On December 18, 1932, the first NFL playoff game was played indoors in Chicago Stadium, the home of the city’s NHL team. The Chicago Bears defeated the Portsmouth Spartans 9-0.
The protocol back then was of the 8 teams, the team with the best record was crowned the champion, but when these two teams finished the season in a tie, the Bears and Spartans agreed to play a winner-takes-all playoff game to determine the league champ.
The game was supposed to be played at Wrigley field, but a blizzard, waist-deep snow and wind chill below zero prompted the move to the indoor stadium, which wasn’t a regulation football sized field. To accommodate the correct yardage, when a team crossed midfield, the ball was moved back 20 yards to compensate regulation yardage.
By - FZ
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