The twenty third NFA Championship Game would be hosted by the Milwaukee Indians for the first time in franchise history. This would also be the first time Milwaukee would play in a championship game. Detroit would be playing in their sixth NFA Championship in franchise history. This would also be the first NFA Championship Game played with no players that had played in a championship game before since 1941. The Indians would be expected to win against the Mustangs. Many analysts felt the Mustangs were a good team, but the Central Division was weak and the Mustangs benefited from that. The Mustangs were coming off of a huge upset Playoff Bowl victory over the defending NFA Champions, the Boston Bluejackets. Even with the Indians being heavily favored to easily handle Detroit, plenty of Mustang fans made the drive from Detroit to attend the game in Milwaukee. The crowd would be evenly distributed it would seem. This would also be the first NFA Championship Game played in snowy conditions. With temperatures below freezing, snow would start early in the morning and would not stop until after the game was completed with a total of 4" accumulated. Even in the cold temperatures, the contest would be hot between the two former division rivals. Before kickoff, a scuffle would occur between the two clubs during warmups. Many of the Detroit players did not appreciate some of the language used towards some of their players from the Indians. The officiating crew would come on to the field and separate the two teams and send them back into their locker rooms. Fifteen minutes later, the war would begin. GAME SUMMARY Detroit would have the ball first. On their first drive, Ralph Armani would struggle passing the ball due to the weather conditions. At times with the wind blowing towards him, he would become snow blind. The Mustangs would have the rely heavily on their halfback Earl Brown and fullback Jason Waterman. The drive would end however with a 33 yard field goal after the Milwaukee defense would stop Detroit on a 3rd and 1. Milwaukee would score and take the lead on the ensuing drive. The Detroit defense would have trouble with their footing in the snowy conditions, which would allow the Milwaukee rushing attack to rush for 67 yards on the drive. Tom Blue would only drop back to pass two times for a total of 13 yards on the drive. Gerry Parker would rush 12 yards into the endzone for a touchdown to take an early lead in the game. After the extra point, Detroit led 7-3 at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, both teams would continue to struggle in the conditions. Milwaukee would now have the wind blowing in their faces which made things difficult. The Mustangs would take the lead just before the half with a 7 yard pass from Ralph Armani to Andy Grey. After the extra point, Detroit led 10-7 at the half. The third quarter would see no scores by either team as the snow started to heavily fall. It would lighten up however by the fourth quarter which would allow both teams to get their offenses moving. Milwaukee would strike first on the first possession of the final quarter. Detroit's punter, Sammy Watkins, would have difficulty handling the ball as he punted from Detroit's own 18 yard line. The punt would only go 15 yards before going out of bounds. Starting from the Detroit 33 yard line, Milwaukee would capitalize on their opportunity. Gerry Parker and Herb Wright would rush for a combined 30 yards to put the Mustangs on the 3 yard line. Parker would then catch a 3 yard touchdown pass from Tom Blue to give the Indians the lead. After the extra point, Milwaukee led 14-10 early in the final quarter. Detroit would still struggle to get their offense going and would have to punt their next possession. Milwaukee would be looking to kill as much clock as they could. They would be faced with a 3rd and 14 however after the Detroit defense would tackle Tom Blue and Herb Wright for back to back losses. Blue would attempt to surprise the Mustang defense with a deep pass, which would be intercepted. Detroit would have the ball at midfield and have just over 3 minutes left to play in the game to score. The Mustangs would quickly get the ball to the Milwaukee 27 and were in striking distance of scoring. With the snow slowing down, and field conditions improved, Armani would take two shots down field to try and set up a scoring play. Both passes would be knocked incomplete by Milwaukee. On 3rd and 10, Armani would complete a pass to Ryan Finch for a first down at the 17 yard line. Detroit fool the Milwaukee defenders and hand the ball off to Earl Brown. Brown would rush 17 yards for a go ahead touchdown. After the extra point, Detroit led 17-14. With just under a minute to go, Milwaukee would start from their own 20 yard line. They would still have 1 time out left. Tom Blue would complete two consecutive passes to Nate Edwards to get the Indians to midfield with 34 seconds to go. The next play however, Blue would throw an interception which would be caught by Mike Barrow. Detroit players would swarm Barrow and he would fall on the ground at the Detroit 49 yard line. Armani would then kneel on the ball to end the game. For the first time since 1947, the Detroit Mustangs were back on top and won their third NFA Championship. It would be one of the biggest upsets in NFA Championship history.