1928 Chicago Bears season

The 1928 season was the Chicago Bears' 9th in the National Football League. The team was unable to improve on their 9–3–2 record from 1927 and finished with a 7–5–1 record under head coach George Halas, earning them a fifth-place finish in the team standings, their worst record to date. The season had its high points, including two shutout wins over the crosstown rival Chicago Cardinals, a shutout win over the defending champion New York Giants, and convincing victories over Frankford, Dayton, and Pottsville. However, two losses each to Detroit and the Green Bay Packers made 1928 a disappointment to the normally contending Bears. Chicago's problem was the old guard was aging with Joey Sternaman, Paddy Driscoll, and George Halas all now in their early 30s, but not enough new talent was on the team to compete. Also, the Bears were now faced with an equal number of away games as at home, whereas in the early 1920s almost all their games were at home as they drew much larger crowds than most other teams. The pace of playing 3 games in 8 days around Thanksgiving, then a standard practice—the Thanksgiving game was not a substitute for the Sunday game but just an extra game-also hurt the veteran Bears down the stretch as in previous years. Joe Sternaman and William Senn starred on offense with 4 and 5 touchdowns each. Sternaman also shared kicking duties with Driscoll. The passing game became more important and the Bears scored 11 touchdowns via the air, versus 13 on the ground. This was a league-wide trend, foreshadowing the ascendancy of Don Hutson and Sammy Baugh of the 1930s.[1]

1928 Chicago Bears season
Head coachGeorge Halas
Home fieldWrigley Field
Results
Record7–5–1
League place5th NFL

Future Hall of Fame players

Other leading players

Players departed from 1927

Schedule
DateOpponentLocationResultScoreRecordRecap
September 23at Chicago CardinalsNormal ParkWin15–01–0Recap
September 30at Green Bay PackersGreen Bay City StadiumTie12–121–0–1Recap
October 14New York GiantsWrigley FieldWin13–02–0–1Recap
October 21Green Bay PackersWrigley FieldLoss16–62–1–1Recap
October 28Detroit WolverinesWrigley FieldLoss6–02–2–1Recap
November 4New York YankeesWrigley FieldWin27–03–2–1Recap
November 11Dayton TrianglesWrigley FieldWin27–04–2–1Recap
November 18Pottsville MaroonsWrigley FieldWin13–65–2–1Recap
November 25at Detroit WolverinesUniversity of DetroitLoss14–75–3–1Recap
November 29Chicago CardinalsWrigley FieldWin34–06–3–1Recap
December 2Frankford YellowjacketsWrigley FieldWin28–67–3–1Recap
December 9Green Bay PackersWrigley FieldLoss6–07–4–1Recap
December 15at Frankford YellowjacketsFrankford StadiumLoss19–07–5–1Recap

Standings
NFL standings
W L T PCT PF PA STK
Providence Steam Roller 8 1 2 .889 128 42 T1
Frankford Yellow Jackets 11 3 2 .786 175 84 L1
Detroit Wolverines 7 2 1 .778 189 76 W4
Green Bay Packers 6 4 3 .600 120 92 W1
Chicago Bears 7 5 1 .583 182 85 L2
New York Giants 4 7 2 .364 79 136 L5
New York Yankees 4 8 1 .333 103 179 W1
Pottsville Maroons 2 8 0 .200 74 134 L1
Chicago Cardinals 1 5 0 .167 7 107 L4
Dayton Triangles 0 7 0 .000 9 131 L7

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

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References
  1. https://www.profootballarchives.com/1928nflchib.html
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