1956 Chicago Bears season
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The 1956 Chicago Bears
season was their 37th regular season
and 11th postseason
completed in the National Football League
. The club posted 9-2-1 record under first year head coach Paddy Driscoll
placing them in first place of the Western Conference and in their first title game since 1946. However the title game against the New York Giants
was a huge loss for the club as the Giants defeated them 47-7.
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
season was their 37th regular season
Regular season (NFL)
The National Football League regular season begins the weekend after Labor Day. Each team plays 16 games during a 17-week period. Traditionally, the majority of each week's games are played on Sunday afternoon, with weekly games on Sunday night and Monday night, and occasional games on Thursday...
and 11th postseason
NFL playoffs
The National Football League playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held at the end of the regular season to determine the NFL champion. Six teams from each of the league's two conferences qualify for the playoffs based on regular season records, and a tie-breaking procedure exists in the...
completed in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
. The club posted 9-2-1 record under first year head coach Paddy Driscoll
Paddy Driscoll
John Leo "Paddy" Driscoll was a professional American football quarterback. Driscoll was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965 and is a member of the NFL 1920s All-Decade Team...
placing them in first place of the Western Conference and in their first title game since 1946. However the title game against the New York Giants
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
was a huge loss for the club as the Giants defeated them 47-7.
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 30, 1956 | at Baltimore Colts History of the Indianapolis Colts The Indianapolis Colts are a professional football team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. They play in the AFC South division of the National Football League. They have won 3 NFL championships and 2 Super Bowls.... |
L 28-21 |
| 2 | October 7, 1956 | at Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions... |
W 37-21 |
| 3 | October 14, 1956 | San Francisco 49ers San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and... |
W 31-7 |
| 4 | October 21, 1956 | Baltimore Colts History of the Indianapolis Colts The Indianapolis Colts are a professional football team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. They play in the AFC South division of the National Football League. They have won 3 NFL championships and 2 Super Bowls.... |
W 58-27 |
| 5 | October 28, 1956 | at San Francisco 49ers San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and... |
W 38-21 |
| 6 | November 4, 1956 | at Los Angeles Rams | W 35-24 |
| 7 | November 11, 1956 | Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions... |
W 38-14 |
| 8 | November 18, 1956 | Los Angeles Rams | W 30-21 |
| 9 | November 25, 1956 | at New York Giants New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
T 17-17 |
| 10 | December 2, 1956 | at Detroit Lions Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and... |
L 42-10 |
| 11 | December 9, 1956 | Chicago Cardinals | W 10-3 |
| 12 | December 16, 1956 | Detroit Lions Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and... |
W 38-21 |
Playoffs
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | December 30, 1956 | at New York Giants New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
L 47-7 |
Standings
| NFL Western Eastern and Western Divisions (NFL) 1933-69 The Eastern and Western Divisions of the National Football League, renamed the American and National Conferences in 1950 and then the Eastern and Western Conferences in 1953, were organized as a result of the disputed NFL championship of 1932... |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
| Chicago Bears | 9 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 363 | 246 | W-2 |
| Detroit Lions 1956 Detroit Lions season The 1956 Detroit Lions season was their 27th in the league. The team improved on their previous season's output of 3-9, winning nine games. Despite the improvement, they missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season.-Schedule:-Standings:... |
9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 300 | 188 | L-1 |
| San Francisco 49ers 1956 San Francisco 49ers season The 1956 San Francisco 49ers season was the team's seventh season in the NFL, and were coming off a 4-8-0 record, finishing in 5th place in the Western Conference.... |
5 | 6 | 1 | .455 | 233 | 284 | W-3 |
| Baltimore Colts 1956 Baltimore Colts season The 1956 Baltimore Colts season was the 4th season for the team in the National Football League. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League's 1956 season with a record of 5 wins and 7 losses and finished fourth in the Western Conference.... |
5 | 7 | 0 | .417 | 270 | 322 | W-1 |
| Los Angeles Rams 1956 Los Angeles Rams season The 1956 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 19th year with the National Football League and the 11th season in Los Angeles.-Transactions:... |
4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | 291 | 307 | W-2 |
| Green Bay Packers 1956 Green Bay Packers season The 1956 Green Bay Packers season was their 36th in the National Football League. The club posted a 4-8 record under coach Lisle Blackbourn, earning them a fifth-place finish in the Western Conference.-NFL Draft:... |
4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | 264 | 342 | L-2 |