Bears–Giants rivalry
Six NFL Championship Games between Chicago and New York, the most common title-game pairing.
The Bears–Giants rivalry is the NFL rivalry between the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants. It is defined by the six NFL Championship Games the clubs played before the Super Bowl era, the most frequent pairing in either the NFL Championship or the Super Bowl. Chicago leads the series 37-25-2 and is 5-3 in their eight playoff meetings.
Quick Facts
- Location
- Chicago, New York City
- First meeting
- December 6
- 1925; Bears 19
- Giants 7
- Latest meeting
- November 9
- 2025; Bears 24
- Giants 20
- Stadiums
- Bears: Soldier Field; Giants: MetLife Stadium
- Total meetings
- 64
- Regular season
- Bears: 31–22–2
- Postseason
- Bears: 5–3
- Largest victory
- Bears: 56–7 (1943); Giants: 47–7 (1956)
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Background
Between 1933 and 1946 the two clubs appeared in 12 of the 14 championship games. Chicago won the first, the 1933 title game, 23-21; the Giants took the 1934 rematch 30-13 at the Polo Grounds, the Sneakers Game, after switching to basketball shoes on the frozen field. The Bears won in 1941 (37-9 at Wrigley Field before only 13,341 fans) and in 1946 (24-14 in New York, a game marked by a bribery scandal involving two Giants players). The Giants routed Chicago 47-7 at Yankee Stadium in 1956, and the Bears won the last of the six, 14-10, for the 1963 championship. In the 1980s both clubs returned to contention with famous defenses, the Bears' 46 defense under Buddy Ryan and the Giants' unit coached by Bill Belichick.
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