The league drew a cumulative 1,072,462 fans, which was fewer than 7,000 short of the record set the previous year despite the fact that 15 fewer games were played.
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As both clubs struggled to move the ball under monsoon-like conditions (Kansas City was held to 80 total yards), a field goal late in the fourth quarter by the Buccaneers' Neil O'Donoghue averted the NFL’s first scoreless tie since 1943, allowing Tampa Bay to win the NFC Central division championship after a three-game losing streak.
It would be the first time since 1935 that Cleveland would be left without an existing football team and the first time since 1943 without a Cleveland Football Team playing when the Cleveland Rams suspended operation for one year so the other teams could have enough players during World War II