1951 Chicago Bears season

1951 Chicago Bears season
Head coach George Halas
Home field Wrigley Field
Results
Record 7–5
Division place 4th NFL National
Playoff finish did not qualify

The 1951 Chicago Bears season was their 32nd regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a mediocre 7–5 record under head coach George Halas placing them in fourth place in the NFL's National Conference. This season was a drop off from the previous season's near Championship game appearance.

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 30, 1951 at Green Bay Packers W 31–20
24,666
2 October 7, 1951 at Chicago Cardinals L 28–14
33,781
3 October 14, 1951 New York Yanks W 24–21
37,697
4 October 21, 1951 San Francisco 49ers W 13–7
42,296
5 October 28, 1951 at Detroit Lions W 28–23
34,778
6 November 4, 1951 at Washington Redskins W 27–0
21,737
7 November 11, 1951 Detroit Lions L 41–28
43,709
8 November 18, 1951 Green Bay Packers W 24–13
36,771
9 November 25, 1951 at Cleveland Browns L 42–21
40,969
10 December 2, 1951 Los Angeles Rams L 42–17
50,286
11 December 9, 1951 at New York Yanks W 45–21
13,075
12 December 16, 1951 Chicago Cardinals L 24–14
15,085

Game summaries

Week 1

1 234Total
• Bears 10 777 31
Packers 0 677 20

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Standings

NFL National Conference
W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
Los Angeles Rams 8 4 0 .667 7–2 392 261 W1
San Francisco 49ers 7 4 1 .636 5–2–1 255 205 W3
Detroit Lions 7 4 1 .636 5–4–1 336 259 L1
Chicago Bears 7 5 0 .583 6–2 286 282 L1
Green Bay Packers 3 9 0 .250 1–8 254 375 L7
New York Yanks 1 9 2 .100 1–7–2 241 382 L2

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

References

  1. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Aug-20.


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