1936 NFL Championship Game
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox NFLChamp Script error: No such module "Location map". The 1936 NFL Championship Game was the fourth championship game played in the National Football League (NFL). It took place on December 13 at Polo Grounds in New York City, making it the first NFL title game held on a neutral field.[1][2][3][4]
The Eastern Division champion Boston Redskins (7–5) were the home team, but their owner George Preston Marshall, the Packers and the league mutually agreed to move the game from Fenway Park to the Polo Grounds due to low ticket sales in Boston.[5][6][7][8]
Several days after the game, Marshall announced he would move the team to his hometown of Washington, D.C. for the following season.[8][9]
This was the first championship game for both the Redskins and the Western Division champion Green Bay Packers (10–1–1), who were favored.[10] The Packers won 21–6 for their fourth NFL title, all under longtime head coach Curly Lambeau, having previously won league championships awarded by league standing in 1929, 1930, and 1931.[11]
Scoring summary
Sunday, December 13, 1936
Kickoff: 2 p.m. EST[10]
- First quarter
- GB – Don Hutson 48-yard pass from Arnie Herber (Ernie Smith kick), 7–0 GB
- Second quarter
- BOS – Pug Rentner 2-yard run (kick failed), 7–6 GB
- Third quarter
- GB – Milt Gantenbein 8-yard pass from Herber (Smith kick), 14–6 GB
- Fourth quarter
- GB – Bob Monnett 2-yard run (Tiny Engebretsen kick), 21–6 GB
Starters
Players played both ways, offensively and defensively, in 1936. Thus, there were only these eleven starters for each squad.[12]
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- † - Note: The quarterback in the single-wing offense was sometimes called the "blocking back", the ball was generally shotgun snapped to a halfback or the fullback.
- ‡ - Member of the Professional Football Hall of Fame.
Officials
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- Referee: Jordie Jordan
- Umpire: Bobby Cahn
- Head linesman: Maurice J. Meyer
- Field judge: William Halloran
References
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- ↑ a b Roger Treat, The Official National Football League Football Encyclopedia. New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1952; p. 235.
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