1943 NFL Semifinal-New York Giants-35, Chicago Bears-0

December 19, 1943

Weather-21 degrees, wind 13 mph SE

I learned a valuable lesson in this one. I decided to play the game as I have so far in THPF, which means running the game with the lineups provided. I didn't realize that, not only does Sid Luckman not start for the Bears at quarterback, he isn't even an option. As a result, Bob Snyder, who threw all of 26 passes for the Bears in 1943, threw 30 of them in this game, and completed 3. He did manage to throw 5 to the Giants, who returned 2 of them for touchdowns. Dave Brown had 3 interceptions for the Giants, including one of the touchdown returns, plus a short touchdown run that made it 35-0, Giants. He is the first player in THPF to score on offense and defense in the same game.

From now on, I will check the starting lineups and start the players who received the most touches during the season. Chicago bows out for the third straight season in the Semis. The Giants get a crack at a world title against either Washington on Green Bay. Since the Bears got screwed by the people at WIS, I included the above team photo of their championship team IRL.

New York Giants...(7-3-1)-14-0-0-21-35
Chicago Bears.....(8-2-1)-0-0-0-0-0

NYG-Cuff 44 run (Cuff Kick)
NYG-Brown 45 interception return (Cuff Kick)
NYG-Paschal 8 run (Cuff Kick)
NYG-Dubzinski 44 interception return (Cuff Kick)
NYG-Brown 2 run (Cuff Kick)

Rushing (season totals in parentheses)
NYG-Cuff-12-96-1 (92-619-4), Paschal-23-90-1 (170-662-11), Nix-2-12-0 (21-38-0), Brown-3-7-1 (35-138-1), Trocolor-3-(-3)-0 (9-(-7)-0)
Chi-Clarke-15-28-0 (135-584-2), Magnani-8-27-0 (59-337-2), McLean-4-3-0 (39-130-1), Snyder-1-0-0 (7-(-20)-0)

Passing
NYG-Trocolor-6-4-34-0-0 (13-6-38-0-1), Nix-12-4-23-0-1 (65-28-419-3-4)
Chi-Snyder-30-3-37-0-5 (56-10-153-0-9)

Receiving
NYG-Adams-2-21-0 (10-86-1), Walls-2-18-0 (16-249-2), Liebel-2-11-0 (13-210-3), Paschal-1-4-0 (10-78-2), Cuff-1-3-0 (8-55-0)
Chi-Wilson-1-16-0 (22-309-5), Siegal-1-14-0 (3-43-0), Pool-1-7-0 (19-370-5)