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The 1977 Chicago Bears season was their 58th regular season completed in the National Football League. The team finished with a 9–5 record, which was their first winning season since 1967 and earned them a wild card spot against the Dallas Cowboys , who eventually beat the Bears 37–7 en route to a Super Bowl victory.
[1] [2] This list documents the franchise's completed seasons from 1920 to present, including postseason records and results from postseason games. [3] [4] The Chicago Bears have played over 1,000 games in their history, and have had eight NFL Championships victories and one Super Bowl win. The Bears' nine championships are the second most by ...
The Chicago Bears in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Memorial Stadium, 1977. Payton had a breakout year in 1977, rushing for a team record of 1,852 yards, highlighted by a single-game performance of 275 yards, which established a single-game record that would stand for the next two decades.
Chicago Bears (4) 9 5 0 .643 6–1 8–4 255 253 W6 Detroit Lions: 6 8 0 .429 2–5 4–8 183 252 L1 Green Bay Packers: 4 10 0 .286 2–5 4–7 134 219 W1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 2 12 0 .143 0–4 2–11 103 223 W2
This is a partial list of the Bears' last five completed seasons. For the full season-by-season franchise results, see List of Chicago Bears seasons. [297] Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play.
The 1977 season is considered the last season of the "Dead Ball Era" of professional football (1970 to 1977). The 17.2 average points scored per team per game was the lowest since 1942 , and it was the only post-merger NFL season where no player surpassed 1,000 receiving yards.
Chicago had a chance to make it 17–7 before halftime with a drive inside the Dallas red zone, but Waters put an end to it by intercepting Bob Avellini in the end zone. On the first play of the second half, Cowboys linebacker D. D. Lewis intercepted an Avellini pass, and Dallas converted it into another touchdown on Dorsett's 23-yard run.
Longest run from scrimmage – Bill Osmanski rushed 86 yards vs. the Chicago Cardinals, 10/15/39. Longest pass from scrimmage – Bo Farrington caught 98-yard pass at the Detroit Lions , 10/8/61. Longest play in Bears history – 108 yard missed field goal return , Nathan Vasher , vs. San Francisco 49ers , 11/13/05; Devin Hester , at New York ...