On this day, December 8, 1940, the Chicago Bears beat the Washington Redskins 73-0.

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Wed Dec 8, 2021: On this day, December 8, 1940, the Chicago Bears beat the Washington Redskins 73-0.

In 1940, the Chicago Bears beat Washington 73-0 for the most one-sided victory in NFL Championship play. See more sports moments from this date:

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Today in sports history: Dec. 8
In 1940, the Chicago Bears beat Washington 73-0 for the most one-sided victory in NFL Championship play. See more sports moments from this date:

[GreenWave]

1. Is that like the old joke?

In the second half the game was 0-0. A supersonic object headed for Roswell created a sonic boom. Washington left the field thinking it was the second half gun. Chicago scored 20 plays later! Then recovered 10 straight onside kicks near the goal line.

[Crazyleftie]

2. With Sid Luckman

the last real QB the Bears have had....

[ProfessorGAC]

5. McMahon Was Very Good

Just brittle.
Of course, one of his serious injuries happened when that thug Forrest Gregg had Charles Martin commit assault & battery on national TV.
But, he had very good stats in the 80s when he was healthy, and read defenses better and faster than any Bears QB in my lifetime. And, I went to my first Bears game in 1963!!! (With my dad, of course. I was only 7)
Other than Jimmy Mac, I agree with you.
Chicago is where quarterbacks come to die.

[rsdsharp]

3. They literally ran out of extra footballs, and had to ban kicking for extra points.

[True Dough]

4. I think if you add up all the Bears games since then

they may have equaled that 73 points.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Nah!

In 1985, they beat Dallas 44-0 and New England 46-10.
Geez, even this year they played 4 straight games scoring 29.25 points per game.
Of course, they lost all 4 because the defense stinks.
Fact is, a couple periods 5 year periods in modern Bears history with very good defenses make people around here think that Bears football is about great defense. Generally, the defense is greatly overrated.
Even Butkus played to a career losing record, and he was great!
The '85 Bears confuses people into believing there was no offense. Only one team's offensescored more points than the Bears offense that year. And, the offense held the ball for nearly 35 minutes a game.
We're so in love with our defensive "reputation" that most fans wouldn't know a good QB if Marino, Elway, Brady & Montana walked in the door.
During Trubisky's time, they scored 27 points or more 9 times. Their record in those games was 2-7.
We haven't had a great QB, for sure. But, good enough if the defense actually was what people think it is.

[True Dough]

7. You know, Professor

your post sounds a little, shall we say, defensive!

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Can't Help It

I'm a Bears fan. Comes with the territory.