1924 Chicago Bears season

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1924 Chicago Bears season
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Head coach George Halas
Home field Wrigley Field
Results
Record 8-3-4 Overall
6-1-4 NFL
Division place 2nd NFL
Playoff finish No playoffs until 1932
Timeline
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The 1924 Chicago Bears season was their fifth regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 6-1-4 league record under head coach George Halas earning them a second place finish in the team standings, the fourth time in the last five years. The Bears started slow with 2 ties and a loss, but quickly gained their stride, winning 6 of their last 8 games with two ties. The Bears only loss of the year was to the Cleveland Bulldogs, the eventual champions (the NFL officially considers the 1924 Bulldogs a different team than the Canton team from the previous year -- however, all the players were the same). Despite coming in second, the Bears did defeat the cross-town rival Cardinals twice, both shutouts, and their future classic rival, the Green Bay Packers, once in a 3-0 shutout. The Sternaman brothers again carried the team, with Joe Sternaman having his best season. The younger Sternaman scored 6 touchdowns, threw for another, had 9 field goals, and 12 PATs, finishing with 75 of the Bears' 136 points.

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Future Hall of Fame Players [edit]

Other Leading Players [edit]

Schedule [edit]

Date Opponent Location Result Score Record
Sep. 28 Rock Island Independents Douglas Park Tie 0-0 0-0-1
Oct. 5 Cleveland Bulldogs Dunn Field Loss 14-16 0-1-1
Oct. 12 Racine Legion Wrigley Field Tie 10-10 0-1-2
Oct. 19 Chicago Cardinals Wrigley Field Win 6-0 1-1-2
Oct. 26 Frankford Yellowjackets Wrigley Field Win 33-3 2-1-2
Nov. 2 Rock Island Independents Wrigley Field Tie 3-3 2-1-3
Nov. 9 Columbus Tigers Wrigley Field Win 12-6 3-1-3
Nov. 16 Racine Legion Wrigley Field Tie 3-3 3-1-4
Nov. 23 Green Bay Packers Wrigley Field Win 3-0 4-1-4
Nov. 27 Chicago Cardinals Comiskey Park Win 21-0 5-1-4
Nov. 30 Milwaukee Badgers Wrigley Field Win 31-14 6-1-4

1924 NFL exhibition games [edit]

Date Opponent Location Result Score
Sep. 21 Green Bay Packers Bellevue Park Loss 0-5
Dec. 7 Cleveland Bulldogs Wrigley Field Win 23-0
Dec. 13 Frankford Yellow Jackets Frankford Stadium Win 13-10
Dec. 14 Rock Island Independents Wrigley Field Loss 6-7

Standings [edit]

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972

Team W L T PCT
Cleveland Bulldogs 7 1 1 .875
Chicago Bears 6 1 4 .857
Frankford Yellow Jackets 11 2 1 .846
Duluth Kelleys 5 1 0 .833
Rock Island Independents 5 2 2 .714
Green Bay Packers 7 4 0 .636
Racine Legion 4 3 3 .571
Chicago Cardinals 5 4 1 .556
Buffalo Bisons 6 5 0 .545
Columbus Tigers 4 4 0 .500
Hammond Pros 2 2 1 .500
Milwaukee Badgers 5 8 0 .385
Akron Pros 2 6 0 .250
Dayton Triangles 2 6 0 .250
Kansas City Blues 2 7 0 .222
Kenosha Maroons 0 4 1 .000
Minneapolis Marines 0 6 0 .000
Rochester Jeffersons 0 7 0 .000