On December 18, 1932, with waist-deep snow and frigid weather plaguing Chicago, the Bears moved their NFL championship game against the Portsmouth (Ohio) Spartans from Wrigley Field to the indoor arena of the city's NHL team. The league's first playoff game -- and first contest played indoors -- produced what an Ohio newspaper called a "sham battle on Tom Thumb gridiron." The stadium field was 60 yards long, 40 shorter than regulation, and 48 yards wide, five shorter than normal. There were radical changes to the rules.

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1932: chicago bears vs. portsmouth (ohio) spartans, nfl's first playoff game was played indoors in a hockey arena, national football league (nfl), field was 60 yards long, 40 shorter than regulation, and 48 yards wide, five shorter than normal, radical changes to the rules, chicago bears

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• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)