The 1945 season was the Chicago Bears' 26th in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their 6–3–1 record from 1944 and finished at 1–7, under temporary co-coaches Hunk Anderson and Luke Johnsos. With the end of World War II, Halas would make his return to the coaching ranks--winning the bears final 2 games and improving their record to 3–7 so this was the end of the only co-coaching tenure in franchise history.
This was also their first losing season in 16 years, with their last being back in 1929 (they were above .500 every season between 1920 and 1928). And they would not have another, with Halas at the helm, until 1960. Meaning that between 1920 and 1963, Halas had only 2 losing seasons.
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue 1 Bye 2 September 30 at Green Bay Packers L 21–31 0–1 City Stadium 3 October 7 at Cleveland Rams L 0–17 0–2 League Park 4 October 14 Chicago Cardinals L 7–16 0–3 Wrigley Field 5 October 21 Cleveland Rams L 21–41 0–4 Wrigley Field 6 October 28 at Detroit Lions L 10–16 0–5 Briggs Stadium 7 November 4 Green Bay Packers W 28–24 1–5 Wrigley Field 8 November 11 Detroit Lions L 28–35 1–6 Wrigley Field 9 November 18 at Washington Redskins L 21–28 1–7 Griffith Stadium 10 November 25 Pittsburgh Steelers W 28–7 2–7 Wrigley Field 11 December 2 at Chicago Cardinals W 28–20 3–7 Comiskey Park 12 Bye Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Roster 1945 Chicago Bears final rosterQuarterbacks Sid Luckman P/S Gene Ronzani S
Backs Gary Famiglietti FB/LB Jim Fordham FB/LB Hugh Gallarneau RB/CB Al Grygo RB/CB Jackie Hunt FB/LB Bob Margarita RB/CB George McAfee RB/CB Tipp Mooney RB/CB Charlie Mitchell RB/CB Don Perkins FB/LB Linemen/Linebackers Lee Artoe T/DT Al Babartsky T/G/DT Jim Daniell T/DT Chuck Drulis G/DG Pete Gudauskas G/DG/K Al Hoptowit G/T/DT Forrest Masterson G/DG Rudy Mucha C/LB Fred Mundee C/LB Frank Ramsey T/DT Tom Roberts G/T/DT John Schiechl C/LB Ed Sprinkle G/DG Joe Stydahar T/DT George Zorich G/DG Ends/Receivers Connie Mack Berry Ken Kavanaugh Jack Morton Rudy Smeja George Wilson
Reserve Abe Croft E Ray McLean RB/CB Bulldog Turner C/LB
Rookies in italics
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