1940 Chicago Bears season

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1940 Chicago Bears season
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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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.

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[edit] Offseason

The Bears selected Clyde "Bulldog" Turner with their first round pick in the 1940 NFL Draft. He would be with the Bears for four Championships and be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966.

[edit] Regular Season

Date Opponent Location Result Score Record
Sunday, September 22 Green Bay Packers East Stadium Win 41-10 1-0
Wednesday, September 25 Chicago Cardinals Comiskey Park Loss 7-21 1-1
Sunday, October 6 Cleveland Rams Municipal Stadium Win 21-14 2-1
Sunday, October 13 Detroit Lions Wrigley Field Win 7-0 3-1
Sunday, October 20 Brooklyn Dodgers Wrigley Field Win 16-7 4-1
Sunday, October 27 New York Giants Polo Grounds Win 37-21 5-1
Sunday, November 3 Green Bay Packers Wrigley Field Win 14-7 6-1
Sunday, November 10 Detroit Lions Briggs Stadium Loss 14-17 6-2
Sunday, November 17 Washington Redskins Griffith Stadium Loss 3-7 6-3
Sunday, November 24 Cleveland Rams Wrigley Field Win 47-25 7-3
Sunday, December 1 Chicago Cardinals Wrigley Field Win 31-23 8-3

[edit] Division Standings

[edit] Western Division

Note: W= Win, L= Loss, T= Tie, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points for, PA= Points Against

Team W L T PCT PF PA
Chicago Bears 8 3 0 .727 238 152
Green Bay Packers 6 4 1 .600 238 155
Detroit Lions 5 5 1 .500 138 153
Cleveland Rams 4 6 1 .400 171 191
Chicago Cardinals 2 7 2 .222 139 222

Note: The team with the best record in the Western Division played the team with the best record in the Eastern Division in the Championship Game

[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.
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