1944 Chicago Bears season

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1944 Chicago Bears season
Head Coach Hunk Anderson
Luke Johnsos
Home Field Wrigley Field
Results
Record 6-3-1
Place T-2nd NFL West
Playoff Finish Did not qualify
Timeline
Previous Season Next Season
1943 1945

The 1944 Chicago Bears season was their 25th regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 6-3-1 record under temporary co-coaches Hunk Anderson and Luke Johnsos. The club was unable to return to the NFL Championship Game to try to claim their fourth title of the decade.

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Chicago Bears
Formerly the Decatur Staleys and the Chicago Staleys • Based in Chicago, Illinois
The Franchise
Stadiums
Culture
The Rivalries
Bears-Packers Rivalry • Bears–Vikings Rivalry • Bears-Cardinals Rivalry
Lore
Important Figures
George Halas • Edward Sternaman • George Halas, Jr. • Bronko Nagurski • George McAfee • Harold (Red) Grange • Ed Healey • Jim Finks • Doug Atkins • Bill George • Bill Hewitt • Willie Galimore • Dick Butkus • Mike Singletary • Mike Ditka • Walter Payton • Brian Piccolo • Gale Sayers • Ralph Jones • Heartley Anderson • Luke Johnsos • Paddy Driscoll • Jim Dooley • Abe Gibron • Jack Pardee • Neill Armstrong • Jim McMahon • Matt Suhey • Michael McCaskey • Willie Gault • Kevin Butler • Jim Covert • Dan Hampton • Richard Dent • Steve McMichael • William Perry • Otis Wilson • Wilber Marshall • Gary Fencik • Sid Luckman • George Blanda • Bobby Douglass • Clyde Turner • Kyle Orton • Erik Kramer • Doug Flutie • Neal Anderson • Jim Harbaugh • Cade McNown • Brian Urlacher • Rex Grossman • Tommie Harris • Greg Olsen • Devin Hester • Curtis Enis • Walt Harris • Marty Booker • Jim Miller • Rashaan Salaam
Retired Numbers
3 • 5 • 7 • 28 • 34 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 51 • 56 • 61 • 66 • 77
Key Personnel
Owner: Virginia Halas McCaskey • Chairman: Michael McCaskey • President/CEO: Ted Phillips • General Manager: Jerry Angelo • Head Coach: Lovie Smith
League
Championships (9)
1921 • 1932 • 1933 • 1940 • 1941 • 1943 • 1946 • 1963 • 1985
NFL Championship
Appearances (10)
1933 • 1934 • 1937 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1946 • 1956 • 1963
Super Bowl
Appearances (2)
1985 (XX) • 2006 (XLI)
NFL seasons (89)
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Current League
Affiliations
Local Broadcast Affiliates
1944 NFL Season
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Eastern Division Western Division
Boston Card-Pitt
Brooklyn Chicago Bears
Philadelphia Cleveland
New York Detroit
Washington Green Bay
1944 NFL Draft • NFL Championship
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