1947 NFL Championship Game
Program for the 1947 Championship Game | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 28, 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Comiskey Park Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Chicago by 12 points | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 30,759 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Harry Wismer, Red Grange | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1947 NFL Championship Game (formally: the 1947 World Professional Football Championship Game) was the 15th annual end-of-season title contest held by the National Football League (NFL). The game took place in icy conditions on December 28 at Comiskey Park in Chicago before an audience of 30,759 — well below stadium capacity.
This was the Cardinals' last playoff win as a franchise until January 2, 1999; at 51 years and five days, it was the longest post-season win drought in NFL history. As of 2026, this is the Cardinals’ last championship, and they now hold the longest title drought in North American sports. The team moved to St. Louis as the St. Louis Cardinals in 1960 and Arizona as the Phoenix Cardinals in 1988 (changing to Arizona Cardinals in 1994).