1924 Chicago Bears season

1924 Chicago Bears season
Head coach	George Halas
Home field	Wrigley Field
Results
Record	8–3–4 Overall 6–1–4 NFL
League place	2nd NFL

The 1924 Chicago Bears season was their fifth regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 6–1–4 league 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

• George Halas, End
• Ed Healey, Tackle
• George Trafton, Center

Other Leading Players

• Ed Sternaman, Back
• Joe Sternaman, Quarterback
• Laurie Walquist, Quarterback
• Hunk Anderson, Guard
• John Bryan, Back

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Score	Record
Sep. 28	Rock Island Independents	Douglas Park	Tie	0–0	0–0–1
Oct 5	Cleveland Bulldogs	Dunn Field	Loss	14–16	0–1–1
Oct 12	Racine Legion	Wrigley Field	Tie	10–10	0–1–2
Oct 19	Chicago Cardinals	Wrigley Field	Win	6–0	1–1–2
Oct 26	Frankford Yellowjackets	Wrigley Field	Win	33–3	2–1–2
Nov 2	Rock Island Independents	Wrigley Field	Tie	3–3	2–1–3
Nov 9	Columbus Tigers	Wrigley Field	Win	12–6	3–1–3
Nov 16	Racine Legion	Wrigley Field	Tie	3–3	3–1–4
Nov 23	Green Bay Packers	Wrigley Field	Win	3–0	4–1–4
Nov 27	Chicago Cardinals	Comiskey Park	Win	21–0	5–1–4
Nov 30	Milwaukee Badgers	Wrigley Field	Win	31–14	6–1–4

1924 NFL exhibition games

Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Score
Sep. 21	Green Bay Packers	Bellevue Park	Loss	0–5
Dec 7	Cleveland Bulldogs	Wrigley Field	Win	23–0
Dec 13	Frankford Yellow Jackets	Frankford Stadium	Win	13–10
Dec 14	Rock Island Independents	Wrigley Field	Loss	6–7

Standings

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.