The 1995 Chicago Bears season was their 76th regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 9-7 record under head coach Dave Wannstedt. It was the club's second straight 9-7 season, but failed to make the playoffs due to a tiebreaker loss to the Atlanta Falcons. The Bears started the 1995 NFL season as one of the hottest teams with a 6-2 record halfway through the season; however, a stunning overtime home loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers 37-34 triggered a three game losing streak as part of losing five out of their next six games falling to a disappointing 7-7 record, essentially eliminating themselves out of playoff contention.
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“You want to get Capone? Here’s how you get him: he pulls a knife, you pull a gun, he sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. It’s the Chicago way and that’s how you get Capone.”
—David Mamet, U.S. screenwriter, and Brian DePalma. Jimmy Malone (Sean Connery)
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—Frank Pittman (20th century)
“The art of medicine in the season lies:
Wine given in season oft will benefit,
Which out of season injures.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)