1964_Chicago_Bears_season

1964 Chicago Bears season
1964 Chicago Bears season
Owner	George Halas
Head coach	George Halas
Home field	Wrigley Field
Results
Record	5–9
Division place	6th Western
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	← 1963; Bears seasons; 1965 →;

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.

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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]

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[8-5-6] Green Bay was awarded the Playoff Bowl berth from the Western Conference by outscoring Minnesota 65–37 in their two meetings.

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"Galimore, Farrington killed in auto crash". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. July 27, 1964. p. 19.

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"Bears' Galimore, Farrington killed". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. July 27, 1964. p. 8.

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"Bears to honor crash victims". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. July 28, 1964. p. 19.

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"1964 Chicago Bears Schedule & Results | The Football Database". FootballDB.com. Retrieved August 8, 2017.

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Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Aug-13.

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	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 26 Bennie McRae CB 17 Richie Petitbon S 24 Rosey Taylor S 23 Dave Whitsell CB Special teams 88 Bobby Joe Green P		Rookies in italics , 5 practice squad

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

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	3	9	0	12
Packers	7	10	3	3	23

NFL Western Conference
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Baltimore Colts	12	2	0	.857	10–2	428	225	W1
Green Bay Packers^{[lower-alpha 1]}	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

1964_Chicago_Bears_season

1964 Chicago Bears season

Roster

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1 at Packers

Week 12

Standings

References

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