The 1933 National Football League Championship game was held on December 17, 1933 at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The attendance was estimated at 26,000. This was the first scheduled championship game since the NFL's founding in 1920. The game pitted the champions of the NFL's two divisions against each other: The champions of the Western Division, the Chicago Bears (10-2-1); and the champions of the Eastern Division, the New York Giants (11-3). The Bears scored the winning touchdown with less than a minute to go in the 4th quarter, capping a 23-21 victory. It was the Bears' second consecutive and third overall NFL title under George Halas.
- First Quarter
- Second Quarter
- Chi- FG Manders (40 yards) 6-0 CHI
- NY- Badgro 29 yard pass from Newman (Strong kick) 7-6 NYG
- Third Quarter
- Chi- FG Manders (15 yards) 9-7 CHI
- NY - Krause 1 yard run (Strong Kick) 14-9 NYG
- Chi- Karr 8 yard pass from Nagurski (Manders kick) 16-14 CHI
- Fourth Quarter
- NY- Strong 8 yard pass from Newman (Strong kick) 21-16 NYG
- Chi- Karr 19 yard lateral from Hewitt after 13 yard pass from Nagurski to Hewitt (Brumbaugh kick) 23-21 CHI
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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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