1923 Chicago Bears season

The team was able to improve on their 9–3 record from 1922 and finished with a 9–2–1 record under head coach/player George Halas earning them a second-place finish in the team standings earning, the third time in the last four years.

As was normal for those days, the Bears played a few games on the road at the beginning of the season and then finished the season with a 9-game homestand.

After losing 6–0 to eventual champion Canton Bulldogs in week 4, the Bears went undefeated after that.

As in 1922, the Sternaman brothers — team co-owner and halfback Dutch and little brother quarterback Joey — starred, combining to score 5 touchdowns, 6 field goals, and 8 PATs.

In week 6's game against the Oorang Indians, George Halas set an NFL record with a 98-yard fumble return — a mark which stood until Jack Tatum broke it with a 104-yard Fumble Return against the Green Bay Packers in 1972.

Bears co-owner and offensive star Dutch Sternaman misses a field goal in a 6–0 loss to the visiting Canton Bulldogs at Cubs Park on October 21
Grainy newspaper photo of George Halas, co-owner, coach, and starting right end for the Chicago Bears, 1923. Ends in this era were linemen, who often proved their mettle as stout tacklers on defense.