1951 Chicago Bears season

1951 Chicago Bears season
OwnerGeorge Halas
Head coachGeorge Halas
Home fieldWrigley Field
Results
Record7–5
Division place4th NFL National
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1951 season was the Chicago Bears' 32nd in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their 9–3 record from 1950 and finished at 7–5 under head coach and owner George Halas, fourth in the NFL's National Conference, but only a game behind winner Los Angeles, the eventual league champion. This season was a drop off from the previous season's tiebreaker playoff appearance.

The Bears lost twice to the crosstown Cardinals, who won just three games.[1][2] The season finale was played in frigid conditions at Wrigley Field and cost the Bears a share of the conference title.[2]

  1. ^ "Cards upset Bears with 28-14 victory". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. October 8, 1951. p. 7, part 2.
  2. ^ a b Liska, Jerry (December 17, 1951). "Cards rip Bears, 24-14, on Trippi's passes". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. p. 5, part 2.