1940 Chicago Bears season

1940 Chicago Bears season
Head coach	NFL Western
Playoff finish	Won NFL Championship (at Redskins) 73–0
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The

. This was the first of four consecutive NFL Western titles for the Bears.

Offseason

The Bears selected Clyde "Bulldog" Turner with their first round pick in the 1940 NFL draft. He would be with the Bears for four Championships and be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966.

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue
1	Bye
2	Bye
3	September 22	at Green Bay Packers	W 41–10	1–0	City Stadium
3	September 25	at Chicago Cardinals	L 7–21	1–1	Comiskey Park
4	Bye
5	October 6	at Cleveland Rams	W 21–14	2–1	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
6	October 13	Detroit Lions	W 7–0	3–1	Wrigley Field
7	October 20	Brooklyn Dodgers	W 16–7	4–1	Wrigley Field
8	October 27	at New York Giants	W 37–21	5–1	Polo Grounds
9	November 3	Green Bay Packers	W 14–7	6–1	Wrigley Field
10	November 10	at Detroit Lions	L 14–17	6–2	Briggs Stadium
11	November 17	at Washington Redskins	L 3–7	6–3	Griffith Stadium
12	November 24	Cleveland Rams	W 47–25	7–3	Wrigley Field
13	December 1	Chicago Cardinals	W 31–23	8–3	Wrigley Field
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Western Division
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Bears	8	3	0	.727	6–2	238	152	W2
Green Bay Packers	6	4	1	.600	4–3–1	238	155	T1
Detroit Lions	5	5	1	.500	4–3–1	138	153	L1
Cleveland Rams	4	6	1	.400	2–5–1	171	191	T1
Chicago Cardinals	2	7	2	.222	2–5–1	139	222	L3

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

NFL Championship Game

73–0 in the NFL's biggest scoring and most lopsided game in NFL history.

All-Star Game

The Bears defeated the NFL All-Stars 28–14 on December 29, 1940