1939 Green Bay Packers season

1939 Green Bay Packers season
Head Coach	Curly Lambeau
Home Field	City Stadium Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record	9–2
Place	1st NFL Western
Playoff Finish	Won NFL Championship
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1938	1940

File:Hutson-Don-1940.jpg

Leading scorer for the 1939 Packers was end Don Hutson.

The 1939 Green Bay Packers season was their 21st season overall and their 19th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 9–2 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning a first-place finish in the Western Conference. The Packers ended the season by beating the New York Giants in the NFL Championship Game 27–0, earning the Packers their fifth NFL Championship and the first title game shutout ever recorded.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1	September 17, 1939	Chicago Cardinals	W 14–10
2	September 24, 1939	Chicago Bears	W 21–16
3	October 1, 1939	Cleveland Rams	L 27–24
4	October 8, 1939	Chicago Cardinals	W 27–20
5	October 22, 1939	Detroit Lions	W 26–7
6	October 29, 1939	Washington Redskins	W 24–14
7	November 5, 1939	at Chicago Bears	L 30–27
8	November 12, 1939	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 23–16
9	November 19, 1939	at Brooklyn Dodgers	W 28–0
10	November 26, 1939	at Cleveland Rams	W 7–6
11	December 3, 1939	at Detroit Lions	W 12–7

Playoffs

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
Championship	December 10, 1939	New York Giants	W 27–0
All-Star Game	January 14, 1940	NFL All-Stars	W 16–7

Standings

NFL Western Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Green Bay Packers	9	2	0	.818	6–2	233	153	W4
Chicago Bears	8	3	0	.727	6–2	298	157	W4
Detroit Lions	6	5	0	.545	4–4	145	150	L4
Cleveland Rams	5	5	1	.500	4–4	195	164	W1
Chicago Cardinals	1	10	0	.091	0–8	84	254	L8

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

Frank Balasz #35, FB Charles Brock #29, C Hank Bruder #5, QB Buford "Baby" Ray #44, T Larry Buhler #52, FB Larry Craig #54, QB Paul Engebretsen #34, G Milton Gantenbein #22, E Charles Goldenberg #43, G Tom Greenfield #56, C John Biolo #32, G

Arnie Herber #38, HB Clarke Hinkle #30, FB Don Hutson #14, E Cecil Isbell #17, HB Harry Jacunski #48, E Eddie Jankowski #7, FB Paul Kell #41, T James Lawrence #51, HB Joe Laws #24, HB William Lee #40, T

Willard "Russ" Letlow #46, G Allan Moore #55, E Carl "Moose" Mulleneaux #19, E Lee Mulleneaux #1X Charles Schultz #60, T Ernie Smith #45, T Earl "Bud" Svendsen #53, C Pete Tinsley #21, G Andy Uram #42, HB Richard Weisgerber #33, HB Gust Zarnas #63, G

Source: "The Green Bay Packers," in Howard Roberts, Who's Who in the Major Leagues Football. Chicago: B.E. Callahan, [1940]; pp. 2–3 and team photo on pg. 24. Illegible jersey digits denoted with X.

Footnotes

• Sportsencyclopedia.com

External links

• "1939 Green Bay Packers," Football-Reference.com/.