1. Oct. 13, 1985
Candlestick Park
The Bears improved to 6-0 with a 26-10 victory over the team that beat them in the NFC title game nine months earlier. The game showed the Bears would be Super Bowl contenders. They won Super Bowl XX three months later.
2. Jan. 8, 1989
Soldier Field
With the wind-chill at 25 below zero, the Bears appeared to have the weather with them in the NFC title game. But Joe Montana threw three touchdown passes as the 49ers rolled to a 28-3 victory. Two weeks later the 49ers beat Cincinnati in the Super Bowl.
3. Jan. 6, 1985
Candlestick Park
The Bears got their first taste of a title game in more than two decades, and it wasn’t a good one. The 49ers won 23-0 and beat Miami in the Super Bowl two weeks later.
4. Dec. 12, 1965
Wrigley Field
Rookie Gale Sayers put on one of the greatest individual efforts in NFL history, scoring a league-record six touchdowns in the Bears’ 61-20 victory. Sayers rushed for four touchdowns, caught one scoring pass and scored once on a return.
5. Oct. 28, 2001
Soldier Field
In a game that symbolized the Bears’ 13-3 season, Mike Brown’s 33-yard interception return in overtime gave the Bears a 37-31 victory.
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