1964 Chicago Bears season

NFL team season

The 1964 Chicago Bears season was their 45th regular season completed in the National Football League. The team finished with a 5–9 record, earning them a sixth-place finish in the NFL Western Conference. It was a downfall from winning their eighth league title the previous December.

Running back Willie Galimore and wide receiver John Farrington were killed in an automobile accident on July 27; Galimore's Volkswagen left the road on a curve and rolled, a few miles from the team's training camp at St. Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana.[1][2][3]

Roster

1964 Chicago Bears final roster
Quarterbacks
  •  9 Billy Wade

Running backs

  • 21 Jon Arnett
  • 29 Ronnie Bull FB
  • 34 Joe Marconi

Wide receivers

  • 47 Johnny Morris

Tight ends

  • 89 Mike Ditka
 Offensive linemen
  • 70 Herm Lee T
  • 50 Mike Pyle C
  • 63 Bob Wetoska T

Defensive linemen

  • 81 Doug Atkins DE
  • 87 Ed O'Bradovich DE
 Linebackers
  • 31 Joe Fortunato
  • 61 Bill George

Defensive backs

Special teams

Rookies in italics
 , 5 practice squad

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Attendance
1 September 13 at Green Bay Packers L 12–23 0–1 42,327
2 September 20 at Minnesota Vikings W 34–28 1–1 41,387
3 September 27 at Baltimore Colts L 0–52 1–2 56,537
4 October 4 at San Francisco 49ers L 21–31 1–3 33,132
5 October 11 Los Angeles Rams W 38–17 2–3 47,358
6 October 18 Detroit Lions L 0–10 2–4 47,567
7 October 25 at Washington Redskins L 20–27 2–5 49,219
8 November 1 Dallas Cowboys L 10–24 2–6 47,527
9 November 8 Baltimore Colts L 24–40 2–7 47,891
10 November 15 at Los Angeles Rams W 34–24 3–7 61,115
11 November 22 San Francisco 49ers W 23–21 4–7 46,772
12 November 26 at Detroit Lions W 27–24 5–7 52,231
13 December 5 Green Bay Packers L 3–17 5–8 43,636
14 December 13 Minnesota Vikings L 14–41 5–9 46,486
Source[4]

Game summaries

Week 1 at Packers

Week One: Chicago Bears (0–0) at Green Bay Packers (0–0)
Period 1 2 34Total
Bears 0 3 9012
Packers 7 10 3323

at City Stadium, Green Bay, Wisconsin

  • Date: September 13, 1964
  • Game weather: 53 °F (12 °C)
  • Game attendance: 42,327
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Game information

First quarter

Second quarter

  • CHI – Bob Jencks 8-yard field goal. Packers 7–3. Drive:
  • GB – Tom Moore 33-yard pass from Bart Starr (Paul Hornung kick). Packers 14–3. Drive:
  • GB – Paul Hornung 52-yard field goal. Packers 17–3. Drive:

Third quarter

  • CHI – Bob Jencks 36-yard field goal. Packers 17–6. Drive:
  • CHI – Mike Ditka 13-yard pass from Rudy Bukich (kick failed). Packers 17–12. Drive:
  • GB – Paul Hornung 29-yard field goal. Packers 20–12. Drive:

Fourth quarter

  • GB – Paul Hornung 20-yard field goal. Packers 23–12. Drive:
Top passers
Top rushers
  • CHI – Ronnie Bull – 8 rushes, 25 yards
  • GB – Jim Taylor – 16 rushes, 79 yards
Top receivers

Week 12

1 234Total
• Bears 0 2133 27
Lions 3 1470 24
  • Date: November 26
  • Location: Tiger Stadium
  • Game attendance: 52,231
  • Game weather: 41 °F (5 °C); wind 13 mph
Scoring summary
Q1DETWalker 25 yard field goalDET 3–0
Q2CHIArnett 1 yard pass from Bukich (Jencks kick)CHI 7–3
Q2DETBarr 13 yard pass from Plum (Walker kick)DET 10–7
Q2CHIMarconi 5 yard pass from Bukich (Jencks kick)CHI 14–10
Q2CHIMorris 16 yard pass from Bukich (Jencks kick)CHI 21–10
Q2DETGibbons 5 yard pass from Plum (Walker kick)CHI 21–17
Q3CHILeClerc 27 yard field goalCHI 24–17
Q3DETWatkins 1 yard run (Walker kick)Tie 24–24
Q4CHILeClerc 17 yard field goalCHI 27–24

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Standings

NFL Western Conference
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 W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
Baltimore Colts 12 2 0 .857 10–2 428 225 W1
Green Bay Packers[a] 8 5 1 .615 6–5–1 342 245 T1
Minnesota Vikings 8 5 1 .615 6–5–1 355 296 W3
Detroit Lions 7 5 2 .583 6–4–2 280 260 W2
Los Angeles Rams 5 7 2 .417 3–7–2 283 339 T1
Chicago Bears 5 9 0 .357 5–7 260 379 L2
San Francisco 49ers 4 10 0 .286 3–9 236 330 L1

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

  1. ^ Green Bay was awarded the Playoff Bowl berth from the Western Conference by outscoring Minnesota 65–37 in their two meetings.

References

  1. ^ "Galimore, Farrington killed in auto crash". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. July 27, 1964. p. 19.
  2. ^ "Bears' Galimore, Farrington killed". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. July 27, 1964. p. 8.
  3. ^ "Bears to honor crash victims". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. July 28, 1964. p. 19.
  4. ^ "1964 Chicago Bears Schedule & Results | The Football Database". FootballDB.com. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  5. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Aug-13.
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