1968 Chicago Bears season

1968 Chicago Bears season
Head coach	Jim Dooley
General manager	George Halas
Owner	George Halas
Home field	Wrigley Field
Results
Record	7–7
Division place	2nd Central
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1968 Chicago Bears season was their 49th regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 7–7 record, earning them another second-place finish in the Central Division within the NFL's Western Conference behind the Minnesota Vikings.

Offseason

On May 27, 1968, George Halas retired as head coach of the Bears for the fourth and final time.^[1]

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 15, 1968	Washington Redskins	L 38–28	41,321
2	September 22, 1968	at Detroit Lions	L 42–0	50,688
3	September 29, 1968	at Minnesota Vikings	W 27–17	47,644
4	October 6, 1968	at Baltimore Colts	L 28–7	60,238
5	October 13, 1968	Detroit Lions	L 28–10	46,996
6	October 20, 1968	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 29–16	60,858
7	October 27, 1968	Minnesota Vikings	W 26–24	46,562
8	November 3, 1968	at Green Bay Packers	W 13–10	50,861
9	November 10, 1968	San Francisco 49ers	W 27–19	46,978
10	November 17, 1968	Atlanta Falcons	L 16–13	44,214
11	November 24, 1968	Dallas Cowboys	L 34–3	46,667
12	December 1, 1968	at New Orleans Saints	W 23–17	78,285
13	December 8, 1968	at Los Angeles Rams	W 17–16	66,368
14	December 15, 1968	Green Bay Packers	L 28–27	46,435

Game summaries

Week 3

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Bears	14	6	0	7	27
Vikings	0	3	0	14	17

Date: September 29
Location: Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington, MN
Game weather: 54°F; wind 7

Scoring summary

Q1	CHI	Sayers 7-yard run (Percival kick)	CHI 7–0

Q1	CHI	Gordon 15-yard pass from Concannon (Percival kick)	CHI 14–0

Q2	CHI	Percival 43-yard field goal	CHI 17–0

Q2	MIN	Cox 45-yard field goal	CHI 17–3

Q2	CHI	Percival 31-yard field goal	CHI 20–3

Q4	MIN	Washington 24-yard pass from Cuozzo (Cox kick)	CHI 20–10

Q4	MIN	Brown 1-yard run (Cox kick)	CHI 20–17

Q4	CHI	Kurek 23-yard run (Percival kick)	CHI 27–17

Gale Sayers 16 Rush, 108 Yds

^[2]

Week 6

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Bears	7	6	3	13	29
Eagles	3	10	3	0	16

Date: October 20
Location: Franklin Field, Philadelphia, PA
Game weather: 62°F; wind 12

Scoring summary

Q1	PHI	Baker 30-yard field goal	PHI 3–0

Q1	CHI	Turner 11-yard pass from Carter (Percival kick)	CHI 7–3

Q2	PHI	Baker 27-yard field goal	CHI 7–6

Q2	PHI	Ditka 2-yard pass from Snead (Baker kick)	PHI 13–7

Q2	CHI	Percival 39-yard field goal	PHI 13–10

Q2	CHI	Percival 31-yard field goal	Tie 13–13

Q3	CHI	Percival 28-yard field goal	CHI 16–13

Q3	PHI	Baker 44-yard field goal	Tie 16–16

Q4	CHI	Percival 15-yard field goal	CHI 19–16

Q4	CHI	Taylor 96-yard interception return (Percival kick)	CHI 26–16

Q4	CHI	Percival 14-yard field goal	CHI 29–16

^[3]

Week 7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	7	7	0	10	24
• Bears	7	6	7	6	26

Date: October 27
Location: Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL
Game weather: 51°F; wind 17

Scoring summary

Q1	MIN	Lindsey 1-yard run (Cox kick)	MIN 7–0

Q1	CHI	Wallace 12-yard pass from Carter (Percival kick)	Tie 7–7

Q2	CHI	Percival 12-yard field goal	CHI 10–7

Q2	MIN	Washington 54-yard pass from Kapp (Cox kick)	MIN 14–10

Q2	CHI	Percival 42-yard field goal	MIN 14–13

Q3	CHI	Gordon 50-yard pass from Carter (Percival kick)	CHI 20–14

Q4	MIN	Cox 38-yard field goal	CHI 20–17

Q4	CHI	Percival 21-yard field goal	CHI 23–17

Q4	MIN	Washington 25-yard pass from Kapp (Cox kick)	MIN 24–23

Q4	CHI	Percival 47-yard field goal	CHI 26–24

Gale Sayers 18 Rush, 143 Yds

^[4]

Week 8

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Bears	0	3	7	3	13
Packers	0	0	7	3	10

Date: November 3
Location: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI
Game weather: 36°F; wind 9

Scoring summary

Q2	CHI	Percival 10-yard field goal	CHI 3–0

Q3	CHI	Carter 2-yard run (Percival kick)	CHI 10–0

Q3	GB	Dale 50-yard pass from Starr (Mercin kick)	CHI 10–7

Q4	GB	Mercin 19-yard field goal	Tie 10–10

Q4	CHI	Percival 43-yard field goal	CHI 13–10

Gale Sayers 24 Rush, 205 Yds

^[5]

Standings

NFL Central
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Minnesota Vikings	8	6	0	.571	4–2	6–4	282	242	W2
Chicago Bears	7	7	0	.500	3–3	5–5	250	333	L1
Green Bay Packers	6	7	1	.462	1–4–1	2–7–1	281	227	W1
Detroit Lions	4	8	2	.333	3–2–1	4–5–1	207	241	L1

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

References

↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 283
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Oct-27.
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Oct-28.
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Oct-29.
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Oct-31.

Chicago Bears

Founded in 1919 Formerly the Decatur Staleys and the Chicago Staleys Based in Chicago, Illinois Headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois

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1968 NFL season

Capitol	Century	Coastal	Central
Dallas	Cleveland	Atlanta	Chicago
NY Giants	New Orleans	Baltimore	Detroit
Philadelphia	Pittsburgh	Los Angeles	Green Bay
Washington	St. Louis	San Francisco	Minnesota

Related: 1968 AFL Season

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