1932 NFL season

1932 {{{team}}}

League	National Football League
Owner	{{{owner}}}
General manager	{{{GM}}}
Head coach	{{{Head coach}}}
Starting quarterback	{{{QB}}}
Home field	{{{venue}}}
← 1931 • other seasons • 1933 →

The 1932 NFL season was the 13th regular season of the National Football League.

While the Boston Braves joined the NFL before the season, the loss of the Providence Steam Roller, Cleveland Indians and Frankford Yellow Jackets dropped league membership to eight teams, the lowest in NFL history; the league also had eight teams in 1943 due to World War II.

Although the Green Bay Packers had finished the season with 10 wins, the league title was determined at the time by winning percentage with ties excluded, meaning the Portsmouth Spartans and the Chicago Bears finished the season tied for first place (6–1, 0.857) ahead of Green Bay (10-3, 0.769).

Since both games between the Bears and Spartans had ended in ties, the NFL arranged for a playoff game for the NFL championship, the first ever game of its kind.

Extremely cold weather forced the game to be moved from Wrigley Field to the indoor Chicago Stadium: as the makeshift football field in the stadium was only 80 yards long with undersized end zones, officials moved the goal posts to the goal line due to a lack of space to put them at the back of the end zone, as was standard in college and professional football. This change was favored by players and fans, and the goal posts were moved to the goal line as one of several rule changes the league made in 1933, with the rule lasting until 1973.

The Bears won the playoff game 9–0. Since the playoff game counted in the final standings, the Spartans finished the season in third place behind runners-up Green Bay.

Publications

Programs
Week	Date	Teams	Venue
Week 2	September 25, 1932	Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears	East Stadium
Week 3	October 2, 1932	Staten Island Stapletons vs. Chicago Bears	Thompson Stadium
Week 5	October 16, 1932	Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers	Wrigley Field
	October 16, 1932	New York Giants vs. Brooklyn Dodgers	Polo Grounds
Week 7	October 30, 1932	Green Bay Packers vs. Staten Island Stapletons	City Stadium
Week 8	November 6, 1932	New York Giants vs. Chicago Bears	Polo Grounds
Week 10	November 20, 1932	New York Giants vs. Green Bay Packers	Polo Grounds
Postseason	December 18, 1932	Chicago Bears vs. Portsmouth Spartans	Chicago Stadium
Exhibition	January 22, 1933	Green Bay Packers vs. Ernie Nevers All-Stars	Kezar Stadium
Media Guides and Yearbooks
Media Guides