1937 NFL Championship Game CST An expected attendance of 40,000 was not reached, the week's weather kept it under 16,000. Each player on the winning Redskins team received $225, while the Bears received $127 each. The NFL had only four game officials in ; the back judge was added in , the line judge in , and the side judge in . 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
2006 Chicago Bears–Arizona Cardinals game St. Louis Cardinals (the team was also briefly known as the Phoenix Cardinals). Earlier in the year, in the preseason, the Cardinals defeated the Bears at Soldier Field 23–16 in a Friday night game. The Bears were having a great season, being undefeated heading into the game at 5–0, having their best start to the season since 1989, having committed only 5 turnovers all season and averaging an NFL-best 31.2 points per game, and scoring 156 points compared to allowing only 36 points. This was the Bears' first Monday Night Football appearance since 2003. The Bears' 3rd year coach Lovie