1937 Chicago Bears season 1937, the team scheduled a charity exhibition game against the Warren Redjackets. Because Warren, Pennsylvania was too small of a city to support such a game, the game was held in Erie, Pennsylvania and Warren's fans were transported to Erie by rail. Chicago won the game 49–7. The Bears lost to the Washington Redskins at Wrigley Field 28–21. Rookie Sammy Baugh threw two forth-quarter touchdown passes to upset the Bears. The Bears quarterbacks were ineffective, completing only 8 of 30 passes for 207 yards. Baugh set several NFL championship game records while completing 17 of 34 passes for 358 yards,
1963 NFL Championship Game the NFL still regarded itself as the premiere professional league of American football, as reflected in WGN radio broadcaster Jack Quinlan's comment as the clock ticked to zero on the final play: "The Chicago Bears are world's champions of professional football!" It was another twenty-two years before the Bears won another league championship. "Sunday, December 29, 1963"<br> Kickoff: 12:05 p.m. CST The NFL had five game officials in ; the line judge was added in and the side judge in . The gate receipts for the game were about $500,000 and the television money was $926,000. For the first time,