21 6 Champion Green Bay Packers Location Polo Grounds Attendance 29,545 | Referee W.G. Crowell Start date December 13, 1936 Stadium Polo Grounds | |
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Similar 1965 NFL Championship Game, 1937 NFL Championship Game, 1942 NFL Championship Game, 1945 NFL Championship Game, 1940 NFL Championship Game | ||
The 1936 NFL Championship Game was the fourth championship game played in the history of the National Football League. It took place on December 13 at Polo Grounds in New York City, making it the first NFL title game held on a neutral field.
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The Eastern Division champion Boston Redskins (7–5) were the host team, but their owner George Preston Marshall moved the game out of Fenway Park to New York due to apathy and low support in Boston. Several days after the game, he announced plans to move the team to his hometown of Washington, D.C. for the following season.
This was the first championship game for both the Redskins and the Western Division champion Green Bay Packers (10–1–1), who were favored. The Packers won 21–6 for their fourth NFL title, all under longtime head coach Curly Lambeau. Green Bay won league championships awarded by league standing in 1929, 1930, and 1931.
Scoring summary
Sunday, December 13, 1936
Kickoff: 2 p.m. EST
Officials
The NFL had only four game officials in 1936; the back judge was added in 1947, the line judge in 1965, and the side judge in 1978.
Players' shares
Each player on the winning Packer team received about $250, while Redskins received about $180 each.