NFL Championship Game 1940

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American football game NFL Championship Game

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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
1940 NFL Championship Game	5
1940 NFL Championship	1
NFL Championship 1940	1
NFL Championship Game 1940 canonical	1

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ