1944 Chicago Bears season
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The 1944
Chicago Bears
season was their 25th regular season
completed in the National Football League
. The club posted a 6-3-1 record under temporary co-coaches Hunk Anderson and Luke Johnsos
. The club was unable to return to the NFL Championship Game to try to claim their fourth title of the decade.
1944 NFL season
The 1944 NFL season was the 25th regular season of the United States National Football League. The Boston Yanks joined the league as an expansion team. Also, the Brooklyn Dodgers changed their name to Brooklyn Tigers. Meanwhile, both the Cleveland Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles resumed their...
Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
season was their 25th regular season
Regular season (NFL)
The National Football League regular season begins the weekend after Labor Day. Each team plays 16 games during a 17-week period. Traditionally, the majority of each week's games are played on Sunday afternoon, with weekly games on Sunday night and Monday night, and occasional games on Thursday...
completed in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
. The club posted a 6-3-1 record under temporary co-coaches Hunk Anderson and Luke Johnsos
Luke Johnsos
Luke Andrew Johnsos, Sr. was an American football player, assistant coach, and head coach for the National Football League's Chicago Bears franchise. He started with the Bears in 1929 at the age of 23 as an All-Pro end. He played eight NFL seasons in Chicago finishing his playing career in 1936...
. The club was unable to return to the NFL Championship Game to try to claim their fourth title of the decade.
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 24, 1944 | at Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions... |
L 42-28 |
| 2 | October 8, 1944 | at Cleveland Rams Cleveland Rams The Cleveland Rams were a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio.The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio. The NFL considers the franchise as a second incarnation of the previous Cleveland Rams team that was a charter member of the second American Football League... |
L 19-7 |
| 3 | October 15, 1944 | Card-Pitt Card-Pitt Card-Pitt was the name for the team created by the temporary merger of two National Football League teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Chicago Cardinals, during the 1944 season. The teams were forced to merge, because both had lost many players to World War II military service... |
W 34-7 |
| 4 | October 22, 1944 | Detroit Lions Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and... |
T 21-21 |
| 5 | October 29, 1944 | Cleveland Rams Cleveland Rams The Cleveland Rams were a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio.The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio. The NFL considers the franchise as a second incarnation of the previous Cleveland Rams team that was a charter member of the second American Football League... |
W 28-21 |
| 6 | November 5, 1944 | Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions... |
W 21-0 |
| 7 | November 12, 1944 | Boston Yanks Boston Yanks The Boston Yanks were a National Football League team based in Boston, Massachusetts that played from 1944 to 1948. The team played its home games at Fenway Park. Games that conflicted with the Boston Red Sox schedule were held at the Manning Bowl in Lynn, Massachusetts... |
W 21-7 |
| 8 | November 19, 1944 | at Detroit Lions Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and... |
L 41-21 |
| 9 | November 26, 1944 | at Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
W 28-7 |
| 10 | December 3, 1944 | at Card-Pitt Card-Pitt Card-Pitt was the name for the team created by the temporary merger of two National Football League teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Chicago Cardinals, during the 1944 season. The teams were forced to merge, because both had lost many players to World War II military service... |
W 49-7 |
Standings
| NFL Western Eastern and Western Divisions (NFL) 1933-69 The Eastern and Western Divisions of the National Football League, renamed the American and National Conferences in 1950 and then the Eastern and Western Conferences in 1953, were organized as a result of the disputed NFL championship of 1932... |
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| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
| Green Bay Packers 1944 Green Bay Packers season The 1944 Green Bay Packers season was their 24th season in the National Football League. The club posted an 8-2 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a first-place finish in the Western Conference. The Packers ended the season beating the Giants 14-7 in the NFL Championship Game, their 6th... |
8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 238 | 141 | W-1 |
| Chicago Bears | 6 | 3 | 1 | .667 | 258 | 172 | W-2 |
| Detroit Lions 1944 Detroit Lions season The 1944 Detroit Lions season was their 15th in the league. The team improved on their previous season's output of 3-6-1, winning six games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the ninth consecutive season.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
6 | 3 | 1 | .667 | 216 | 151 | W-4 |
| Cleveland Rams 1944 Cleveland Rams season The 1944 Cleveland Rams season was the team's seventh year with the National Football League.-Schedule:-Standings:... |
4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 188 | 224 | L-2 |
| Card-Pitt Card-Pitt Card-Pitt was the name for the team created by the temporary merger of two National Football League teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Chicago Cardinals, during the 1944 season. The teams were forced to merge, because both had lost many players to World War II military service... |
0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 108 | 328 | L-10 |