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The Portsmouth Times called it a sham battle on a Tom Thumb gridiron But while the field may have been Lilliputian, the impact of the game on the National Football League was Brobdingnagian. It was the oddest game in NFL history a fitting climax to one of the leagues oddest finishes.Late in the 1932 season, it looked as if the Green Bay Packers were headed for their fourth straight NFL championship. They had an 1011 record while their closest pursuers the Chicago Bears and Portsmouth Spartans had only nine victories between them. But the Bears and Spartans had just one loss apiece to go with a whole bunch of ties.

 


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