NFL Championship Game, 1937 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1937 National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

Championship game was the fifth annual championship game and was held December 12, 1937, at Wrigley Field

Wrigley Field

Wrigley Field is a baseball stadium in Chicago, Illinois, United States that has served as the home ballpark of the Chicago Cubs since 1916. It was built in 1914 as Weeghman Park for the Chicago Federal League baseball team, the Chicago Whales...

in Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

. The attendance was 15,870. The game featured the Western Division champions Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

(9-1-1) and the Eastern Division champions Washington Redskins

Washington Redskins

The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...

(8-3).

First Quarter
- WAS- Battles 7 yard run (Smith kick) 7-0 WAS
- CHI- Manders
  Jack Manders
  Jack "Automatic Jack" Manders was a National Football League running back for the Chicago Bears from 1933 through 1940. He is the older brother of Clarence Manders....
  
  10 yard run (Manders kick) 7-7 TIE
- CHI- Manders 37 pass from Masterson
  Bernard Masterson
  Bernard "Bernie" Edward Masterson was a three-sport athlete at Lincoln High. He was an all-state back in football, a starter on the 1930 state championship basketball team, and a track star. - College career :...
  
  (Manders kick) 14-7 CHI
Second Quarter
- no scoring
Third Quarter
- WAS - Millner
  Wayne Millner
  Wayne Vernal Millner was an American football player who was known for his clutch play as an offensive and defensive end for both the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and for the National Football League's Washington Redskins.-Early life:Millner grew up in Roxbury, Massachusetts and played high school...
  
  55 yard pass from Baugh
  Sammy Baugh
  Samuel Adrian "Slingin' Sammy" Baugh was an American football player and coach. He played college football for the Horned Frogs at Texas Christian University, where he was a two-time All-American. He then played in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins from 1937 to 1952...
  
  (Smith kick) 14-14 TIE
- CHI- Manske
  Edgar Manske
  Edgar John "Eggs" Manske was a former professional American football player who played six seasons in the National Football League. Manske was the last NFL player to play without a football helmet...
  
  4 pass from Masterson (Manders kick) 21-14 CHI
- WAS - Millner 78 yard pass from Baugh (Smith kick) 21-21 TIE
- WAS - Justice
  Ed Justice
  Edward S. Justice was an American football end in the National Football League for the Boston/Washington Redskins.-College career:...
  
  35 yard pass from Baugh (Smith kick) 28-21 WAS
Fourth Quarter
- no scoring

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