1954 NFL Championship Game Washington Redskins by a score of 73 to 0. The victory was the second World Professional Football Championship win for the Browns. The gross receipts for the game, including over $101,000 for radio and television rights, were just over US$289,000. Each player on the winning Browns team received $2,478, while Lions players made $1,585 each. 1954 NFL Championship Game The National Football League championship game was the league's 22nd annual championship game, held on December 26 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio. Billed as the "1954 World Professional Football Championship Game," the turnover-plagued contest was won by quarterback Otto
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