The 1942 National Football League Championship game was the NFL's tenth title game. The game was played on December 13, 1942 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. and the attendance was 36,006.
The game was between the undefeated Western Division champions Chicago Bears (11-0) who were co-coached by Hunk Anderson and Luke Johnsos after George Halas had enter the U.S. Navy. The Bears were led by their quarterback Sid Luckman. The Eastern Division champions were the (10-1) Washington Redskins who were led by coach Ray Flaherty and quarterback Sammy Baugh.
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- Chi - Artoe, 52-yard fumble return (kick failed) 6-0 CHI
- Was - Moore, 39-yard pass from Baugh (Masterson kick) 7-6 WAS
- Third Quarter
- Was - Farkas, 1-yard run (Masterson kick) 14-6 WAS
- Fourth Quarter
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1936, 1937, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1972, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1999
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Chicago Bears |
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| Founded in 1919; Formerly the Decatur Staleys and the Chicago Staleys • Based in Chicago, Illinois |
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League: Independent (1919) • Conference: National Conference (1950–1952); Western Conference (1953–1969) • Division: NFL Western Division (1933–1949); Central Division (1967–1969); NFC Central Division (1970–2001) |
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National Football League Championship Games (1933–present) |
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NFL Championship Game
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AFL Championship Game
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AFL-NFL World Championship Games[1]
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1966 ( I) • 1967 ( II) • 1968 ( III) • 1969 ( IV) |
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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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