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Chicago Bears Franchise Encyclopedia

Regular Season Record (all-time) : 682-496-42
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
Year Lg Tm W L T Coaches Passing Rushing Receiving Pts Yds Pts Yds T/G Pts± Yds± out of
2008 NFL Chicago Bears 5 5 0 Smith Orton Forte Olsen 10 22 21 19 7 16 23 32
2007 NFL Chicago Bears 7 9 0 Smith Griese Benson Berrian 18 27 16 28 17 20 30 32
2006 NFL Chicago Bears* 13 3 0 Smith Grossman Jones Muhammad 2 15 3 5 4 2 10 32
2005 NFL Chicago Bears* 11 5 0 Smith Orton Jones Muhammad 26 29 1 2 11 12 25 32
2004 NFL Chicago Bears 5 11 0 Smith Hutchinson Jones Terrell 32 32 13 21 23 28 32 32
2003 NFL Chicago Bears 7 9 0 Jauron Stewart Thomas Booker 23 28 22 14 27 23 26 32
2002 NFL Chicago Bears 4 12 0 Jauron Miller Thomas Booker 27 29 25 25 23 27 29 32
2001 NFL Chicago Bears* 13 3 0 Jauron Miller Thomas Booker 11 26 1 15 4 3 21 31
2000 NFL Chicago Bears 5 11 0 Jauron McNown Allen Robinson 28 23 20 16 23 26 23 31
1999 NFL Chicago Bears 6 10 0 Jauron Matthews Enis Robinson 25 8 20 29 17 24 20 31
1998 NFL Chicago Bears 4 12 0 Wannstedt Kramer Bennett Engram 25 21 23 14 22 24 18 30
1997 NFL Chicago Bears 4 12 0 Wannstedt Kramer Harris Proehl 28 17 29 12 26 29 11 30
1996 NFL Chicago Bears 7 9 0 Wannstedt Krieg Harris Conway 26 21 12 12 14 19 14 30
1995 NFL Chicago Bears 9 7 0 Wannstedt Kramer Salaam Graham 8 9 22 19 9 9 12 30
1994 NFL Chicago Bears* 9 7 0 Wannstedt Walsh Tillman Graham 24 23 10 13 20 18 15 28
1993 NFL Chicago Bears 7 9 0 Wannstedt Harbaugh Anderson Waddle 24 28 3 4 14 14 26 28
1992 NFL Chicago Bears 5 11 0 Ditka Harbaugh Anderson Davis 16 8 22 17 19 18 13 28
1991 NFL Chicago Bears* 11 5 0 Ditka Harbaugh Anderson Davis 14 11 9 4 19 11 7 28
1990 NFL Chicago Bears* 11 5 0 Ditka Harbaugh Anderson Davis 10 13 9 6 3 10 9 28
1989 NFL Chicago Bears 6 10 0 Ditka Tomczak Anderson Morris 10 10 20 25 19 16 19 28
1988 NFL Chicago Bears* 12 4 0 Ditka McMahon Anderson McKinnon 18 11 1 2 12 4 3 28
1987 NFL Chicago Bears* 11 4 0 Ditka McMahon Anderson Gault 9 12 4 2 27 6 4 28
1986 NFL Chicago Bears* 14 2 0 Ditka Tomczak Payton Gault 13 7 1 1 14 1 1 28
1985 NFL Chicago Bears* 15 1 0 Ditka McMahon Payton Gault 2 7 1 1 1 1 1 28
1984 NFL Chicago Bears* 10 6 0 Ditka McMahon Payton Gault 16 7 3 1 10 9 1 28
1983 NFL Chicago Bears 8 8 0 Ditka McMahon Payton Gault 20 6 5 8 12 12 5 28
1982 NFL Chicago Bears 3 6 0 Ditka McMahon Payton Moorehead 22 26 13 16 13 22 25 28
1981 NFL Chicago Bears 6 10 0 Armstrong Evans Payton Margerum 27 26 14 19 15 23 25 28
1980 NFL Chicago Bears 7 9 0 Armstrong Evans Payton Scott 17 24 4 10 21 12 15 28
1979 NFL Chicago Bears* 10 6 0 Armstrong Phipps Payton Baschnagel 18 24 3 6 4 6 11 28
1978 NFL Chicago Bears 7 9 0 Armstrong Avellini Payton Scott 20 22 9 12 17 19 18 28
1977 NFL Chicago Bears* 9 5 0 Pardee Avellini Payton Scott 13 3 19 22 15 16 8 28
1976 NFL Chicago Bears 7 7 0 Pardee Avellini Payton Scott 17 20 8 17 1 14 17 28
1975 NFL Chicago Bears 4 10 0 Pardee Huff Payton Rather 24 24 25 17 21 25 23 26
1974 NFL Chicago Bears 4 10 0 Gibron Huff Grandberry Wade 25 25 17 9 19 24 19 26
1973 NFL Chicago Bears 3 11 0 Gibron Douglass Garrett Thomas 24 26 20 17 22 23 23 26
1972 NFL Chicago Bears 4 9 1 Gibron Douglass Douglass Farmer 21 23 15 13 12 19 20 26
1971 NFL Chicago Bears 6 8 0 Dooley Douglass Shy Farmer 25 24 12 23 16 24 25 26
1970 NFL Chicago Bears 6 8 0 Dooley Concannon Montgomery Gordon 16 25 10 18 18 15 24 26
1969 NFL Chicago Bears 1 13 0 Dooley Concannon Sayers Wallace 16 15 12 5 14 15 11 16
1968 NFL Chicago Bears 7 7 0 Dooley Carter Sayers Gordon 10 9 12 11 12 12 11 16
1967 NFL Chicago Bears 7 6 1 Halas Concannon Sayers Gordon 13 15 4 2 3 6 10 16
1966 NFL Chicago Bears 5 7 2 Halas Bukich Sayers Jones 13 12 7 6 6 12 9 15
1965 NFL Chicago Bears 9 5 0 Halas Bukich Sayers Morris 2 3 2 8 2 1 2 14
1964 NFL Chicago Bears 5 9 0 Halas Wade Arnett Morris 10 8 13 13 7 13 13 14
1963 NFL Chicago Bears* 11 1 2 Halas Wade Marconi Ditka 10 10 1 1 1 3 3 14
1962 NFL Chicago Bears 9 5 0 Halas Wade Marconi Ditka 4 6 5 5 5 4 5 14
1961 NFL Chicago Bears 8 6 0 Halas Wade Galimore Ditka 5 6 9 9 8 6 9 14
1960 NFL Chicago Bears 5 6 1 Halas Brown Casares Dewveall 11 8 11 2 12 11 5 13
1959 NFL Chicago Bears 8 4 0 Halas Brown Casares Dooley 7 8 2 5 4 3 8 12
1958 NFL Chicago Bears 8 4 0 Halas Brown Casares McColl 4 9 4 1 7 3 4 12
1957 NFL Chicago Bears 5 7 0 Driscoll Brown Casares Dooley 9 8 3 3 12 8 6 12
1956 NFL Chicago Bears* 9 2 1 Driscoll Brown Casares Hill 1 1 7 8 2 1 1 12
1955 NFL Chicago Bears 8 4 0 Halas Brown Casares Hill 2 1 7 12 9 3 4 12
1954 NFL Chicago Bears 8 4 0 Halas Blanda Jagade Hill 5 4 8 7 9 7 7 12
1953 NFL Chicago Bears 3 8 1 Halas Blanda Morrison Dooley 6 6 7 11 12 7 8 12
1952 NFL Chicago Bears 5 7 0 Halas Romanik Morrison Schroeder 8 9 11 10 10 11 10 12
1951 NFL Chicago Bears 7 5 0 Halas Lujack Dottley Schroeder 4 2 8 9 3 6 5 12
1950 NFL Chicago Bears* 9 3 0 Halas Lujack Gulyanics Keane 5 3 5 5 10 5 4 13
1949 NFL Chicago Bears 9 3 0 Halas Lujack Gulyanics Keane 4 1 3 2 7 3 2 10
1948 NFL Chicago Bears 10 2 0 Halas Luckman Gulyanics Keane 3 5 1 1 3 1 2 10
1947 NFL Chicago Bears 8 4 0 Halas Luckman Osmanski Keane 1 1 4 6 10 1 1 10
1946 NFL Chicago Bears* 8 2 1 Halas Luckman Gallarneau McLean 1 2 5 3 2 1 1 10
1945 NFL Chicago Bears 3 7 0 Johnsos,Anderson Luckman Margarita Kavanaugh 6 3 10 5 7 7 4 10
1944 NFL Chicago Bears 6 3 1 Johnsos,Anderson Luckman Margarita McLean 2 1 7 3 6 4 1 11
1943 NFL Chicago Bears* 8 1 1 Johnsos,Anderson Luckman Clarke Clarke 1 1 4 4 6 1 1 10
1942 NFL Chicago Bears* 11 0 0 Johnsos,Anderson,Halas Luckman Famiglietti McLean 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 10
1941 NFL Chicago Bears* 10 1 0 Halas Luckman McAfee Kavanaugh 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 10
1940 NFL Chicago Bears* 8 3 0 Halas Luckman Nolting Kavanaugh 2 3 4 5 1 2 2 10
1939 NFL Chicago Bears 8 3 0 Halas Masterson Osmanski Plasman 1 1 5 3 2 2 1 10
1938 NFL Chicago Bears 6 5 0 Halas Masterson Nolting Karr 2 3 4 2 3 3 2 10
1937 NFL Chicago Bears* 9 1 1 Halas Masterson Nolting Manske 2 4 1 5 2 1 4 10
1936 NFL Chicago Bears 9 3 0 Halas Masterson Nagurski Hewitt 3 2 1 8 1 3 4 9
1935 NFL Chicago Bears 6 4 2 Halas Masterson Ronzani Johnsos 1 1 4 6 1 1 1 9
1934 NFL Chicago Bears* 13 0 0 Halas Molesworth Feathers Feathers 1 1 5 5 4 1 1 11
1933 NFL Chicago Bears* 10 2 1 Halas Molesworth Nagurski Hewitt 3 2 2 6 5 3 3 10
1932 NFL Chicago Bears 7 1 6 Jones Molesworth Nagurski Johnsos 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 8
1931 NFL Chicago Bears 8 5 0 Jones 4 1 3 1 1 4 1 10
1930 NFL Chicago Bears 9 4 1 Jones 4 1 2 1 1 3 1 11
1929 NFL Chicago Bears 4 9 2 Halas 5 1 12 1 1 10 1 12
1928 NFL Chicago Bears 7 5 1 Halas 2 1 4 1 1 2 1 10
1927 NFL Chicago Bears 9 3 2 Halas 4 1 5 1 1 4 1 12
1926 NFL Chicago Bears 12 1 3 Halas 2 1 10 1 1 2 1 22
1925 NFL Chicago Bears 9 5 3 Halas 4 1 11 1 1 4 1 20
1924 NFL Chicago Bears 6 1 4 Halas 4 1 7 1 1 3 1 19
1923 NFL Chicago Bears 9 2 1 Halas 3 1 5 1 1 3 1 21
1922 NFL Chicago Bears 9 3 0 Halas 4 1 5 1 1 3 1 18
1921 APFA Chicago Staleys 9 1 1 Halas 3 1 11 1 1 3 1 21
1920 APFA Decatur Staleys 10 1 2 Halas 4 1 2 1 1 5 1 14

Playoff Game Log

Glossary
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

Glossary
Score
Opponent W L T W-L% Tm Opp
Arizona Cardinals 57 26 6 .687 1729 1087
Atlanta Falcons 12 11 0 .522 427 401
Baltimore Ravens 2 1 0 .667 40 26
Buffalo Bills 6 4 0 .600 198 143
Carolina Panthers 2 2 0 .500 75 74
Cincinnati Bengals 3 5 0 .375 147 122
Cleveland Browns 4 9 0 .308 209 342
Dallas Cowboys 8 11 0 .421 322 369
Denver Broncos 7 6 0 .538 266 220
Detroit Lions 89 64 5 .582 2988 2746
Green Bay Packers 89 80 5 .527 2985 2859
Houston Texans 0 1 0 .000 5 24
Indianapolis Colts 18 22 0 .450 808 848
Jacksonville Jaguars 2 2 0 .500 89 86
Kansas City Chiefs 6 4 0 .600 164 197
Miami Dolphins 3 7 0 .300 178 277
Minnesota Vikings 42 50 2 .457 1781 1972
New England Patriots 3 7 0 .300 143 201
New Orleans Saints 12 11 0 .522 475 428
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 8 1 .771 812 450
Pittsburgh Steelers 16 7 1 .696 530 353
San Diego Chargers 5 5 0 .500 151 193
San Francisco 49ers 29 27 1 .518 1188 1277
Seattle Seahawks 3 7 0 .300 214 204
St. Louis Rams 48 34 3 .584 1976 1750
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
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