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1924 Chicago Bears season

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1924 Chicago Bears season
Head coachGeorge Halas
Home fieldCubs Park
Results
Record8–3–4 Overall
6–1–4 NFL
League place2nd NFL

The 1924 Chicago Bears season was their fifth regular season completed in the National Football League. The team was unable to improve on their 9–2–2 record from 1923 and finished with an 8–3–4 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.

Future Hall of Fame players

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Other leading players

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Schedule

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Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue
1 September 28 at Rock Island Independents T 0–0 0–0–1 Douglas Park
2 October 5 at Cleveland Bulldogs L 14–16 0–1–1 Dunn Field
3 October 12 Racine Legion T 10–10 0–1–2 Cubs Park
4 October 19 Chicago Cardinals W 6–0 1–1–2 Cubs Park
5 October 26 Frankford Yellow Jackets W 33–3 2–1–2 Cubs Park
6 November 2 Rock Island Independents T 3–3 2–1–3 Cubs Park
7 November 9 Columbus Tigers W 12–6 3–1–3 Cubs Park
8 November 16 Racine Legion T 3–3 3–1–4 Cubs Park
9 November 23 Green Bay Packers W 3–0 4–1–4 Cubs Park
10 November 27 at Chicago Cardinals W 21–0 5–1–4 Comiskey Park
11 November 30 Milwaukee Badgers W 31–14 6–1–4 Cubs Park

1924 NFL exhibition games

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Week Date Opponent Result Venue
1 September 21 Green Bay Packers L 0–5 Bellevue Park
2 December 7 Cleveland Bulldogs W 23–0 Cubs Park
3 December 13 Frankford Yellow Jackets W 13–10 Frankford Stadium
4 December 14 Rock Island Independents L 6–7 Cubs Park

Standings

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NFL standings
W L T PCT PF PA STK
Cleveland Bulldogs 7 1 1 .875 229 60 W2
Chicago Bears 6 1 4 .857 136 55 W3
Frankford Yellow Jackets 11 2 1 .846 326 109 W8
Duluth Kelleys 5 1 0 .833 56 16 W1
Rock Island Independents 5 2 2 .714 88 38 L1
Green Bay Packers 7 4 0 .636 108 38 L1
Racine Legion 4 3 3 .571 69 47 W1
Chicago Cardinals 5 4 1 .556 90 67 L1
Buffalo Bisons 6 5 0 .545 120 140 L3
Columbus Tigers 4 4 0 .500 91 68 L1
Hammond Pros 2 2 1 .500 18 45 W2
Milwaukee Badgers 5 8 0 .385 142 188 L2
Akron Pros 2 6 0 .250 59 132 W1
Dayton Triangles 2 6 0 .250 45 148 L6
Kansas City Blues 2 7 0 .222 46 124 L2
Kenosha Maroons 0 4 1 .000 12 117 L2
Minneapolis Marines 0 6 0 .000 14 108 L6
Rochester Jeffersons 0 7 0 .000 7 156 L7

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