The 1947

1947 NFL season

The 1947 NFL season was the 28th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded the regular season by one game from eleven games per team to twelve, a number that remained constant until the 1961 season....

 Chicago Cardinals

Arizona Cardinals

The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 season resulted in the Cardinals winning their second NFL Championship.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1	September 28, 1947	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...	W 45-21
2	October 5, 1947	Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	W 31-7
3	October 12, 1947	at Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...	W 14-10
4	October 19, 1947	at Los Angeles Rams	L 7-27
5	October 26, 1947	Boston Yanks Boston Yanks The Boston Yanks were a National Football League team based in Boston, Massachusetts that played from 1944 to 1948. The team played its home games at Fenway Park. Games that conflicted with the Boston Red Sox schedule were held at the Manning Bowl in Lynn, Massachusetts...	W 27-7
6	November 2, 1947	Los Angeles Rams	W 17-10
7	November 9, 1947	at 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...	W 17-7
8	November 16, 1947	Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...	W 21-20
9	November 23, 1947	at Washington Redskins Washington Redskins The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...	L 21-45
10	November 30, 1947	at 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...	L 31-35
11	December 7, 1947	at Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	W 45-21
12	December 14, 1947	at Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	W 30-21

Playoffs

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
Championship	December 28, 1947	Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	W 28-21

Standings

NFL Western Eastern and Western Divisions (NFL) 1933-69 The Eastern and Western Divisions of the National Football League, renamed the American and National Conferences in 1950 and then the Eastern and Western Conferences in 1953, were organized as a result of the disputed NFL championship of 1932...
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Cardinals	9	3	0	.750	306	231	W-2
Chicago Bears 1947 Chicago Bears season The 1947 Chicago Bears season was their 28th regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a competitive 8-4 record under head coach George Halas, but the team finished second in the NFL Western Division behind their inner city rivals the Chicago Cardinals missing out on...	8	4	0	.667	363	241	L-2
Green Bay Packers 1947 Green Bay Packers season The 1947 Green Bay Packers season was their 27th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 6-5-1 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning a third-place finish in the Western Conference.-NFL Draft:-Schedule:-Standings:-Roster:...	6	5	1	.545	274	210	L-1
Los Angeles Rams 1947 Los Angeles Rams season The 1947 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 10th year with the National Football League and the second season in Los Angeles.-Schedule:-Standings:...	6	6	0	.500	259	214	W-2
Detroit Lions 1947 Detroit Lions season The 1947 Detroit Lions season was their 18th in the league. The team improved on their previous season's output of 1-10, winning three games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 12th consecutive season.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...	3	9	0	.250	231	305	L-3

Roster

Chicago Cardinals roster
Quarterbacks Running Backs Wide Receivers Tight Ends		Offensive Linemen Defensive Linemen		Linebackers Defensive Backs Special Teams		Reserve Lists Practice Squad Rookies in italics

NFL Championship Game

The 1947 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 the 15th annual championship game and was held December 28, 1947 at Comiskey Park

Comiskey Park

Comiskey Park was the ballpark in which the Chicago White Sox played from 1910 to 1990. It was built by Charles Comiskey after a design by Zachary Taylor Davis, and was the site of four World Series and more than 6,000 major league games...

 in Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

. The game featured the Western Division champion Chicago Cardinals (9-3)and the Eastern Division champion Philadelphia Eagles

Philadelphia Eagles

The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

(8-4). The Cardinals won the game by a score of 28-21.

Awards and records

• Pat Harder, NFL Scoring Leader, 102 Points
• Pat Harder, NFL Record, Most Field Goals in One Game, 7