It has been two spectacular weeks for the Chicago Bears.
Last week the Bears blew out the Carolina Panthers, by a final score of 36-10. In that game rookie quarterback Caleb Williams threw a pair of touchdown passes to D.J. Moore, and the Chicago offense scored five touchdowns in Chicago’s 26-point victory over the Panthers.
Chicago was back in action to kick off the Sunday slate in Week 6, taking on the Jacksonville Jaguars in London. The result was more of the same, as the Bears blew out Trevor Lawrence and company by a final score of 35-16.
In that victory, Williams threw a career-high four touchdown passes, a pair of those going to tight end Cole Kmet. Kmet was doing some “double duty” for Chicago on Sunday, as he was also pressed into action as the team’s emergency long snapper when the Bears lost Scott Daly to a knee injury.
Once again, the Bears offense scored five touchdowns, giving them two straight games with five offensive touchdowns.
How remarkable is this feat? According to Mark Potash, who covers the Bears for the Chicago Sun-Times, this is the first time the Bears have scored five offensive touchdowns in consecutive games since 1956 when Dwight D. Eisenhower was in the White House:
The Eagle has landed. The Bears have scored five offensive touchdowns in back-to-back games for the first time since 1956, per @stathead.
— Mark Potash (@MarkPotash) October 13, 2024
That season the Bears won the NFL Western Division with a 9-2-1 record, going on to lose in the NFL Championship Game to the New York Giants by a final score of 47-7.
This also means that this is the first time the Bears have accomplished this feat during the modern, Super Bowl Era. It also means this is the first time Chicago has scored five touchdowns in back-to-back games since the NFL’s merger, which was finalized for the 1970 season.
And, as pointed out in the headline, we had not yet landed on the moon the last time this happened.
The Bears now sit at 4-2 on the young season, but have already made some history.
