1934 Chicago Bears season

1934 Chicago Bears season

Infobox NFL_season
team = Chicago Bears
year = 1934
record = 13-0
division_place = 1st NFL West
coach = George Halas
stadium = Wrigley Field
playoffs = L NFL Championship

The 1934 Chicago Bears season was their 15th regular season and 3rd postseason completed in the National Football League. The club posted an unprecedented 13-0 record in the second year of George Halas's second tenure. The season began with startling success, as the Bears reeled off nine straight wins in which they scored 20 or more points each game while allowing more than 7 points only twice. The last four wins were more difficult, including a tough win over the Giants in New York and back to back home and away close victories over the Detroit Lions in that franchise's first year in Detroit. The league's first unbeaten and untied regular season saw the Bears outscore opponents 286-86. The Bears won the NFL Western Division title for the second straight year and met the NFL Eastern Division champion New York Giants once again in the NFL Championship game. The Bears were denied perfection as the Giants went on to win what would become known as the "Sneakers Game".

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The 1934 Bears were without a doubt the best offensive team in NFL history to that point. They scored 37 touchdowns in 13 games, with 12 different players reaching the end zone during the year. Bronko Nagurski rushed for 586 yards on 123 carries and 8 touchdowns while blocking for a record setting performance by rookie Beattie Feathers. Feathers, who played in only 11 games due to a shoulder injury, rushed for 1,004 yards and 8 touchdowns. He was not only the NFL's first official 1,000 yard rusher [ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 280] , but he performed this feat 12 years before it would be repeated (by Steve Van Buren in 1946) in an era when all players "went both ways" and many backs on a team shared rushing, receiving, and passing duties. The Bear offense was far more, however, than Nagurski and Feathers running the ball. Red Grange, Carl Brumbaugh, Bill Hewitt, and Gene Ronzani each caught at least 2 touchdown passes, four different players passed for 3 or more each, and "Automatic" Jack Manders led the league with 10 field goals. The club's line got even better than before with Walt Kiesling joining Lyman, Musso, and Kopcha on the best interior unit in football. The Bears breezed into the Polo Grounds in New York as heavy favorites to win their third straight NFL title.

Championship Game

The Bears again met the NFL Eastern Division champion New York Giants in the NFL Championship game, this time in New York. The game was played at the Polo Grounds on a very slick, ice covered field. The Bears were also without star halfback Feathers and All-Pro guard Kopcha. Both teams struggled with the field conditions but the Bears were able to post a 13-3 lead early in the third quarter. The Giants had famously changed their cleats to sneakers at halftime and this gave them an advantage in footing as well as a psychological advantage over the Bears. 27 unanswered New York points ensued, and the Giants won their second NFL title and first championship game 30-13. Thus, the Bears were denied a perfect season.

Future Hall of Fame Players

*Red Grange, Back
*Bill Hewitt, End
*Walt Kiesling, Guard (acquired from Cardinals)
*Link Lyman, Tackle
*George Musso, Tackle
*Bronko Nagurski, Fullback

Other Leading Players

*Carl Brumbaugh, Quarterback
*Beattie Feathers, Back (rookie from University of Tennessee)
*Luke Johnsos, End
*Bill Karr, End
*Joe Kopcha, Guard
*Jack Manders, Back / Kicker
*Keith Molesworth, Back
*Gene Ronzani, Back

Final Western Division Standings

"W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PTS=Points Scored, OPP=Opponents' Points"

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

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[ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 301 ]

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