The Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears are generally called currently being geographic rivals, according to NFL.com analyst Dameshek calling the game the I-65 Bowl, immediately after Interstate 65, that hooks up among Colts and Bears. The Colts (while in Baltimore) won the first meeting within 1953 13–9. Each teams have got contributed numerous moments previously, while using the Bears struggling their particular worst type of loss within franchise’s history 52–0 on the Colts throughout their amount of time in Baltimore. The most notable instant involving the a couple of teams seemed to be Super Bowl XLI, together with Indianapolis pulling away with the win despite Chicago prominence from the first half, which was also known to get the first Super Bowl to get played in rain. The teams likewise reveal numerous interaction together, such as relationship among previous Colts coach Tony Dungy and Bears coach Lovie Smith, exactly who both were being for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers team from the later 90s and early 2000s, and both coaches met in Super Bowl XLI. The Colts currently lead the series 23-18.