In 1925, the Chicago Bears signed Harold "Red" Grange to a $100,000 contract and the former University of Illinois star almost single-handedly carried the NFL to a new level. Grange's first game is one of the most memorable in the history of the league as 36,000 fans pack Wrigley Field to see Grange's Chicago Bears battle the Chicago Cardinals to a 0-0 tie. והפעם האחרונה שזה קרה היתה ב-1943, בין דטרויט ליונס לניו-יורק ג'איינטס.