NFL Championship Game, 1947
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The 1947 National Football League
Championship game was the 15th annual championship game and was held December 28, 1947 at Comiskey Park
in Chicago
. The attendance was 30,759. The game featured the Western Division champion Chicago Cardinals (9-3) and the Eastern Division champion Philadelphia Eagles
(8-4). The Eagles had the week earlier defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers
21-0 to determine the championship of the east
. Both the Eagles and Cardinals were making their first appearance in the championship game.
The Cardinals (later moved to St. Louis and now in Arizona) have not won a championship since, a six-decade drought that is currently the longest in the NFL.
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 15th annual championship game and was held December 28, 1947 at Comiskey Park
Comiskey Park
Comiskey Park was the ballpark in which the Chicago White Sox played from 1910 to 1990. It was built by Charles Comiskey after a design by Zachary Taylor Davis, and was the site of four World Series and more than 6,000 major league games...
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 30,759. The game featured the Western Division champion Chicago Cardinals (9-3) and the Eastern Division champion Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
(8-4). The Eagles had the week earlier defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...
21-0 to determine the championship of the east
NFL playoffs, 1947
The 1947 National Football League season resulted in a tie for the Eastern Division championship between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers. The division championship game was played on December 21, 1947 at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field...
. Both the Eagles and Cardinals were making their first appearance in the championship game.
The Cardinals (later moved to St. Louis and now in Arizona) have not won a championship since, a six-decade drought that is currently the longest in the NFL.
Scoring summary
- CHI Trippi 44 run (HarderPat HarderMarlin M. "Pat" Harder was a college and professional football player, playing fullback and kicker. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993....
kick) 7-0 CHI - CHI AngsmanElmer AngsmanElmer Angsman was an American football running back in the NFL.He was born on the south side of Chicago in 1925, the son of Elmer and Helen Angsman...
70 run (Harder kick) 14-0 CHI - PHI McHugh 53 pass from ThompsonTommy Thompson (football player)Tommy Pryor Thompson was an American football quarterback in the National Football League. He was blind in one eye, from a childhood incident, but nevertheless served in the US Army for two years during World War II, which put his professional career on hold.He was an off-and-on starter for the...
(Patton kick) 14-7 CHI - CHI Trippi 75 punt return (Harder kick) 21-7 CHI
- PHI Van BurenSteve Van BurenStephen W. Van Buren is a former professional American football halfback who played for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League from 1944–1951, and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.-Early life:...
1 run (Patton kick) 21-14 CHI - CHI Angsman 70 run (Harder kick) 28-14 CHI
- PHI CraftRuss CraftWilliam Russell Craft was an American football defensive back in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at the University of Alabama and was drafted in the fifteenth round of the 1943 NFL Draft...
1 run (Patton kick) 28-21 CHI