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Further complicating matters, though the Spartans and Bears had played each other twice during the regular season and the league's head-to-head tiebreaker accounted for a split two-game series, this tiebreaker only applied if each team won one game: the winner of the second game would be awarded the
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Had pure win–loss differential or the current (post-1972) system of counting ties as half a win, half a loss been in place in 1932, the Packers' record of 10–3–1 (.750, +7) would have won them a fourth consecutive championship, ahead of the Spartans' 6–1–4 (.727, +5) and the Bears' 6–1–6 (.692, +5).
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With terrible footing on the mulch and limited room for the offenses to work, the defenses dominated the game's first three quarters, with the game remaining scoreless. Bears quarterback John Doehling's first pass flew into the stands, as did most punts and kickoffs: one collided with a
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Under the rules at the time, standings were based on winning percentage with ties excluded from the calculation: thus, the Spartans and Bears each finished the regular season with identical .857 winning percentages, ahead of the defending champion
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described the rule changes as providing better scoring opportunities, which he believed "would improve the game for both players and spectators." Carr had attended the Playoff Game, and kept a ticket stub from the game in his personal scrapbook.
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1 – Dates in the list denote the season, not necessarily the calendar year in which the championship game was played. For instance, Super Bowl LIV was played in 2020, but was the championship for the 2019
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Despite the winner of the game being declared champions, it was ruled the game would be counted in the final standings, meaning the loser would drop to 6–2 (.750) and finish third behind runner-up Green Bay.
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season. The game was moved indoors due to extreme weather, allowing for reasonable attendance and gate revenue. The Bears won 9–7. It wasn't an uncommon practice in the city, as local teams played in the
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Because it proved so popular, the 1932 NFL Playoff Game started a new era for the National Football League and for American football in general. Through 1932, the league had used the same rules as
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2 – From 1966 to 1969, the first four Super Bowls were "World Championship" games played between two independent professional football leagues, AFL and NFL, and when the league
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The tanbark-covered field itself was only 80 yards long (60 yards between the goal lines) and 45 yards wide, ten yards narrower than the regulation width at the time.
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The Packers controlled their own destiny at the end of the 1932 season, but lost their last two games to the Spartans and the Bears.
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in the end zone for the score. Rules at the time mandated that a forward pass had to be thrown from at least five yards behind the
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season, the NFL introduced its own set of rules. The goal posts were moved from the end line back to the goal line (reversed in
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tiebreaker and the championship. As the two Bears-Spartans games ended in 13–13 and 7–7 ties, this tiebreaker was of no effect.
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became legal anywhere behind the line of scrimmage; ironically, the forward pass rule was supported by Spartans head coach
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The high temperature for that Sunday in Chicago was 20 °F (−7 °C), warmer than anticipated earlier in the week.
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For the first time, all plays started with the ball on or between the hash marks, which were ten yards from the sidelines.
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tripped on the field before he could reach the end zone. For the Bears, they employed a heavy run game with fullback
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This game was the first time in which the NFL used an 80-yard field: the next occasion was 87 years later, when in
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finished with identical 9-1 records, and had split a two-game series with each other, but league officials used a
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The goal posts were moved from the endlines to the goal lines (the NFL moved the goalposts to the goal line in
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The league was thus required to make a rule change, as championship-deciding postseason matches were banned in
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Every time a team crossed the 10-yard line, the ball was moved back 20 yards to allow for the shortened field.
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sign and another hit the organist as he played. By the end of the game, only one punt had been returned.
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Because of the limited dimensions of the indoor arena, special rules were adopted for the game:
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Monster of the Midway: Bronko Nagurski, the 1943 Chicago Bears, and the Greatest Comeback Ever
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in 1933, the NFL's original championship game, a precursor to the Super Bowl.
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In 1932, the Spartans and the Bears tied for first place with 6–1 records.
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While four of the first six championships were disputed, only once (in
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It was also decided that due to the smaller field and indoor stadium,
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in 1920, the league title had been awarded to the team with the best
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Lou Canellis (gameday television host, pre-season sideline reporter)
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controversially give the Staleys the title over the All-Americans
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handed the ball off to Nagurski, who pulled up and threw to
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had played a charity exhibition game at the arena after the
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The Man Who Built the National Football League: Joe F. Carr
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after the Spartans fumbled the ball out of their end zone.
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On one drive, the Spartans were in position to score when
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in 1970 the Super Bowl became the NFL Championship Game.
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on December 18 on a reduced-size field on Sunday night.
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1932 NFL Playoff, Portsmouth Spartans at Chicago Bears
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