The Atlanta Falcons look to bounce back with a game against a Chicago Bears team whom they have had a seesaw history against, going 13-15 in their head-to-head matchups.
The Bears won the first two matchups in Atlanta’s first two years of existence, but they were a team the Birds generally owned throughout the ‘70s and into the early ‘80s, even though Atlanta was not winning many games overall during that time period. The Falcons went 9-2 against Chicago from 1968-1983.
In their following matchup, the Bears in 1985 — thought by some to be the greatest football team of all time — absolutely throttled Atlanta, 36-0, and firmly shifted the pendulum in the other direction.