1932 Week 14: Portsmouth Spartans at Chicago Bears at Chicago Stadium.
1932 Week 14: Portsmouth Spartans at Chicago Bears at Chicago Stadium. This is a regular-season game that earned its place on a curated list, which means the matchup itself carried some weight beyond a generic Sunday. Some regular-season games stick in the memory more than the playoff games of the same era. The names attached to Portsmouth Spartans and Chicago Bears in 1932, the implications for division standing, or just the moment one play crystallized the season, made this one of those. Watch the early possessions for the read. Coaches treat curated-list games as their best stretches of preparation; the answers come quickly when the stakes are tangible.
1932 Week 14: Portsmouth Spartans and Chicago Bears meet at a midpoint in the season, with the rest of the 1932 field watching to see how the result reshapes the conference standings. Around the league, the scouting departments take careful notes on regular-season games featuring contenders. The film here will be reviewed long after the final whistle by staffs who plan to face one or both of these teams later in the year.
1932 Week 14: Portsmouth Spartans versus Chicago Bears. Midseason analytics shift around what matters most on any given Sunday: takeaway differential and red-zone conversion lead the indicator list for both contenders and the teams hunting them. The on-screen scoreboard tells one story; the underlying drive efficiency tells the more durable one. Both staffs know which numbers travel through December and which evaporate after a hot start.
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth Spartans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00000 |
| Chicago Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 00099 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| No scoring this quarter. | ||
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| No scoring this quarter. | ||
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| No scoring this quarter. | ||
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bears | Red Grange 2 yard pass from Bronko Nagurski ( Tiny Engebretsen kick) | 0-7 |
| Bears | Safety, Wilson tackled in end zone | 0-9 |
| Spartans | Bears | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 0 | 0 |
| Total Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Pass yards | 0 | 0 |
| Pass TD | 0 | 1 |
| Interceptions | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 0 | 0 |
| Rush yards | 0 | 0 |
| Rush TD | 0 | 0 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
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Chicago Bears defeated Portsmouth Spartans 9-0 at Chicago Stadium in Week 14. The final scoring play was Bears: Safety, Wilson tackled in end zone.
Chicago Bears walked out of Chicago Stadium with a 9-0 Week 14 result Portsmouth Spartans will replay all the way to the offseason. The final scoring play came from Bears: Safety, Wilson tackled in end zone. Whether it was the game-decider or just the period at the end of the sentence depends on what the camera caught earlier.
Chicago Bears 9, Portsmouth Spartans 0. Game: 1932 Week 14. Attendance: 11198. Q4: 2 scoring plays.
Week 14, played at Chicago Stadium. Final: Portsmouth Spartans 0, Chicago Bears 9, with Chicago Bears taking the result by 9. **Fourth quarter**
- Bears: Red Grange 2 yard pass from Bronko Nagurski ( Tiny Engebretsen kick) - Bears: Safety, Wilson tackled in end zone