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Bears to wear Mike Ditka tribute decal against Packers
The Chicago Bears will wear a helmet decal with Mike Ditka’s No.
89 during their Week 5 game against the Green Bay Packers in Green Bay.
Ditka died on Friday at age 86.
He played six seasons for Chicago and later returned to coach the team from 1982 to 1992.
As coach, he led the Bears to their first and only Super Bowl win, in 1985.
The Packers also plan to honor Ditka with a moment of silence before the game.
The teams are scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m.
ET at Lambeau Field.
The Chicago Bears will wear a helmet decal honoring Mike Ditka in their Week 5 game against the Green Bay Packers.
The decal features the number 89, which Ditka wore during his six seasons as a Bears player.
The Bears unveiled the decal on Sunday morning.
Ditka died on Friday at age 86.
The Packers also plan to honor Ditka with a moment of silence before the game, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
- Who
- The Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers.
- What
- The Bears will wear a helmet decal featuring Mike Ditka’s number 89. The Packers plan a moment of silence.
- When
- Sunday, in the Bears’ Week 5 game.
- Where
- Lambeau Field in Green Bay.
- Why
- To honor Ditka, who died on Friday at age 86.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
One of the fiercest competitors in NFL history, Mike helped define the intensity and tradition of the Packers-Bears rivalry, the oldest in professional football.
Mike Ditka died at age 86.
The Bears unveiled the helmet decal honoring Ditka.
The Bears and Packers are scheduled to play at Lambeau Field.
- Decal number
- 89
- Bears playing career
- Six seasons
- Ditka’s age at death
- 86
- Game venue
- Lambeau Field, Green Bay
- Kickoff time
- 1 p.m. ET
Sources
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