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Chicago

Bears

HC George Halas DC Clark Shaughnessy

1961 season
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8–6 Regular season · +24 point diff

Franchise 77 seasons 563–571–9 all-time 20 playoff trips 1 Super Bowls

23.3 Points / game #5 of 21
22.7 Allowed / game #9 of 14
350 Yards / game #7 of 21
377 Yds allowed / game #12 of 14
43 Sacks #2 of 14
24 Giveaways #8 of 21

Results

  1. @ W1 L 13–37
  2. @ W2 W 21–17
  3. @ W3 L 0–24
  4. @ W4 W 31–17
  5. W5 W 24–10
  6. W6 W 31–0
  7. @ W7 W 21–20
  8. @ W8 L 14–16
  9. W9 L 28–31
  10. @ W10 L 31–41
  11. W11 W 28–24
  12. W12 L 15–16
  13. W13 W 17–14
  14. W14 W 52–35

Team leaders

Passing Billy Wade 2,258 yds · 22 TD · 13 INT
Rushing Willie Galimore 707 yds · 4 TD · 4.6 Y/C
Receiving Mike Ditka 56 rec · 1,076 yds · 12 TD
Sacks Bill George 11.5 sacks
Interceptions Joe Fortunato 3 INT

Margin by game

Points won or lost by Win Loss
  1. −24 1
  2. +4 2
  3. −24 3
  4. +14 4
  5. +14 5
  6. +31 6
  7. +1 7
  8. −2 8
  9. −3 9
  10. −10 10
  11. +4 11
  12. −1 12
  13. +3 13
  14. +17 14