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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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Association's executive committee in January 1922. The executive committee ruled that the Chicago Staleys were the champions, based on the generally accepted rule that if two teams play each other
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Halas decided to declare that the title belonged to
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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1488:Key personnel
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3073:broadcasters
3056:NFL playoffs
3038:
3029:
3020:
2576:broadcasters
2564:broadcasters
2474:broadcasters
2469:Playoff Bowl
2462:broadcasters
2170:
2033:Jim Kendrick
2016:Head coaches
2003:Frank McNeil
1944:
1932:
1868:
1854:
1834:Conference:
1776:Television:
1739:Broadcasters
1518:Head coach:
1508:Kevin Warren
1476:
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1462:
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1427:
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1385:
1371:, 1970–1972)
1364:, 1948–1950)
1331:, 1939–1941)
1325:Newark Bears
1273:Double Doink
1180:85386 Payton
1165:George Halas
1155:A. E. Staley
1084:
1077:
1073:Brian's Song
1072:
1048:
1034:Staley Field
1003:Head coaches
928:
918:
911:
907:
849:George Halas
847:Head coach:
777:George Halas
762:George Bolan
738:
677:September 8,
675:. Retrieved
668:the original
655:
643:. Retrieved
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308:games behind
288:
272:George Halas
268:Thanksgiving
261:
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207:George Halas
203:
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73:George Halas
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2593:(1966–1969)
2489:(1960–1969)
2235:(1933–1969)
1797:Personnel:
1769:Jason McKie
1757:Jeff Joniak
1753:Personnel:
1341:Akron Bears
1241:1985 season
1231:T formation
1194:Swag Surfin
812:Ralph Scott
807:Pard Pearce
802:Jack Mintun
792:Jerry Jones
787:Ken Huffine
782:Chic Harley
752:Dick Barker
645:November 9,
244:1921 season
70:Head coach:
63:Head coach:
3163:Categories
2633:Super Bowl
1840:Division:
1810:Jim Miller
1763:Tom Thayer
1514:Ryan Poles
1500:Chairman:
1251:46 defense
1170:Mike Ditka
1150:Halas Hall
1058:(proposed)
817:Russ Smith
797:Jake Lanum
612:October 2,
564:References
513:CHI – FG:
499:BUF – TD:
485:CHI – TD:
337:Akron Pros
276:Akron Pros
258:Background
188:Attendance
2043:Al Jolley
1965:Franchise
1943:Based in
1804:Adam Amin
1765:(analyst)
1282:Rivalries
944:Franchise
917:Based in
842:Lou Usher
457:Cubs Park
378:Box score
174:Cubs Park
3080:Pro Bowl
2052:Stadiums
1933:Defunct
1828:League:
1263:Fog Bowl
1190:Club Dub
1027:Stadiums
687:cite web
519:10–7 CHI
204:Staleys:
182:Illinois
3147:Italics
3135:season.
3061:Results
2875:XXXVIII
2078:Seasons
1743:Radio:
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1066:Culture
998:Players
979:Records
963:Seasons
958:Coaches
953:History
495:7–0 CHI
430:Staleys
387:Quarter
178:Chicago
170:Stadium
3140:merged
2945:XLVIII
2868:XXXVII
2840:XXXIII
2805:XXVIII
1989:Owners
1337:(1942)
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191:12,000
3015:LVIII
2938:XLVII
2910:XLIII
2882:XXXIX
2861:XXXVI
2847:XXXIV
2833:XXXII
2798:XXVII
2770:XXIII
2735:XVIII
1732:Media
1369:MWPFL
671:(PDF)
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402:Total
300:9–1–2
264:9–0–2
109:Total
37:9–0–2
3008:LVII
2980:LIII
2952:XLIX
2931:XLVI
2917:XLIV
2903:XLII
2854:XXXV
2826:XXXI
2812:XXIX
2791:XXVI
2777:XXIV
2763:XXII
2728:XVII
2700:XIII
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2541:1969
2536:1968
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2422:1969
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2110:1920
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2090:1916
2085:1915
1780:WFLD
1747:WMVP
1718:1963
1713:1946
1708:1943
1703:1941
1698:1940
1693:1933
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1683:1921
1667:2006
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1657:1963
1652:1956
1636:2018
1631:2010
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1606:1988
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1581:1963
1576:1956
1571:1946
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1546:1937
1541:1934
1536:1933
1236:73–0
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1086:2001
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693:link
679:2010
647:2009
614:2007
558:1933
547:1932
536:1924
468:Date
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321:10–1
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162:Date
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3001:LVI
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2973:LII
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2784:XXV
2756:XXI
2742:XIX
2721:XVI
2707:XIV
2693:XII
2658:VII
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