1945 Chicago Bears season
Head coachHunk Anderson
Luke Johnsos
Home fieldWrigley Field
Results
Record3–7
Division place4th NFL Western
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1945 season was the Chicago Bears' 26th in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their 6–3–1 record from 1944 and finished at 1–7, under temporary co-coaches Hunk Anderson and Luke Johnsos. With the end of World War II, Halas would make his return to the coaching ranks--winning the bears final 2 games, and improving their record to 3-7 so this was the end of the only co-coaching tenure in franchise history.

This was also their first losing season in 16 years, with their last being back in 1929 (they were above .500 every season between 1920 and 1928). And they would not have another, with Halas at the helm, until 1960. Meaning that between 1920 and 1963, Halas had only 2 losing seasons.[1]

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue
1 Bye
2 September 30 at Green Bay Packers L 21–31 0–1 City Stadium
3 October 7 at Cleveland Rams L 0–17 0–2 League Park
4 October 14 Chicago Cardinals L 7–16 0–3 Wrigley Field
5 October 21 Cleveland Rams L 21–41 0–4 Wrigley Field
6 October 28 at Detroit Lions L 10–16 0–5 Briggs Stadium
7 November 4 Green Bay Packers W 28–24 1–5 Wrigley Field
8 November 11 Detroit Lions L 28–35 1–6 Wrigley Field
9 November 18 at Washington Redskins L 21–28 1–7 Griffith Stadium
10 November 25 Pittsburgh Steelers W 28–7 2–7 Wrigley Field
11 December 2 at Chicago Cardinals W 28–20 3–7 Comiskey Park
12 Bye
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Western Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Cleveland Rams 9 1 0 .900 7–0 244 136 W5
Detroit Lions 7 3 0 .700 5–2 195 194 W1
Green Bay Packers 6 4 0 .600 3–4 258 173 L1
Chicago Bears 3 7 0 .300 2–6 192 235 W2
Chicago Cardinals 1 9 0 .100 1–6 98 228 L6

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

References

  1. ↑ "Chicago Bears 1945 Games and Schedule". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
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