NFL Championship: Chicago Bears travel to face New York Giants at Polo Grounds for the league title. Winner is the NFL champion for the season. Loser's year ends.
Chicago Bears at New York Giants for the 1934 league title. The NFL Championship is the season's final game in this era, the one that decides which franchise's name goes on the championship ledger. For New York Giants, the home field at Polo Grounds is asked to be a player; for Chicago Bears, the road environment is supposed to be the test that breaks lesser teams. Coaches will lean on what worked all year. Players will lean on what their bodies have left in them.
Chicago Bears and New York Giants have outlasted everyone else in the league this 1934 season. One walks out of Polo Grounds with the title; the other walks out with a brutal what-if. Pre-Super Bowl era: the NFL Championship is the title game itself. There is no next round.
Chicago Bears versus New York Giants in the NFL Championship. The teams who reach this round have already proven they survive a long schedule; the stats that matter most now are the ones that compress: scoring differential, red-zone efficiency, turnover margin. At this stage of the year, the simple math is that defenses tighten and the team that protects the ball wins more often than the team that scores the most. Whichever side of Chicago Bears-New York Giants cleans up the careless plays first usually walks out with the result. Conservative-game expectations should not surprise the reader; both staffs know exactly what worked all season and will lean hard on what travels. The early answer is the kicking game, where any swing of field position compounds.
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 010131313 |
| New York Giants | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3333030 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Giants | Ken Strong 38 yard field goal | 0-3 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bears | Bronko Nagurski 1 yard rush ( Jack Manders kick) | 7-3 |
| Bears | Jack Manders 17 yard field goal | 10-3 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bears | Jack Manders 24 yard field goal | 13-3 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Giants | Ike Frankian 28 yard pass from Ed Danowski ( Ken Strong kick) | 13-10 |
| Giants | Ken Strong 42 yard rush ( Ken Strong kick) | 13-17 |
| Giants | Ken Strong 11 yard rush | 13-23 |
| Giants | Ed Danowski 9 yard rush ( Bo Molenda kick) | 13-30 |
| Bears | Giants | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 10 | 12 |
| Total Yards | 165 | 276 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 4 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 6/15 | 7/12 |
| Pass yards | 76 | 103 |
| Pass TD | 0 | 1 |
| Interceptions | 3 | 2 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 46 | 37 |
| Rush yards | 89 | 173 |
| Rush TD | 1 | 3 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 5 | 5 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 2 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | |||||
| Keith Molesworth | 4/9 | 60 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gene Ronzani | 1/2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bronko Nagurski | 1/1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Brumbaugh | 0/3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| NYG | |||||
| Ed Danowski | 6/11 | 83 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ken Strong | 1/1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | ||||
| Bronko Nagurski | 24 | 68 | 1 | 0 |
| Keith Molesworth | 16 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Manders | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Carl Brumbaugh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Johnny Sisk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Ronzani | 3 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| NYG | ||||
| Ken Strong | 9 | 94 | 2 | 42 |
| Ed Danowski | 20 | 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack McBride | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Molenda | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Kink Richards | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | ||||
| Bill Hewitt | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Ronzani | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| Carl Brumbaugh | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Bill Karr | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Bronko Nagurski | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| NYG | ||||
| Dale Burnett | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Flaherty | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Frankian | 1 | 28 | 1 | 28 |
| Ken Strong | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
New York Giants defeated Chicago Bears 30-13 at Polo Grounds in the NFL Championship. The final scoring play was Giants: Ed Danowski 9 yard rush ( Bo Molenda kick). Top line of the day: Ken Strong: 94 rush yards on 9 carries. New York Giants are crowned NFL champions for 1934.
New York Giants walked out of Polo Grounds as the team that survived an NFL Championship Chicago Bears will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 30-13. The final scoring play came from Giants: Ed Danowski 9 yard rush ( Bo Molenda kick). Whether it was the game-decider or just the period at the end of the sentence depends on what the camera caught earlier. New York Giants are league champions.
New York Giants 30, Chicago Bears 13. Round: NFL Championship. Attendance: 35059. Q1: 1 scoring play. Q2: 2 scoring plays. Q3: 1 scoring play. Q4: 4 scoring plays. Top performers: - Ken Strong: 94 rush yards on 9 carries
NFL Championship, played at Polo Grounds. Final: Chicago Bears 13, New York Giants 30, with New York Giants taking the result by 17. **First quarter**
- Giants: Ken Strong 38 yard field goal
**Second quarter**
- Bears: Bronko Nagurski 1 yard rush ( Jack Manders kick) - Bears: Jack Manders 17 yard field goal
**Third quarter**
- Bears: Jack Manders 24 yard field goal
**Fourth quarter**
- Giants: Ike Frankian 28 yard pass from Ed Danowski ( Ken Strong kick) - Giants: Ken Strong 42 yard rush ( Ken Strong kick) - Giants: Ken Strong 11 yard rush - Giants: Ed Danowski 9 yard rush ( Bo Molenda kick)
**Top performers**
- Ken Strong: 94 rush yards on 9 carries