1943 NFL Championship Game Wilkin, Zeno, Fiorentino, Leon, Hayden, Baugh, Seymour, Moore, Gibson, Akins and Stasica. The NFL had only four game officials in ; the back judge was added in , the line judge in , and the side judge in . "Sunday, December 26, 1943"<br> Kickoff: 2 p.m. CWT (CDT) Each player on the Bears took home $1,135 while each member of the Redskins got $754. 1943 NFL Championship Game The 1943 National Football League Championship Game was the 11th annual title game of the National Football League (NFL), held at Wrigley Field in Chicago on December 26 with an attendance of
1940 NFL Championship Game to the team which had just beaten them, the Bears made an eleven-touchdown pile and used it as a pedestal to raise the NFL to view in all corners of the country... Pro football, the T-formation and the Chicago Bears were the sudden sports news of the year." "Sunday, December 8, 1940"<br> Kickoff: 1:30 p.m. EST The NFL had only four game officials in ; the back judge was added in , the line judge in , and the side judge in . Source: The net gate receipts from the sellout were over $102,000, a record, and each Bear player