1946 NFL Championship Game
The 1946 NFL Championship Game was the 14th annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), played December 15 at the Polo Grounds in New York City, with a record-breaking attendance of 58,346.
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| Date | December 15, 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Polo Grounds, New York City | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Chicago by 7–10 points | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Ronald Gibbs | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 58,346 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Bears: George Halas (owner/coach), Sid Luckman, George McAfee, Ed Sprinkle, Joe Stydahar, Bulldog Turner Giants: Tim Mara (owner/founder), Wellington Mara (administrator), Steve Owen (coach), Ken Strong | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Harry Wismer | ||||||||||||||||||
Grounds
The game matched the New York Giants (7–3–1), champions of the Eastern Division, against the Western Division champion Chicago Bears (8–2–1). The Giants had won the regular season game 14–0 at the Polo Grounds seven weeks earlier on October 27, but the Bears were seven to ten point favorites.
This was the fifth and final NFL Championship game played at the Polo Grounds and the fourth of six meetings between the Bears and Giants in the title game.
Tied after three quarters, Chicago won 24–14 for their seventh NFL title, their fifth victory in eight NFL championship game appearances. The attendance record stood for another nine years, until the 1955 title game in Los Angeles.