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Post by NFL Historian on Dec 28, 2023 20:08:09 GMT 10
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Post by NFL Historian on Dec 28, 2023 20:09:33 GMT 10
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Post by NFL Historian on Dec 28, 2023 20:11:12 GMT 10
The 1942 NFL Championship Game was the tenth title game of the National Football League (NFL), played at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., on December 13, with a sellout capacity attendance of 36,006.
It matched the undefeated Western Division champion Chicago Bears (11–0) and the Eastern Division champion Washington Redskins (10–1). The Bears were co-coached by Hunk Anderson and Luke Johnsos (after George Halas had entered the U.S. Navy) and led on the field by quarterback Sid Luckman. The Redskins were led by head coach Ray Flaherty and quarterback Sammy Baugh.
Chicago had won easily in the summer exhibition game with Washington, but the teams had not met during the 1942 regular season. The Bears were aiming for their third consecutive league title and were favored by three touchdowns, but were upset 14–6 by the home underdog Redskins.
Tickets were sold out three weeks in advance, and some were being resold for up to fifty dollars.
This was the second and final NFL title game played at Griffith Stadium and in the city of Washington. The two teams met on the same site two years earlier with a very different result, as the visiting Bears won in a 73–0 rout.
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Post by NFL Historian on Dec 28, 2023 20:20:20 GMT 10
 Osmanski is run out of bounds by Aldrich (38), Baugh (33), and Justice (13). |
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Post by NFL Historian on Dec 28, 2023 20:22:24 GMT 10
 Farkas (arrow) scores for the Redskins. |
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Post by NFL Historian on Dec 28, 2023 20:24:06 GMT 10
 Sammy Baugh intercepts Charlie O'Rourke's pass in the EZ as Wilbur Moore watches. |
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