What is the largest margin of defeat ever in an NFL game?
The Chicago Bears played their 21st National Football League season in 1940 and finished with an 8-3 record, matching their record from the previous season. The team was led by head coach George Halas and NFL great Sid Luckman, who helped them secure a spot in the NFL Championship. They faced the Washington Redskins and used a new formation called the T formation to win their fourth league title. On December 8, 1940, the Bears defeated the Washington Redskins (now known as the Washington Commanders) in the NFL Championship with a score of 73-0. This victory marked the largest margin of defeat in NFL history. The Bears brought a 6-2 record to their regular-season meeting with the Redskins in Washington on November 17, 1940, but lost 3-7, as one of the three losses that season, with the losses against the then Chicago Cardinals, and the Detroit Lions being the other two. After the game, Redskins owner George Preston Marshall called Halas and his team “quitters” and “cry babies.” Halas us...