1956 Chicago Bears season
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The 1956 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 37th 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...

 and 11th postseason
NFL playoffs
The National Football League playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held at the end of the regular season to determine the NFL champion. Six teams from each of the league's two conferences qualify for the playoffs based on regular season records, and a tie-breaking procedure exists in the...

 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 9-2-1 record under first year head coach Paddy Driscoll
Paddy Driscoll
John Leo "Paddy" Driscoll was a professional American football quarterback. Driscoll was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965 and is a member of the NFL 1920s All-Decade Team...

 placing them in first place of the Western Conference and in their first title game since 1946. However the title game against the New York Giants
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 was a huge loss for the club as the Giants defeated them 47-7.

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result
1 September 30, 1956 at Baltimore Colts
History of the Indianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts are a professional football team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. They play in the AFC South division of the National Football League. They have won 3 NFL championships and 2 Super Bowls....

L 28-21
2 October 7, 1956 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...

W 37-21
3 October 14, 1956 San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...

W 31-7
4 October 21, 1956 Baltimore Colts
History of the Indianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts are a professional football team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. They play in the AFC South division of the National Football League. They have won 3 NFL championships and 2 Super Bowls....

W 58-27
5 October 28, 1956 at San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...

W 38-21
6 November 4, 1956 at Los Angeles Rams W 35-24
7 November 11, 1956 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 38-14
8 November 18, 1956 Los Angeles Rams W 30-21
9 November 25, 1956 at New York Giants
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

T 17-17
10 December 2, 1956 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 42-10
11 December 9, 1956 Chicago Cardinals W 10-3
12 December 16, 1956 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...

W 38-21

Playoffs

Week Date Opponent Result
Championship December 30, 1956 at New York Giants
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

L 47-7

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...

W L T PCT PF PA STK
Chicago Bears 9 2 1 .818 363 246 W-2
Detroit Lions
1956 Detroit Lions season
The 1956 Detroit Lions season was their 27th in the league. The team improved on their previous season's output of 3-9, winning nine games. Despite the improvement, they missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season.-Schedule:-Standings:...

9 3 0 .750 300 188 L-1
San Francisco 49ers
1956 San Francisco 49ers season
The 1956 San Francisco 49ers season was the team's seventh season in the NFL, and were coming off a 4-8-0 record, finishing in 5th place in the Western Conference....

5 6 1 .455 233 284 W-3
Baltimore Colts
1956 Baltimore Colts season
The 1956 Baltimore Colts season was the 4th season for the team in the National Football League. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League's 1956 season with a record of 5 wins and 7 losses and finished fourth in the Western Conference....

5 7 0 .417 270 322 W-1
Los Angeles Rams
1956 Los Angeles Rams season
The 1956 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 19th year with the National Football League and the 11th season in Los Angeles.-Transactions:...

4 8 0 .333 291 307 W-2
Green Bay Packers
1956 Green Bay Packers season
The 1956 Green Bay Packers season was their 36th in the National Football League. The club posted a 4-8 record under coach Lisle Blackbourn, earning them a fifth-place finish in the Western Conference.-NFL Draft:...

4 8 0 .333 264 342 L-2
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