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{{short description|NFL team season}}
{{short description|NFL team season}}
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{{Infobox NFL season
{{Infobox NFL team season
| team = Chicago Bears
| team = Chicago Bears
| year = 1970
| year = 1970
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| coach = [[Jim Dooley]]
| coach = [[Jim Dooley]]
| owner = [[George Halas]]
| owner = [[George Halas]]
| stadium = [[Wrigley Field]]<br />[[Dyche Stadium]]
| stadium = [[Wrigley Field]]
| playoffs = ''Did not qualify''
| playoffs = ''Did not qualify''
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The '''1970 [[Chicago Bears]] season''' was their 51st [[Regular Season (NFL)|regular season]] completed in the [[National Football League]]. The team finished with a 6–8 record, a significant improvement over the 1–13 record of the [[1969 Chicago Bears season|previous season]], the worst in franchise history.
The '''1970 [[Chicago Bears]] season''' was their 51st [[Regular Season (NFL)|regular season]] completed in the [[National Football League]]. The team finished with a 6–8 record, a significant improvement over the 1–13 record of the [[1969 Chicago Bears season|previous season]], the worst in franchise history.

After losing the coin flip for the number one pick in the [[1970 NFL draft]] (which Pittsburgh used to draft [[Terry Bradshaw]]), the Bears traded the 2nd pick to the [[Green Bay Packers]] for [[Lee Roy Caffey]], [[Elijah Pitts]], and [[Bob Hyland]].<ref>https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-08-25-0408250329-story.html</ref>


== Offseason ==
== Offseason ==
* June 16, 1970 – After a seven-month battle with cancer, running back [[Brian Piccolo]] died at age 26.<ref name=mjctlf>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O3UfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YigEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3867%2C3283575 |work=Milwaukee Journal |agency=press dispatches |title=Cancer fatal to Piccolo of Bears at 26 |date=June 16, 1970 |page=13, part 2}}</ref><ref name=apbpidats>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KiBOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Wu0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7215%2C338436 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Brian Piccolo is dead at 26 |date=June 17, 1970 |page=19}}</ref><ref name=shppc>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JKVRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0BAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1511%2C3237907|newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |agency=Associated Press |title=Sayers, Halas praise Piccolo's courage |date=June 17, 1970 |page=1-part 2 }}</ref>
* June 16, 1970 – After a seven-month battle with cancer, running back [[Brian Piccolo]] died at age 26.<ref name=mjctlf>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O3UfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YigEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3867%2C3283575 |work=Milwaukee Journal |agency=press dispatches |title=Cancer fatal to Piccolo of Bears at 26 |date=June 16, 1970 |page=13, part 2 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=apbpidats>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KiBOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Wu0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7215%2C338436 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Brian Piccolo is dead at 26 |date=June 17, 1970 |page=19}}</ref><ref name=shppc>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JKVRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0BAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1511%2C3237907|newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |agency=Associated Press |title=Sayers, Halas praise Piccolo's courage |date=June 17, 1970 |page=1-part 2 }}</ref>


=== NFL Draft ===
=== NFL Draft ===
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|Quarterbacks=
|Quarterbacks=
{{NFLplayer|11|Jack Concannon}}
{{NFLplayer|11|Jack Concannon}}
{{NFLplayer|10|Bobby Douglass}}
{{NFLplayer|12|Bob Cutburth|rookie=y}}
{{NFLplayer|16|Kent Nix}}
{{NFLplayer|16|Kent Nix}}


|Running Backs=
|Running Backs=
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{{NFLplayer|46|Craig Baynham}}
{{NFLplayer|29|Ronnie Bull|FB|d=American football}}
{{NFLplayer|29|Ronnie Bull|FB|d=American football}}
{{NFLplayer|33|Mike Hull|d=fullback}}
{{NFLplayer|33|Mike Hull|d=fullback}}
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{{NFLplayer|86|Jim Hester}}
{{NFLplayer|86|Jim Hester}}
{{NFLplayer|38|Ray Ogden}}
{{NFLplayer|38|Ray Ogden}}
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{{NFLplayer|89|Bob Wallace|d=American football}}


|Offensive Linemen=
|Offensive Linemen=
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| reserve_lists =
| reserve_lists =
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{{NFLplayer|46|Craig Baynham|RB|IR}}
{{NFLplayer|10|Bobby Douglass|QB|IR}}
{{NFLplayer|40|Gale Sayers|RB|IR}}
{{NFLplayer|40|Gale Sayers|RB|IR}}
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{{NFLplayer|89|Bob Wallace|d=American football|TE|IR}}


| practice_squad =
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== Regular season ==
== Regular season ==
As an experiment, the Bears hosted their first home game of the season at [[Northwestern University]]'s [[Dyche Stadium]] in [[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]]. The Bears' [[Wrigley Field]] landlord, the [[1970 Chicago Cubs season|Chicago Cubs]], were in a pennant race and might play in the [[1970 National League Championship Series|National League Championship Series]] and [[1970 World Series|World Series]], and that Wrigley Field would be unavailable (at least for installation of temporary seating in right and center field) until well into October.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1970/07/22/page/49/article/bears-over-sue-evanston-n-u-over-use-of-dyche-stadium|title = Historical Newspapers from 1700s–2000s}}</ref> (The Cubs were in contention in the [[National League East]] until the final week of the 1970 season, thus rendering the anticipation moot.)<ref name=prceatg>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=repWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=le0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5816%2C89367 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |title=Pennant race at a glance |date=September 16, 1970 |page=16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/1970-schedule-scores.shtml|title = 1970 Chicago Cubs Schedule}}</ref>
As an experiment, the Bears hosted their first home game of the season at [[Northwestern University]]'s [[Dyche Stadium]] in [[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]]. The Bears' [[Wrigley Field]] landlord, the [[1970 Chicago Cubs season|Chicago Cubs]], were in a pennant race and might play in the [[1970 National League Championship Series|National League Championship Series]] and [[1970 World Series|World Series]], and that Wrigley Field would be unavailable (at least for installation of temporary seating in right and center field) until well into October.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1970/07/22/page/49/article/bears-over-sue-evanston-n-u-over-use-of-dyche-stadium|title = Historical Newspapers from 1700s–2000s| date=4 August 2023 }}</ref> (The Cubs were in contention in the [[National League East]] until the final week of the 1970 season, thus rendering the anticipation moot.)<ref name=prceatg>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=repWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=le0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5816%2C89367 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |title=Pennant race at a glance |date=September 16, 1970 |page=16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/1970-schedule-scores.shtml|title = 1970 Chicago Cubs Schedule}}</ref>


In addition, the [[National Football League|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), stipulations of the [[AFL–NFL merger]] agreement. The Bears planned to move to Evanston for the [[1971 Chicago Bears season|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;<ref>[http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1971/03/10/page/56/article/n-u-asks-special-big-10-meeting Historical Newspapers from 1700s–2000s – Newspapers.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> the Bears moved to Chicago's [[Soldier Field]].<ref>[http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1971/04/14/page/85/article/renovations-key-to-soldier-field Historical Newspapers from 1700s–2000s – Newspapers.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
In addition, the [[National Football League|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), stipulations of the [[AFL–NFL merger]] agreement. The Bears planned to move to Evanston for the [[1971 Chicago Bears season|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;<ref>[http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1971/03/10/page/56/article/n-u-asks-special-big-10-meeting Historical Newspapers from 1700s–2000s – Newspapers.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> the Bears moved to Chicago's [[Soldier Field]].<ref>[http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1971/04/14/page/85/article/renovations-key-to-soldier-field Historical Newspapers from 1700s–2000s – Newspapers.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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! 6
! 6
| October 25
| October 25
| '''[[1998 Detroit Lions season|Detroit Lions]]'''
| '''Detroit Lions'''
| '''L''' 10–16
| '''L''' 10–16
| 2–4
| 2–4
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! 12
| {{dow tooltip|December 5, 1970}}
| {{dow tooltip|December 5, 1970}}
| at '''[[1970 Minnesota Vikings season|Minnesota Vikings]]'''
| at '''Minnesota Vikings'''
| '''L''' 13–16
| '''L''' 13–16
| 4–8
| 4–8
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! 13
| December 13
| December 13
| '''[[1970 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]]'''
| '''Green Bay Packers'''
| '''W''' 35–17
| '''W''' 35–17
| 5–8
| 5–8
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=== Season summary ===
=== Season summary ===
==== Week 1 ====
==== Week 1 at Giants====
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=== Standings ===
=== Standings ===
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Revision as of 23:40, 22 March 2024

1970 Chicago Bears season
OwnerGeorge Halas
Head coachJim Dooley
Home fieldWrigley Field
Results
Record6–8
Division place4th NFC Central
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1970 Chicago Bears season was their 51st regular season completed in the National Football League. The team finished with a 6–8 record, a significant improvement over the 1–13 record of the previous season, the worst in franchise history.

After losing the coin flip for the number one pick in the 1970 NFL draft (which Pittsburgh used to draft Terry Bradshaw), the Bears traded the 2nd pick to the Green Bay Packers for Lee Roy Caffey, Elijah Pitts, and Bob Hyland.[1]

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1970 NFL Draft
Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
3 58 George Farmer Wide Receiver UCLA

Roster

1970 Chicago Bears final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Rookies in italics

Regular season

As an experiment, the Bears hosted their first home game of the season at Northwestern University's Dyche Stadium in Evanston. The Bears' Wrigley Field landlord, the Chicago Cubs, were in a pennant race and might play in the National League Championship Series and World Series, and that Wrigley Field would be unavailable (at least for installation of temporary seating in right and center field) until well into October.[5] (The Cubs were in contention in the National League East until the final week of the 1970 season, thus rendering the anticipation moot.)[6][7]

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), stipulations of the AFL–NFL merger agreement. 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;[8] the Bears moved to Chicago's Soldier Field.[9]

Zeitplan

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

Season summary

Week 1 at Giants

Week One: Chicago Bears (0–0) at New York Giants (0–0)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Bears 7 3 7724
Giants 10 3 0316

at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

Game information

Week 2

1 234Total
Eagles 6 307 16
• Bears 7 1003 20
Scoring summary
1CHICecil Turner 96-yard kickoff return (Mac Percival kick)Bears 7–0
1PHIGary Ballman 7-yard pass from Norm Snead (kick failed)Bears 7–6
2CHIMac Percival 17-yard field goalBears 10–6
2PHIMark Moseley 42-yard field goalBears 10–9
2CHIDick Gordon 12-yard pass from Ronnie Bull (Mac Percival kick)Bears 17–9
4PHILee Bouggess 10-yard run (Mark Moseley kick)Bears 17–16
4CHIMac Percival 36-yard field goalBears 20–16

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Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

1 234Total
• Bears 10 373 23
Falcons 0 770 14
  • Date: November 1
  • Location: Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta
  • Game start: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C); wind 7 mph (11 km/h)
Scoring summary
Q1CHIShy 1 yard run (Percival kick)CHI 7–0
Q1CHIPercival 30 yard field goalCHI 10–0
Q2ATLGipson 20 yard pass from Berry (Vinyard kick)CHI 10–7
Q2CHIPercival 47 yard field goalCHI 13–7
Q3ATLMitchell 17 yard pass from Berry (Vinyard kick)ATL 14–13
Q3CHITurner 94 yard kickoff return (Percival kick)CHI 20–14
Q4CHIPercival 31 yard field goalCHI 23–14

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Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

1 234Total
Bills 6 007 13
• Bears 0 14710 31
  • Date: November 22
  • Location: Wrigley Field • Chicago
  • Game start: 1:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 43 °F (6 °C) • Wind 22 mph (35 km/h)
  • Referee: John McDonough
Scoring summary
1BUFButch Byrd 23-yard interception return (kick failed)Bills 6–0
2CHIDick Gordon 36-yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick)Bears 7–6
2CHIJim Seymour 36-yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick)Bears 14–6
3CHIJim Seymour 53-yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick)Bears 21–6
4BUFMarlin Briscoe 17-yard pass from Dennis Shaw (Grant Guthrie kick)Bears 21–13
4CHIMac Percival 37-yard field goalBears 24–13
4CHIDick Gordon 28-yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick)Bears 31–13

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Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears
1 234Total
Packers 3 0014 17
• Bears 14 777 35
  • Date: Sunday, December 13
  • Location: Wrigley Field, Chicago
  • Game start: 1:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 32 °F (0 °C), wind 11 mph (18 km/h)
  • Referee: Fred Silva
Scoring summary
1BearsDick Gordon 15-yard pass from Jack Concannon (Mac Percival kick)Bears 7–0
1BearsGeorge Farmer 42-yard pass from Jack Concannon (Mac Percival kick)Bears 14–0
1PackersDale Livingston 32-yard field goalBears 14–3
2BearsJack Concannon 15-yard run (Mac Percival kick)Bears 21–3
3BearsDick Gordon 25-yard pass from Jack Concannon (Mac Percival kick)Bears 28–3
4PackersDonny Anderson 7-yard run (Dale Livingston kick)Bears 28–10
4BearsRay Ogden 6-yard pass from Jack Concannon (Mac Percival kick)Bears 35–10
4PackersJohn Hilton 29-yard pass from Rick Norton (Dale Livingston kick)Bears 35–17

Week 14

1 234Total
• Bears 0 7314 24
Saints 0 300 3
Scoring summary
Q2NODempsey 47 yard field goalNO 3–0
Q2CHISeymour 22 yard pass from Concannon (Percival kick)CHI 7–3
Q3CHIPercival 50 yard field goalCHI 10–3
Q4CHISeymour 2 yard pass from Concannon (Percival kick)CHI 17–3
Q4CHIGordon 14 yard pass from Concannon (Percival kick)CHI 24–3

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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

  1. ^ https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-08-25-0408250329-story.html
  2. ^ "Cancer fatal to Piccolo of Bears at 26". Milwaukee Journal. press dispatches. June 16, 1970. p. 13, part 2.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Brian Piccolo is dead at 26". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. June 17, 1970. p. 19.
  4. ^ "Sayers, Halas praise Piccolo's courage". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. June 17, 1970. p. 1-part 2.
  5. ^ "Historical Newspapers from 1700s–2000s". August 4, 2023.
  6. ^ "Pennant race at a glance". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). September 16, 1970. p. 16.
  7. ^ "1970 Chicago Cubs Schedule".
  8. ^ Historical Newspapers from 1700s–2000s – Newspapers.com
  9. ^ Historical Newspapers from 1700s–2000s – Newspapers.com
  10. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com
  11. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-14.
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  13. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-14.
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