1948 Chicago Bears season
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1948 Chicago Bears season | |
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Head coach | George Halas |
Home field | Wrigley Field |
Results | |
Record | 10–2 |
Division place | 2nd NFL Western |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
The 1948 season was the Chicago Bears' 29th in the National Football League. The team improved on their 8–4 record from 1947 and finished with a 10–2 record under head coach George Halas, but the team finished second in the NFL Western Division yet again missing out on an NFL title game appearance.[1]
Schedule
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | ||
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1 | Bye | ||||||
2 | September 26 | at Green Bay Packers | W 45–7 | 1–0 | City Stadium | ||
3 | October 4 | at Chicago Cardinals | W 28–17 | 2–0 | Comiskey Park | ||
4 | October 10 | Los Angeles Rams | W 42–21 | 3–0 | Wrigley Field | ||
5 | October 17 | Detroit Lions | W 28–0 | 4–0 | Wrigley Field | ||
6 | October 24 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 7–12 | 4–1 | Shibe Park | ||
7 | October 31 | New York Giants | W 35–14 | 5–1 | Wrigley Field | ||
8 | November 7 | at Los Angeles Rams | W 21–6 | 6–1 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | ||
9 | November 14 | Green Bay Packers | W 7–6 | 7–1 | Wrigley Field | ||
10 | November 21 | at Boston Yanks | W 51–17 | 8–1 | Fenway Park | ||
11 | November 28 | Washington Redskins | W 48–13 | 9–1 | Wrigley Field | ||
12 | December 5 | at Detroit Lions | W 42–14 | 10–1 | Briggs Stadium | ||
13 | December 12 | Chicago Cardinals | L 21–24 | 10–2 | Wrigley Field | ||
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. |
Standings
NFL Western Division | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | DIV | PF | PA | STK | ||
Chicago Cardinals | 11 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 7–1 | 395 | 226 | W10 | |
Chicago Bears | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 7–1 | 375 | 151 | L1 | |
Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 5 | 1 | .545 | 3–5 | 327 | 269 | W3 | |
Green Bay Packers | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 2–6 | 154 | 290 | L7 | |
Detroit Lions | 2 | 10 | 0 | .167 | 1–7 | 200 | 407 | L3 |
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.