1942 NFL Championship Game

The 1942 National Football League Championship game was the NFL's tenth title game. The game was played on December 13, 1942 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. and the attendance was 36,006.

The game pitted the undefeated Western Division champion Chicago Bears (11-0), co-coached by Hunk Anderson and Luke Johnsos after George Halas had entered the U.S. Navy and led by quarterback Sid Luckman versus the Eastern Division champion Washington Redskins (10-1) who were led by coach Ray Flaherty and quarterback Sammy Baugh.

  • First Quarter
    • No scoring
  • Second Quarter
    • Chi - Artoe, 52-yard fumble return (kick failed) 6-0 CHI
    • Was - Moore, 39-yard pass from Baugh (Masterson kick) 7-6 WAS
  • Third Quarter
    • Was - Farkas, 1-yard run (Masterson kick) 14-6 WAS
  • Fourth Quarter
    • No Scoring
Preceded by
1941 NFL Championship Game
NFL Championship Game
1942
Succeeded by
1943 NFL Championship Game
Washington Redskins 1942 NFL Champions
  • Ki Aldrich
  • Sammy Baugh
  • Ed Beinor
  • Victor Carroll
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