1924 Chicago Bears season

1924 Chicago Bears season

Head coach	George Halas
Home field	Wrigley Field
Results
Record	8–3–4 Overall 6–1–4 NFL
League place	2nd NFL

The 1924 Chicago Bears season was their fifth regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 6–1–4 league record under head coach George Halas earning them a second-place finish in the team standings, the fourth time in the last five years. The Bears started slow with 2 ties and a loss, but quickly gained their stride, winning 6 of their last 8 games with two ties. The Bears only loss of the year was to the Cleveland Bulldogs, the eventual champions (the NFL officially considers the 1924 Bulldogs a different team than the Canton team from the previous year – however, all the players were the same). Despite coming in second, the Bears did defeat the cross-town rival Cardinals twice, both shutouts, and their future classic rival, the Green Bay Packers, once in a 3–0 shutout. The Sternaman brothers again carried the team, with Joe Sternaman having his best season. The younger Sternaman scored 6 touchdowns, threw for another, had 9 field goals, and 12 PATs, finishing with 75 of the Bears' 136 points.

Future Hall of Fame Players

George Halas, End
Ed Healey, Tackle
George Trafton, Center

Other Leading Players

Ed Sternaman, Back
Joe Sternaman, Quarterback
Laurie Walquist, Quarterback
Hunk Anderson, Guard
John Bryan, Back

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Score	Record
Sep. 28	Rock Island Independents	Douglas Park	Tie	0–0	0–0–1
Oct 5	Cleveland Bulldogs	Dunn Field	Loss	14–16	0–1–1
Oct 12	Racine Legion	Wrigley Field	Tie	10–10	0–1–2
Oct 19	Chicago Cardinals	Wrigley Field	Win	6–0	1–1–2
Oct 26	Frankford Yellowjackets	Wrigley Field	Win	33–3	2–1–2
Nov 2	Rock Island Independents	Wrigley Field	Tie	3–3	2–1–3
Nov 9	Columbus Tigers	Wrigley Field	Win	12–6	3–1–3
Nov 16	Racine Legion	Wrigley Field	Tie	3–3	3–1–4
Nov 23	Green Bay Packers	Wrigley Field	Win	3–0	4–1–4
Nov 27	Chicago Cardinals	Comiskey Park	Win	21–0	5–1–4
Nov 30	Milwaukee Badgers	Wrigley Field	Win	31–14	6–1–4

1924 NFL exhibition games

Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Score
Sep. 21	Green Bay Packers	Bellevue Park	Loss	0–5
Dec 7	Cleveland Bulldogs	Wrigley Field	Win	23–0
Dec 13	Frankford Yellow Jackets	Frankford Stadium	Win	13–10
Dec 14	Rock Island Independents	Wrigley Field	Loss	6–7

Standings

NFL standings
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Bulldogs	7	1	1	.875	229	60	W2
Chicago Bears	6	1	4	.857	136	55	W3
Frankford Yellow Jackets	11	2	1	.846	326	109	W8
Duluth Kelleys	5	1	0	.833	56	16	W1
Rock Island Independents	5	2	2	.714	88	38	L1
Green Bay Packers	7	4	0	.636	108	38	L1
Racine Legion	4	3	3	.571	69	47	W1
Chicago Cardinals	5	4	1	.556	90	67	L1
Buffalo Bisons	6	5	0	.545	120	140	L3
Columbus Tigers	4	4	0	.500	91	68	L1
Hammond Pros	2	2	1	.500	18	45	W2
Milwaukee Badgers	5	8	0	.385	142	188	L2
Akron Pros	2	6	0	.250	59	132	W1
Dayton Triangles	2	6	0	.250	45	148	L6
Kansas City Blues	2	7	0	.222	46	124	L2
Kenosha Maroons	0	4	1	.000	12	117	L2
Minneapolis Marines	0	6	0	.000	14	108	L6
Rochester Jeffersons	0	7	0	.000	7	156	L7

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Chicago Bears

Formerly the Decatur Staleys and the Chicago Staleys
Founded in 1919
Based in Chicago, Illinois
Headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois

Franchise

Records

Stadiums

Lore

Culture

Rivalries

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Chairman: George McCaskey
President/CEO: Ted Phillips
General Manager: Ryan Pace
Head Coach: John Fox

NFL championships (9)

1921
1932
1933
1940
1941
1943
1946
1963
1985

Super Bowl appearances (2)

1985 (XX)
2006 (XLI)

Other honors

NFL championship appearances (10) – 1933
1934
1937
1940
1941
1942
1943
1946
1956
1963

NFC championship game appearances (5) – 1984
1985
1988
2006
2010

Division titles: NFL Western (8) – 1933
1934
1937
1940
1941
1942
1943
1946
NFC Central (7) – 1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1990
2001
NFC North (3) – 2005
2006
2010

Current league affiliations

League: National Football League
Conference: National Football Conference
Division: North Division

Former league affiliations

League: Independent (1919)
Conference: National Conference (1950–1952); Western Conference (1953–1969)
Division: NFL Western Division (1933–1949); Central Division (1967–1969); NFC Central Division (1970–2001)

Radio broadcasters

WBBM Bears Radio Network
- WBBM (AM)
- WCFS-FM (FM simulcast of WBBM)
Personnel
- Jeff Joniak (play-by-play)
- Tom Thayer (analyst)
- Zach Zaidman (sideline reporter and radio coach's show host)

Television broadcasters

Chicago Bears Network
- WFLD (pre-season and most regular season games through Fox, official pre-game and post-game)
- Comcast SportsNet Chicago (in-season team programming)
Personnel
- Lou Canellis (gameday television host, pre-season sideline reporter)
- Sam Rosen (pre-season play-by-play)
- Jim Miller (pre-season analyst)

Seasons (96)

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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Decatur Staleys/Chicago Staleys/Chicago Bears seasons

1920s – 1930s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s – 1950s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s – 1970s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s – 1990s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s – 2010s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates NFL Championship winning season

1924 NFL season

Akron Pros	Buffalo Bisons	Chicago Bears	Chicago Cardinals
Cleveland Bulldogs	Columbus Tigers	Dayton Triangles	Duluth Kelleys
Frankford Yellow Jackets	Green Bay Packers	Hammond Pros	Kansas City Blues
Kenosha Maroons	Milwaukee Badgers	Minneapolis Marines	Racine Legion
Rochester Jeffersons	Rock Island Independents

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