1960 Chicago Bears season

The 1960 Chicago Bears season was their 41st regular season completed in the National Football League. The team finished with a 5–6–1 record under George Halas, finishing fifth in the NFL Western Conference, a game below .500, a rare sight under a Halas coached team. The Bears lost all three games in December by significant margins, the last two being shutouts.

1960 Chicago Bears season
Owner	George Halas
General manager	George Halas
Head coach	George Halas
Home stadium	Wrigley Field
Results
Record	5–6–1
Division place	5th NFL Western
Playoffs	Did not qualify
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NFL draft

Main article: 1960 NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team

Roster

1960 Chicago Bears roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 12 Zeke Bratkowski 15 Ed Brown Running backs (RB) 28 Willie Galimore Wide receivers (WR) 46 Angelo Coia 47 Johnny Morris Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL) 63 Bob Wetoska T Defensive linemen (DL) 81 Doug Atkins DE

Linebackers (LB) 31 Joe Fortunato 61 Bill George Defensive backs (DB) 17 Richie Petitbon S Special teams (ST)

Rookies in italics

Schedule

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Sources
1	August 15	vs. New York Giants	W 16–7	1–0	Varsity Stadium (Toronto)	5,401	[1][2]
2	August 27	at Green Bay Packers	L 7–35	1–1	Milwaukee County Stadium	36,116	[3]
3	September 3	vs. Washington Redskins	W 17–0	2–1	Gator Bowl (Jacksonville)	13,970	[4]
4	September 10	at Cleveland Browns	L 10–16	2–2	Rubber Bowl (Akron, OH)	25,000	[5]
5	September 16	Pittsburgh Steelers	T 21–21	2–2–1	Soldier Field	38,602	[6]

Regular season

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Sources
1	September 25	at Green Bay Packers	W 17–14	1–0	City Stadium	32,150
2	October 2	at Baltimore Colts	L 7–42	1–1	Memorial Stadium	57,808
3	October 9	Los Angeles Rams	W 34–27	2–1	Wrigley Field	47,776
4	October 16	San Francisco 49ers	W 27–10	3–1	Wrigley Field	48,226
5	October 23	at Los Angeles Rams	T 24–24	3–1–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	63,438
6	October 30	at San Francisco 49ers	L 7–25	3–2–1	Kezar Stadium	55,071
7	Bye
8	November 13	Baltimore Colts	L 20–24	3–3–1	Wrigley Field	48,713
9	November 20	Detroit Lions	W 28–7	4–3–1	Wrigley Field	46,267
10	November 27	Dallas Cowboys	W 17–7	5–3–1	Wrigley Field	39,951
11	December 4	Green Bay Packers	L 13–41	5–4–1	Wrigley Field	46,406
12	December 11	at Cleveland Browns	L 0–42	5–5–1	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	38,155
13	December 18	at Detroit Lions	L 0–36	5–6–1	Briggs Stadium	51,017

Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

• A bye week was necessary in 1960, as the league expanded to an odd number (13) of teams (Dallas); one team was idle each week.

Game summaries

Week 1 at Packers

See also: 1960 Chicago Bears season and Bears–Packers rivalry

Week One: Chicago Bears (0–0) at Green Bay Packers (0–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	0	17	17
Packers	0	7	7	0	14

at New City Stadium, Green Bay, Wisconsin

• Date: September 25
• Game weather: 60 °F (16 °C)
• Game attendance: 32,150
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter No scoring Second quarter GB – Jim Taylor 1-yard run (Paul Hornung kick). Packers 7–0. Drive: Third quarter GB – Paul Hornung 2-yard run (Paul Hornung kick). Packers 14–0. Drive: Fourth quarter CHI – Willie Galimore 18-yard run (John Aveni kick). Packers 14–7. Drive: CHI – Rick Casares 26-yard run (John Aveni kick). Tie 14–14. Drive: CHI – John Aveni 16-yard field goal. Bears 17–14. Drive: Top passers CHI – Zeke Bratkowski – 13/24, 178 yards, 2 INT GB – Bart Starr – 8/22, 68 yards, 2 INT Top rushers CHI – Rick Casares – 20 rushes, 79 yards, TD GB – Jim Taylor – 16 rushes, 83 yards, TD Top receivers CHI – Willard Dewveall – 6 receptions, 97 yards GB – Boyd Dowler – 4 receptions, 45 yards

Week 9

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	0	0	7	0	7
• Bears	7	7	0	3	17

• Date: November 27
• Location: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
• Game weather: 54 °F (12 °C), wind 14 mph (23 km/h)

Scoring summary

1		CHI	Rick Casares 5 yard run (John Aveni kick)	Bears 7–0
2		CHI	Johnny Morris 20 yard pass from Ed Brown (John Aveni kick)	Bears 14–0
3		DAL	Don McIlhenny 64 yard pass from Don Heinrich (Fred Cone kick)	Bears 14–7
4		CHI	John Aveni 20 yard field goal	Bears 17–7

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Standings

NFL Western Conference
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Green Bay Packers	8	4	0	.667	7–4	332	209	W3
Detroit Lions	7	5	0	.583	7–4	239	212	W4
San Francisco 49ers	7	5	0	.583	7–4	208	205	W1
Baltimore Colts	6	6	0	.500	5–6	288	234	L4
Chicago Bears	5	6	1	.455	5–5–1	194	299	L3
Los Angeles Rams	4	7	1	.364	4–6–1	265	297	L1
Dallas Cowboys	0	11	1	.000	0–6	177	369	L1

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

NFL Eastern Conference
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Philadelphia Eagles	10	2	0	.833	8–2	321	246	W1
Cleveland Browns	8	3	1	.727	6–3–1	362	217	W3
New York Giants	6	4	2	.600	5–4–1	271	261	L1
St. Louis Cardinals	6	5	1	.545	4–5–1	288	230	W1
Pittsburgh Steelers	5	6	1	.455	4–5–1	240	275	L1
Washington Redskins	1	9	2	.100	0–8–2	178	309	L8

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