1956 NFL Championship Game

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The 1956 NFL Championship Game was the National Football League's title matchup for the 1956 season, in which the New York Giants defeated the Chicago Bears at Yankee Stadium.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American football game
NFL Championship Game
sports event
attendance 56736
awayTeam Chicago Bears
awayTeamDivisionPlace 1st Western Conference
awayTeamRecordEnteringGame 9–2–1
borough The Bronx
category Chicago Bears postseason games
National Football League championship games
linked to: NFL Championship

New York Giants postseason games
city New York City
conferenceOfAwayTeam Western Conference
conferenceOfHomeTeam Eastern Conference
country United States
date 1956-12-30
era pre-Super Bowl era
finalScore New York Giants 47–7 Chicago Bears
followedBy 1957 NFL Championship Game
headCoachOfAwayTeam Paddy Driscoll
headCoachOfHomeTeam Jim Lee Howell
homeTeam New York Giants
homeTeamDivisionPlace 1st Eastern Conference
homeTeamRecordEnteringGame 8–3–1
league National Football League
loser Chicago Bears
marginOfVictory 40 points
mostValuablePlayer Frank Gifford
network NBC
notablePlayerAwayTeam Ed Brown
Harlon Hill
Rick Casares
notablePlayerHomeTeam Charlie Conerly
Frank Gifford
Sam Huff
pointsForAwayTeam 7
pointsForHomeTeam 47
precededBy 1955 NFL Championship Game
radioAnnouncer Bill McColgan
Ken Coleman
radioNetwork NBC Radio
season 1956 NFL season
significance first NFL Championship Game played at the second Yankee Stadium
sport American football
stadium Yankee Stadium
state New York
surface grass
televisionAnnouncer Chris Schenkel
Ken Coleman
winner New York Giants
year 1956

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Robert Lee Huff playedInChampionship 1956 NFL Championship Game
1956 NFL season championshipGame 1956 NFL Championship Game
1956 NFL season decidedBy 1956 NFL Championship Game
1955 NFL Championship Game nextEdition 1956 NFL Championship Game
Charlie Conerly ledTeamToChampionshipGame 1956 NFL Championship Game
Charlie Conerly wonChampionship 1956 NFL Championship
linked to: 1956 NFL Championship Game
Roosevelt Grier participatedIn National Football League Championship Game 1956
linked to: 1956 NFL Championship Game