1970 Chicago Bears season

1970 Chicago Bears season
Head coach	Jim Dooley
Owner	George Halas
Home field	Wrigley Field Dyche Stadium
Results
Record	6–8
Division place	4th NFC Central
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1970 Chicago Bears season was their 51st regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 6–8 record, another below .500 showing, but a significant improvement over their 1–13 record of the previous season.

Regular season

The Bears hosted their first home game of the season at Northwestern University's Dyche Stadium as an experiment. The Bears anticipated that their Wrigley Field landlord, the Chicago Cubs, might play in the 1970 National League Championship Series and World Series, and that Wrigley Field would be unavailable (at least for installation of temporary seating in right field) until well into October. ^[1] (In fact, the Cubs were in contention in the National League East until the final week of the 1970 season.^[2]) In addition, the NFL was pressuring the Bears to move out of Wrigley Field, because it had no lights and its seating capacity was under 50,000 (even with additional seating in right field for football games). The Bears planned to move to Evanston for the 1971 season, but Evanston residents petitioned city officials to block the move, and the Big Ten Conference ultimately barred the Bears from using Dyche Stadium.^[3] The Bears ultimately moved to Chicago's Soldier Field,^[4]

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 19, 1970	at New York Giants	W 24–16	62,936
2	September 27, 1970	Philadelphia Eagles	W 20–16	53,463
3	October 5, 1970	at Detroit Lions	L 28–14	58,210
4	October 11, 1970	Minnesota Vikings	L 24–0	45,485
5	October 18, 1970	San Diego Chargers	L 20–7	45,278
6	October 25, 1970	Detroit Lions	L 16–10	45,632
7	November 1, 1970	at Atlanta Falcons	W 23–14	58,850
8	November 8, 1970	San Francisco 49ers	L 37–16	45,607
9	November 15, 1970	at Green Bay Packers	L 20–19	56,263
10	November 22, 1970	Buffalo Bills	W 31–13	41,015
11	November 29, 1970	at Baltimore Colts	L 21–20	60,240
12	December 5, 1970	at Minnesota Vikings	L 16–13	47,900
13	December 13, 1970	Green Bay Packers	W 35–17	44,957
14	December 20, 1970	at New Orleans Saints	W 24–3	63,518

Season summary

Week 1

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Bears	7	3	7	7	24
Giants	10	3	0	3	16

Date: September 19
Location: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Game start: 8:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 71°F, wind 13 mph

Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

Scoring summary

1	Giants	Pete Gogolak 25-yard field goal	Giants 3–0

1	Bears	Cecil Turner 95-yard kickoff return (Mac Percival kick)	Bears 7–3

1	Giants	Ron Johnson 12-yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick)	Giants 10–7

2	Giants	Pete Gogolak 20-yard field goal	Giants 13–7

2	Bears	Mac Percival 28-yard field goal	Giants 13–10

3	Bears	Jack Concannon 1-yard run (Mac Percival kick)	Bears 17–13

4	Giants	Pete Gogolak 45-yard field goal	Bears 17–16

4	Bears	Dick Gordon 19-yard pass from Jack Concannon (Mac Percival kick)	Bears 24–16

Week 2

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	6	3	0	7	16
• Bears	7	10	0	3	20

Date: September 27
Location: Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 52°F • Wind 9

Scoring summary

1	CHI	Cecil Turner 96-yard kickoff return (Mac Percival kick)	Bears 7–0

1	PHI	Gary Ballman 7-yard pass from Norm Snead (kick failed)	Bears 7–6

2	CHI	Mac Percival 17-yard field goal	Bears 10–6

2	PHI	Mark Moseley 42-yard field goal	Bears 10–9

2	CHI	Dick Gordon 12-yard pass from Ronnie Bull (Mac Percival kick)	Bears 17–9

4	PHI	Lee Bouggess 10-yard run (Mark Moseley kick)	Bears 17–16

4	CHI	Mac Percival 36-yard field goal	Bears 20–16

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Week 7

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Bears	10	3	7	3	23
Falcons	0	7	7	0	14

Date: November 1
Location: Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, GA
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 62°F; wind 7

Scoring summary

Q1	CHI	Shy 1 yard run (Percival kick)	CHI 7–0

Q1	CHI	Percival 30 yard field goal	CHI 10–0

Q2	ATL	Gipson 20 yard pass from Berry (Vinyard kick)	CHI 10–7

Q2	CHI	Percival 47 yard field goal	CHI 13–7

Q3	ATL	Mitchell 17 yard pass from Berry (Vinyard kick)	ATL 14–13

Q3	CHI	Turner 94 yard kickoff return (Percival kick)	CHI 20–14

Q4	CHI	Percival 31 yard field goal	CHI 23–14

^[6]

Week 10

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bills	6	0	0	7	13
• Bears	0	14	7	10	31

Date: November 22
Location: Wrigley Field • Chicago, Illinois
Game start: 1:00 p.m. CST
Game weather: 43°F • Wind 22

Scoring summary

1	BUF	Butch Byrd 23-yard interception return (kick failed)	Bills 6–0

2	CHI	Dick Gordon 36-yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick)	Bears 7–6

2	CHI	Jim Seymour 36-yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick)	Bears 14–6

3	CHI	Jim Seymour 53-yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick)	Bears 21–6

4	BUF	Marlin Briscoe 17-yard pass from Dennis Shaw (Grant Guthrie kick)	Bears 21–13

4	CHI	Mac Percival 37-yard field goal	Bears 24–13

4	CHI	Dick Gordon 28-yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick)	Bears 31–13

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Week 13

Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears

	1	2	3	4	Total
Packers	3	0	0	14	17
• Bears	14	7	7	7	35

Date: Sunday, December 13
Location: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Game start: 1:00 p.m. CST
Game weather: 32°F, wind 11 mph

Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

Scoring summary

1	Bears	Dick Gordon 15-yard pass from Jack Concannon (Mac Percival kick)	Bears 7–0

1	Bears	George Farmer 42-yard pass from Jack Concannon (Mac Percival kick)	Bears 14–0

1	Packers	Dale Livingston 32-yard field goal	Bears 14–3

2	Bears	Jack Concannon 15-yard run (Mac Percival kick)	Bears 21–3

3	Bears	Dick Gordon 25-yard pass from Jack Concannon (Mac Percival kick)	Bears 28–3

4	Packers	Donny Anderson 7-yard run (Dale Livingston kick)	Bears 28–10

4	Bears	Ray Ogden 6-yard pass from Jack Concannon (Mac Percival kick)	Bears 35–10

4	Packers	John Hilton 29-yard pass from Rick Norton (Dale Livingston kick)	Bears 35–17

Week 14

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Bears	0	7	3	14	24
Saints	0	3	0	0	3

Date: December 20
Location: Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, LA
Game start: 2:00 p.m.
Game weather: 65°F; wind 7

Scoring summary

Q2	NO	Dempsey 47 yard field goal	NO 3–0

Q2	CHI	Seymour 22 yard pass from Concannon (Percival kick)	CHI 7–3

Q3	CHI	Percival 50 yard field goal	CHI 10–3

Q4	CHI	Seymour 2 yard pass from Concannon (Percival kick)	CHI 17–3

Q4	CHI	Gordon 14 yard pass from Concannon (Percival kick)	CHI 24–3

Jack Concannon 26/50, 280 Yds
Dick Gordon 9 Rec, 119 Yds

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Standings

NFC Central
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Minnesota Vikings	12	2	0	.857	5–1	10–1	335	143	W3
Detroit Lions	10	4	0	.714	4–2	7–4	347	202	W5
Green Bay Packers	6	8	0	.429	2–4	4–7	196	293	L2
Chicago Bears	6	8	0	.429	1–5	5–6	256	261	W2

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

References

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1970 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Boston	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Los Angeles
Buffalo	Houston	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
Miami	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets			Washington

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