1930 Chicago Bears season

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1930 Chicago Bears season
Head coachRalph Jones
Home fieldWrigley Field
Results
Record9–4–1
League place3rd NFL

The 1930 season was the Chicago Bears' 11th in the National Football League. The team was able to improve on their 4–9–2 record from 1929 and finished with a 9–4–1 record under first-year head coach Ralph Jones. Jones, a former player, led the team to recover from its ninth-place finish to a respectable third-place finish. The season started badly with a 1–2–1 record over the first four games, the only win coming against the hapless Minneapolis Redjackets. After splitting games five and six, the Bears got their winning ways back, finishing the season with 5 straight wins and 7 wins in their last 8 games. The only loss those last 8 games was to eventual champion Green Bay. The secret to the Bears' success was new talent in the backfield. All-American and rookie Bronko Nagurski starred at fullback while living legend Red Grange starred at tailback. These two future Hall of Famers combined for 13 touchdowns overall. Luke Johnsos, in his second year, also starred at the end. The makings of future championships were in place.[1]

Future Hall of Fame players[]

  • Red Grange, back
  • Link Lyman, tackle
  • Bronko Nagurski, fullback/tackle (rookie from University of Minnesota)
  • George Trafton, center

Other leading players[]

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Players departed from 1929[]

  • Paddy Driscoll, back (retired)
  • George Halas, end (retired)
  • Joe Kopcha, guard (temporarily left team)

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Schedule[]

Date Opponent Location Attendance Result Score Record
September 21 Brooklyn Dodgers 10,000 Tie 0–0 0–0–1
September 28 at Green Bay Packers Green Bay City Stadium 10,000 Loss 7–0 0–1–1
October 2 at * Borchert Field 3,000 Win 26-0 Exhibition
October 5 at Minneapolis Red Jackets Nicollet Park 7,000 Win 20–0 1–1–1
October 12 New York Giants Wrigley Field 12,000 Loss 12–0 1–2–1
October 19 at Chicago Cardinals Comiskey Park 7,000 Win 32–6 2–2–1
October 22 at Portsmouth Spartans 7,500 Loss 7–6 2–3–1
October 26 Frankford Yellow Jackets Wrigley Field 5,000 Win 13–7 3–3–1
November 2 Minneapolis Red Jackets Wrigley Field 4,000 Win 20–7 4–3–1
November 9 Green Bay Packers Wrigley Field 22,000 Loss 13–12 4–4–1
November 16 at New York Giants Polo Grounds 5,000 Win 12–0 5–4–1
November 22 at Frankford Yellow Jackets Frankford Stadium 6,500 Win 13–6 6–4–1
November 23 Ironton Tanks* Crosley Field‡ 6,000 Loss 13-26 Exhibition
November 27 Chicago Cardinals Wrigley Field 8,175 Win 6–0 7–4–1
November 30 Portsmouth Spartans Wrigley Field 6,000 Win 14–6 8–4–1
December 7 Green Bay Packers Wrigley Field 22,000 Win 21–0 9–4–1
December 15 Chicago Cardinals Chicago Stadium (indoor)‡ 10,000 Win 9-7 Exhibition

* Non-NFL team
‡ Natural site game

Standings[]

NFL standings
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 W L T PCT PF PA STK
Green Bay Packers 10 3 1 .769 234 111 T1
New York Giants 13 4 0 .765 308 98 L1
Chicago Bears 9 4 1 .692 169 71 W5
Brooklyn Dodgers 7 4 1 .636 154 59 L1
Providence Steam Roller 6 4 1 .600 90 125 L1
Staten Island Stapletons 5 5 2 .500 95 112 L1
Chicago Cardinals 5 6 2 .455 128 132 L1
Portsmouth Spartans 5 6 3 .455 176 161 T1
Frankford Yellow Jackets 4 13 1 .235 113 321 T1
Minneapolis Red Jackets 1 7 1 .125 27 165 L6
Newark Tornadoes 1 10 1 .091 51 190 L6

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

References[]

  1. ^ "1930 Chicago Bears Starters, Roster, & Players".
  2. ^ a b "1930 Chicago Bears (NFL) - Pro Football Archives".
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