1943 NFL Championship Game

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File:Joe Stydahar 1943 Chicago Bears jersey on display at NFL Experience (3818214195).jpg
Joe Stydahar's Chicago Bears uniform worn during the team's 1943 championship season.

The 1943 NFL Championship Game was the 11th annual title game of the National Football League (NFL), held at Wrigley Field in Chicago on December 26 with an attendance of 34,320.[1][2][3] In a rematch of the previous year's game, the Western Division champion Chicago Bears (8–1–1) met the Eastern Division champion Washington Redskins (6–3–1). The previous week, the Redskins had defeated the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds in a playoff game by a score of 28–0 to determine the champs of the east, after the teams ended the regular season with identical records.[4] The Redskins had dropped their final three regular season games, including two to the Giants. Even though the Giants had swept the season series with Washington, the rules of the time called for a tiebreaker game (division tiebreaker games were eliminated in 1967 with the development of divisional tiebreaking rules).

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Wrigley Field in Chicago, site of the 1943 NFL Championship Game.

The divisional playoff game pushed the championship game back to its latest ever date, and the late-December Chicago weather caused the game to be dubbed the "Ice Bowl."[5] The Bears were favored by a touchdown,[6] and won by twenty points, 41–21.[2][3] The crowd was smaller than the previous year's and well off the championship game record of 48,120 set in 1938,[5] but the gross gate receipts of $120,500 set a record.[7] In addition to the gate, radio broadcast rights to the game were sold for $5,000.[7]

The Bears were led by quarterback Sid Luckman while Sammy Baugh was the quarterback for the Redskins. The Redskins were coached by Dutch Bergman. The Chicago win marked the franchise's third championship in four seasons, their fourth since the institution of the NFL Championship Game in Template:NFL year, and their sixth championship overall.[8]

Rosters

Starters

Starting lineups[3]
Bears Position Redskins
Jim Benton Left end Bob Masterson
Dom Sigillo Left tackle Lou Rymkus
Dan Fortmann Left guard Clyde Shugart
Bulldog Turner Center George Smith
George Musso Right guard Steve Slivinski
Al Hoptowit Right tackle Joe Pasqua
George Wilson Right end Joe Aguirre
Sid Luckman Quarterback Ray Hare
Harry Clarke Left halfback George Cafego
Dante Magnani Right halfback Frank Seno
Bob Masters Fullback Andy Farkas

Substitutions

Bears substitutions: Pool, Berry, Steinkemper, Babartsky, Mundee, Ippolito, Logan, Matuza, McLean, Luckman, Famighetti, Nagurski, McEnulty, Nolting and Vodicka.

Redskins substitutions: Piasecky, Lapka, Wilkin, Zeno, Fiorentino, Leon, Hayden, Baugh, Seymour, Moore, Gibson, Akins and Stasica.

Officials

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Scoring summary

Sunday, December 26, 1943
Kickoff: 2 p.m. CWT (CDT)

  • First quarter
    • no scoring
  • Second quarter
  • Third quarter
    • CHI – Dante Magnani 36 yard pass from Luckman (Snyder kick), 21–7 CHI
    • CHI – Magnani 66 yard pass from Luckman (kick failed), 27–7 CHI
    • WAS – Farkas 17 yard pass from Sammy Baugh (Masterson kick), 27–14 CHI
  • Fourth quarter
    • CHI – Jim Benton 26 yard pass from Luckman (Snyder kick), 34–14 CHI
    • CHI – Clarke 10 yard pass from Luckman (Snyder kick), 41–14 CHI
    • WAS – Joe Aguirre 25 yard pass from Baugh (Aguirre kick), 41–21 CHI

Game statistics

Bears Game Statistics[9][10] Redskins
12 First downs 11
44–168 Rushes–yards 27–45
276 Passing yards 182
14–27–0 Passes 10–22–4
66 Punt return yards 37
5–32 Punts 5–48.4
21 Kickoff return yards 167
0–0 Fumbles–lost 1–0
9–81 Penalties–yards 2–20

Players' shares

Each player on the Bears took home $1,135 while each member of the Redskins got $754.[7]

See also

References

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