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 (NFC) in the National  Football League (nfl). The team is legally and corporately registered as  Chicago Bears Football Club, Incorporated.

  The Bears have  won nine (9) nfl Championships (eight pre-merger, and one Super Bowl). The  Bears hold the nfl records for the most enshrines in the Pro Football Hall of  Fame, with 27 members, and the most retired Jersey numbers (13). The Bears have  also recorded more regular season and overall victories than any other nfl  franchise. The franchise recorded its 700th win on November 18, 2010.

  The club was founded in Decatur,  Illinois, in 1919,[6] and moved to Chicago in 1921. Along  with the Arizona Cardinals (originally from Chicago), it is one of only two remaining  franchises from the nfl's founding. The team played home games at Wrigley Field  on Chicago's  North Side through the 1970 season. With the exception of the 2002 season, they  have played their home games at Chicago's  Soldier Field every year since 1971. The stadium is located next to Lake  Michigan, and was recently remodeled in a modernization intended to update  stadium amenities while preserving a historic Chicago structure. The team has a storied,  long-standing rivalry with the Green Bay Packers, whom they have played 182  times. The Bears currently hold the edge in head-to-head matchups with a record  of 92–84–6. The two teams have met each other twice in the postseason. The  Bears won in 1941 and the Packers won in 2011.[7]

The team  headquarters, Halas Hall, is in the Chicago  suburb of Lake Forest, Illinois. The Bears practice at adjoining  facilities there during the season. They hold their annual training camp from  late July to mid-August at Ward Field on the campus of Olivet  Nazarene University  in Bourbonnais, Illinois.