NFL Championship Game 1940

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The 1940 NFL Championship Game was a historic title matchup in which the Chicago Bears delivered one of the most lopsided victories in professional football history, cementing their "Monsters of the Midway" legacy.

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1940 NFL Championship Game 5
1940 NFL Championship 1
NFL Championship 1940 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American football game ⓘ
NFL Championship Game ⓘ
attendance 36434 ⓘ
awayTeam Chicago Bears ⓘ
broadcasterType radio ⓘ
broadcastRadioNetwork Mutual Broadcasting System ⓘ
city Washington, D.C. ⓘ
competitionStage league championship ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date 1940-12-08 ⓘ
era pre-Super Bowl era ⓘ
featuredOffensiveScheme T-formation ⓘ
finalScore Chicago Bears 73–0 Washington Redskins ⓘ
followedBy 1941 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
headCoachOfLosingTeam Ray Flaherty ⓘ
headCoachOfWinningTeam George Halas ⓘ
historicalSignificance cemented Chicago Bears reputation as Monsters of the Midway ⓘ
homeTeam Washington Commanders ⓘ
surface form: Washington Redskins
league National Football League ⓘ
losingTeam Washington Commanders ⓘ
surface form: Washington Redskins
losingTeamDivision NFL Eastern Conference ⓘ
surface form: NFL Eastern Division
losingTeamLeagueRecordEnteringGame 9–2 ⓘ
losingTeamOwner George Preston Marshall ⓘ
marginOfVictory 73 ⓘ
MVP Sid Luckman ⓘ
nickname 73–0 game ⓘ
notableFor largest margin of victory in an NFL postseason game ⓘ
most lopsided victory in NFL championship game history ⓘ
pointsByLosingTeam 0 ⓘ
pointsByWinningTeam 73 ⓘ
precededBy 1939 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
quarterbackForWinningTeam Sid Luckman ⓘ
season 1940 NFL season ⓘ
seasonType postseason ⓘ
shutout true ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
stadium Griffith Stadium ⓘ
surface grass ⓘ
teamNicknameContext Monsters of the Midway ⓘ
winningTeam Chicago Bears ⓘ
winningTeamDivision NFL Western Division ⓘ
winningTeamLeagueRecordEnteringGame 8–3 ⓘ
winningTeamOwner George Halas ⓘ

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Monsters of the Midway → associatedChampionship → NFL Championship Game 1940 ⓘ
George Halas → wonChampionship → NFL Championship Game 1940 ⓘ
this entity surface form: NFL Championship 1940
Papa Bear → coachedChampionshipTeam → NFL Championship Game 1940 ⓘ
subject surface form: George Halas
this entity surface form: 1940 NFL Championship
73–0 game → officialName → NFL Championship Game 1940 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1940 NFL Championship Game
1939 NFL Championship Game → followedBy → NFL Championship Game 1940 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1940 NFL Championship Game
demonstrated tactical superiority of T-formation offense → demonstratedIn → NFL Championship Game 1940 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1940 NFL Championship Game
Ray Flaherty → coachedInChampionshipGame → NFL Championship Game 1940 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1940 NFL Championship Game
1941 NFL Championship Game → precededBy → NFL Championship Game 1940 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1940 NFL Championship Game