Prior to the season, Boston Yanks owner Ted Collins asked the league to fold his team due to financial woes and give him a new one in New York City.
The franchise, which has never missed a season in some form, carried on the legacy of the final Ohio League member Dayton Triangles, and the players and assets of the Boston Yanks moved to New York but did not fold.
As the regular season came to a close, a merger agreement between the NFL and the All-America Football Conference was announced on December 9.
Three AAFC teams joined the NFL in 1950, the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, and the original Baltimore Colts.
The management of the Eagles and Rams had favored a postponement for a week but were overruled by commissioner Bert Bell.