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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.
"NFL.com – History – Yearly Standings". National Football League Official website. Archived from the original on March 26, 2008 "Pro Football Hall of Fame – Chicago Bears". Pro Football Hall of Fame Website. Archived from the original on June 23, 2006; Taylor, Roy (2004). Chicago Bears History. Arcadia Publishing (SC). ISBN 0-7385-3319-X ...
Chicago Bears (4) 9 5 0 .643 6–1 8–4 255 253 W6 Detroit Lions: 6 8 0 .429 2–5 4–8 ... Template:1977 AFC East standings; Template:1977 AFC Central standings;
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. For 1978, the league made significant changes to allow greater ...
Chicago Bears: Soldier Field: 1988 NFC Divisional playoff rematch [324] 5 Monday October 9 Los Angeles Raiders: 14–7: New York Jets: Giants Stadium [325] 6 Monday October 16 Los Angeles Rams: 20–23: Buffalo Bills: Rich Stadium [326] 7 Monday October 23 Chicago Bears: 7–27: Cleveland Browns: Cleveland Stadium [327] 8 Monday October 30 ...
The National Football League playoffs for the 1977 season began on December 24, 1977. The postseason tournament concluded with the Dallas Cowboys defeating the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XII , 27–10, on January 15, 1978, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans , Louisiana .
The CNA Center in Chicago flashes a "GO BEARS" window display before a Bears Sunday Night Football game in 2006. While the Super Bowl XX champion Bears were a fixture of mainstream American pop culture in the 1980s, the Bears made a prior mark with the 1971 American TV movie Brian's Song starring Billy Dee Williams as Gale Sayers and James Caan ...
On September 7, the Indianapolis Colts hosted the Chicago Bears in the first game at Lucas Oil Stadium. 2008 marked the third consecutive year that both the Colts and Giants would be featured in the NBC Sunday Night Football opening week games. As a result, the Manning brothers were used in commercial advertisements.