TABLE OF CONTENTS The Super Bowl 1921 Style 9 Da Bears Begin 17 Monsters of the Midway 24 A Team for the Ages 37 Sometimes Good Sometimes Bad 43 GRIDIRON GREATS The Great Indoors 11 Persistence Pays Off 14 Still Think We’re Crybabies 19 You Laughin at Me 26 By the Numbers Or Not 32 Sweetness 40 Team Stats 47 Websites 47 Index 48
Fullback Bronko Nagurski THE SUPER BOWL 1921 STYLE In 1921 the American Professional Football Association APFA was in just its second season The league had 21 teams Its members hadn’t yet decided how to determine the champion Some teams played as many as 12 games Others played just two There wasn’t even a set date to end the season Midway through the season only the Buffalo All-Americans and the Chicago Staleys remained undefeated Chicago hosted Buffalo on Thanksgiving Day The Staleys lost 6 7 Chicago player coach George Halas fumed at the defeat 9
