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Super Bowl XLI was an American football game played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Indianapolis Colts and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Chicago Bears to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2006 season.
The Bears played in four straight NFL Championship Games between 1940 and 1943, winning three of them, including an NFL record 73–0 victory over the Washington Redskins in 1940. [8] [9] The second period of success was between 1984 and 1991 when the Bears captured six NFC Central Division titles in eight years and won Super Bowl XX.
The two teams also met in the 1985 and 1990 playoffs, splitting each meeting en route to a Super Bowl championship (Bears in Super Bowl XX, Giants in Super Bowl XXV). As of the 2023 season, the Bears lead the all-time series 36–25–2.
Chicago Bears N (1, 1–0) 46–10 ... hold the record for most Super Bowl appearances (11) ... of number of appearances and then years since their last appearance ...
Last appearance in Super Bowl [1] [4] Seasons Team Last appearance NFL season Result 59: Detroit Lions: ... Chicago Bears: Super Bowl XLI: 2006: Lost vs. Indianapolis 16:
While many expected the game a lop-sided affair in favor of the 5–0 Bears, the Cardinals led the Bears before stumbling in the game's last quarter. The game marked the Bears’ first Monday Night Football appearance since the 2003 NFL season , and second overall prime-time appearance of the season.
The Bears defeated the Saints 39–14, earning them the George Halas Trophy and the right to represent the National Football Conference at Super Bowl XLI against the Indianapolis Colts in their first Super Bowl appearance since Super Bowl XX in 1986. Also, Lovie Smith became the first African-American coach to lead his team to a Super Bowl.
Super Bowl XX was played on January 26, 1986, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. This was the fourth Super Bowl and, to date, the last time in which both teams made their Super Bowl debuts. [a] The Bears entered the game after becoming the