The 1949 season was the Chicago Bears' 30th in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their 10–2 record from 1948 and finished with a 9–3 record, under head coach and owner George Halas, but finished in second place in the NFL Western Division for a third time, missing out on a chance to add more league titles to their trophy case. The Bears were 3–3 at mid-season, then won their final six games.
The Los Angeles Rams (8–2–2) defeated the Bears twice, and won the division title. (Ties were disregarded in winning percentage calculation until .) This was the first season the Bears donned their now famous rounded numerals.
Regular season
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue 1 September 25 at Green Bay Packers W 17–0 1–0 City Stadium 2 October 2 at Chicago Cardinals W 17–7 2–0 Comiskey Park 3 October 9 Los Angeles Rams L 16–31 2–1 Wrigley Field 4 October 16 Philadelphia Eagles W 38–21 3–1 Wrigley Field 5 October 23 at New York Giants L 28–35 3–2 Polo Grounds 6 October 30 at Los Angeles Rams L 24–27 3–3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 7 November 6 Green Bay Packers W 24–3 4–3 Wrigley Field 8 November 13 Detroit Lions W 27–24 5–3 Wrigley Field 9 November 20 at Washington Redskins W 31–21 6–3 Griffith Stadium 10 November 24 at Detroit Lions W 28–7 7–3 Briggs Stadium 11 December 4 Pittsburgh Steelers W 30–21 8–3 Wrigley Field 12 December 11 Chicago Cardinals W 52–21 9–3 Wrigley Field Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Standings
Roster Chicago Bears 1949 roster Quarterbacks George Blanda K/P Sid Luckman Johnny Lujack K
Running backs J. R. Boone CB Wally Dreyer George Gulyanics P John Hoffman Don Kindt LB Dante Magnani CB Julie Rykovich
Receivers Jim Keane Ken Kavanaugh Linemen Alf Bauman DT Ray Bray MG/G George Connor DT/T Fred Davis T/DT Jack Dugger DE/WR Bill Milner DE Pat Preston G Wash Serini G Ed Sprinkle DE/WR Paul Stenn T/DT Walt Stickel DT/T Bulldog Turner C Linebackers Stu Clarkson OLB Ed Cody OLB/FB Chuck Drulis MLB/G Dick Flanagan OLB/G Frank Szymanski MLB/C
Defensive backs Bill DeCorrevont CB George McAfee S/RB Bob Perina CB
Rookies in italics
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