1966 Chicago Bears season

1966 Chicago Bears season
Head coach	George Halas
General manager	George Halas
Owner	George Halas
Home field	Wrigley Field
Results
Record	5–7–2
Division place	5th Western
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1966 Chicago Bears season was their 47th regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 5–7–2 record, earning them a fifth-place finish in the NFL Western Conference. This was the club's second losing season in the past three.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Score	Record	Attendance
1	September 11, 1966	at Detroit Lions	Tiger Stadium	Loss	14–3	0–1	52,225
2	September 16, 1966	at Los Angeles Rams	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Loss	31–17	0–2	58,916
3	Bye Week
4	October 2, 1966	at Minnesota Vikings	Metropolitan Stadium	Win	13–10	1–2	47,426
5	October 9, 1966	Baltimore Colts	Wrigley Field	Win	27–17	2–2	47,452
6	October 16, 1966	Green Bay Packers	Wrigley Field	Loss	17–0	2–3	48,573
7	October 23, 1966	Los Angeles Rams	Wrigley Field	Win	17–10	3–3	47,475
8	October 31, 1966	at St. Louis Cardinals	Busch Memorial Stadium	Loss	24–17	3–4	49,516
9	November 6, 1966	Detroit Lions	Wrigley Field	Tie	10–10	3–4–1	47,041
10	November 13, 1966	San Francisco 49ers	Wrigley Field	Tie	30–30	3–4–2	47,078
11	November 20, 1966	at Green Bay Packers	Lambeau Field	Loss	13–6	3–5–2	50,861
12	November 27, 1966	Atlanta Falcons	Wrigley Field	Win	23–6	4–5–2	44,777
13	December 4, 1966	at Baltimore Colts	Memorial Stadium	Loss	21–16	4–6–2	60,238
14	December 11, 1966	at San Francisco 49ers	Kezar Stadium	Loss	41–14	4–7–2	37,170
15	December 18, 1966	Minnesota Vikings	Wrigley Field	Win	41–28	5–7–2	45,191

Standings

NFL Western Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Green Bay Packers	12	2	0	.857	10–2	335	163	W5
Baltimore Colts	9	5	0	.643	7–5	314	226	W1
Los Angeles Rams	8	6	0	.571	6–6	289	212	L1
San Francisco 49ers	6	6	2	.500	5–5–2	320	325	L1
Chicago Bears	5	7	2	.417	4–6–2	234	272	W1
Detroit Lions	4	9	1	.308	3–8–1	206	317	L3
Minnesota Vikings	4	9	1	.308	4–7–1	206	304	L1

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

Game summaries

Week 4: vs. Baltimore Colts

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

at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

• Date: Sunday, October 9
• Game weather: 67°F, wind 12 mph
• 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