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National Weather Service says 8 was the high in Cleveland on Dec 16, 1945, -3 was the low:

https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=cle

Click on "Clevleand Area" then "Daily Almanac" and choose the date. You can do this for pretty much any game in history on the site.

This game was sort of incredible. The Packers got some contributions from players who missed a lot of games this year. But Jayden Reed didn't even catch a pass. What an egg lay by the Cowboys. Perhaps unrivaled in playoff history. I tried to come up with a game that was this bad, by a home team. A ...

Probably more than we could count. The Cowboys get a lot more publicity and focus than most teams. I remember KC had a couple of 13-3 teams that lost immediately in the playoffs. And for quite a while, there was at least one team that got the bye week and came out flat, sometimes losing. There was t...

Windchill factor was a brand new concept in 1945 and wasn't well known. There might be some recording of it or estimation on the National Weather Service site, but it likely wasn't considered when the game was played.

Don't forget that the first NFL championship game was played indoors.

I know it's a baseball book, but Lords of the Realm taught me more about how labor negotiations in the NFL work and how the CBA truly affects the game. Highly recommend. Even though it's about baseball, it's so good that it gives you a great perspective of football history as well. Great insight on ...

This is one area that I've always doubted that there's any way to get complete accuracy. The ball gets spotted - which itself is ambiguous much of the time. Then you have two people running onto the field with the chains - okay, is there really a way to make sure those markers are in the exact spot ...

Wondering if there's a chance that the winner of TB/Phi would then have to play the following Saturday in the Divisional Round.

Also wondering when the London Playoff games will start.

The most glaring omission to me is Harry Kalas. And John Facenda didn't make it until 2021. Facenda was the greatest voice in football. Huge fan of his like everybody else, but I also enjoyed Harry Kalas almost as much. He and Cosell not being in there is kind of ridiculous. Greg Gumbel is a good ch...

Sorry for three straight replies, but I thought of one last major source of info for you - media guides. Those can be found on the Internet Archive and members have posted links to it in other threads. You can often find details about the players in the bio sections. Also, there are usually draft se...