Chicago Bears: The 5 Best Teams That Never Won a Title

The Chicago Bears are often defined one of two ways. Who their best teams were and who their worst teams were. Sports is typical that way.

However, there is often a select group that gets caught in the middle. A collection of teams that had their fingers touching glory but had slipped away. These are the teams that should’ve won a championship, but for one reason or another failed to do so. Given the long history Chicago has with football, there are several teams fans can look back on for this, but who was the best of the best?

That’s what this list will cover. The top 5 Bears teams in history that didn’t win a championship. Be prepared to ask that inevitable question:  how?

#5:  The 1956 Team

This was probably one of the most interesting teams in Bears history. For the longest time Chicago fans have known this franchise to be identified by great defense. Every championship they’ve ever won followed this trend. That was almost a different story in 1956. This was really the only time that a Bears team almost won a championship on the strength of their offense.

The unit ranked #1 overall that season in both yards and points scored. At one point during the season, they scored at least 30 points in seven-straight games. That included a 58-point avalanche on the Baltimore Colts. Leading the way was the two-headed monster of fullback Rick Casares and wide receiver Harlon Hills, both All-Pros that year.

Sadly as the weather got colder, so did the offense. Their ability to score began to fade at the start of December and bottomed out in the championship game against the Giants. New York hammered them 47-7. It was a low point for the Bears defense.

However, one could say that loss served as the catalyst for what eventually became the 1963 unit that is among the best in NFL history.