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Post by NFL Historian on Dec 21, 2023 12:43:53 GMT 10
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Post by NFL Historian on Dec 21, 2023 12:44:40 GMT 10
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Post by NFL Historian on Dec 21, 2023 12:47:04 GMT 10
The 1941 NFL Championship Game was the ninth annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), held at Wrigley Field in Chicago on December 21. Played two weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the attendance was 13,341, the fewest to see an NFL title game. However, this statistic is ignored because of wartime restrictions.
NFL Championship Game
The Bears were making their fifth appearance in the title game, the Giants were making their sixth, and each had two victories. It was the third time the two teams matched up in the big game; the home teams had won both: the Bears in 1933 and the Giants in 1934. The Bears were favored by two touchdowns and 35,000 were expected to attend. The game time temperature was unseasonably warm at 47 °F (8 °C).
The hometown Bears kicked three field goals in the first half to lead 9–6 at the intermission. The Giants took the opening drive of the second half down to the five but settled for a short field goal to tie the score. Chicago dominated the rest of the second half with four unanswered touchdowns and won 37–9.
The Bears became the first team in the NFL championship game era (since 1933) to win consecutive titles; it was the franchise's fifth league title (1921, 1932, 1933, 1940, 1941).
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Post by NFL Historian on Dec 21, 2023 12:50:43 GMT 10
 Bears chase Packer fumble. The bare-headed player is Dick Plasman, the last NFLer to play without a helmet. |
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Post by NFL Historian on Dec 21, 2023 12:53:19 GMT 10
 Standlee scores his second TD. |
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