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The 1940 season was the Chicago Bears' 21st in the National Football League.The team matched on their 8–3 record from 1939 under head coach George Halas.Behind NFL great Sid Luckman, the club gained a berth in the NFL Championship.
The Bears played in four straight NFL Championship Games between 1940 and 1943, winning three of them, including an NFL record 73–0 victory over the Washington Redskins in 1940. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The second period of success was between 1984 and 1991 when the Bears captured six NFC Central Division titles in eight years and won Super Bowl XX .
The 1940 NFL season was the 21st regular season of the National Football League. The ten teams of the league each played an 11 game schedule, for a total of 55 regular season games. The season ended on December 8, when the Chicago Bears defeated the Washington Redskins in the NFL Championship Play-off Game by a score of 73–0 in front of ...
On a Sunday in the 1940 December," the book states, "the Chicago Bears played perfect football for a greater percentage of the official hour than any team before or since. In the championship game, as an underdog to the team which had just beaten them, the Bears made an eleven-touchdown pile and used it as a pedestal to raise the NFL to view in ...
Justin Fields (2021–2023) Mitchell Trubisky (2017–2020) Jay Cutler, who holds multiple Bears franchise passing records [1] (2009–2016) Kyle Orton started 15 games in 2008 Rex Grossman, who played for the Bears in Super Bowl XLI in 2006 (2003–2008) Jim McMahon, who won the Bears' only Super Bowl in 1985 (1982–1988)
The 1941 season was the Chicago Bears' 22nd in the National Football League. The team improved on their 8–3 record in 1939–40 and finished at 10–1 under head coach George Halas , en route to their second straight NFL championship and fifth league title .
Chicago Bears 2024 schedule: 3 prime-time games, a London meeting — and all 6 NFC North matchups in last 8 weeks of season ... 2024 Bears preseason schedule. Game 1: vs. Texans at Canton, Ohio ...
The 1940 National Football League All-star Game (December) was the professional football league's third all-star game. The game pitted the Chicago Bears , the league's champion for the 1940 season , against a team of all-stars. [ 1 ]