1942 Chicago Bears season

1942 Chicago Bears season
Head coachGeorge Halas
Hunk Anderson
Luke Johnsos
Home fieldWrigley Field
Results
Record11–0
Division place1st NFL Western
Playoff finishLost NFL Championship
(at Redskins) 6–14

The 1942 season was the Chicago Bears' 23rd in the National Football League. The team improved on their 10–1 record in 1941 and finished at 11–0, under head coach George Halas (who left for World War II in November) and temporary co-coaches Hunk Anderson and Luke Johnsos. The Bears were denied a three-peat and an undefeated season when they lost to the Washington Redskins in the year's title game. In the previous two NFL championship games, the Bears defeated the Redskins, 73–0, and then the Giants, 37–9.[1][2]

The 1942 Bears were "the single most dominant team in the history of the NFL," according to Cold Hard Football Facts. "The 1942 Bears went 11–0, scored 376 points and surrendered just 84 points. They also have the lowest passer rating allowed in NFL history, with opposing quarterbacks having a passer rating of just 21.4.[3] That dominant team, like the undefeated 2007 Patriots, was upset in the NFL championship game."[4]

  1. ^ "Chicago Bears 1942 Games and Schedule". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  2. ^ "1942 Chicago Bears Roster on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  3. ^ "Team Season Stats Finder - Football". Stathead. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  4. ^ "Cold Hard Football Facts: 40 and Fabulous: in praise of passer rating". Archived from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2012.