<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td width=5> </td><td align=center><img id="story-photo" width="478" src=https://2cic.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/b/stories/21/football/lions_bears_kirthmon_dozier.jpg><br><font size=2></font></td></tr></table><table width="100%" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><a target=_blank href=/bears-football/story/what-history-tells-us-about-bears-and-lions-18700 class="newstitle"><font style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Helv, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; color: #0B162A; text-decoration: none">What History tells us about Bears and Lions</font></a><br><br><font class=newsbody>These NFC North teams have been doing battle for a long time, going all the back to 1930, in which the Lions, known as the Portsmouth Spartans, won the first-ever meeting 7-6. </font> <a target=_blank href=/bears-football/story/what-history-tells-us-about-bears-and-lions-18700><font class=fullstory><b>Full Story »</b></font></a></td></tr></table>