This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

1945 seasonW1945 NFL season↗

10 teams in NFL · 50 regular-season games, 1945-09-23 to 1945-12-09 · attendance 1,152,955

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NFL Championship Game

Cleveland Rams
15–14 over Washington Redskins

Playoffs

Round	Date	Result	Stadium
Championship	1945-12-16	Cleveland Rams 15–14 Washington Redskins	Cleveland Municipal Stadium

Standings

NFL Eastern

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Washington Redskins	8	2	0	.800	209	121	Dudley DeGroot	Lost NFL Championship (at Rams) 14–15
2	Philadelphia Eagles	7	3	0	.700	272	133	Greasy Neale	Did not qualify
3	Boston Yanks	3	6	1	.350	123	211	Herb Kopf	Did not qualify
4	New York Giants	3	6	1	.350	179	198	Steve Owen	Did not qualify
5	Pittsburgh Steelers	2	8	0	.200	79	220	Jim Leonard	Did not qualify

NFL Western

#	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Cleveland Rams	9	1	.900	244	136	Adam Walsh	Won NFL Championship (vs. Redskins) 15–14 Champion
2	Detroit Lions	7	3	.700	195	194	Gus Dorais	Did not qualify
3	Green Bay Packers	6	4	.600	258	173	Curly Lambeau	Did not qualify
4	Chicago Bears	3	7	.300	192	235	Hunk Anderson Luke Johnsos	Did not qualify
5	Chicago Cardinals	1	9	.100	98	228	Phil Handler	Did not qualify

League leaders

passing yards

1,727Sid Luckman Chicago Bears

passing tds

14Bob Waterfield Cleveland Rams

passing tds

14Sid Luckman Chicago Bears

rushing yards

832Steve Van Buren Philadelphia Eagles

rushing tds

15Steve Van Buren Philadelphia Eagles

receiving yards

1,067Jim Benton Cleveland Rams

receiving tds

10Frank Liebel New York Giants

receptions

47Don Hutson Green Bay Packers

interceptions

7Roy Zimmerman Philadelphia Eagles

points