Just three weeks after a 7-3 beating by the Washington Redskins, the Chicago Bears went to Griffith Stadium in Washington, DC on December 8, 1940 for a rematch. This time they were meeting for all the marbles, the league championship game.
The Bears bought with them the T formation and used it quite well against the 'Skins, beating them by a score of 73-0. The Bears set numerous league records, some of which still stand today. They scored 11 touchdowns, 4 of them in the third quarter. They racked up 501 total yards and stil had to punt twice.
The game was the first NFL title game to be broadcast on coast to coast radio.
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