Bronko Nagurski rushed for 586 yards on 123 carries and 8 touchdowns while blocking for a record-setting performance by rookie Beattie Feathers.
He was not only the NFL's first official 1,000-yard rusher,[1] but he performed this feat 12 years before it would be repeated (by Steve Van Buren in 1946) in an era when all players "went both ways" and many backs on a team shared rushing, receiving, and passing duties.
The club's line got even better than before with Walt Kiesling joining Lyman, Musso, and Kopcha on the best interior unit in football.
The Bears breezed into the Polo Grounds in New York as heavy favorites to win their third straight NFL title.
27 unanswered New York points ensued, and the Giants won their second NFL title and first championship game, 30–13.