1939 Green Bay Packers season

1939 Green Bay Packers season
Head coachCurly Lambeau
Home fieldCity Stadium
Wisconsin State Fair Park
Local radioWTMJ
Results
Record9–2
Division place1st NFL Western
Playoff finishWon NFL Championship
(vs. Giants) 27–0

The 1939 Green Bay Packers season was their 21st season overall and their 19th season in the National Football League. The Packers finished with a 9–2 record under founder and head coach Curly Lambeau, earning a first-place finish in the Western Conference. Green Bay shut out the New York Giants 27–0 in the NFL Championship Game, earning the franchise's fifth NFL Championship and the first NFL title game shutout ever.

Schedule

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Leading scorer for the 1939 Packers was end Don Hutson
Main article: 1939 NFL season
Week Date Opponent Result Record
1 September 17 Chicago Cardinals W 14–10 1–0
2 September 24 Chicago Bears W 21–16 2–0
3 October 1 Cleveland Rams L 24–27 2–1
4 October 8 Chicago Cardinals W 27–20 3–1
5 October 22 Detroit Lions W 26–7 4–1
6 October 29 Washington Redskins W 24–14 5–1
7 November 5 at Chicago Bears L 27–30 5–2
8 November 12 at Philadelphia Eagles W 23–16 6–2
9 November 19 at Brooklyn Dodgers W 28–0 7–2
10 November 26 at Cleveland Rams W 7–6 8–2
11 December 3 at Detroit Lions W 12–7 9–2

Post-season

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Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue
Championship December 10 New York Giants W 27–0 1–0 Wisconsin State Fair Park
All-Star Game January 14, 1940 NFL All-Stars W 16–7 2–0 Gilmore Stadium

Standings

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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

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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

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Further reading

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  • Cliff Christl, The Greatest Story in Sports: Green Bay Packers, 1919–2019. 4 volumes. Stevens Point, WI: KCI Sports Publishing, 2021.
  • Larry D. Names, The History of the Green Bay Packers: The Lambeau Years, Part Two. Wautoma, WI: Angel Press of Wisconsin, 1989.
  • Arch Ward, The Green Bay Packers. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1946.
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