overtime was adopted in 1974.

The previous time came in 2001 when safety Mike Brown returned interceptions for touchdowns in overtime to beat the 49ers 37-31 and the Browns 27-21.

Did you Know? 12/8/08

Matt Forte broke Gale Sayers record of most yards from scrimmage by a Chicago Bear rookie.

Did you Know? 11-28-08

The Chicago Bears record in domes since 2006, is 7-3 and so far this season they are 3-1 playing in domes.

Sunday wasn't that bad

Believe it or not Sunday's 37-3 loss to the Packers was not there worse loss ever at Lambeau Field.

The worst loss to the Green Bay Packers was a 49-0 defeat on Sept. 30, 1962 at Lambeau Field.

That ranks as the second worse loss by the Bears ever.

Did you Know 11/17/08

For the third time this season the Bears failed to register a sack.

They have five in the last five games.

Did you Know? 11-6-08

This will be the first appearance by the Tennessee Titans at Soldier Field.

The two teams last met in Chicago on Oct. 22, 1995 when the Titans were known as the Houston Oilers.

That makes it the longest drought away from the city of Chicago for any NFL team.

The Bears have played the Titans twice in Tennessee, winning 23-20 in 1998 and 19-17 in 2004.

Did you Know? 11/5/08

The Bears haven’t played an opponent with a better record since Dec. 8, 1929 when the Green Bay Packers improved to 12-0-1 with a 25-0 win at Wrigley Field.

In their last three games, the Bears pass defense has allowed the Falcons’ Matt Ryan (301 yards), the Vikings’ Gus Frerotte (298 yards) and Orlovsky (292) to post season-highs in yards.

The Bears know they better step it up, if they want to have a chance to get the W.

Lovie Smith on defense on Sunday:

“What I’m going to choose to remember [from Sunday] is how the defense finished. There was nothing inconsistent about the way we finished that second half. There was consistent good football, and I’m hoping that’s what will carry through the second half of the season.”

Did you Know? 11-3-08

Yesterday, both Kyle Orton and Rex Grossman both scored rushing touchdowns.

The last time two Chicago Bears quarterbacks ran for to touchdowns was back in 1986, when Mike Tomczak and Doug Flutie scored.

Also, that was Orton's first career NFL rushing touchdown and Rex's first since 2004.

Did you Know? 10/16/08

Rex Grossman and Kyle Orton's first season as a starter statistics after six games are very similar.

Rex Grossman completed 107 of 189 passes for 1,387 yards with 10 touchdowns and seven interceptions in 2006, while Kyle Orton has completed 122 of 198 passes for 1,386 yards with eight TDs and four interceptions this year.

It’s pretty amazing that the two quarterbacks are separated by only one yard after six games.

Orton looks like the better the Qb right now, but Grossman led the Bears to the Super Bowl.

Who knows Orton could lead them to the promise land too.

Did You Know? 10-9-08

When Devin Hester scores a TD, the Bears record is 10-2.

Hester has two touchdowns so far this season for the Bears, both are receiving touchdowns.

Did You Know? 9-10-08

Since Lovie Smith became coach in 2004, the Bears are 28-12 when rushing for at least 100 yards, 17-7 when rushing for at least 125 yards and 8-3 when rushing for at least 150 yards.
They compiled 183 yards on the ground Sunday night at Indianapolis, which tied for the second most in Smith’s tenure.

The Bears ran for 187 yards in a win over the Lions on Sept. 18, 2005 at Soldier Field and 183 yards in a victory over the Saints on Nov. 6, 2005 in Baton Rouge, La.

Did You Know: 7/8/08

Did You Know: Jim McMahon former Chicago Bears QB.

Chicago Bears fans remember that QB Jim McMahon helped the Bears win Super Bowl XX, but what they don't remember is he won a Super Bowl with the Packers.

Yes, he played for the Bears enemy and in 1996 he played backup to Brett Favre.

He was booed at the beginning of his two years with the Pack, later he was called McBackup to Brett Favre.

The funny part of this story is that the Bears never went to the White House in Washington because of the death of the astronauts on the challenger. So, when the Packers won the Super Bowl in 1996, McMahon wore a Chicago Bears jersey

Many Green Bay Packer fans grew very furious, but then he explained how he never had the chance to go when he was on the Bears.

He is the best Bears QB since Sid Luckman, but he bounced around the league after his departure from the Bears. He later played for the Vikings, Chargers, and Cardinals.

Just a fun fact to know about a former Bears player.