1940 Chicago Bears season

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1940 Chicago Bears season
Chicago Bears logo
Head Coach George Halas
Home Field Wrigley Field
Results
Record 8-3
Place 1st NFL West
Playoff Finish W NFL Championship
Timeline
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1939 1941

The 1940 Chicago Bears season was their 21st regular season and 5th postseason completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 8-3 record under head coach George Halas. Behind NFL greats Sid Luckman and Bronko Nagurski the club rode to a 8-3 record and birth in the NFL Championship. There the club stormed the Washington Redskins under the brand new formation known as the T-Formation to claim their fourth league title.

[edit] NFL Championship Game

Chicago Bears beat the Washington Redskins 73-0 in the NFL's biggest scoring and most lopsided game in NFL history.

For more details on this topic, see NFL Championship Game, 1940.