Editing Chicago Bears (section)

====Cleveland/Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams====
The [[Los Angeles Rams|Cleveland/Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams]] and the Bears played in the same division the [[1937 NFL season]] to the [[1969 NFL season]] (with the 1958 game attracting 100,470 fans, the largest in Bears history<ref name="u972">{{cite web | last=Mayer | first=Larry | title=9 fun facts about Bears-Rams matchup | website=Chicago Bears | date=2021-09-12 | url=https://www.chicagobears.com/news/9-fun-facts-about-bears-rams-matchup-week-1-2021-sunday-night-football | access-date=2024-08-26 | archive-date=March 11, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311150616/https://www.chicagobears.com/news/9-fun-facts-about-bears-rams-matchup-week-1-2021-sunday-night-football | url-status=live }}</ref>), while the two franchises continue to play annually until the [[1980 NFL season]].<ref name="z443">{{cite web | title=Bears-Rams rivalry overheated 70 years ago | website=Pro Football Hall of Fame | date=2024-03-20 | url=https://www.profootballhof.com/blogs/2018/10/blogs-stories-from-the-pro-football-hall-of-fame-archives-bears-rams-rivalry-overheated-70-years-ag/ | access-date=2024-08-26 | archive-date=September 8, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908000812/https://www.profootballhof.com/blogs/2018/10/blogs-stories-from-the-pro-football-hall-of-fame-archives-bears-rams-rivalry-overheated-70-years-ag/ | url-status=live }}</ref>  From 1995 to 2015 the two teams were part of the Chicago-St. Louis rivalries in the [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|major professional leagues]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schneider |first=Joey |date=May 9, 2023 |title=Ready for another St. Louis-Chicago sports rivalry? A soccer one starts Tuesday |work=Fox 2 |url=https://fox2now.com/sports/stl-city-sc/ready-for-another-st-louis-chicago-sports-rivalry-a-soccer-one-starts-tuesday/ |access-date=May 14, 2023 |archive-date=May 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514155902/https://fox2now.com/sports/stl-city-sc/ready-for-another-st-louis-chicago-sports-rivalry-a-soccer-one-starts-tuesday/ |url-status=live }}</ref> As of the 2023 season, Chicago currently holds the series lead 54–39–3 (1–1 in the playoffs). It is the Rams' longest-running, non-division series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Matchups, Chicago Bears vs. Cleveland/St. Louis/LA Rams |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/game_query.cgi?tm1=chi&tm2=ram&yr=all |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |language=en |archive-date=November 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118165707/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/game_query.cgi?tm1=chi&tm2=ram&yr=all |url-status=live }}</ref> Under the current NFL scheduling formula, the Bears and Rams play at least once every four years.<ref name="NFLSchedule" />