 The Chicago Bears and the Portsmouth Spartans of the National Football League tied for first place at the end of the 1932 season, and as both their games ended in ties, they held an extra game to determine the champion.Unlike subsequent post-season playoffs, this game was considered part of the regular season, as per baseball tie-breaking playoff games described above.The great interest generated by the 1932 playoff game led the NFL to split into two divisions in 1933, and began playing a single post-season NFL Championship game.