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Auction Block: Old School Playoffs

By Eric Angevine

Monday, January 12, 2009

The Philadelphia Eagles and the Arizona Cardinals will meet this weekend to decide which team advances to the Super Bowl. In 1947, the same two franchises met in Chicago to decide the NFL championship. In those days, the Cards of the Western Division shared the Windy City with the Bears, and the crosstown rivals brought identical 8-3 records to Wrigley Field on December 14th—ordinarily the last day of the season. The Cards won a 30-21 thriller for the right to host the NFL championship ...

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