NFL team season
The 1952 season was the Chicago Bears ' 33rd in the National Football League . The team failed to improve on their 7–5 record from 1951 and finished at 5–7 under head coach and owner George Halas , fifth in the NFL's National Conference. In 1952, the club continued its downward trend from the class of the league.[ 1]
Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 28 at Green Bay Packers W 24–14 1–0 City Stadium 24,656 2 October 5 at Chicago Cardinals L 10–21 1–1 Comiskey Park 34,697 3 October 12 Dallas Texans W 38–20 2–1 Wrigley Field 35,429 4 October 19 San Francisco 49ers L 16–40 2–2 Wrigley Field 46,338 5 October 26 at Los Angeles Rams L 7–31 2–3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 43,574 6 November 2 at San Francisco 49ers W 20–17 3–3 Kezar Stadium 58,255 7 November 9 Green Bay Packers L 28–41 3–4 Wrigley Field 41,751 8 November 16 Los Angeles Rams L 24–40 3–5 Wrigley Field 40,737 9 November 23 Detroit Lions W 24–23 4–5 Wrigley Field 37,508 10 November 27 at Dallas Texans L 23–27 4–6 Rubber Bowl 3,000 11 December 7 at Detroit Lions L 21–45 4–7 Briggs Stadium 50,410 12 December 14 Chicago Cardinals W 10–7 5–7 Wrigley Field 32,578
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.[ 2]
1 2 3 4 Total • Bears 3 0 7 14 24 Packers 0 7 0 7 14
Date: September 28Location: City Stadium Game attendance: 24,656 Scoring summary Q1 CHI White 30 yard field goalCHI 3–0 Q2 GB Rote 5 yard run (Cone kick)GB 7–3 Q3 CHI Dottley 25 yard pass from Williams (Blanda kick)CHI 10–3 Q4 CHI Schroeder 16 yard pass from Williams (Blanda kick)CHI 17–3 Q4 CHI Dottley 44 yard run (Blanda kick) CHI 24–3 Q4 GB Howton 39 yard pass from Rote (Cone kick)CHI 24–10
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Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
Franchise Records Stadiums Culture Lore Rivalries Minor league affiliates Retired numbers Key personnel Division championships (21) Conference championships (4) League championships (9) Media Broadcasters Radio: Personnel: Television: WFLD (pre-season and most regular season games through Fox , official pre-game and post-game alternate) Marquee Sports Network (official post-game and in-season programming) Personnel: Lou Canellis (gameday television host, pre-season sideline reporter) Adam Amin (pre-season play-by-play) Jim Miller (pre-season analyst) Current league affiliations
Formerly the Decatur Staleys (1920) and the Chicago Staleys (1921)