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Staleys. McNeil insisted that Buffalo was the champion and maintained that the last two games his team played were merely exhibitions, to which Halas rebutted that there were no such things as exhibitions, since no set end of the season existed, and thus, according to him, all games had to be counted, whether Buffalo intended them to or not. (Both the All-Americans and the Staleys had disputed the previous year's title, but were both overruled and the
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once in a season, the second game counts more than the first, the executive committee followed established tradition. Had
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Chicago and began to persuade the other owners in the league to give his Staleys the title. Halas based his claim for the championship on his belief that the second game of the Buffalo-Chicago series mattered more than the first. He also pointed out
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Buffalo in the standings (Buffalo played more games earlier in the season). If the season had ended that day, Buffalo would still have won the league title. Chicago, however, saw their opportunity, and swiftly scheduled two more games in
December: one against the
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broke the tie and won the game for
Chicago, 10–7. McNeil continued to assert that his team was the AFPA's 1921 champion, and even invested in tiny gold footballs for his players to commemorate the achievement. Even with the loss, Buffalo was still
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to play one last exhibition game under the Tigers banner (the same day as the
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1499:Key personnel
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78:
77:Tommy Hughitt
72:
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55:
44:
40:
36:
30:
19:
3157:
3084:broadcasters
3067:NFL playoffs
3049:
3040:
3031:
2587:broadcasters
2575:broadcasters
2485:broadcasters
2480:Playoff Bowl
2473:broadcasters
2181:
2044:Jim Kendrick
2027:Head coaches
2014:Frank McNeil
1955:
1943:
1879:
1865:
1845:Conference:
1787:Television:
1750:Broadcasters
1529:Head coach:
1519:Kevin Warren
1487:
1480:
1473:
1466:
1459:
1452:
1445:
1438:
1431:
1424:
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1396:
1382:, 1970–1972)
1375:, 1948–1950)
1342:, 1939–1941)
1336:Newark Bears
1284:Double Doink
1191:85386 Payton
1176:George Halas
1166:A. E. Staley
1095:
1088:
1084:Brian's Song
1083:
1059:
1045:Staley Field
1014:Head coaches
939:
929:
922:
918:
860:George Halas
858:Head coach:
788:George Halas
773:George Bolan
749:
688:September 8,
686:. Retrieved
679:the original
666:
654:. Retrieved
628:
621:. Retrieved
617:the original
590:
583:
566:
562:playoff game
555:
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319:games behind
299:
283:George Halas
279:Thanksgiving
272:
238:
234:
232:
218:George Halas
214:
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125:
84:George Halas
29:
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3003:2020 (
2996:2019 (
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2975:2016 (
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2610:1966 (
2604:(1966–1969)
2500:(1960–1969)
2246:(1933–1969)
1808:Personnel:
1780:Jason McKie
1768:Jeff Joniak
1764:Personnel:
1352:Akron Bears
1252:1985 season
1242:T formation
1205:Swag Surfin
823:Ralph Scott
818:Pard Pearce
813:Jack Mintun
803:Jerry Jones
798:Ken Huffine
793:Chic Harley
763:Dick Barker
656:November 9,
255:1921 season
81:Head coach:
74:Head coach:
3174:Categories
2644:Super Bowl
1851:Division:
1821:Jim Miller
1774:Tom Thayer
1525:Ryan Poles
1511:Chairman:
1262:46 defense
1181:Mike Ditka
1161:Halas Hall
1069:(proposed)
828:Russ Smith
808:Jake Lanum
623:October 2,
575:References
524:CHI – FG:
510:BUF – TD:
496:CHI – TD:
348:Akron Pros
287:Akron Pros
269:Background
199:Attendance
2054:Al Jolley
1976:Franchise
1954:Based in
1815:Adam Amin
1776:(analyst)
1293:Rivalries
955:Franchise
928:Based in
853:Lou Usher
468:Cubs Park
389:Box score
185:Cubs Park
3091:Pro Bowl
2063:Stadiums
1944:Defunct
1839:League:
1274:Fog Bowl
1201:Club Dub
1038:Stadiums
698:cite web
530:10–7 CHI
215:Staleys:
193:Illinois
3158:Italics
3146:season.
3072:Results
2886:XXXVIII
2089:Seasons
1754:Radio:
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1077:Culture
1009:Players
990:Records
974:Seasons
969:Coaches
964:History
506:7–0 CHI
441:Staleys
398:Quarter
189:Chicago
181:Stadium
3151:merged
2956:XLVIII
2879:XXXVII
2851:XXXIII
2816:XXVIII
2000:Owners
1348:(1942)
925:(1921)
518:kick)
504:kick)
317:, 0.5
202:12,000
3026:LVIII
2949:XLVII
2921:XLIII
2893:XXXIX
2872:XXXVI
2858:XXXIV
2844:XXXII
2809:XXVII
2781:XXIII
2746:XVIII
1743:Media
1380:MWPFL
682:(PDF)
675:(PDF)
413:Total
311:9–1–2
275:9–0–2
120:Total
48:9–0–2
3019:LVII
2991:LIII
2963:XLIX
2942:XLVI
2928:XLIV
2914:XLII
2865:XXXV
2837:XXXI
2823:XXIX
2802:XXVI
2788:XXIV
2774:XXII
2739:XVII
2711:XIII
2676:VIII
2552:1969
2547:1968
2542:1967
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2532:1965
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2522:1963
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2507:1960
2433:1969
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1758:WMVP
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1724:1946
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1704:1933
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1663:1956
1647:2018
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1622:1990
1617:1988
1612:1987
1607:1986
1602:1985
1597:1984
1592:1963
1587:1956
1582:1946
1577:1943
1572:1942
1567:1941
1562:1940
1557:1937
1552:1934
1547:1933
1247:73–0
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1097:2001
1090:1971
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690:2010
658:2009
625:2007
569:1933
558:1932
547:1924
479:Date
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332:10–1
233:The
173:Date
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3034:LIX
3012:LVI
2998:LIV
2984:LII
2935:XLV
2907:XLI
2830:XXX
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2767:XXI
2753:XIX
2732:XVI
2718:XIV
2704:XII
2669:VII
2626:III
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1373:AFL
1363:AFL
1356:AFL
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315:8–1
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