The season ended on December 27 with the NFL Championship Game in which the Detroit Lions defeated the Cleveland Browns for the second year in a row.
With the first pick, the San Francisco 49ers selected defensive end Harry Babcock from Georgia.
A Baltimore, Maryland, group headed by Carroll Rosenbloom was granted an NFL expansion team and was given the roster & assets of the defunct Dallas Texans organization.
In Week Eight, the Lions beat Green Bay 14–7, while the Rams were tied 24–24 by the Cards, and the 49ers lost 23–21 to the Browns.
In the Eastern, the Cleveland Browns won their first eleven games and led wire-to-wire, clinching a playoff spot by week 10.