1948 NFL season

1948 NFL season
Regular season
DurationSeptember 17 – December 19, 1948
East ChampionsPhiladelphia Eagles
West ChampionsChicago Cardinals
Championship Game
ChampionsPhiladelphia Eagles
1948 NFL season is located in the United States
Giants
Giants
Cardinals ....
Cardinals ....
Eagles
Eagles
Steelers ....
Steelers ....
Redskins
Redskins
Yanks
Yanks
Bears
Bears
Packers
Packers
Rams
Rams
Lions
Lions
NFL teams: West, East

The 1948 NFL season was the 29th regular season of the National Football League. During the season, Halfback Fred Gehrke painted horns on the Los Angeles Rams' helmets, making the first modern helmet emblem in pro football.[1] The last regular season game played on Wednesday until the 2012 season happened on September 22, 1948, between Detroit and Los Angeles. The season ended when the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Chicago Cardinals in the NFL Championship Game.

The 1948 season featured the highest per-game, per-team scoring in NFL history, with the average team scoring 23.2 points per game.[2] This record stood for 65 years until 2013.[3]

  1. ^ "History (1941-1950)". NFL.com. National Football League. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
  2. ^ Byrne, Kerry (July 18, 2010). "The Spirit of '48: a mind-blowing statistical orgasm". Cold Hard Football Facts (website). Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
  3. ^ "Record Breaking 2013 Season Had It All" (PDF). NFL. December 30, 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 3, 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2014.