1966 Chicago Bears season

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox NFL team season The 1966 season was the Chicago Bears' 47th in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their 9–5 record from 1965 and finished with a 5–7–2 record under head coach George Halas, earning them a fifth-place finish in the NFL Western Conference. This was the franchise's second losing season in the past three.

Schedule

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1	September 11	at Detroit Lions	L 3–14	0–1	Tiger Stadium	52,225
2	Template:Dow tooltip	at Los Angeles Rams	L 17–31	0–2	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	58,916
3	Bye
4	October 2	at Minnesota Vikings	W 13–10	1–2	Metropolitan Stadium	47,426
5	October 9	Baltimore Colts	W 27–17	2–2	Wrigley Field	47,452
6	October 16	Green Bay Packers	L 0–17	2–3	Wrigley Field	48,573
7	October 23	Los Angeles Rams	W 17–10	3–3	Wrigley Field	47,475
8	Template:Dow tooltip	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 17–24	3–4	Busch Memorial Stadium	49,516
9	November 6	Detroit Lions	T 10–10	3–4–1	Wrigley Field	47,041
10	November 13	San Francisco 49ers	T 30–30	3–4–2	Wrigley Field	47,078
11	November 20	at Green Bay Packers	L 6–13	3–5–2	Lambeau Field	50,861
12	November 27	Atlanta Falcons	W 23–6	4–5–2	Wrigley Field	44,777
13	December 4	at Baltimore Colts	L 16–21	4–6–2	Memorial Stadium	60,238
14	December 11	at San Francisco 49ers	L 14–41	4–7–2	Kezar Stadium	37,170
15	December 18	Minnesota Vikings	W 41–28	5–7–2	Wrigley Field	45,191
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

• A bye week was necessary in 1966, as the league expanded to an odd-number (15) of teams (Atlanta); one team was idle each week.

Game summaries

Week 4: vs. Baltimore Colts

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Colts	0	3	7	7	17
Bears	10	0	10	7	27

at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois

• Date: Sunday, October 9, 1966
• Game weather: , wind
• Pro-Football-Reference.com

Game information

First Quarter CHI – Roger LeClerc 42-yard field goal – Bears 3–0 CHI – Joe Fortunato 24-yard fumble return (Roger LeClerc kick) – Bears 10–0 Second Quarter BAL – Lou Michaels 13-yard field goal – Bears 10–3 Third Quarter CHI – Gale Sayers 30-yard run (Roger LeClerc kick) – Bears 17–3 CHI – Roger LeClerc 27-yard field goal – Bears 20–3 BAL – Bobby Boyd 37-yard interception return (Lou Michaels kick) – Bears 20–10 Fourth Quarter CHI – Gale Sayers 7-yard run (Roger LeClerc kick) – Bears 27–10 BAL – John Mackey 79-yard pass from Johnny Unitas (Lou Michaels kick) – Bears 27–17 Colts Johnny Unitas 18/38, 274 Yds, TD, 2 INT Tom Matte 4 Rush, 57 Yds John Mackey 2 Rec, 89 Yds, TD Bears Rudy Bukich 8/15, 96 Yds, INT Gale Sayers 18 Rush, 106 Yds, 2 TD Jimmy Jones 3 Rec, 64 Yds

References

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