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Chicago Bears vs. Detroit Lions

24Belt meetings
21Bears wins
3Lions wins
5Title changes

Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions have met 24 times with the NFL belt on the line, from November 30, 1930 to October 4, 2009. The belt changed hands in 5 of those games. Chicago Bears lead the belt series 21–3.

Belt gameDateResult
145Nov 30, 1930Chicago Bears beat Portsmouth Spartans 14–6Defense
158Nov 29, 1931Portsmouth Spartans beat Chicago Bears 3–0Title change
172Dec 18, 1932Chicago Bears beat Portsmouth Spartans 9–0Defense
198Nov 29, 1934Chicago Bears beat Detroit Lions 19–16Defense
199Dec 2, 1934Chicago Bears beat Detroit Lions 10–7Defense
219Oct 25, 1936Chicago Bears beat Detroit Lions 12–10Defense
259Nov 12, 1939Chicago Bears beat Detroit Lions 23–13Title change
291Nov 1, 1942Chicago Bears beat Detroit Lions 16–0Defense
294Nov 22, 1942Chicago Bears beat Detroit Lions 42–0Defense
315Nov 19, 1944Detroit Lions beat Chicago Bears 41–21Title change
338Nov 24, 1946Chicago Bears beat Detroit Lions 42–6Defense
356Oct 17, 1948Chicago Bears beat Detroit Lions 28–0Defense
410Nov 23, 1952Chicago Bears beat Detroit Lions 24–23Title change
437Dec 12, 1954Chicago Bears beat Detroit Lions 28–24Defense
446Nov 20, 1955Chicago Bears beat Detroit Lions 24–14Defense
473Dec 15, 1957Detroit Lions beat Chicago Bears 21–13Defense
499Dec 13, 1959Chicago Bears beat Detroit Lions 25–14Defense
539Dec 16, 1962Chicago Bears beat Detroit Lions 3–0Title change
542Sep 29, 1963Chicago Bears beat Detroit Lions 37–21Defense
553Dec 15, 1963Chicago Bears beat Detroit Lions 24–14Defense
764Nov 24, 1977Chicago Bears beat Detroit Lions 31–14Defense
1,011Nov 3, 1991Chicago Bears beat Detroit Lions 20–10Defense
1,070Nov 20, 1994Chicago Bears beat Detroit Lions 20–10Defense
1,331Oct 4, 2009Chicago Bears beat Detroit Lions 48–24Defense

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