1932 NFL Playoff Game

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The 1932 NFL Playoff Game was a historic postseason matchup that effectively served as the league’s first championship game and led to the formal creation of the NFL Championship Game and divisional structure.

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1932 NFL Championship playoff 1
1932 NFL Playoff Game canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American football game ⓘ
NFL postseason game ⓘ
historic sporting event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1932 NFL Championship playoff ⓘ
attendance approximately 11,000 ⓘ
awayTeam Portsmouth Spartans ⓘ
bearsCoach George Halas ⓘ
bearsKeyPlayer Bronko Nagurski ⓘ
Red Grange ⓘ
bearsRegularSeasonRecord 7–1–6 ⓘ
bearsScore 9 ⓘ
city Chicago ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date December 18, 1932 ⓘ
era pre-Super Bowl era ⓘ
fieldLength 80 yards ⓘ
fieldWidth narrower than regulation ⓘ
finalScore Chicago Bears 9, Portsmouth Spartans 0 ⓘ
historicalImpact influenced changes to NFL rules regarding forward passes ⓘ
led to adoption of NFL divisional structure in 1933 ⓘ
led to creation of the official NFL Championship Game starting in 1933 ⓘ
homeTeam Chicago Bears ⓘ
league National Football League ⓘ
losingTeam Portsmouth Spartans ⓘ
organizer National Football League ⓘ
originalVenue Wrigley Field ⓘ
reasonForIndoorVenue severe cold and snow in Chicago ⓘ
reasonForShortField space limitations inside Chicago Stadium ⓘ
resultingFranchiseChange Portsmouth Spartans later became the Detroit Lions ⓘ
ruleChangeInfluence contributed to liberalization of passing rules ⓘ
helped prompt moving the ball to hash marks ⓘ
scoringPlay Bronko Nagurski touchdown pass ruled legal ⓘ
safety by Chicago Bears ⓘ
season 1932 NFL season ⓘ
significance considered the NFL’s first playoff game ⓘ
effectively served as the NFL’s first championship game ⓘ
spartansCoach Potsy Clark ⓘ
spartansKeyPlayer Dutch Clark ⓘ
linked to: Earl "Dutch" Clark
spartansRegularSeasonRecord 6–1–4 ⓘ
spartansScore 0 ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
standingsBasis winning percentage excluding ties ⓘ
surface indoor dirt field ⓘ
tieBreakerContext played to break tie for first place in 1932 NFL standings ⓘ
venue Chicago Stadium ⓘ
winningTeam Chicago Bears ⓘ
year 1932 ⓘ

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

Portsmouth Spartans → playedChampionshipGame → 1932 NFL Playoff Game ⓘ
1932 NFL Playoff Game → alsoKnownAs → 1932 NFL Championship playoff ⓘ
linked to: 1932 NFL Playoff Game