<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Sponsors </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Chicago Tribune </Td> </Tr> <P> The Chicago Charities College All - Star Game was a preseason American football game played from 1934 to 1976 between the National Football League (NFL) champions and a team of star college seniors from the previous year . It was also known as the College All - Star Football Classic . </P> <P> The game was contested annually--except for 1974, due to that year's NFL strike--and was played in July, August, or September . The second game, played in 1935, involved the hometown Chicago Bears, runner - up of the 1934 season, instead of the defending champion New York Giants . The New York Jets played in the 1969 edition, although still an American Football League (AFL) team, as once the AFL - NFL Championship was introduced (including for the two seasons before the "Super Bowl" designation was officially adopted and the remaining two seasons before the AFL--NFL merger) the Super Bowl winner was the professional team involved, regardless of which league the team represented . </P>

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