1943 NFL Championship Game
The 'Ice Bowl' at Wrigley Field: Bears 41, Redskins 21, a sixth league title.
The 1943 NFL 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. The divisional playoff game pushed the championship game back to its latest ever date, and the late-December Chicago weather caused the game to be dubbed the "Ice Bowl." The Bears were favored by a touchdown, and won by twenty points, 41–21. The Bears were led by quarterback Sid Luckman while Sammy Baugh was the quarterback for the Redskins.
Quick Facts
- Visitor
- Washington Redskins
- Home
- Chicago Bears
- Visitor coach
- Dutch Bergman
- Home coach
- Hunk Anderson; Luke Johnsos
- Visitor record
- 6–3–1
- Home record
- 8–1–1
- Visitor total
- 21
- Home total
- 41
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