The 1970 Chicago Bears season was their 51st regular season completed in the National Football League . The club posted a 6–8 record, another below .500 showing, but a significant improvement over their 1–13 record of the previous season.
Offseason [ ]
NFL Draft [ ]
Roster [ ]
1970 Chicago Bears roster
Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
Reserve lists
Practice squad
Rookies in italics
Active, Inactive, Practice squad
Regular season [ ]
The Bears hosted their first home game of the season at Northwestern University 's Dyche Stadium as an experiment. The Bears anticipated that their Wrigley Field landlord, the Chicago Cubs , 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.[1] (The Cubs were in contention in the National League East until the final week of the 1970 season, thus rendering the anticipation moot.)[2] [3]
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;[4] the Bears moved to Chicago's Soldier Field .[5]
Prior to the season on June 16, running back Brian Piccolo died of cancer at age 26.
Schedule [ ]
Week
Date
Opponent
Result
Attendance
1
September 19
at New York Giants
W 24–16
62,936
2
September 27
Philadelphia Eagles
W 20–16
53,463
3
October 5
at Detroit Lions
L 28–14
58,210
4
October 11
Minnesota Vikings
L 24–0
45,485
5
October 18
San Diego Chargers
L 20–7
45,278
6
October 25
Detroit Lions
L 16–10
45,632
7
November 1
at Atlanta Falcons
W 23–14
58,850
8
November 8
San Francisco 49ers
L 37–16
45,607
9
November 15
at Green Bay Packers
L 20–19
56,263
10
November 22
Buffalo Bills
W 31–13
41,015
11
November 29
at Baltimore Colts
L 21–20
60,240
12
December 5
at Minnesota Vikings
L 16–13
47,900
13
December 13
Green Bay Packers
W 35–17
44,957
14
December 20
at New Orleans Saints
W 24–3
63,518
Season summary [ ]
Week 1 [ ]
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
• Bears
7
3
7
7
24
Giants
10
3
0
3
16
Scoring summary
1
Giants Pete Gogolak 25-yard field goalGiants 3–0
1
Bears Cecil Turner 95-yard kickoff return (Mac Percival kick)Bears 7–3
1
Giants Ron Johnson 12-yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick)Giants 10–7
2
Giants Pete Gogolak 20-yard field goal Giants 13–7
2
Bears Mac Percival 28-yard field goal Giants 13–10
3
Bears Jack Concannon 1-yard run (Mac Percival kick)Bears 17–13
4
Giants Pete Gogolak 45-yard field goal Bears 17–16
4
Bears Dick Gordon 19-yard pass from Jack Concannon (Mac Percival kick)Bears 24–16
Week 2 [ ]
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
Eagles
6
3
0
7
16
• Bears
7
10
0
3
20
[6]
Week 3 [ ]
Week 4 [ ]
Week 5 [ ]
Week 6 [ ]
Week 7 [ ]
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
• Bears
10
3
7
3
23
Falcons
0
7
7
0
14
Scoring summary
Q1
CHI Shy 1 yard run (Percival kick)CHI 7–0
Q1
CHI Percival 30 yard field goal CHI 10–0
Q2
ATL Gipson 20 yard pass from Berry (Vinyard kick)CHI 10–7
Q2
CHI Percival 47 yard field goal CHI 13–7
Q3
ATL Mitchell 17 yard pass from Berry (Vinyard kick)ATL 14–13
Q3
CHI Turner 94 yard kickoff return (Percival kick)CHI 20–14
Q4
CHI Percival 31 yard field goal CHI 23–14
[7]
Week 8 [ ]
Week 9 [ ]
Week 10 [ ]
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
Bills
6
0
0
7
13
• Bears
0
14
7
10
31
Scoring summary
1
BUF Butch Byrd 23-yard interception return (kick failed)Bills 6–0
2
CHI Dick Gordon 36-yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick)Bears 7–6
2
CHI Jim Seymour 36-yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick)Bears 14–6
3
CHI Jim Seymour 53-yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick) Bears 21–6
4
BUF Marlin Briscoe 17-yard pass from Dennis Shaw (Grant Guthrie kick)Bears 21–13
4
CHI Mac Percival 37-yard field goal Bears 24–13
4
CHI Dick Gordon 28-yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick) Bears 31–13
[8]
Week 11 [ ]
Week 12 [ ]
Week 13 [ ]
Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
Packers
3
0
0
14
17
• Bears
14
7
7
7
35
Scoring summary
1
Bears Dick Gordon 15-yard pass from Jack Concannon (Mac Percival kick)Bears 7–0
1
Bears George Farmer 42-yard pass from Jack Concannon (Mac Percival kick)Bears 14–0
1
Packers Dale Livingston 32-yard field goalBears 14–3
2
Bears Jack Concannon 15-yard run (Mac Percival kick) Bears 21–3
3
Bears Dick Gordon 25-yard pass from Jack Concannon (Mac Percival kick) Bears 28–3
4
Packers Donny Anderson 7-yard run (Dale Livingston kick)Bears 28–10
4
Bears Ray Ogden 6-yard pass from Jack Concannon (Mac Percival kick)Bears 35–10
4
Packers John Hilton 29-yard pass from Rick Norton (Dale Livingston kick)Bears 35–17
Week 14 [ ]
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
• Bears
0
7
3
14
24
Saints
0
3
0
0
3
Scoring summary
Q2
NO Dempsey 47 yard field goalNO 3–0
Q2
CHI Seymour 22 yard pass from Concannon (Percival kick)CHI 7–3
Q3
CHI Percival 50 yard field goal CHI 10–3
Q4
CHI Seymour 2 yard pass from Concannon (Percival kick) CHI 17–3
Q4
CHI Gordon 14 yard pass from Concannon (Percival kick)CHI 24–3
[9]
Standings [ ]
Template:1970 NFC Central standings
References [ ]
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