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1938 NFL Championship Game

Green Bay Packers	New York Giants
17	23

	1	2	3	4	Total
Green Bay Packers	0	14	3	0	17
New York Giants	9	7	7	0	23

Date

December 11, 1938

Stadium

Polo Grounds

City

New York City

Attendance

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The 1938 NFL Championship Game was the 6th championship game played in the history of the National Football League. The game was on December 11, 1938, at Polo Grounds in New York City. The game attendance was 48,120 a record crowd for a title game.

The game matched the champions of the Eastern Division, New York Giants (8-2-1) against the Western Division champion Green Bay Packers (8-3-0). This was the Giants 4th championship game appearance, while the Packers were making their 2nd.

With the victory, the Giants became the first team to win two championship games since the league split into two divisions in 1933. Their previous victory was in the famous Sneakers game of 1934. New York also had won the 1927 NFL title when the championship was awarded to the team with the best season record. The victory earned each winning Giant $900.00 and each Packer $700.00.

First Quarter
- NY - FG Cuff 14 3-0 NYG
- NY - Leemans 6 run (Gildea kick failed) 9-0 NYG
Second Quarter
- GB - Mulleneaux 40 pass from Herber (Engebretsen kick) 9-7 NYG
- NY - Barnard 21 pass from Danowski (Cuff kick) 16-7 NYG
- GB - Hinkle 1 run (Engebretsen kick) 16-14 NYG
Third Quarter
- GB - FG Engebretsen 15 17-16 GB
- NY - Soar 23 pass from Danowski (Cuff kick) 23-17 NYG
Fourth Quarter
- No Scoring

Preceded by 1937 NFL Championship Game	NFL Championship Game 1938	Succeeded by 1939 NFL Championship Game

New York Giants 1938 NFL Champions

v · d · eNew York Giants

Founded in 1925 • Based in East Rutherford, New Jersey

The Franchise	Franchise • Seasons • Coaches • Quarterbacks • Division

History	1925–78 • 1979–1993 • 1994–present • Financial history

Stadiums	Polo Grounds • Yankee Stadium • Yale Bowl • Shea Stadium • Giants Stadium • MetLife Stadium

Culture and Lore	Cleveland Bulldogs • Sneakers Game • The Greatest Game Ever Played • The Fumble • Crunch Bunch • Gatorade shower • Big Blue Wrecking Crew • Wide Right • Little Giants • We Fly High • Manning to Tyree • Bob Sheppard • Jim Hall • Yankee Stadium Legacy • The Comeback

Rivalries	Philadelphia Eagles • Dallas Cowboys • Washington Redskins • New York Jets

Head Coaches	Folwell • Alexander • Potteiger • Andrews • Friedman • Owen • Howell • Sherman • Webster • Arnsparger • McVay • Perkins • Parcells • Handley • Reeves • Fassel • Coughlin

Key Personnel	Owners: John Mara, Steve Tisch • General Manager: Jerry Reese • Head Coach: Tom Coughlin

League Championships (7)	1927 • 1934 • 1938 • 1956 • 1986 • 1990 • 2007

Super Bowl Appearances (4)	XXI • XXV • XXXV • XLII

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v · d · eGreen Bay Packers

Founded in 1919 • Based in Green Bay, Wisconsin

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Super Bowl Appearances (5)	I (1966) • II (1967) • XXXI (1996) • XXXII (1997) • XLV (2010)

Retired Numbers	3 • 14 • 15 • 66 • 92

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Current League Affiliations	League: National Football League • Conference: National Football Conference • Division: North Division

Rivalries	Chicago Bears • Minnesota Vikings

v · d · eNational Football League Championship Games (1933–present)

NFL Championship Game (1933–1969)	1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969

AFL Championship Game (1960–1969)	1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969

AFL-NFL World Championship Games^[1] (1966–1969)	1966 (I) • 1967 (II) • 1968 (III) • 1969 (IV)

Super Bowl^[2] (1970–present)	1970 (V) • 1971 (VI) • 1972 (VII) • 1973 (VIII) • 1974 (IX) • (1975) X • 1976 (XI) • 1977 (XII) • 1978 (XIII) • 1979 (XIV) • 1980 (XV) • 1981 (XVI) • 1982 (XVII) • 1983 (XVIII) • 1984 (XIX) • 1985 (XX) • 1986 (XXI) • 1987 (XXII) • 1988 (XXIII) • 1989 (XXIV) • 1990 (XXV) • 1991 (XXVI) • 1992 (XXVII) • 1993 (XXVIII) • 1994 (XXIX) • 1995 (XXX) • 1996 (XXXI) • 1997 (XXXII) • 1998 (XXXIII) • 1999 (XXXIV) • 2000 (XXXV) • 2001 (XXXVI) • 2002 (XXXVII) • 2003 (XXXVIII) • 2004 (XXXIX) • 2005 (XL) • 2006 (XLI) • 2007 (XLII) • 2008 (XLIII) • 2009 (XLIV) • 2010 (XLV) • 2011 (XLVI)

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1 – From 1966 to 1969, the first four Super Bowls were "World Championship" games played between two independent professional football leagues, AFL and NFL, and when the league merged in 1970 the Super Bowl became the NFL Championship Game. 2 – Dates in the list denote the season, not the calendar year in which the championship game was played. For instance, Super Bowl XLI was played in 2007, but was the championship for the 2006 season.

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