1934 Chicago Bears season The 1934 Chicago Bears season was their 15th regular season and 3rd postseason completed in the National Football League . The club posted an unprecedented 13 - 0 record in the second year of George Halas ' s second tenure . The season began with startling success , as the Bears reeled off nine straight wins in which they scored 20 or more points each game while allowing more than 7 points only twice . The last four wins were more difficult , including a tough win over the Giants in New York and back to back home and away close victories over the Detroit Lions in that franchise ' s first year in Detroit . The league ' s first unbeaten and untied regular season saw the Bears outscore opponents 286 - 86 . The Bears won the NFL Western Division title for the second straight year and met the NFL Eastern Division champion New York Giants once again in the NFL Championship game . The Bears were denied perfection as the Giants went on to win what would become known as the " Sneakers Game " . Season highlights . The 1934 Bears were without a doubt the best offensive team in NFL history to that point . They scored 37 touchdowns in 13 games , with 12 different players reaching the end zone during the year . Bronko Nagurski rushed for 586 yards on 123 carries and 8 touchdowns while blocking for a record setting performance by rookie Beattie Feathers . Feathers , who played in only 11 games due to a shoulder injury , rushed for 1 , 004 yards and 8 touchdowns . He was not only the NFL ' s first official 1 , 000 yard rusher , but he performed this feat 12 years before it would be repeated ( by Steve Van Buren in 1946 ) in an era when all players " went both ways " and many backs on a team shared rushing , receiving , and passing duties . The Bear offense was far more , however , than Nagurski and Feathers running the ball . Red Grange , Carl Brumbaugh , Bill Hewitt , and Gene Ronzani each caught at least 2 touchdown passes , four different players passed for 3 or more each , and " Automatic " Jack Manders led the league with 10 field goals . The club ' s line got even better than before with Walt Kiesling joining Lyman , Musso , and Kopcha on the best interior unit in football . The Bears breezed into the Polo Grounds in New York as heavy favorites to win their third straight NFL title . Championship Game . The Bears again met the NFL Eastern Division champion New York Giants in the NFL Championship game , this time in New York . The game was played at the Polo Grounds on a very slick , ice covered field . The Bears were also without star halfback Feathers and All - Pro guard Kopcha . Both teams struggled with the field conditions but the Bears were able to post a 13 - 3 lead early in the third quarter . The Giants had famously changed their cleats to sneakers at halftime and this gave them an advantage in footing as well as a psychological advantage over the Bears . 27 unanswered New York points ensued , and the Giants won their second NFL title and first championship game 30 - 13 . Thus , the Bears were denied a perfect season . Standings . " W = Wins , L = Losses , T = Ties , PCT = Winning Percentage , PTS = Points Scored , OPP = Opponents ' Points " " Note : Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972 "