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1949 NFL Championship Game
Since 1949
The 1949 NFL Championship Game was the 17th title game for the National Football League (NFL), played on December 18 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. It is remembered for the driving rain that caused the field to become a mud pit. Its paid attendance was 27,980, with only 22,245 in the stadium, which was a low in attendance not reached until 2020, which drew 24,835 because of global pandemic restrictions.
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This was the first NFL title game played in the western United States.
This was the first NFL game which was broadcast on television, although only on the West Coast, under the auspices of Bell.
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