1939 Green Bay Packers season

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1939 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach Curly Lambeau
Home stadium City Stadium
Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record9–2
Division place1st NFL Western
PlayoffsWon 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.

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Schedule

Leading scorer for the 1939 Packers was end Don Hutson Hutson-Don-1940.jpg
Leading scorer for the 1939 Packers was end Don Hutson
WeekDateOpponentResultRecord
1September 17 Chicago Cardinals W 14–101–0
2September 24 Chicago Bears W 21–162–0
3October 1 Cleveland Rams L 24–272–1
4October 8Chicago CardinalsW 27–203–1
5October 22 Detroit Lions W 26–74–1
6October 29 Washington Redskins W 24–145–1
7November 5at Chicago BearsL 27–305–2
8November 12at Philadelphia Eagles W 23–166–2
9November 19at Brooklyn Dodgers W 28–07–2
10November 26at Cleveland RamsW 7–68–2
11December 3at Detroit LionsW 12–79–2

Standings

NFL Western Division
WLTPCTDIVPFPASTK
Green Bay Packers 920.8186–2233153W4
Chicago Bears 830.7276–2298157W4
Detroit Lions 650.5454–4145150L4
Cleveland Rams 551.5004–4195164W1
Chicago Cardinals 1100.0910–884254L8
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Post-season

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenue
Championship December 10 New York Giants W 27–01–0 Wisconsin State Fair Park
All-Star Game January 14, 1940NFL All-StarsW 16–72–0 Gilmore Stadium

Roster

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.

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