The 1974 Chicago Bears season was their 55th regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 4–10 record, another dismal season led to the termination of Abe Gibron as head coach.
Offseason
NFL Draft
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Round |
Pick |
Player |
Position |
School/Club Team |
Regular season
Schedule
Week |
Date |
Opponent |
Result |
Attendance |
1 |
September 15, 1974 |
Detroit Lions |
W 17–9 |
48,134
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2 |
September 22, 1974 |
New York Jets |
L 23–21 |
50,213
|
3 |
September 29, 1974 |
at Minnesota Vikings |
L 11–7 |
46,217
|
4 |
October 6, 1974 |
New Orleans Saints |
W 24–10 |
45,818
|
5 |
October 13, 1974 |
at Atlanta Falcons |
L 13–10 |
47,835
|
6 |
October 21, 1974 |
Green Bay Packers |
W 10–9 |
50,623
|
7 |
October 27, 1974 |
at Buffalo Bills |
L 16–6 |
78,084
|
8 |
November 3, 1974 |
Minnesota Vikings |
L 17–0 |
33,343
|
9 |
November 10, 1974 |
at Green Bay Packers |
L 20–3 |
46,567
|
10 |
November 17, 1974 |
San Francisco 49ers |
L 34–0 |
42,686
|
11 |
November 24, 1974 |
at Detroit Lions |
L 34–17 |
40,930
|
12 |
December 1, 1974 |
New York Giants |
W 16–13 |
18,802
|
13 |
December 8, 1974 |
at San Diego Chargers |
L 28–21 |
33,662
|
14 |
December 15, 1974 |
at Washington Redskins |
L 42–0 |
52,085
|
Game summaries
Week 6: vs. Green Bay Packers
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Packers |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
9 |
• Bears |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
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Scoring summary |
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1 |
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Bears |
Mirro Roder 23-yard field goal |
Bears 3–0 |
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1 |
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Bears |
Charlie Wade 57-yard pass from Gary Huff (Mirro Roder kick) |
Bears 10–0 |
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3 |
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Packers |
Chester Marcol 34-yard field goal |
Bears 10–3 |
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3 |
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Packers |
Chester Marcol 33-yard field goal |
Bears 10–6 |
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4 |
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Packers |
Chester Marcol 36-yard field goal |
Bears 10–9 |
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Standings
Roster
Awards and records
Milestones
References
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Franchise |
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Records |
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Stadiums |
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Culture |
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Lore |
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Rivalries |
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Minor league affiliates |
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Retired numbers |
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Key personnel |
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Division championships (21) |
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Conference championships (4) |
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League championships (9) |
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Media |
- Broadcasters
- Radio:
- Personnel:
- Jeff Joniak (play-by-play)
- Tom Thayer (analyst)
- Zach Zaidman (sideline reporter and radio coach's show host)
- Television:
- WFLD (pre-season and most regular season games through Fox, official pre-game and post-game alternate)
- WPWR (official post-game)
- NBC Sports Chicago (in-season team programming)
- Personnel:
- Lou Canellis (gameday television host, pre-season sideline reporter)
- Sam Rosen (pre-season play-by-play)
- Jim Miller (pre-season analyst)
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Current league affiliations |
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1920s – 1930s |
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1940s – 1950s |
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1960s – 1970s |
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1980s – 1990s |
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2000s – 2010s |
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Bold indicates NFL Championship winning season
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