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Article: Super Bowl XLI by the Numbers; Breaking do wn the battle betw een the Bears and Colts for NFL sup remacy
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- Dayton Daily News
- Article date:
- February 3, 2007
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Old foes face off in Supr Bowl XLI.
The Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts meet Sunday for their
first postseason match, with the NFL hampionship at stake. However,
the two tams once were regular rivals.
The Bears first met the Colts in 1953, when the Colts were located
in Baltimore. The teams met twice a seson from 1953 until 1967 in the
NFL's W estern Conference.
The Bears have played the Colts a total of 39 times. However, the
two teams have met only five times since 984, when the Colts
relocated to Indianapolis.
The Bears are back in te Super Bowl for the first time in 21
years, since winning Super Bowl XX in January 1986. For the Colts,
it's the first appearance since the ...