1932 Chicago Bears season
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The 1932 season was the Chicago Bears' 13th in the National Football League. The team was able to improve on their 9–4–1 record from 1931 and finished with a 7–1–6 record under third-year head coach R
Team photo of the 1932 Bears.
In 1932, the Portsmouth Spartans appeared in the league championship game, the first playoff game in NFL history, losing to the Chicago Bears 9–0. With a record of 6–1–4 in 1932, the Spartans finished
1932 Chicago Bears season
…no established playoff system), with six wins – four of which were by shutout – and three ties. The team that gave the Bears the most trouble was the Portsmouth Spartans. The club tied with the Spartans with identical 6–1 records (ties did not count then and were omitted), so a playoff game was set up to determine a…
"Seventeen Iron Men" of the 1932 Spartans team.