1939 Green Bay Packers (NFL) |
| 1st place • Western Division • 9-2-0 .818 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Curly Lambeau |
| Red Smith | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 8/25/1939 | H | Pittsburgh Pirates | 24-7 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 9416 | |
| Mon | 9/4/1939 | A | Southwest College All-Stars | 31-20 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 20000 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1939 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 14-10 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 11792 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1939 | H | Chicago Bears | 21-16 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 19192 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1939 | H | Cleveland Rams | 24-27 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 9888 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1939 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 27-20 | W | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 18965 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1939 | A | St. Louis Gunners | 31-0 | W | St. Louis, MO | Walsh Memorial Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1939 | H | Detroit Lions | 26-7 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 22558 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1939 | H | Washington Redskins | 24-14 | W | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 24308 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1939 | A | Chicago Bears | 27-30 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 40537 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1939 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 23-16 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 23862 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1939 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 28-0 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 19843 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1939 | A | Cleveland Rams | 7-6 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 30691 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1939 | A | Detroit Lions | 12-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 30699 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/10/1939 | H | New York Giants | 27-0 | W | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 32279 | |
| Sun | 1/14/1940 | A | NFL All-Stars | 16-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Gilmore Stadium | 18000 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Frank Balazs | 35 | FB-LB-TB-LDH | 6-2 | 212 | 21 | Iowa | 5 | 0 |
| John Biolo | 16 | LOG-LDG | 5-10 | 190 | 23 | Lake Forest | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Brennan | 37 | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 204 | 26 | Michigan | 3 | 0 |
| Charlie Brock | 29 | C-LB | 6-1 | 207 | 23 | Nebraska | 10 | 1 |
| Hank Bruder | 5 | BB-S-TB-LDH | 6-0 | 200 | 32 | Northwestern | 10 | 2 |
| Larry Buhler | 52 | HB-RDH | 6-2 | 208 | 22 | Minnesota | 3 | 1 |
| Larry Craig | 54 | BB-S-TB-LDH-ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 211 | 23 | South Carolina | 10 | 8 |
| Tiny Engebretsen | 34 | LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 238 | 29 | Northwestern | 10 | 4 |
| Milt Gantenbein | 22 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 199 | 29 | Wisconsin | 11 | 5 |
| Charles Goldenberg | 43 | ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 220 | 29 | Wisconsin | 9 | 9 |
| Tom Greenfield | 56 | C-LB | 6-3 | 215 | 22 | Arizona | 6 | 0 |
| Arnie Herber | 38 | HB-RDH-TB-LDH-BB-S-FB-LB | 5-11 | 203 | 29 | Wisconsin; Regis | 11 | 7 |
| Clarke Hinkle | 30 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 202 | 30 | Bucknell | 11 | 5 |
| Don Hutson | 14 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 183 | 26 | Alabama | 10 | 8 |
| Cecil Isbell | 17 | TB-LDH-HB-RDH | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Purdue | 11 | 5 |
| Harry Jacunski | 48 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | Fordham | 10 | 2 |
| Eddie Jankowski | 7 | FB-LB-TB-LDH | 5-9 | 201 | 26 | Wisconsin | 11 | 6 |
| Paul Kell | 41 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 217 | 24 | Notre Dame | 9 | 2 |
| Wally Kilbourne | 58 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 240 | 23 | Minnesota | 3 | 0 |
| Jimmy Lawrence | 59 | TB-LDH | 5-10 | 190 | 25 | Texas Christian | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Laws | 24 | HB-RDH-TB-LDH | 5-9 | 186 | 28 | Iowa | 11 | 3 |
| Bill Lee | 40 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 231 | 28 | Alabama | 11 | 9 |
| Russ Letlow | 46 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 214 | 26 | San Francisco | 10 | 6 |
| Al Moore | 55 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 218 | 24 | Texas A&M | 5 | 0 |
| Carl Mulleneaux | 19 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 209 | 25 | Utah State | 11 | 6 |
| Baby Ray | 44 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-6 | 249 | 25 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 8 |
| Herm Schneidman | 51 | BB-S | 5-10 | 200 | 27 | Iowa | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Schultz | 60 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 231 | 24 | Minnesota | 9 | 1 |
| Ernie Smith | 45 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 224 | 30 | Southern California | 6 | 2 |
| Frank Steen | 36 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Rice | 3 | 1 |
| Earl Svendsen | 53 | C-LB | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Minnesota | 10 | 10 |
| Tuffy Thompson | 50 | HB-RDH-TB-LDH | 5-11 | 172 | 25 | Minnesota | 2 | 1 |
| Pete Tinsley | 21 | ROG-RDG | 5-8 | 205 | 26 | Georgia | 8 | 1 |
| Frank Twedell | 62 | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 220 | 22 | Minnesota | 2 | 0 |
| Andy Uram | 42 | TB-LDH-HB-RDH | 5-10 | 188 | 24 | Minnesota | 11 | 5 |
| Dick Weisgerber | 33 | BB-S | 5-10 | 205 | 26 | Willamette | 3 | 1 |
| Gust Zarnas | 63 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 220 | 26 | Ohio State | 4 | 2 |
| Dick Zoll | OG-DG | 5-11 | 218 | 26 | Indiana | 1 | 0 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 9 | Larry Buhler | B | Minnesota |
| 3 | 24 | Charlie Brock | C | Nebraska |
| 5 | 39 | Lynn Hovland | G | Wisconsin |
| 6 | 49 | Larry Craig | E | South Carolina |
| 7 | 59 | Frank Twedell | T | Minnesota |
| 8 | 69 | Paul Kell | T | Notre Dame |
| 9 | 79 | Johnny Hall | B | Texas Christian |
| 10 | 89 | Vince Gavre | B | Wisconsin |
| 11 | 99 | Charley Sprague | E | Southern Methodist |
| 13 | 119 | Dan Elmer | C | Minnesota |
| 14 | 129 | Bill Badgett | T | Georgia |
| 15 | 139 | Tom Greenfield | C | Arizona |
| 16 | 149 | Roy Bellin | B | Wisconsin |
| 17 | 159 | John Yerby | E | Oregon |
| 18 | 169 | Frank Balazs | B | Iowa |
| 19 | 179 | Jack Brennan | G | Michigan |
| 20 | 189 | Charlie Schultz | T | Minnesota |
| 21 | 194 | Bill Hofer | B | Notre Dame |
| 22 | 199 | Bill Gunther | B | Santa Clara |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 51 | 78 | 58 | 46 | 233 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 44 | 33 | 59 | 153 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 149 | / % | / % | 259 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 40 | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Hutson | 6 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | |
| Clarke Hinkle | 5 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 35 |
| Tiny Engebretsen | 0 | 18 | 19 | 94.7 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 30 |
| Joe Laws | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Andy Uram | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Cecil Isbell | 2 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Harry Jacunski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Eddie Jankowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Carl Mulleneaux | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Charlie Brock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Hank Bruder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Milt Gantenbein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Greenfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Arnie Herber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Earl Svendsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ernie Smith | 0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Team Totals | 31 | 28 | 31 | 90.3 | 5 | 18 | 27.8 | 2 | 233 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 15 | 21 | 71.4 | 4 | 0 | 153 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiny Engebretsen | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 34 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Clarke Hinkle | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 1 | 31 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 18 | 27.8 | 1 | 34 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 3/7 | 0/4 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 0/ | 2/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Isbell | 132 | 407 | 3.1 | 2 | |
| Clarke Hinkle | 135 | 381 | 2.8 | 29 | 5 |
| Eddie Jankowski | 75 | 278 | 3.7 | 2 | |
| Andy Uram | 52 | 272 | 5.2 | 97t | 1 |
| Joe Laws | 55 | 162 | 2.9 | 2 | |
| Frank Balazs | 11 | 41 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Don Hutson | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Tuffy Thompson | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Larry Craig | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Larry Buhler | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Lawrence | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Arnie Herber | 18 | -11 | -0.6 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 500 | 1574 | 3.1 | 13 | |
| Opponents Totals | 333 | 1165 | 3.5 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnie Herber | 139 | 57 | 41.0 | 73 | 1107 | 8.0 | 19.4 | 8 | 5.8 | 9 | 6.5 | 61.6 | ||||
| Cecil Isbell | 103 | 43 | 41.7 | 55 | 749 | 7.3 | 17.4 | 6 | 5.8 | 5 | 4.9 | 66.4 | ||||
| Jimmy Lawrence | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 15 | 3.8 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 3.1 | |||
| Joe Laws | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Andy Uram | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 248 | 101 | 40.7 | 132 | 1871 | 7.5 | 18.5 | 14 | 5.6 | 15 | 6.0 | 61.1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 239 | 106 | 44.4 | 107 | 1602 | 6.7 | 15.1 | 9 | 3.8 | 26 | 10.9 | 39.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Hutson | 34 | 846 | 24.9 | 92t | 6 |
| Carl Mulleneaux | 12 | 218 | 18.2 | 1 | |
| Joe Laws | 11 | 177 | 16.1 | 1 | |
| Cecil Isbell | 9 | 71 | 7.9 | 0 | |
| Milt Gantenbein | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 1 | |
| Andy Uram | 7 | 93 | 13.3 | 2 | |
| Harry Jacunski | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 2 | |
| Clarke Hinkle | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| Hank Bruder | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 1 | |
| Larry Craig | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Lawrence | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Arnie Herber | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Frank Balazs | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Eddie Jankowski | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tuffy Thompson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 101 | 1871 | 18.5 | 14 | |
| Opponents Totals | 106 | 1602 | 15.1 | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Brock | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 26 | 1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarke Hinkle | 43 | 1751 | 40.7 | 65 | 0 | |||||
| Arnie Herber | 24 | 957 | 39.9 | 74 | ||||||
| Cecil Isbell | 4 | 123 | 30.8 | 39 | ||||||
| Frank Balazs | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 72 | 39.8 | 74 | |||||||
| Opponents Totals | 563 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Laws | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 563 | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Greenfield | 1 | ||||||
| Earl Svendsen | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 16 | 9 | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 0 |
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