1940 NFL season

The season ended on December 8, when the Chicago Bears defeated the Washington Redskins in the NFL Championship Play-off Game by a score of 73–0 in front of 36,034 fans.

This result still stands as the most one-sided victory (and highest score) in NFL history as of the 2024 season.

With the first pick, the Chicago Cardinals selected halfback George Cafego from the University of Tennessee.

[2] The draft encompassed 22 rounds and saw the selection of 200 players but only produced two future members of the Professional Football Hall of Fame — quarterback and defensive back George McAfee, taken by the Philadelphia Eagles with the second overall pick, and center and linebacker Clyde "Bulldog" Turner, picked by the Chicago Bears seventh overall.

[8] The Joe F. Carr Trophy was presented annually by the National League as its Most Valuable Player award.

The National League's Most Valuable Player of 1940 was Brooklyn Dodgers quarterback Clarence "Ace" Parker.
Champions of the National League in 1940, the Chicago Bears.
Rushing leader of 1940 was All-Pro right halfback Byron "Whizzer" White, later a Supreme Court justice.
Rookie Don Looney's 707 yards receiving topped the NFL, earning him second team All Pro honors in 1940. Looney's career was ended by the war and he returned afterwards as an NFL referee.
Iconic photo of Redskins stars on the bench in 1942. Star passer "Slingin' Sammy" Baugh in the center, 1940's total-yards-from-scrimmage leader fullback Dick Todd with broken nose at right.