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]
Regular season
Schedule
Week
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Date
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Opponent
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Result
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Record
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Venue
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Attendance
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1
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September 28
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at Green Bay Packers
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W 24–14
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1–0
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City Stadium
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24,656
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2
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October 5
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at Chicago Cardinals
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L 10–21
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1–1
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Comiskey Park
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34,697
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3
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October 12
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Dallas Texans
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W 38–20
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2–1
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Wrigley Field
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35,429
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4
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October 19
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San Francisco 49ers
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L 16–40
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2–2
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Wrigley Field
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46,338
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5
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October 26
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at Los Angeles Rams
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L 7–31
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2–3
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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
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43,574
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6
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November 2
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at San Francisco 49ers
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W 20–17
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3–3
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Kezar Stadium
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58,255
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7
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November 9
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Green Bay Packers
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L 28–41
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3–4
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Wrigley Field
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41,751
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8
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November 16
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Los Angeles Rams
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L 24–40
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3–5
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Wrigley Field
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40,737
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9
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November 23
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Detroit Lions
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W 24–23
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4–5
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Wrigley Field
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37,508
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10
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November 27
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at Dallas Texans
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L 23–27
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4–6
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Rubber Bowl
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3,000
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11
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December 7
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at Detroit Lions
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L 21–45
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4–7
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Briggs Stadium
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50,410
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12
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December 14
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Chicago Cardinals
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W 10–7
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5–7
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Wrigley Field
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32,578
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Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.[2]
Game summaries
Week 1
Team |
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
• Bears |
3 |
0 | 7 | 14 |
24 |
Packers |
0 |
7 | 0 | 7 |
14 |
- Date: September 28
- Location: City Stadium
- Game attendance: 24,656
Scoring summary |
Q1 | | CHI | White 30 yard field goal | CHI 3–0 |
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Q2 | | GB | Rote 5 yard run (Cone kick) | GB 7–3 |
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Q3 | | CHI | Dottley 25 yard pass from Williams (Blanda kick) | CHI 10–3 |
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Q4 | | CHI | Schroeder 16 yard pass from Williams (Blanda kick) | CHI 17–3 |
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Q4 | | CHI | Dottley 44 yard run (Blanda kick) | CHI 24–3 |
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Q4 | | GB | Howton 39 yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) | CHI 24–10 |
[3]
Standings
- Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
References
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Division championships (21) | |
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Conference championships (4) | |
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League championships (9) | |
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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)
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Formerly the Decatur Staleys (1920) and the Chicago Staleys (1921) |
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