9-2-1 | Lost NFLC |
Record | Outcome |
The Chicago Bears finished the regular season with a 9-2-1 record. They went 6-0 at home and 3-2-1 on the road. Including the playoffs, the Chicago Bears went 9-3-1. Their final game was a loss in the NFL Championship to the New York Giants.
The 1956 Chicago Bears played in the West Division of the National Football League.
During the regular season, the 1956 Chicago Bears went 8-2 against their NFL West opponents.
The Bears won the NFL West in the 1956 season with a 9-2-1 record. The Lions finished with the same record but lost on a tiebreaker. The 49ers finished 4 games back with a 5-6-1 record. The Colts finished 4.5 games back with a 5-7 record. The Packers finished 5.5 games back with a 4-8 record. The Rams finished 5.5 games back with a 4-8 record.
Opponent | Record | Win Percentage % | Point Differential |
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San Francisco 49ers | 2-0 | 100% | +41 |
Green Bay Packers | 2-0 | 100% | +40 |
Los Angeles Rams | 2-0 | 100% | +20 |
Baltimore Colts | 1-1 | 50% | +24 |
Detroit Lions | 1-1 | 50% | -15 |
The 1956 Chicago Bears had their best month in October, when they went 4-0 and were undefeated. Their worst month was September, when they went 0-1 and lost all their games.
Month | Record | Win Percentage % | Point Differential |
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September | 0-1 | 0% | -7 |
October | 4-0 | 100% | +88 |
November | 3-0-1 | 87.5% | +44 |
December | 2-1 | 66.7% | -8 |
The Chicago Bears finished the regular season with a point differential of +117. Based on their point differential and their pythagorean expectation, the Bears could have been expected to have about 8.6 wins, or a 9-3 record in the regular season.
In close, one-score games, the 1956 Chicago Bears went 1-1-1. In games decided by a field goal or less, the Bears went 0-0-1.
The 1956 Chicago Bears did not play any overtime games in the regular season.
The longest win streak during the regular season for the 1956 Chicago Bears was a 7 game winning streak.
The longest losing streak that the Chicago Bears had during the 1956 regular season was 1 game, which occured 2 separate times.
= Playoff Team
Bold = Division Opponent
Week | Date | Opponent | Score | ||
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Regular Season | |||||
1 | Sun, Sep 30, 1956 | @ Baltimore Colts | Loss 21 - 28 | ||
2 | Sun, Oct 7, 1956 | @ Green Bay Packers | Win 37 - 21 | ||
3 | Sun, Oct 14, 1956 | vs San Francisco 49ers | Win 31 - 7 | ||
4 | Sun, Oct 21, 1956 | vs Baltimore Colts | Win 58 - 27 | ||
5 | Sun, Oct 28, 1956 | @ San Francisco 49ers | Win 38 - 21 | ||
6 | Sun, Nov 4, 1956 | @ Los Angeles Rams | Win 35 - 24 | ||
7 | Sun, Nov 11, 1956 | vs Green Bay Packers | Win 38 - 14 | ||
8 | Sun, Nov 18, 1956 | vs Los Angeles Rams | Win 30 - 21 | ||
9 | Sun, Nov 25, 1956 | @ New York Giants | Tie 17 - 17 | ||
10 | Sun, Dec 2, 1956 | @ Detroit Lions | Loss 10 - 42 | ||
11 | Sun, Dec 9, 1956 | vs Chicago Cardinals | Win 10 - 3 | ||
12 | Sun, Dec 16, 1956 | vs Detroit Lions | Win 38 - 21 | ||
Playoffs | |||||
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NFLC NFL Championship | Sun, Dec 30, 1956 | @ New York Giants | Loss 7 - 47 |
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