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NFL team season
The 1951 season was the Chicago Bears ' 32nd in the National Football League . The team failed to improve on their 9–3 record from 1950 and finished at 7–5 under head coach and owner George Halas , fourth in the NFL's National Conference, but only a game behind winner Los Angeles , the eventual league champion . This season was a drop off from the previous season's tiebreaker playoff appearance.
The Bears lost twice to the crosstown Cardinals , who won just three games.[1] [2] The season finale was played in frigid conditions at Wrigley Field and cost the Bears a share of the conference title.[2]
Regular season [ edit ]
Schedule [ edit ]
Week
Date
Opponent
Result
Record
Venue
Attendance
1
September 30
at Green Bay Packers
W 31–20
1–0
City Stadium
24,666
2
October 7
at Chicago Cardinals
L 14–28
1–1
Comiskey Park
33,781
3
October 14
New York Yanks
W 24–21
2–1
Wrigley Field
37,697
4
October 21
San Francisco 49ers
W 13–7
3–1
Wrigley Field
42,296
5
October 28
at Detroit Lions
W 28–23
4–1
Briggs Stadium
34,778
6
November 4
at Washington Redskins
W 27–0
5–1
Griffith Stadium
21,737
7
November 11
Detroit Lions
L 28–41
5–2
Wrigley Field
43,709
8
November 18
Green Bay Packers
W 24–13
6–2
Wrigley Field
36,771
9
November 25
at Cleveland Browns
L 21–42
6–3
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
40,969
10
December 2
Los Angeles Rams
L 17–42
6–4
Wrigley Field
50,286
11
December 9
at New York Yanks
W 45–21
7–4
Yankee Stadium
13,075
12
December 16
Chicago Cardinals
L 14–24
7–5
Wrigley Field
15,085
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries [ edit ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Bears
10
7 7 7
31
Packers
0
6 7 7
20
Scoring summary Q1 CHI White 8 yard run (Lujack kick)CHI 7–0
Q1 CHI Blanda 46 yard field goalCHI 10–0
Q2 CHI Rykovich 1 yard run (Lujack kick)CHI 17–0
Q2 GB Mann 12 yard pass from Thomason CHI 17–6
Q3 CHI Dottley 1 yard run (Lujack kick)CHI 24–6
Q3 GB Cloud 1 yard pass from Thomason (Cone kick)CHI 24–13
Q4 CHI Hunsinger 5 yard run (Lujack kick)CHI 31–13
Q4 GB Cloud 1 yard run (Cone kick) CHI 31–20
[3]
Standings [ edit ]
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
References [ edit ]
Franchise Records Stadiums Culture Lore Rivalries Minor league affiliates Retired numbers Key personnel Division championships (21) Conference championships (4) League championships (9) Media
Broadcasters
Radio:
Personnel:
Television:
WFLD (pre-season and most regular season games through Fox , official pre-game and post-game alternate)
Marquee Sports Network (official post-game and in-season programming)
Personnel:
Lou Canellis (gameday television host, pre-season sideline reporter)
Adam Amin (pre-season play-by-play)
Jim Miller (pre-season analyst)
Current league affiliations
Formerly the Decatur Staleys (1920) and the Chicago Staleys (1921)