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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
Schedule
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
Week 1
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 goal CHI 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
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
References
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)