1939 in football

American football

 * Green Bay Packers defeat New York Giants 27–0 in the NFL Championship game played at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
 * Sugar Bowl (1938 season):
 * The Texas Christian Horned Frogs won 15-7 over the Carnegie Tech Tartans to win the college football national championship
 * September 30 - The first televised football game is played between the Fordham Rams and the . NBC broadcast the game on station W2XBS with Bill Stern as the sole announcer.