1959 Chicago Bears season

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

Saturday night (October 3)^[2]

Game summaries

Week 1

Week 2

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

Date: October 3
Location: Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, MD
Game attendance: 57,557

Scoring summary

Q1	CHI	Petitbon 33 yard interception return (kick failed)	CHI 6–0

Q1	CHI	Aveni 33 yard field goal	CHI 9–0

Q2	CHI	Casares 1 yard run (Aveni kick)	CHI 16–0

Q2	CHI	Hill 53 yard pass from Brown (Aveni kick)	CHI 23–0

Q3	CHI	Aveni 42 yard field goal	CHI 26–0

Q4	BAL	Berry 7 yard pass from Unitas (Myhra kick)	CHI 26–7

Q4	BAL	Mutscheller 4 yard pass from Unitas (Myhra kick)	CHI 26–14

Q4	BAL	Mutscheller 13 yard pass from Unitas (Myhra kick)	CHI 26–21

^[3]

Week 7

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

at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

Date: November 8
Pro-Football-Reference.com

Game information
First Quarter CHI – Merrill Douglas 5-yard run (John Aveni kick) – Bears 7–0 CHI – Rick Casares 5-yard run (John Aveni kick) – Bears 14–0 Second Quarter 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 Third Quarter CHI – Jim Dooley 8-yard pass from Zeke Bratkowski (John Aveni kick) – Bears 28–10 Fourth Quarter GB – Bill Butler 61-yard punt return (Paul Hornung kick) – Bears 28–17

Game information

First Quarter

CHI – Merrill Douglas 5-yard run (John Aveni kick) – Bears 7–0
CHI – Rick Casares 5-yard run (John Aveni kick) – Bears 14–0

Second Quarter

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

Third Quarter

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

Fourth Quarter

GB – Bill Butler 61-yard punt return (Paul Hornung kick) – Bears 28–17

Standings

NFL Western Conference
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Baltimore Colts	9	3	0	.750	9–1	374	251	W5
Chicago Bears	8	4	0	.667	6–4	252	196	W7
San Francisco 49ers	7	5	0	.583	5–5	255	237	L2
Green Bay Packers	7	5	0	.583	6–4	248	246	W4
Detroit Lions	3	8	1	.273	2–8	203	275	L1
Los Angeles Rams	2	10	0	.167	2–8	242	315	L8

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

References

^ "Bears beat Lions for 7th straight". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. December 14, 1959. p. 4, part 2.
^ "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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