1959 Chicago Bears season

The 1959 season was the Chicago Bears' 40th in the National Football League. The team matched on their 8–4 record from 1958 under the coaching of George Halas, winning their last seven games.^[1]

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Sources
1	August 15	at Green Bay Packers	W 19–16	1–0	Milwaukee County Stadium	28,286	^[2]^[3]
2	August 22	vs. Philadelphia Eagles	W 24–21	2–0	Manning Bowl (Lynn, MA)	17,000	^[4]^[5]
3	August 29	vs. Pittsburgh Steelers	W 54–17	3–0	Jeppeson Stadium (Houston)	28,000	^[6]
4	September 5	vs. Washington Redskins			(Jacksonville)
5	September 11	New York Giants			Soldier Field
6	September 19	at Cleveland Browns			Cleveland Stadium

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 27	at Green Bay Packers	L 6–9	0–1	City Stadium	32,150
2	October 3	at Baltimore Colts	W 26–21	1–1	Baltimore Memorial Stadium	57,557
3	October 11	Los Angeles Rams	L 21–28	1–2	Wrigley Field	47,036
4	October 18	Baltimore Colts	L 7–21	1–3	Wrigley Field	48,430
5	October 25	at San Francisco 49ers	L 17–20	1–4	Kezar Stadium	59,045
6	November 1	at Los Angeles Rams	W 26–21	2–4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	77,943
7	November 8	Green Bay Packers	W 28–17	3–4	Wrigley Field	46,205
8	November 15	San Francisco 49ers	W 14–3	4–4	Wrigley Field	42,157
9	November 22	at Detroit Lions	W 24–14	5–4	Briggs Stadium	54,059
10	November 29	at Chicago Cardinals	W 31–7	6–4	Soldier Field	48,687
11	December 6	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 27–21	7–4	Wrigley Field	41,476
12	December 13	Detroit Lions	W 25–14	8–4	Wrigley Field	40,890

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Bears	9	14	3	0	26
Colts	0	0	0	21	21

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Packers	0	10	0	7	17
Bears	14	7	7	0	28

at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

Game information

GB – Jim Taylor 10-yard run (Paul Hornung kick) – Bears 14–7
GB – Paul Hornung 27-yard field goal – Bears 14–10
CHI – Harlon Hill 36-yard pass from Ed Brown (John Aveni kick) – Bears 21–10

CHI – Jim Dooley 8-yard pass from Zeke Bratkowski (John Aveni kick) – Bears 28–10

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

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

^ "Bears beat Lions for 7th straight". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. December 14, 1959. p. 4, part 2.
^ Associated Press, "Bears Nip Packers, 19–16: 37-Yard Pass Play in Last Minute Caps 16-Point Fourth Period Rally," Racine Sunday Bulletin, Aug. 16, 1959, sec. 3, pp. 1, 5.
^ Dick Cullum, "Bears Win in Last Minute," Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Aug. 16, 1959, p. 39.
^ Bob Hoobing, "Galimore Stars as Bears Beat Eagles, 34–21," Danville Register and Bee, Aug. 23, 1959, p. 35.
^ Ernie Roberts, "Bears Topple Eagles, 24–21," Boston Globe, Aug. 23, 1959, pp. 65, 69.
^ Associated Press, "Chicago Bears Drub Steelers: Crowd of 28,000 Attends Contest," Billings Gazette, Aug. 30, 1959, p. 30.
^ "Colts rally fails, Bears win, 26-21". Milwaukee Sentinel. UPI. October 4, 1959. p. !C.
^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Nov-09.

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