NFL Championship Game, 1948
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The 1948 National Football League Championship game was the 16th NFL title game played. The game was a rematch of the previous years championship game between the Chicago Cardinals champions of the Western Division and the Philadelphia Eagles champions of the Eastern Division. It was the first NFL championship game to be televised. In the early days of television, "snow" was a frequent problem, but in this case the snow was real.
The game was played at Philadelphia's Shibe Park on December 19, 1948 during a blizzard. Bert Bell commissioner of the NFL had consider postponing the game, but the players for both teams wanted to play the game. The attendance for the game was 36,309. The teams played in scoreless game until early in the fourth quarter, when after Chicago had fumbled in their own end of the field. The Eagles recovered the fumble that set up Steve Van Buren's five yard touchdown at 1:05 into the fourth quarter.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
- First Quarter
- No Scoring
- Second Quarter
- No Scoring
- Third Quarter
- No scoring
- Fourth Quarter
- Phil- Van Buren 5 run (Patton kick)
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