1937 NFL Championship Game 1937 NFL Championship Game The 1937 National Football League Championship Game was the fifth championship game of the National Football League (NFL), held December 12 at Wrigley Field in Chicago with an attendance of 15,878. The game featured the Western Division champions Chicago Bears (9–1–1) and the Eastern Division champions Washington Redskins (8–3). Prior to the 1937 season, Redskins owner George Preston Marshall moved the team from Boston to his hometown of Washington, D.C.. The Boston Redskins had won the Eastern Division title the previous season, but had poor attendance, to the point that Marshall moved the 1936 NFL Championship
1963 NFL Championship Game the NFL tried a closed-circuit telecast in the local blackout area, with 26,000 viewing on large screens in three locations: McCormick Place, International Amphitheatre, and Chicago Coliseum. Tickets ranged from $4 to Each player on the winning Bears team received about $6,000, while Giants players made around $4,200 each. Riger, Robert. "Best Plays of the Year: 1963." Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. 1964. 1963 NFL Championship Game The 1963 National Football League Championship Game was the 31st annual championship game, played on December 29 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. The game pitted the visiting New York Giants (11–3) of