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October 2006 NFL game between the Chicago Bears and San Fransisco 49ers
Pre-game ceremony of a 2014 Bears game

Soldier Field, a stadium in the United States city of Chicago, has a history of hosting American football games dating back to the stadium's early history in 1920s. Since 1971, the Chicago Bears of the NFL have been the stadium's primary tenant.

NFL

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early games

College All-Star games

Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears

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Main article: Chicago Bears and Soldier Field
December 1926 game between the Bears and Green Bay Packers
September 2008 Bears game

The Chicago Bears of the NFL have been tenants of Soldier Field since their 1971 season (with the exception of playing their 2002 season at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois due to the renovation of the stadium). Prior to 1971, the Bears had played occasional games at Soldier Field, while making Wrigley Field their primary stadium.[1]

The team first played at Soldier Field on November 11, 1926 (Armistice Day), the day that the stadium was renamed "Soldier Field" in what was the stadium's first professional American football game.[2][3][4][1]

The Bears had initially intended to only use Soldier Field as an interim facility before moving into a new purpose-built stadium. Before the stadium's 2002–03 renovation, the Bears' tenancy at Soldier Field, had seen constant pushes and discussions by the team for the construction of a new stadium or the renovation of Soldier Field.

In the 2020s, the Chicago Bears have made plans to build a new stadium in Arlington Park, opening discussions about the team's longterm future at Soldier Field.

Chicago Cardinals

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The Chicago Bears play the Chicago Cardinals on November 11, 1926

The former Chicago Cardinals of the NFL had played occasional games at Soldier Field for much of their history. In their ____ season, their last before moving away from Chicago, the team were full-time tenants of the stadium. https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/bears-proposal-move-to-arlington-heights-repeated-over-and-over/

The team first played at Soldier Field in a November 11, 1926 game against the Chicago Bears. The game, held on Armistice Day, coincided with the renaming of the stadium as "Soldier Field". This was the first professional American football game to be contested at the stadium, and it drew a crowd of 10,000 spectators. The Bears defeated an injury-ridden Cardinals. Cardinals halfback Red Dunn breaking his leg above the ankle. The first Bears touchdown in Soldier Field History occurred second quarter when quarterback Paddy Driscoll (who incidentally had previously played for the Cardinals) threw a forty-yard pass to Duke Hanny, the game's sole touchdown. Driscoll also kicked for the extra point, and scoring a field goal later in the second period. The game benefited the construction of Rosary College, which today is known as Dominican University.[2][3][4]

The Cardinals soon returned to the stadium, being defeated 7–2 on November 28, 1926 by the Kansas City Cowboys before at crowd of 12,000 spectators.[3][5] This game was the first American football game to be held in benefit of causes related to the Chicago Sisters of Mercy (including the order's Catholic high schools and Mercy Hospital). Such a benefit game would become an annual event held thereafter until 1951, usually featuring Catholic high school teams rather than professional teams. The 1926 game had been organized by Sister Mary Ricardo, who decided a football game would be a good annual fundraiser after a meeting with Chris O'Brien, who suggested the possibility of moving a game against the Cardinals and the Kansas City Cowboys from the Cardinals' home venue of Comiskey Park to Soldier Field.[3][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

On October 30, 1927, 15,000 spectators saw the NFL's New York Yankees defeat the Cardinals 7-6 at Soldier Field.[15] On November 27, 1927, 5,000 fans saw the Cleveland Bulldogs defeat the Cardinals 32-7 at Soldier Field.[16] On September 11, 1938, 20,000 spectators saw the Chicago Bears defeat the Cardinals 16-13 at Soldier Field.[17] On October 1, 1939, 11,000 spectators saw the Detroit Lions defeat the Cardinals 17-3 at Soldier Field.[18]

On November 29, 1959 the Cardinals played their last home game as the Chicago Cardinals. The following season they moved to St. Louis (and later would leave St. Louis for Arizona).[19]

Other professional leagues

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The XFL Chicago Enforcers play at Soldier Field in 2001

From 1946 through 1949, the All-America Football Conference's Chicago Rockets' (which were renamed the "Chicago Hornets") were tenants at the stadium. On September 13, 1946, 51,962 spectators attended the All-America Football Conference's Chicago Rockets' debut game, in which they were defeated 20-6 by the Cleveland Browns.[20][21] October 28, 1949: 11,249 spectators attended the the team's final home game before it and its league folded. The team (by then renamed the "Chicago Hornets") lost 14-24 to the Los Angeles Dons.[22][23]

The Chicago Winds of the World Football League played their only season at Soldier Field in 1975. Their only win that season saw them defeating the Portland Thunder at Soldier Field before a crowd of merely 3,502 spectators.[3] The World Football League's Chicago Fire also played their sole season as tenants at Soldier Field. Their debut game, held July 10, 1974 at Soldier Field, was attended by 42,000 spectators.[3] The Chicago Fire of the American Football Association were tenants of the stadium for their 1981 season.

In 2001, the Chicago Enforcers of the XFL played their only season as tenants of the stadium.[24]

Collegiate

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Chicago College All-Star Game

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Main article: Chicago College All-Star Game
Program artwork of the 1956 Chicago College All-Star Game

UIC Chicos

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UIC Chicos football were tenants of Soldier Field from ______.

Notre Dame

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USC and Notre Dame play each other on November 26, 1927 before a reported crowd of 123,000
Christie Flanagan runs the ball for Notre Dame on November 26, 1927
Summary of games played at Soldier Field by Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Date Opponent Result Score Attendance
Nov 22, 1924 Northwestern Win 13–6 45,000 [25]______
Nov 26, 1927 USC Win 7–6 123,000 [26]
Oct 13, 1928 Navy Win 7–0 120,000 [27]
Oct 1, 1929 Wisconsin Win 19–0 90,000 [28]
Nov 9, 1929 Drake Win 19–7 55,000 [25]
Nov 16, 1929 USC Win 19–12 113,000 [25]
Nov 29, 1930 Army Win 7–6 110,000 [25]
Oct 10, 1931 Northwestern Tie 0–0 65,000 [29][30]
Dec 13, 1942 Great Lakes Tie 13–13 [25]
Sep 5, 1992 Northwestern Win 42–7 64,887 [29]
Sep 3, 1994 Northwestern Win 42–15 66,946 [25]
Oct 6, 2012 Miami Win 41–3 _____ [25]
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  • October 13, 1928: Notre Dame defeated Navy in a 7–0 game.[27] This game was attended by 120,000 spectators. This game is argued by some sources to have until the 2016 Battle at Bristol[36] held the all-time collegiate attendance record, as some sources (such as the Chicago Tribune) reported the November 25, 1927 match at Soldier Field to have had a then all-time high attendance of 117,000, while the NCAA recorded the attendance as 120,000, which it deems to be the 'largest pre-1948 regular season college football attendance'. A figure of 123,000 was reported by the official Park District attendance count.[3][26][37][38][39]


In 1929, with Notre Dame football's previous home stadium _____ demolished and their new stadium (Notre Dame Stadium) still under construction, Soldier Field became their interim home stadium.

  • September 5, 1992 64,877 spectators saw Notre Dame defeat Northwestern 42–7. It was Notre Dame's first game at Soldier Field in a half-century.[3][27]


The October 6, 2012 game at Soldier Field between Notre Dame Miami was held as an edition of Notre Dame's Shamrock Series.[25]

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Military academies

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Summary of games played at Soldier Field by Air Force Falcons
Date Opponent Result Score Attendance
Nov 2, 1963 Army –
Nov 6, 1965 Army –
Summary of games played at Soldier Field by Army Black Knights
Date Opponent Result Score Attendance
Nov 27, 1926 Navy Tie 21–21 110,000 [3]
Nov 29, 1930 Notre Dame Loss 7–6 [25]
Nov 2, 1963 Air Force –
Nov 6, 1965 Air Force –
Summary of games played at Soldier Field by Navy Midshipmen
Date Opponent Result Score Attendance
Nov 27, 1926 Army Tie 21–21 110,000 [3]
Oct 13, 1928 Notre Dame Win 7–0 120,000 [27]

1926 Army-Navy Game

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Main article: 1926 Army–Navy Game
1926 Army-Navy Game
  • November 27, 1926: Army-Navy Game, attended by over 110,000 spectators. The game was the deciding game for who would be named the national collegiate football champion, as Navy entered undefeated and Army had lost only to Notre Dame. The game was considered to have lived up to its hype, and ended in a 21–21 tie. Navy was awarded the national championship. Amongst the 110,000 in attendance (which at the time was the largest crowd for a football game) were the Vice President of the United States Charles G. Dawes as well as the United States Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur. Also in attendance was legendary Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coach Knute Rockne, who considered the game at Soldier Field important enough to warrant his missing his own team's game against Carnegie Tech that day (a game which Rockne's undefeated Fighting Irish lost in an upset that was ranked the fourth-greatest upset in college football history by ESPN[41][42]) The game was also broadcast nationally on radio, a notable early use of the rising broadcast medium. Walter Eckersdall of the Chicago Tribune dubbed it to be "one of the greatest football games ever played", and proclaimed that it had been seen by "the largest crowd that ever saw a football game in this country". More than a decade later, the readers of Esquire magazine voted this the best football game of all time. Even today many revere this as the greatest Army-Navy game ever.[3][43][44][34][32][45][46][47][48][49][50][51]

1963 and 1965 Army–Air Force games

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On November 2, 1963, Soldier Field hosted the Army–Air Force game. It was the first game between two military colleges to be held at Soldier Field since the 1927 Army-Navy Game.[3][52][53] U.S. President John F. Kennedy was scheduled to make an appearance at halftime as part of his reelection effort. Kennedy had helped Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley to bring the game to Chicago.[3][54] However, due to safety concerns with Kennedy's planned motorcade route from O'Hare International Airport after two possible assassination plans had been intercepted, Kennnedy did not travel to Chicago. Kennedy would, incidentally, be assassinated weeks later while traveling by motorcade in Dallas.[55]

On November 6, 1965, Soldier Field again hosted the Army–Air Force game.[3]

Northwestern

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Northwestern vs. Notre Name game held on November 22, 1924
Summary of games played at Soldier Field by Northwestern Wildcats
Date Opponent Result Score Attendance Notes
Nov 22, 1924 Notre Dame Loss 6–13 45,000 First football game between two major college teams in stadium's history [25][3]
Nov 7, 1925 Michigan Win 3–2 40,000+ 70,000 tickets sold, but attendance was suppressed by severely inclement weather [29]
Oct. 10, 1931 Notre Dame Tie 0–0 65,000 — [29][30]
Nov. 28, 1931 Purdue Loss 0–7 Special post-season charity game [29]
Oct 7, 1933 Iowa Loss 0–7 — [29]
Oct 14, 1933 Stanford Tie 0–0 — [29]
Sep 5, 1992 Notre Dame Loss 7–42 — [27][29]
Sep 3, 1994 Notre Dame Loss 15–42 66,496 — [27]
Aug 23, 1997 Oklahoma Win 24–0 1997 Pigskin Classic game [27][29]
Nov 28, 2015 Illinois Win 24–14 Land of Lincoln Trophy rivalry game [56]
2017 Illinois – Land of Lincoln Trophy rivalry game
2019 Illinois – Land of Lincoln Trophy rivalry game

Illinois

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Summary of games played at Soldier Field by Illinois Fighting Illini
Date Opponent Result Score Attendance
Sep 1, 1994 Washington State Loss 9–10 [27]
Sep 14, 2013 Washington Loss 24–34 47,312 [57] ____citescore
Nov 28, 2015 Northwestern Loss 14–24 [56]
2017 Northwestern –
2019 Northwestern –

Among the games that Illinois has played at Soldier Field were Land of Lincoln Trophy rivalry games against Northwestern in 2015, 2017 and 2019. Rather than hosting the Illinois home games at its own stadium, Illinois' football program opted to host the game at Soldier Field.[58]> The 2015 game was the first time in the 123-year rivalry between the two school's that they had ever met at Soldier Field, and the third time that they played had one another in Chicago (the previous two times being at Wrigley Field in 1923 and in 2010).[58][59]

Northern Illinois

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Summary of games played at Soldier Field by Northern Illinois Huskies
Date Opponent Result Score Attendance
Sep 1, 2007 Iowa Loss 3–16 61,500 [60]
Sep 17, 2011 Wisconsin – ____
Sep 1, 2012 Iowa – ____

Northern Illinois University (NIU) has held three home football games at Soldier Field. NIU's 2007 game at Soldier Field was the first NCAA Division I football game at Soldier Field since its renovations. The capacity crowd of 61,500 attend sept a new record for attendance at a home game of a Mid-American Conference football team (the match was considered a home game for NIU).[60] The three games at Soldier Field were marketed as "Soldier Field Showdown I", "Soldier Field Showdown II", and "Soldier Field Showdown III".

Loyola

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Loyola Ramblers vs. Dayton Flyers football game (November 5, 1927)

The (since defunct) football team of Chicago's Loyola University played several games at Soldier Field. Three of these were against [[DePaul Blue Demons football team|DePaul], another Chicago university.

Summary of games played at Soldier Field by Loyola Ramblers
Date Opponent Result Score Attendance
Oct 15, 1927 Saint Louis Loss 0–19 [61]
Nov 5, 1927 Dayton Loss 0–12 [62]
Nov 17, 1928 Quantico Loss 6–13 [63]
Dec 1, 1928 DePaul Win 7–0 [64]
Nov 3, 1929 DePaul Win 13–0 51,000 [65]
Nov 3, 1930 DePaul Loss 0–6 [66]

HBCU games

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Soldier Field has a long history of holding games between historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

Tuskegee–Wilberforce annual rivalry game (1929–1949)

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In all but three years from 1929 until 1949, Soldier Field played host to the annual rivalry game between Tuskegee and Wilberforce University (both historically black colleges).[3][67] The first such game at Soldier Field, held October 26, 1929, provided a championship among historically black colleges. Tuskegee's star player was Ben Stevenson, a running back. The 1929 game was attended by 12,000 spectators.[3][68][69][70][71] The only three exceptions between 1929 and 1949 when the annual matchup was played elsewhere were in 1931 (when game held at Mills Stadium in Chicago), 1932 (when in place of this matchup, Wilberforce played a different team at another venue in Chicago), and 1937 (when the game was cancelled). After 1942 the game was moved Chicago's Comiskey Park, where it was played annually until 1949. Overall, Wilberforce recorded nine victories, Tuskegee recorded eight victories, and three games were tied in the rivalry series. The rivalry series was remembered endearingly by many in Chicago's African-American community.[3][67][72]

Sickle cell anemia benefit game (1970s)

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In the 1970s, Soldier Field had a tradition of holding an annual game between different historically black colleges and universities to raise proceeds for charities related to [[sickle cell anemia]. In 1972, Tennessee State defeated Alcorn 40-13 in this game. On September 13, 1974, Tennessee State played Central State.[73]

Chicago Football Classic (1992–present)

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Soldier Field's annual "Chicago Football Classic" HBCU game was first held in 1992.[74] After not being held in 1996, it was re-inaugrated in 1997.[75][76]

Details of individual years:

Other collegiate games

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Advertisement for the stadium's night football game on October 3, 1930

Other collegiate games held at Soldier Field have included:


High school

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An annual football game benefiting causes of the Chicago Sisters of Mercy was held between 1926 and 1951. While the annual edition feature an NFL game between the Chicago Cardinals and Kansas City Chiefs, most the annual game featured a matchup of two Catholic League schools. Commonly these were Saint Rita and Leo). Some years, however, the game instead included featured professional or college teams. The game usually attracted between 20,000 and 30,000 spectators. [3][96][97]


  • 20,000 spectators attended the 1930 Public League championship, which substituted for the Prep Bowl (which was not played in either 1929 nor in 1930, and was decided by forfeit in 1928).[3][98][99][100][101]


  • In 1936 a game was held at Soldier Field between rival high schools Tilden and Austin was held at Soldier Field. During the game Tilden player Lou Rymkus blocked a kick and scored a touchdown. Rymkus would later refer to this as the most memorable game of his high school career.[102]
  • In 2005, the inaugural Kickoff Classic, an annual preseason Soldier Field matchup of two high-ranking high school football teams, was played.[3]
  • August 26, 2007, at the halftime of a high school football game at Soldier Field Fenwick and Hubbard at Soldier Field, Johnny Lattner's #34 jersey was retired by Fenwick. Lattner played for Fenwick when he was in high school, and would later go on to play football collegiately (where he would win the 1953 Heisman Trophy) and professionally. This was the first time Fenwick had ever retired a number.[103][104]





Chicago Prep Bowl

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Main article: Chicago Prep Bowl

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See also

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