NFL Championship Game, 1935
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The 1935 National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 Championship game
was held on December 15, 1935 at University of Detroit Stadium
University of Detroit Stadium
University of Detroit Stadium, also known as U of D Stadium, Titan Stadium, or Dinan Field, was a stadium in Detroit, Michigan on the campus of the University of Detroit...

 (some sources call it Titan Stadium) in Detroit. It was the 3rd annual title game for the NFL. The champion of the Western Division was the Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...

 (7-3-2) and the champion of the Eastern Division was the New York Giants
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 (9-3).
  • First Quarter
    • Det- Gutowsky
      Ace Gutowsky
      LeRoy Erwin "Ace" Gutowsky was an American football fullback. He played professional football for eight years from 1932 to 1939 and set the NFL career rushing record in October 1939. He held the Detroit Lions' career and single-season rushing records until the 1960s.-Early years:Gutowsky was...

       2 yard run (Presnell
      Glenn Presnell
      Glenn Emery "Press" Presnell was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He set the NFL single-season scoring record in 1933 and led the league in total offense. He was the last surviving member of the Detroit Lions inaugural 1934 team and helped lead the team to...

       kick) 7-0 DET
    • Det- Clark 40 yard run (kick failed) 13-0 DET
  • Second Quarter
    • NY- Strong
      Ken Strong
      Elmer Kenneth Strong, Jr. was a college and professional American football player. After a college career as multi-year All-American at New York University, he went on to play professional football. As a halfback with a 14-year career he played from 1929–1937, 1939, 1944-1947...

       42 yard pass from Danowski
      Ed Danowski
      Edward Frank Danowski was an American football player who played quarterback and halfback in the National Football League. Danowski played for the New York Giants for seven seasons and quarterbacked the team when they won the 1934 and 1938 NFL Championship Games...

       (Strong kick) 13-7 DET
  • Third Quarter
    • no scoring
  • Fourth Quarter
    • Det- Caddel
      Ernie Caddel
      Ernest Wiley Caddel was an American football running back. He played college football for Glenn "Pop" Warner at Stanford University from 1930 to 1932 and later played six seasons in the National Football League for the Portsmouth Spartans and Detroit Lions...

       4 yard run (Clark kick) 20-7 DET
    • Det- Parker
      Buddy Parker
      Raymond "Buddy" Parker is a former football player and coach in the National Football League who served as head coach for three teams: the Chicago Cardinals, the Detroit Lions and the Pittsburgh Steelers....

       4 yard run (kick failed) 26-7 DET
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