December 17, 1944
Weather-48 degrees, wind 21 mph SW
The New York Giants crushed the Chicago Bears, 34-0, behind 113 rushing yards from Bill Paschal and a stifling defense that has pitched 4 shutouts in their last 5 games. The Giants ran for 261 yards against Chicago, with Ward Cuff adding 77 yards and a TD and Howie Livingston running for 73 yards and 2 TDs.
Chicago could never get moving offensively, only managing 193 yards on offense as Sid Luckman was held to 90 yards passing. Chicago's offense was a juggernaut all season, but the Giants defense kept the Bears off of the field.
New York will host either Green Bay or Philadelphia in the NFL Championship Game.
Chicago Bears........(6-4-1)-0-0-0-0-0
New York Giants......(9-1-1)-10-14-10-0-34
NYG-Cuff 11 run (Strong Kick)
NYG-Strong 40 FG
NYG-Livingston 29 run (Strong Kick)
NYG-Livingston 2 run (Strong Kick)
NYG-Liebel 22 pass from Soar (Strong Kick)
NYG-Strong 14 FG
Rushing (season totals in parentheses)
Chi-Fordham-10-77-0 (83-458-4), Margarita-14-29-0 (102-492-4), McLean-6-4-0 (35-29-1), Luckman-2-0-0 (22-(-96)-1), Grygo-1-0-0 (54-322-2)
NYG-Paschal-26-113-0 (222-850-9), Cuff-12-77-1 (88-502-1), Livingston-5-73-2 (89-386-3), Soar-2-(-2)-0 (11-8-0)
Passing
Chi-Luckman-21-11-90-0-1 (164-82-1108-11-13)
NYG-Herber-16-5-80-0-0 (102-41-731-6-8), Soar-5-4-38-1-0 (15-8-151-3-1)
Receiving
Chi-Wilson-4-44-0 (28-309-4), Berry-3-24-0 (24-402-6), McLean-1-12-0 (20-426-5), Margarita-1-10-0 (16-140-0), Kelly-1-3-0 (1-3-0), Fordham-1-(-3)-0 (2-10-0)
NYG-N. Adams-3-66-0 (17-408-1), Liebel-2-33-1 (15-325-6), Cuff-2-13-0 (13-148-2), Weiss-1-3-0 (2-13-0), Paschal-1-3-0 (1-3-0)
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