From the archives: Bears Win World Football Title, 73 to 0 (December 9, 1940)

Bears record: 8-3. Coach: George Halas. On Dec. 8, 1940, the Bears crushed the Redskins at Griffith Stadium in Washington. “In the welter of records in this one-sided triumph by Chicago’s Bears over Washington’s Redskins, compounded from 11 touchdown for 73 points, (Sid) Luckman’s generalship unquestionably was the factor which smashed Washington’s defenses,” Tribune reporter Wilfrid Smith wrote. “Not since the British sacked this city more than a 100 years ago has Washington seen such a rout.”

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December 9, 1940: Bears Win World Football Title, 73 to 0 Mon, Dec 9, 1940 – 21 · baiduhai (Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States of America) · baiduhai