1966 Chicago Bears season explained

Team:	Chicago Bears
Year:	1966
Record:	5–7–2
Division Place:	5th Western
Coach:	George Halas
General Manager:	George Halas
Owner:	George Halas
Stadium:	Wrigley Field
Radio:	WGN
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
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The 1966 season was the Chicago Bears' 47th in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their 9–5 record from 1965 and finished with a 5–7–2 record under head coach George Halas, earning them a fifth-place finish in the NFL Western Conference. This was the franchise's second losing season in the past three.

Offseason

NFL draft

See main article: article and 1966 NFL draft.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 11	at Detroit Lions	L 3–14	0–1	Tiger Stadium	52,225
2		at Los Angeles Rams	L 17–31	0–2	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	58,916
3	Bye
4	October 2	at Minnesota Vikings	W 13–10	1–2	Metropolitan Stadium	47,426
5	October 9	Baltimore Colts	W 27–17	2–2	Wrigley Field	47,452
6	October 16	Green Bay Packers	L 0–17	2–3	Wrigley Field	48,573
7	October 23	Los Angeles Rams	W 17–10	3–3	Wrigley Field	47,475
8		at St. Louis Cardinals	L 17–24	3–4	Busch Memorial Stadium	49,516
9	November 6	Detroit Lions	T 10–10	3–4–1	Wrigley Field	47,041
10	November 13	San Francisco 49ers	T 30–30	3–4–2	Wrigley Field	47,078
11	November 20	at Green Bay Packers	L 6–13	3–5–2	Lambeau Field	50,861
12	November 27	Atlanta Falcons	W 23–6	4–5–2	Wrigley Field	44,777
13	December 4	at Baltimore Colts	L 16–21	4–6–2	Memorial Stadium	60,238
14	December 11	at San Francisco 49ers	L 14–41	4–7–2	Kezar Stadium	37,170
15	December 18	Minnesota Vikings	W 41–28	5–7–2	Wrigley Field	45,191
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

• A bye week was necessary in, as the league expanded to an odd-number (15) of teams (Atlanta); one team was idle each week.