The twenty fourth NFA Championship Game would be hosted by the NFA East Champion Boston Bluejackets for the second time in Boston's history. It would be their sixth championship appearance. The NFA Central Champion Cleveland Generals would be Boston's opponent. This would set up a rematch of the 1960 NFA Championship Game, which Boston had won in dominating fashion. The 1962 NFA Championship would be the same outcome.
GAME SUMMARY Boston would win the coin toss, but would decide to kick it off to start the game. Head Coach Malcolm Dunst wanted to set the tone of the game and "punch the Generals in the mouth". Cleveland would go three and out and punt. Boston would begin their first drive of the game from their own 39 yard line. Boston's Charlie Horner would easily be able to rush through the Cleveland defense for 37 yards. The drive would end with a 9 yard touchdown by Horner to give Boston a 7-0 lead after the extra point. On the Generals next possession, they would again fail to convert a first down. After Cleveland's punt, the Bluejackets would start from their own 41. Boston again would put together a seemingly easy drive that would result with a 11 yard pass from Earl Pittman to Ed Waters. After the extra point, Boston led 14-0. Cleveland would be able to finally put some points on the board in the second quarter. On first down, Richie Cannon would rush for 27 yards as he broke two tackles and caused Boston defenders Benjamin Wakefield and Hudson Tuck to collide with each other. John Miller would then find Richie Cannon wide open on a second and eight to put the Generals in field goal range. Cannon would again be able to find daylight and rush to the Boston 1 yard line. The Bluejackets would stop the Generals however from scoring a touchdown. They would have to settle for a field goal to make the score 14-3 Boston. Boston would then score 14 unanswered points. On the following drive after Cleveland's field goal, Boston would drive down the field again to the Cleveland 22 yard line. On a second and three, Charlie Horner would break free from Cleveland defenders at the line of scrimmage. He would then take it into the end zone for a 22 yard score. The following Cleveland drive would result in the games first turnover. John Miller would throw a pass to Henry Fisher, who would fall down. Henry Carson would intercept it and return it to the Cleveland nine yard line. On first and goal with under two minutes in the half, Alan Meade rushed for 6 yards into the end zone. At the half, Boston led 28-3. After the half, Cleveland would be able to force Boston to punt on their first series of the third quarter. They would start their drive from their own 20 yard line. The Generals seemed to have found some rhythm and were able to move the offense well. Cannon would rush for 22 yards on the drive with fullback Andrew Armstrong rushing for 14 yards as well. The drive would end with a 21 yard pass from John Miller to Henry Fisher for a touchdown. After the extra point, the Generals were trailing 28-10, but seemed to have settled in and looked like they were going to make it competitive. Boston would answer back with a 7 yard field goal on their next possession in the third. Even though the Generals were down by 21 points, it didn't seem like they were out of the game, until their next possession. The Generals would start their drive from their own 27, and would advance to the Boston 43. Second string halfback Dan Marzell would be in to give Cannon a break. He would miss a block causing Joe Whiting to have an open lane to the quarterback. Miller wouldn't have enough time to react, and was hit hard by Whiting. The ball would fly out of Millers hands and it would be quickly scooped up by Melvin Herbie. With their second forced turnover of the game, Boston would again capitalize and score a touchdown with a Earl Pittman thrown pass for 13 yards to Mitch Johnson. After the extra point, Boston now led 38-10 at the 5:03 mark in the third quarter. Now it seemed that the Generals were out of the game, and they began to play like a team that was defeated. In the final quarter, Cleveland would turn the ball over again after John Miller threw a second interception on Cleveland's own 41 yard line. The very next play, the Cleveland defenders looked exhausted and uninterested in playing. They would hardly put up a fight as Charlie Horner would rush right up the gut 41 yards for a touchdown. This would be Boston's final score of the game, and last series with all their starters. The Boston special teams players would be too excited and distracted on the kickoff, they would let Richie Cannon run 88 yards on the kickoff to score Cleveland's last score of the game. The Generals would attempt a two point conversion, but would fail. The Generals would once again be dominated by the Bluejackets in the NFA Championship Game. This would be Earl Pittman's first NFA Championship. Boston fans who were skeptical if Pittman would be able to follow in Harold Tisch's footsteps, would now fully support their quarterback. It seemed that this was the start of a new dynasty in Boston.