December 26, 1943
Weather-36 degrees, wind 14 mph NW
Washington got 2 TD passes from Sammy Baugh, and their defense held the Giants to 181 yards as the Redskins rolled to a second consecutive NFL Championship, 14-7. Joe Aguirre caught a 9-yard TD pass from Baugh in the first quarter to tie the game, and Baugh found Bob Masterson for what turned out to be the game winner in the opening drive of the second half.
Baugh finished with 119 yards passing for Washington. Wilbur Moore led the Redskins ground attack with 79 yards. Bill Paschal led the Giants with 98 yards on the ground, scoring an NFL-record 12th rushing TD to give the Giants a 7-0 lead on New York's opening possession.
New York Giants.......(7-4-1)-7-0-0-0-7
Washington Redskins...(8-3-1)-7-0-7-0-14
NYG-Paschal 14 run (Cuff Kick)
Was-Aguirre 9 pass from Baugh (Masterson Kick)
Was-Masterson 7 pass from Baugh (Masterson Kick)
Rushing (season totals in parentheses)
NYG-Paschal-26-98-1 (196-760-12), Cuff-10-39-0 (102-658-4), Brown-6-14-0 (41-152-1), Leemans-2-3-0 (39-62-0), Nix-2-(-1)-0 (23-37-0)
Was-Moore-6-79-0 (54-328-3), Farkas-13-44-0 (139-414-5), Seymour-4-16-0 (78-291-0), Baugh-4-(-3)-0 (25-(-45)-0)
Passing
NYG-Nix-13-3-25-0-0 (78-31-444-3-4), Leemans-6-2-13-0-0 (93-39-373-5-5)
Was-Baugh-25-9-119-2-0 (282-153-2046-25-19)
Receiving
NYG-Adams-2-15-0 (12-101-1), Paschal-1-10-0 (11-88-2), Pritko-1-7-0 (2-19-0), Liebel-1-6-0 (14-216-3)
Was-Farkas-3-38-0 (23-246-4), Aguirre-2-28-1 (42-478-8), Masterson-2-22-1 (20-252-4), Lapka-1-26-0 (4-106-0), Moore-1-5-0 (34-594-7)
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