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	National Football League championships
		Co-obstacles: to reach the AFC championship game, New England and Kansas City each must overcome one of the NFL's co-MVP...
		Between 1933 and 1966, the NFL decided its champion through a single postseason playoff game.
		At the time of the games, CBS-TV advertised them as "playoff games for third place in the NFL", but today the NFL claims they were exhibition games and does not include records of the game participants or results in league playoff statistics.
	hallencyclopedia.com /National_Football_League_championships (1713 words)

	NFL.com
		Championship Game Appearances: The New York Giants on Sunday will play in their 17th championship game (NFL, 1933-69 and NFC, 1970-present).
		He won six NFL championships with the Bears and is a charter enshrinee of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
		The Giants are tied with the Dallas Cowboys for most championship games played (16).
	www.nfl.com /news/010111nfcpbnotes.html (1713 words)

	NFL Legacy - NFL History and NFL Hall of Fame
		In 1933, NFL officials adopted rules specifically for the NFL and discontinued the use of collegiate rules.
		The penalty flag was first used in the NFL in a game between the Green Bay Packers and the Boston Yanks.
		At first, the battles were for college players, and the AFL scored an early victory when a court ruled in favor of the Houston Oilers over the NFL's Los Angeles Rams after both clubs had signed Billy Cannon, the Heisman Trophy winning halfback at Louisiana State.
	www.nfllegacy.com (410 words)

	Professional American football championship games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1933, Marshall convinced the NFL to play a championship game between two division winners.
		Thus, 1933 was the year of the first professional football championship game in the United States.
		The APFA had no championship games before it changed its name to the NFL in 1922.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Professional_American_football_championship_games (1499 words)

	NFL Football Gambling Odds football wagering nfl point spreads online nfl point spreads
		After the NFL divided into two divisions, the culmination of the best teams from those sections played the first NFL championship game in 1933.
		From then on, those two sides of the NFL were to play its best teams in a championship game later named the Super Bowl starting with the champions from the NFL and the AFL.
		The NFL further changed the rules as football began to solidify as an all-American past time.
	nfl-football-gambling-odds-1.blogspot.com (1499 words)

	jaguars.com >> The official website of the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars.
		In three NFL seasons, the Jaguars have 24 victories in 48 games, whereas the Bears, in 78 seasons dating back to 1920 (the first year of the NFL), have 602 victories, 406 losses and 42 ties.
		In their second season in 1996, the Jaguars advanced all the way to the AFC Championship game, finishing the regular season in second place in the division with a 9-7 record.
		They started as the Decatur Staleys in 1920, and won championships in 1921 (their first season in Chicago), 1932, 1933, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1963 and Super Bowl XX in 1985.
	www.jaguars.com /Story/344.asp (3887 words)

	Famous West Virginians (M)
		Marshall was among the team owners who in 1933 broke the league into two divisions with a championship game.
		He and was selected in the first round of the 1976 NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams.
		Chuck Manuel (1944-), an outfielder for the Twins and Dodgers from 1969 to 1975 and currently the manager of the Cleveland Indians, was born in Northfork.
	members.aol.com /jeff560/famousm.html (3887 words)

	Detroit Lions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bears won the game, 9-0, and the resulting interest led to the establishment of Eastern and Western conferences and a regular championship game beginning in 1933.
		As the Portsmouth Spartans, the franchise played in an unscheduled NFL championship game against the
		Thanksgiving Day game, a tradition continued to this day.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Detroit_Lions (3887 words)

	The Tanks After 1930
		When the Spartans became the Detroit Lions in 1934, they finished second in the NFL Western Division, and in 1935, the Lions won the Western Division and defeated the New York Giants 26-7 in the NFL championship game.
		IN 1933, the Spartans were second in the Western Division, and Presnell was named first team All Pro when he lead the NFL in scoring and tied for the lead in field goals.
		The most successful former Tank in the NFL was Glenn Presnell.
	www.irontonfootball.com /tanks/after1930.htm (499 words)

	Washington Redskins History
		In 1936, the Redskins won the NFL Eastern division championship, but Marshall, unhappy with the fan support in Boston, moved the championship game to the Polo Grounds in New York.
		The next year in Washington, the Redskins won their first overall NFL championship, an honor they were to repeat five years later in l942.
		The 1935 Redskins won only two of 11 games.
	www.gprep.org /~sjochs/redskinshistory.htm (3293 words)

	nfl
		Between 1933 and 1966, the NFL decided its champion through a single postseason playoff game.
		After expansion in 1967, the NFL split the Eastern Conference into the Capitol and Century Divisions and the Western Conference into Coastal and Central Divisions, and the playoff schedule was expanded from a single game between two teams to a four team tournament, with the four divisional champions participating.
		At the time of the games, CBS-TV advertised them as "playoff games for third place in the NFL", but today the NFL claims they were exhibition games and does not include records of the game participants or results in league playoff statistics.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /NFL.html (3293 words)

	National Football League @ FootballLiving.com
		One factor in the league's rising popularity was the institution of an annual National Football League championships">championship game in 1933.
		The league played a regular-season NFL game in Mexico City in 2005 and intends to play more such games in other countries.
		The founding of the United States Football League in the early 80s was the biggest challenge to the NFL in the post-merger era.
	www.footballliving.com (4649 words)

	Hall of Famers - Giants.com
		Badgro helped lead the Giants to the NFL's first Championship game in 1933.
		Badgro was a part of the Giants championship team of 1927.
		Badgro was named to the All-NFL team three times: 1930, 1931 and 1934.
	www.giants.com /history/HallofFamers.asp?print=yes (4649 words)

	Fantasy Football: TDFFL - Harold 'Red' Grange League
		In the 1933 NFL Championship game, Red saved the win with a difficult defensive tackle in the final seconds of the game.
		Harold 'Red' Grange was a running back who ran with rare speed and ghostlike elusiveness.
		His running back days were limited as he suffered a crippling knee injury in 1927, only his third year in the league.
	football.myfantasyleague.com /2004/home/60573 (147 words)

	TheDeadballEra.com :: RED BADGRO
		Badgro, who got his nickname from his red hair, caught the first touchdown pass in the first NFL championship game in 1933.
		His predominant memory from that game, though, was his inability to get by fellow legend Harold "Red" Grange and score the winning touchdown.
		SEATTLE (July 13, 1998) — Morris "Red" Badgro, who became the oldest player to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, at age 78, died Monday, July 13, at age 95.
	www.thedeadballera.com /Obits/Badgro.Red.Obit.html (432 words)

	Philadelphia Eagles Tickets 20 to 40% off - Philadelphia Eagles Tickets My Way
		In 1949, the Eagles continued their victory streak - winning their third straight Eastern Division Title and retaining their NFL Championship - crushing the Los Angeles Rams 14-0.
		The Eagles won their first National Football League Championship at Shibe Park in 1948, shutting down the Chicago Cardinals 7-0, despite near zero visibility in a blinding snowstorm.
		In 1933, a syndicate headed by Bert Bell and Lud Wray was awarded a Frankford Yellow Jackets franchise.
	www.ticketsmyway.com /eagles_tickets.shtml (432 words)

	New York Football Giants - Fact Sheet - Hoover's
		The team lost to the Chicago Bears in the first NFL Championship game in 1933, but evened the score the next year and went on to win titles in 1938 and 1956.
		One of the oldest teams in the NFL, the New York Football Giants was founded in 1925 by Tim Mara, who paid $500 for the franchise.
		The team is co-owned by Wellington Mara (Tim's son) and billionaire Robert Tisch (co-chairman of Loews); it plays host at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
	www.hoovers.com /new-york-giants/--ID__46790--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml (432 words)

	Canadian Football League -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The Edmonton Eskimos in 1993 won their 11th Canadian Football League (CFL) championship, and their first since 1987, when they defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 33-23 in the Grey Cup game at Calgary, Alta., on November 28.
		U.S. football tackle and guard Alvis Forrest Gregg was born in Birthright, Tex., on Oct. 18, 1933.
		The game's Most Valuable Player was Toronto quarterback Doug Flutie, who also won his fifth CFL Most Outstanding Player award and led league passers with 5,720 yd, 29 touchdowns, and a.641 completion...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9019915 (776 words)

	Canadian Football League -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The Edmonton Eskimos in 1993 won their 11th Canadian Football League (CFL) championship, and their first since 1987, when they defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 33-23 in the Grey Cup game at Calgary, Alta., on November 28.
		U.S. football tackle and guard Alvis Forrest Gregg was born in Birthright, Tex., on Oct. 18, 1933.
		After one year it was reorganized, and in 1922 it was renamed the National Football League (NFL).
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9019915 (777 words)

	Johnny Unitas Biography / Profile of Johnny Unitas Biographies
		In 1958, Unitas led his team to a championship in the first overtime and first nationally-televised game in the NFL.
		Unitas held other NFL records when he retired: most seasons passing for more than 3000 yards, (3); most games passing for 300 yards or more, (27); most touchdowns thrown, (290).
		John Constantine Unitas was born on May 7, 1933, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/johnny-unitas (777 words)

	Arizona Cardinals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cardinals won their first NFL championship in 1925, finishing the season with a record of 11-2-1 (until the 1933 season, the league champion was determined solely by win-loss percentage).
		The Cardinals have not won more than seven games in a season since their 1998 playoff appearance, and have had one of the worst yearly attendance records in the NFL.
		During the Cardinals' stay in St. Louis, they advanced to the playoffs just four times (one of those was in a season-ending consolation game, and another was in the NFC tournament following the strike-shortened 1982 season).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arizona_Cardinals (1508 words)

	Fanbay.net - NFL - History of the National Football League
		In 1933, the NFL set up an East and West Division and the first NFL Championship game was played by the winners of each division.
		In 1925, the Chicago Bears signed Harold “Red” Grange to a $100,000 contract and the former University of Illinois star almost single-handedly carried the NFL to a new level.
		Grange’s first game is one of the most memorable in the history of the league as 36,000 fans pack Wrigley Field to see Grange’s Chicago Bears battle the Chicago Cardinals to a 0-0 tie.
	www.fanbay.net /nfl/history.htm (1508 words)

	Forrest Gregg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gregg's most successful season as a head coach was in 1981, when he coached the Bengals to a 12-4 regular season record and they went on to defeat the San Diego Chargers 27-7 in the AFC championship game (known as the Freezer Bowl), earning them a trip to the Super Bowl.
		Despite his small size (6-4, 249 pounds) for an offensive lineman, Gregg was a key player on the Packers dynasty that won several NFL championships and 2 Super Bowls in the 1960s, and finished his career winning another super bowl ring with the Dallas Cowboys in 1971.
		Alvis Forrest Gregg (born October 18, 1933, in Birthright, Texas) is a former American Football Offensive Tackle and coach who played for the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Forrest_Gregg (501 words)

	Glenn Presnell, The Lion King...PortsCity Football History Pg. 5
		In 1933, Presnell tied the Giants Ken Strong for the NFL scoring championship at 64 points.
		Presnell made his long-distance field goal in the Lions third game as the Detroit franchise.
		Presnell is a member of an elite group that is part of the countdown process to become the seniors nominee for 2004 election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
	www.brownsbacker.cc /PortsCity_Football_History5.html (1108 words)

	Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		It was this play that gave the Bears a victory in the NFL's first championship game in 1933, a 23-21 win over the New York Giants.
		Hewitt was the first to admit he wasn't much of a player either in high school or at the University of Michigan.
		Bill Hewitt is most often remembered for his stubborn refusal to wear a helmet.
	www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=96 (1108 words)

	Red Badgro : In Football Hall of Fame : HistoricBaseball.com
		As a football player, Badgro caught the first touchdown pass in the first NFL championship game in 1933.
		Red Badgro, who played in 143 games in the major leagues, died on July 13, 1998 in Kent, Wash. He was 95.
		Badgro is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
	www.historicbaseball.com /players/b/badgro_red.html (1108 words)

	AP Online: NFL pioneer and Hall-of-Famer `Red' Badgro dead at 95@ HighBeam Research
		SEATTLE (AP) _ Morris ``Red'' Badgro, a Hall of Famer who caught the first touchdown pass of the first NFL championship game in 1933, died Monday at the age of 95.
		A four-time All-NFL selection who played end on offense and defense, Badgro was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1981 when he was 78.
		Badgro played basketball, football and baseball at Southern California.
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