1992 Chicago Bears season

1992 Chicago Bears season
Head coachMike Ditka
Home fieldSoldier Field
Results
Record5–11
Division place4th NFC Central
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1992 Chicago Bears season was their 73rd regular season completed in the National Football League (NFL). The Bears were looking to get back into the playoffs for a third straight year and improve on their 11–5 2nd place finish in the NFC Central Division. The Bears started the season with a 4–3 record but ended up losing eight of their remaining nine games, including six straight, and finished a disappointing 5–11, tied for last in the NFC Central with the Detroit Lions and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (the Bucs finished third, the Bears fourth and the Lions fifth based upon conference winning percentage). The Bears' poor record resulted in Head Coach Mike Ditka being fired on January 5, 1993 after eleven seasons.[1] Dave Wannstedt, who was serving as the Dallas Cowboys' defensive coordinator, was hired to take his place. Ditka teams went 106–62, and made the playoffs in seven out of 11 seasons since 1982, including a win in Super Bowl XX in 1985, with what is considered the best defense of all time. He would return to coaching in 1997 as a head coach of the New Orleans Saints.

Additionally; this would mark the final season for future Hall of Fame middle linebacker Mike Singletary.

  1. ^ Cahill, Dan (January 5, 2016). "The Bears fired Mike Ditka 23 years ago today". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved May 12, 2021.