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The 1952 season was the Chicago Bears ' 33rd in the National Football League . The team failed to improve on their 7–5 record from 1951 and finished at 5–7 under head coach and owner George Halas , fifth in the NFL's National Conference. In 1952, the club continued its downward trend from the class of the league.[1]
Regular season
Schedule
Week
Date
Opponent
Result
Record
Attendance
1
September 28
at Green Bay Packers
W 24–14
1–0
24,656
2
October 5
at Chicago Cardinals
L 10–21
1–1
34,697
3
October 12
Dallas Texans
W 38–20
2–1
35,429
4
October 19
San Francisco 49ers
L 16–40
2–2
46,338
5
October 26
at Los Angeles Rams
L 7–31
2–3
43,574
6
November 2
at San Francisco 49ers
W 20–17
3–3
58,255
7
November 9
Green Bay Packers
L 28–41
3–4
41,751
8
November 16
Los Angeles Rams
L 24–40
3–5
40,737
9
November 23
Detroit Lions
W 24–23
4–5
37,508
10
November 27
at Dallas Texans
L 23–27
4–6
3,000
11
December 7
at Detroit Lions
L 21–45
4–7
50,410
12
December 14
Chicago Cardinals
W 10–7
5–7
32,578
Game summaries
Week 1
1
2 3 4 Total
• Bears
3
0 7 14
24
Packers
0
7 0 7
14
Date: September 28Location: City Stadium Game attendance: 24,656
Scoring summary Q1 CHI White 30 yard field goalCHI 3–0
Q2 GB Rote 5 yard run (Cone kick)GB 7–3
Q3 CHI Dottley 25 yard pass from Williams (Blanda kick)CHI 10–3
Q4 CHI Schroeder 16 yard pass from Williams (Blanda kick)CHI 17–3
Q4 CHI Dottley 44 yard run (Blanda kick) CHI 24–3
Q4 GB Howton 39 yard pass from Rote (Cone kick)CHI 24–10
[3]
Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
References
Franchise Records Stadiums Culture Lore Rivalries Minor league affiliates Retired numbers Key personnel Division championships (21) Conference championships (4) League championships (9) Media
Broadcasters
Radio:
Personnel:
Television:
WFLD (pre-season and most regular season games through Fox , official pre-game and post-game alternate)
Marquee Sports Network (official post-game and in-season programming)
Personnel:
Lou Canellis (gameday television host, pre-season sideline reporter)
Adam Amin (pre-season play-by-play)
Jim Miller (pre-season analyst)
Current league affiliations
Formerly the Decatur Staleys (1920) and the Chicago Staleys (1921)