1940 NFL season

1940 NFL season

6th NFL guide published by Spalding
Regular season
Duration	September 8 to December 8, 1940
East Champions	Washington Redskins
West Champions	Chicago Bears
Championship Game
Champions	Chicago Bears
← 1939 NFL seasons 1941 →

The 1940 NFL season was the 21st regular season of the National Football League. The ten teams of the league each played an 11 game schedule, for a total of 55 regular season games.

The season ended on December 8, when the Chicago Bears defeated the Washington Redskins in the NFL Championship Play-off Game by a score of 73–0 in front of 36,034 fans. This result still stands as the most one-sided victory (and highest score) in NFL history as of the 2024 season.

Giants

Eagles

Dodgers

Steelers

Redskins

Bears

Cardinals

Packers

Rams

Lions

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NFL teams: West, East