1943 NFL Championship Game 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 34,320. In a rematch of the previous year's game, the Western Division champion Chicago Bears (8–1–1) met the Eastern Division champion Washington Redskins (6–3–1). The previous week, the Redskins had defeated the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds in a playoff game by a score of 28–0 to determine the champs of the east, after the teams ended the regular season with identical
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