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Chicago Bears Franchise Encyclopedia

Regular Season Record (all-time) : 693-507-42
Playoff Record (all-time) : 17-18 (Last appearance after 2006 season)
 Super Bowls Won: 1 out of 2 appearances
 Championships Won: 9
Passing Leader (all-time): Sid Luckman - 14,686 yards
Rushing Leader (all-time): Walter Payton - 16,726 yards
Receiving Leader (all-time): Johnny Morris - 5,059 yards
Winningest Coach (all-time): George Halas - 318 wins

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Team Records, Leaders, and League Ranks

Glossary · * indicate playoff appearances
Top Players Off Rank Def Rank Overall Rank Simple Rating System
Year Lg Tm W L T Pts PtsO PtDif Coaches Passing Rushing Receiving Pts Yds Pts Yds T/G Pts± Yds± out of MoV SoS SRS OSRS DSRS
2009 NFL Chicago Bears 7 9 0 327 375 -48 Smith Cutler Forte Hester 19 23 21 17 23 21 23 32 -3.0 -0.9 -3.9 -1.9 -2.0
2008 NFL Chicago Bears 9 7 0 375 350 25 Smith Orton Forte Hester 14 26 16 21 8 17 25 32 1.6
2007 NFL Chicago Bears 7 9 0 334 348 -14 Smith Griese Benson Berrian 18 27 16 28 17 20 30 32 -0.9
2006 NFL Chicago Bears* 13 3 0 427 255 172 Smith Grossman Jones Muhammad 2 15 3 5 4 2 10 32 10.8 -2.9 7.9 4.9 3.0
2005 NFL Chicago Bears* 11 5 0 260 202 58 Smith Orton Jones Muhammad 26 29 1 2 11 12 25 32 3.6 -2.2 1.4 -5.2 6.6
2004 NFL Chicago Bears 5 11 0 231 331 -100 Smith Hutchinson Jones Terrell 32 32 13 21 23 28 32 32 -6.3 -2.0 -8.2 -8.5 0.3
2003 NFL Chicago Bears 7 9 0 283 346 -63 Jauron Stewart Thomas Booker 23 28 22 14 27 23 26 32 -3.9 0.4 -3.5 -4.2 0.7
2002 NFL Chicago Bears 4 12 0 281 379 -98 Jauron Miller Thomas Booker 27 29 25 25 23 27 29 32 -6.1 0.9 -5.3 -4.4 -0.9
2001 NFL Chicago Bears* 13 3 0 338 203 135 Jauron Miller Thomas Booker 11 26 1 15 4 3 21 31 8.4 -0.5 7.9 0.8 7.1
2000 NFL Chicago Bears 5 11 0 216 355 -139 Jauron McNown Allen Robinson 28 23 20 16 23 26 23 31 -8.7 2.4 -6.3 -6.4 0.1
1999 NFL Chicago Bears 6 10 0 272 341 -69 Jauron Matthews Enis Robinson 25 8 20 29 17 24 20 31 -4.3 2.3 -2.0 -3.0 1.0
1998 NFL Chicago Bears 4 12 0 276 368 -92 Wannstedt Kramer Bennett Engram 25 21 23 14 22 24 18 30 -5.8 2.0 -3.7 -3.4 -0.3
1997 NFL Chicago Bears 4 12 0 263 421 -158 Wannstedt Kramer Harris Proehl 28 17 29 12 26 29 11 30 -9.9 1.4 -8.5 -3.1 -5.3
1996 NFL Chicago Bears 7 9 0 283 305 -22 Wannstedt Krieg Harris Conway 26 21 12 12 14 19 14 30 -1.4 1.1 -0.2 -1.4 1.2
1995 NFL Chicago Bears 9 7 0 392 360 32 Wannstedt Kramer Salaam Graham 8 9 22 19 9 9 12 30 2.0 0.3 2.3 3.1 -0.8
1994 NFL Chicago Bears* 9 7 0 271 307 -36 Wannstedt Walsh Tillman Graham 24 23 10 13 20 18 15 28 -2.3 0.3 -1.9 -3.2 1.3
1993 NFL Chicago Bears 7 9 0 234 230 4 Wannstedt Harbaugh Anderson Waddle 24 28 3 4 14 14 26 28 0.3 -0.5 -0.2 -4.6 4.3
1992 NFL Chicago Bears 5 11 0 295 361 -66 Ditka Harbaugh Anderson Davis 16 8 22 17 19 18 13 28 -4.1 0.6 -3.5 -0.2 -3.3
1991 NFL Chicago Bears* 11 5 0 299 269 30 Ditka Harbaugh Anderson Davis 14 11 9 4 19 11 7 28 1.9 -1.0 0.8 -1.2 2.0
1990 NFL Chicago Bears* 11 5 0 348 280 68 Ditka Harbaugh Anderson Davis 10 13 9 6 3 10 9 28 4.3 -0.8 3.4 0.1 3.3
1989 NFL Chicago Bears 6 10 0 358 377 -19 Ditka Tomczak Anderson Morris 10 10 20 25 19 16 19 28 -1.2 1.2 -0.0 1.8 -1.8
1988 NFL Chicago Bears* 12 4 0 312 215 97 Ditka McMahon Anderson McKinnon 18 11 1 2 12 4 3 28 6.1 0.5 6.6 -0.0 6.6
1987 NFL Chicago Bears* 11 4 0 356 282 74 Ditka McMahon Anderson Gault 9 12 4 2 27 6 4 28 4.9 -0.9 4.0 1.6 2.4
1986 NFL Chicago Bears* 14 2 0 352 187 165 Ditka Tomczak Payton Gault 13 7 1 1 14 1 1 28 10.3 -2.7 7.6 -0.1 7.7
1985 NFL Chicago Bears* 15 1 0 456 198 258 Ditka McMahon Payton Gault 2 7 1 1 1 1 1 28 16.1 -0.2 15.9 6.5 9.4
1984 NFL Chicago Bears* 10 6 0 325 248 77 Ditka McMahon Payton Gault 16 7 3 1 10 9 1 28 4.8 -0.1 4.7 -1.7 6.4
1983 NFL Chicago Bears 8 8 0 311 301 10 Ditka McMahon Payton Gault 20 6 5 8 12 12 5 28 0.6 -1.7 -1.1 -2.5 1.5
1982 NFL Chicago Bears 3 6 0 141 174 -33 Ditka McMahon Payton Moorehead 22 26 13 16 13 22 25 28 -3.7 -1.8 -5.4 -4.2 -1.2
1981 NFL Chicago Bears 6 10 0 253 324 -71 Armstrong Evans Payton Margerum 27 26 14 19 15 23 25 28 -4.4 1.6 -2.9 -4.4 1.5
1980 NFL Chicago Bears 7 9 0 304 264 40 Armstrong Evans Payton Scott 17 24 4 10 21 12 15 28 2.5 -1.1 1.4 -1.2 2.6
1979 NFL Chicago Bears* 10 6 0 306 249 57 Armstrong Phipps Payton Baschnagel 18 24 3 6 4 6 11 28 3.6 -3.6 -0.0 -2.2 2.1
1978 NFL Chicago Bears 7 9 0 253 274 -21 Armstrong Avellini Payton Scott 20 22 9 12 17 19 18 28 -1.3 -1.1 -2.4 -2.7 0.3
1977 NFL Chicago Bears* 9 5 0 255 253 2 Pardee Avellini Payton Scott 13 3 19 22 15 16 8 28 0.1 -3.7 -3.6 0.0 -3.6
1976 NFL Chicago Bears 7 7 0 253 216 37 Pardee Avellini Payton Scott 17 20 8 17 1 14 17 28 2.6 1.9 4.6 0.3 4.2
1975 NFL Chicago Bears 4 10 0 191 379 -188 Pardee Huff Payton Rather 24 24 25 17 21 25 23 26 -13.4 1.9 -11.5 -4.9 -6.6
1974 NFL Chicago Bears 4 10 0 152 279 -127 Gibron Huff Grandberry Wade 25 25 17 9 19 24 19 26 -9.1 -1.2 -10.3 -7.4 -2.9
1973 NFL Chicago Bears 3 11 0 195 334 -139 Gibron Douglass Garrett Thomas 24 26 20 17 22 23 23 26 -9.9 1.1 -8.8 -4.4 -4.4
1972 NFL Chicago Bears 4 9 1 225 275 -50 Gibron Douglass Douglass Farmer 21 23 15 13 12 19 20 26 -3.6 2.2 -1.3 -2.8 1.5
1971 NFL Chicago Bears 6 8 0 185 276 -91 Dooley Douglass Shy Farmer 25 24 12 23 16 24 25 26 -6.5 3.1 -3.4 -4.4 1.1
1970 NFL Chicago Bears 6 8 0 256 261 -5 Dooley Concannon Montgomery Gordon 16 25 10 18 18 15 24 26 -0.4 2.6 2.2 0.4 1.8
1969 NFL Chicago Bears 1 13 0 210 339 -129 Dooley Concannon Sayers Wallace 16 15 12 5 14 15 11 16 -9.2
1968 NFL Chicago Bears 7 7 0 250 333 -83 Dooley Carter Sayers Gordon 10 9 12 11 12 12 11 16 -5.9
1967 NFL Chicago Bears 7 6 1 239 218 21 Halas Concannon Sayers Gordon 13 15 4 2 3 6 10 16 1.5
1966 NFL Chicago Bears 5 7 2 234 272 -38 Halas Bukich Sayers Jones 13 12 7 6 6 12 9 15 -2.7
1965 NFL Chicago Bears 9 5 0 409 275 134 Halas Bukich Sayers Morris 2 3 2 8 2 1 2 14 9.6
1964 NFL Chicago Bears 5 9 0 260 379 -119 Halas Wade Arnett Morris 10 8 13 13 7 13 13 14 -8.5
1963 NFL Chicago Bears* 11 1 2 301 144 157 Halas Wade Marconi Ditka 10 10 1 1 1 3 3 14 11.2
1962 NFL Chicago Bears 9 5 0 321 287 34 Halas Wade Marconi Ditka 4 6 5 5 5 4 5 14 2.4
1961 NFL Chicago Bears 8 6 0 326 302 24 Halas Wade Galimore Ditka 5 6 9 9 8 6 9 14 1.7
1960 NFL Chicago Bears 5 6 1 194 299 -105 Halas Brown Casares Dewveall 11 8 11 2 12 11 5 13 -8.8
1959 NFL Chicago Bears 8 4 0 252 196 56 Halas Brown Casares Dooley 7 8 2 5 4 3 8 12 4.7
1958 NFL Chicago Bears 8 4 0 298 230 68 Halas Brown Casares McColl 4 9 4 1 7 3 4 12 5.7
1957 NFL Chicago Bears 5 7 0 203 211 -8 Driscoll Brown Casares Dooley 9 8 3 3 12 8 6 12 -0.7
1956 NFL Chicago Bears* 9 2 1 363 246 117 Driscoll Brown Casares Hill 1 1 7 8 2 1 1 12 9.8
1955 NFL Chicago Bears 8 4 0 294 251 43 Halas Brown Casares Hill 2 1 7 12 9 3 4 12 3.6
1954 NFL Chicago Bears 8 4 0 301 279 22 Halas Blanda Jagade Hill 5 4 8 7 9 7 7 12 1.8
1953 NFL Chicago Bears 3 8 1 218 262 -44 Halas Blanda Morrison Dooley 6 6 7 11 12 7 8 12 -3.7
1952 NFL Chicago Bears 5 7 0 245 326 -81 Halas Romanik Morrison Schroeder 8 9 11 10 10 11 10 12 -6.8
1951 NFL Chicago Bears 7 5 0 286 282 4 Halas Lujack Dottley Schroeder 4 2 8 9 3 6 5 12 0.3
1950 NFL Chicago Bears* 9 3 0 279 207 72 Halas Lujack Gulyanics Keane 5 3 5 5 10 5 4 13 6.0
1949 NFL Chicago Bears 9 3 0 332 218 114 Halas Lujack Gulyanics Keane 4 1 3 2 7 3 2 10 9.5
1948 NFL Chicago Bears 10 2 0 375 151 224 Halas Luckman Gulyanics Keane 3 5 1 1 3 1 2 10 18.7
1947 NFL Chicago Bears 8 4 0 363 241 122 Halas Luckman Osmanski Keane 1 1 4 6 10 1 1 10 10.2
1946 NFL Chicago Bears* 8 2 1 289 193 96 Halas Luckman Gallarneau McLean 1 2 5 3 2 1 1 10 8.7
1945 NFL Chicago Bears 3 7 0 192 235 -43 Johnsos,Anderson Luckman Margarita Kavanaugh 6 3 10 5 7 7 4 10 -4.3
1944 NFL Chicago Bears 6 3 1 258 172 86 Johnsos,Anderson Luckman Margarita McLean 2 1 6 2 6 4 1 11 8.6
1943 NFL Chicago Bears* 8 1 1 303 157 146 Johnsos,Anderson Luckman Clarke Clarke 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 10 14.6
1942 NFL Chicago Bears* 11 0 0 376 84 292 Johnsos,Anderson,Halas Luckman Famiglietti McLean 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 10 26.5
1941 NFL Chicago Bears* 10 1 0 396 147 249 Halas Luckman McAfee Kavanaugh 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 10 22.6
1940 NFL Chicago Bears* 8 3 0 238 152 86 Halas Luckman Nolting Kavanaugh 2 3 4 5 1 2 2 10 7.8
1939 NFL Chicago Bears 8 3 0 298 157 141 Halas Masterson Osmanski Plasman 1 1 5 3 2 2 1 10 12.8
1938 NFL Chicago Bears 6 5 0 194 148 46 Halas Masterson Nolting Karr 2 3 4 2 3 3 2 10 4.2
1937 NFL Chicago Bears* 9 1 1 201 100 101 Halas Masterson Nolting Manske 2 4 1 5 2 1 4 10 9.2
1936 NFL Chicago Bears 9 3 0 222 94 128 Halas Masterson Nagurski Hewitt 3 2 1 8 1 3 4 9 10.7
1935 NFL Chicago Bears 6 4 2 192 106 86 Halas Masterson Ronzani Johnsos 1 1 4 6 1 1 1 9 7.2
1934 NFL Chicago Bears* 13 0 0 286 86 200 Halas Molesworth Feathers Feathers 1 1 2 3 4 1 1 11 15.4
1933 NFL Chicago Bears* 10 2 1 133 82 51 Halas Molesworth Nagurski Hewitt 4 3 2 3 5 3 3 10 3.9
1932 NFL Chicago Bears 7 1 6 160 44 116 Jones Molesworth Nagurski Johnsos 1 3 1 1 2 1 3 8 8.3
1931 NFL Chicago Bears 8 5 0 145 92 53 Jones 4 1 3 1 1 3 1 10 4.1
1930 NFL Chicago Bears 9 4 1 169 71 98 Jones 5 1 2 1 1 4 1 11 7.0
1929 NFL Chicago Bears 4 9 2 119 227 -108 Halas 7 1 9 1 1 9 1 12 -7.2
1928 NFL Chicago Bears 7 5 1 182 85 97 Halas 2 1 3 1 1 3 1 10 7.5
1927 NFL Chicago Bears 9 3 2 149 98 51 Halas 4 1 4 1 1 4 1 12 3.6
1926 NFL Chicago Bears 12 1 3 216 63 153 Halas 2 1 4 1 1 2 1 22 9.6
1925 NFL Chicago Bears 9 5 3 158 96 62 Halas 7 1 6 1 1 6 1 20 3.6
1924 NFL Chicago Bears 6 1 4 136 55 81 Halas 3 1 5 1 1 3 1 19 7.4
1923 NFL Chicago Bears 9 2 1 123 35 88 Halas 5 1 2 1 1 4 1 21 7.3
1922 NFL Chicago Bears 9 3 0 123 44 79 Halas 6 1 2 1 1 3 1 18 6.6
1921 APFA Chicago Staleys 9 1 1 128 53 75 Halas 7 1 4 1 1 4 1 21 6.8
1920 APFA Decatur Staleys 10 1 2 164 21 143 Halas 7 1 2 1 1 5 1 14 11.0

Playoff Game Log

Score
Week Opp Tm Opp
2006 Playoffs
Division W Seattle Seahawks 27 24
ConfChamp W New Orleans Saints 39 14
SuperBowl L N Indianapolis Colts 17 29
2005 Playoffs
Division L Carolina Panthers 21 29
2001 Playoffs
Division L Philadelphia Eagles 19 33
1994 Playoffs
WildCard W @ Minnesota Vikings 35 18
Division L @ San Francisco 49ers 15 44
1991 Playoffs
WildCard L Dallas Cowboys 13 17
1990 Playoffs
WildCard W New Orleans Saints 16 6
Division L @ New York Giants 3 31
1988 Playoffs
Division W Philadelphia Eagles 20 12
ConfChamp L San Francisco 49ers 3 28
1987 Playoffs
Division L Washington Redskins 17 21
1986 Playoffs
Division L Washington Redskins 13 27
1985 Playoffs
Division W New York Giants 21 0
ConfChamp W Los Angeles Rams 24 0
SuperBowl W N New England Patriots 46 10
1984 Playoffs
Division W @ Washington Redskins 23 19
ConfChamp L @ San Francisco 49ers 0 23
1979 Playoffs
WildCard L @ Philadelphia Eagles 17 27
1977 Playoffs
Division L @ Dallas Cowboys 7 37
1963 Playoffs
Championship W New York Giants 14 10
1956 Playoffs
Championship L @ New York Giants 7 47
1950 Playoffs
Division L @ Los Angeles Rams 14 24
1946 Playoffs
Championship W @ New York Giants 24 14
1943 Playoffs
Championship W Washington Redskins 41 21
1942 Playoffs
Championship L @ Washington Redskins 6 14
1941 Playoffs
Division W Green Bay Packers 33 14
Championship W New York Giants 37 9
1940 Playoffs
Championship W @ Washington Redskins 73 0
1937 Playoffs
Championship L Washington Redskins 21 28
1934 Playoffs
Championship L @ New York Giants 13 30
1933 Playoffs
Championship W New York Giants 23 21

Head-to-Head Franchise Records

Score
Opponent W L T W-L% Tm Opp
Arizona Cardinals 57 27 6 .679 1750 1128
Atlanta Falcons 12 12 0 .500 441 422
Baltimore Ravens 2 2 0 .500 47 57
Buffalo Bills 6 4 0 .600 198 143
Carolina Panthers 2 2 0 .500 75 74
Cincinnati Bengals 3 6 0 .333 157 167
Cleveland Browns 5 9 0 .357 239 348
Dallas Cowboys 8 11 0 .421 322 369
Denver Broncos 7 6 0 .538 266 220
Detroit Lions 91 64 5 .587 3073 2793
Green Bay Packers 90 82 5 .523 3034 2918
Houston Texans 0 2 0 .000 29 55
Indianapolis Colts 18 22 0 .450 808 848
Jacksonville Jaguars 3 2 0 .600 112 96
Kansas City Chiefs 6 4 0 .600 164 197
Miami Dolphins 3 7 0 .300 178 277
Minnesota Vikings 43 52 2 .453 1841 2072
New England Patriots 3 7 0 .300 143 201
New Orleans Saints 13 11 0 .542 502 452
New York Giants 27 16 2 .628 814 609
New York Jets 6 3 0 .667 156 115
Oakland Raiders 6 6 0 .500 214 204
Philadelphia Eagles 27 9 1 .750 832 474
Pittsburgh Steelers 17 7 1 .708 547 367
San Diego Chargers 5 5 0 .500 151 193
San Francisco 49ers 29 28 1 .509 1194 1287
Seattle Seahawks 4 7 0 .364 239 223
St. Louis Rams 50 34 3 .594 2020 1762
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35 18 0 .660 1143 835
Tennessee Titans 5 5 0 .500 187 225
Washington Redskins 20 18 1 .526 779 677
Defunct Franchises
Akron Indians 3 0 1 1.000 57 16
Boston Bulldogs 2 0 0 1.000 43 18
Boston Yanks 3 0 0 1.000 100 48
Brooklyn Tigers 10 0 1 1.000 238 62
Buffalo Bisons 4 2 0 .667 64 36
Canton Bulldogs 2 2 0 .500 51 13
Champaign Legion 1 0 0 1.000 20 0
Chicago Tigers 2 0 0 1.000 16 0
Cincinnati Reds 2 0 0 1.000 62 10
Cleveland Bulldogs 2 1 0 .667 35 28
Cleveland Indians 1 0 0 1.000 22 7
Cleveland Indians 1 0 0 1.000 21 0
Columbus Tigers 2 0 0 1.000 26 19
Dallas Texans 1 1 0 .500 61 47
Dayton Triangles 4 0 0 1.000 57 6
Detroit Panthers 2 0 1 1.000 24 7
Detroit Tigers 1 0 0 1.000 20 9
Detroit Wolverines 0 2 0 .000 7 20
Duluth Eskimos 2 0 0 1.000 51 20
Frankford Yellow Jackets 7 4 2 .636 161 88
Hammond Pros 3 0 0 1.000 70 21
Kewanee Walworths 1 0 0 1.000 25 7
Louisville Colonels 1 0 0 1.000 34 0
Milwaukee Badgers 3 0 1 1.000 51 28
Minneapolis Marines 1 0 0 1.000 3 0
Minneapolis Red Jackets 5 0 0 1.000 93 19
Moline Universal Tractors 1 0 0 1.000 20 0
New York Yankees 2 1 0 .667 45 26
New York Yanks 3 1 0 .750 124 100
Oorang Indians 2 0 0 1.000 59 6
Providence Steam Roller 0 0 1 0 0
Racine Tornadoes 2 0 2 1.000 22 13
Rochester Jeffersons 2 0 0 1.000 23 13
Rock Island Independents 8 1 4 .889 82 32
Rockford A.C. 1 0 0 1.000 29 0
Staten Island Stapletons 1 0 1 1.000 27 7
Toledo Maroons 1 0 0 1.000 22 0