Today Nick Foles becomes the 46th quarterback to the start a game for the #Bears in the last 46 seasons. How many of the others can you name?

A #BearDown Thread of Misery
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1975
Bobby Douglass (1 GS, 0-1)
Gary Huff (9 GS, 2-7)

Both were holdovers who started 44 and 13 games respectively prior to 1975 (Year 1 of ASE - After Sweetness Era)

1975-84
Bob Avellini (50 GS, 23-27)

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1978-80
Mike Phipps (20 GS, 14-6)

1979-83
Vince Evans (32 GS, 12-20)

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1982-1988
Jim McMahon (61 GS, 46-15)

And Jimmy Mac's many necessary backups:

1984
Rusty Lisch (1 GS, 0-1)

1984-1986
Steve Fuller (11 GS, 6-5)

1984
Greg Landry (1 GS, 1-0)

1986-1990
Mike Tomczak (31 GS, 21-10)

1986
Doug Flutie (1 GS, 1-0)

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The Replacements

1987
Mike Hohensee (2 GS, 2-0)
Steve Bradley (1 GS, 0-1)

Bradley mostly alternated plays with current Saints head coach Sean Payton during his one start.

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1989-93
Jim Harbaugh (65 GS, 35-30)

And Harbaugh's less than ideal backups:

1992-93
Peter Tom Willis (3 GS, 0-3)

1992
Will Furrer (1 GS, 0-1)

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1994-1998
Erik Kramer (46 GS, 18-28)

And Kramer's many necessary backups:

1994
Steve Walsh (11 GS, 8-3)

1996
Dave Kreig (12 GS, 6-6)

1997
Rick Mirer (3 GS, 0-3)

1998
Steve Stenstrom (7 GS, 1-6)
Moses Moreno (1 GS, 0-1)

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1999-2001
Shane Matthews (15 GS, 8-7)

1999-2000
Cade McNown (15 GS, 3-12)

1999-2002
Jim Miller (26 GS, 15-11)

2002-03
Chris Chandler (13 GS, 5-8)

2002
Henry Burris (1 GS, 0-1)

2003
Kordell Stewart (7 GS. 2-5)

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2003-2008
Rex Grossman (31 GS, 19-12)

And Sexy Rexy's many necessary backups:

2004
Jonathan Quinn (3 GS, 0-3)
Chad Hutchinson (5 GS, 1-4)
Craig Krenzel (5 GS, 3-2)

2005-2008
Kyle Orton (33 GS, 21-12)

2007
Brian Griese (6 GS, 3-3)

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2009-2016
Jay Cutler (102 GS, 51-51)

Jay's many backups:

2010
Todd Collins (1 GS, 0-1)

2011
Caleb Hanie (4 GS, 0-4)

2011-13
Josh McCown (7 GS, 4-3)

2012
Jason Campbell (1 GS, 0-1)

2014-15
Jimmy Clausen (2 GS, 0-2)

2016
Brian Hoyer (5 GS, 1-4)
Matt Barkley (6 GS, 1-5)

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2017
Mike Glennon (4 GS, 1-3)

2017-??
Mitchell Trubisky (44 GS, 26-18)

2018-19
Chase Daniel (3 GS, 1-2)

And now:

2020-??
Nick Foles

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Thread of Misery postscripts:

Bears used 3+ starting QBs (16!) more than twice as often as they've used 1 QB (7).

Bears used 4+ starting QBs 4 times. In 1984 they started 5 QBs en route to NFCCG.

They've never had a QB start 16 games in b2b seasons.

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