The Bears have outscored their first five opponents 156-36. The average margin of victory of 24 points is their second best after five games in franchise history. Here are the 10 best starts in point differential in team history with final margin:
YEAR MAR(5) MAR(S) QUICK HIT
1941* 31.4 22.6 Back-to-back wins over Cardinals, Lions by score of 102-7 key
2006 24.0 ??? (16) Scored 30-plus 3 times for 1st time since 2001 under Jauron
1942 21.4 26.5 (11) Dominant for coach George Halas before he departed for Navy
1934 18.8 15.4 (13) Pitched 2 of their 3 shutouts in opening 5-game stretch
1948 18.6 18.7 (12) Dominant 1st 4 games before 12-7 loss to Eagles in Week 5
1963* 17.8 11.2 (14) Expanded margin with 52-14 win at L.A. Rams in Week 5
1939 17.4 10.7 (11) Despite loss to Packers, run spiked by 44-7 win over Cardinals
1986 17.2 10.3 (16) Defending champs blew out
Bengals 44-7 and Vikings 23-0
1936 17.0 10.7 (12) Allowed just 22 points and shut out Eagles 17-0 in Week 2
1920 16.8 11.0 (13) Halas’ Decatur Staleys gave up
7 points while scoring 91
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MAR(5) — margin of victory after 5 games; MAR(S) — margin of victory after regular season; total games in regular season in parentheses; * — won NFL championship
Source: Chicago Bears
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Compiled by Mike Pankow
