September 17: Green Bay (1-0) 14, Chicago Cardinals (0-1) 10
(Green Bay) - A second quarter aerial attack that brought one touchdown and paved the way to a second gave Green Bay the win in the season opener. The Packers had the edge in the early periods but the Cardinals had the Packers on their heels through most of the second half.
2nd - GB - Jankowski, 2-yard run (Engebretsen kick) GREEN BAY 14-0
3rd - CHI - Sam Agee, 2-yard run (Bill Smith kick) GREEN BAY 14-7
4th - CHI - Smith, 39-yard field goal GREEN BAY 14-10
September 24: Green Bay (2-0) 21, Chicago Bears (1-1) 16
(Green Bay) - The Packers spotted the Bears thirteen points in the first half and then swarmed over them with three touchdowns in the third period. Fumbles hurt the Bears, setting up two of the Packers' scores. The Bears added their final three points on Jack Manders' 35-yard field goal in the last period, but could not close the gap any farther.
CHI BEARS - 0 13 0 3 - 16
GREEN BAY - 0 0 21 0 - 21
2nd - CHI - Bill Osmanski, 16-yard run (Jack Manders kick) CHICAGO BEARS 7-0
2nd - CHI - Bernie Masterson, 7-yard run (Kick failed) CHICAGO BEARS 13-0
3rd - GB - Isbell, 11-yard run (Engebretsen kick) CHICAGO BEARS 13-7
3rd - GB - Hinkle, 1-yard run (Engebretsen kick) GREEN BAY 14-13
3rd - GB - Greenfield, recovered fumble in the end zone (Engebretsen kick) GB 21-13
4th - CHI - Manders, 35-yard field goal GREEN BAY 21-16
October 1: Cleveland (1-2) 27, Green Bay (2-1) 24
(Green Bay) - The Cleveland Rams, led by Parker Hall, stunned the 9,888 fans at City Stadium. Hall, who completed 13 of 20 passes for 192 yards and a touchdowns, laid the groundwork for the upset by leading the Rams to two fourth-quarter scores, wiping out a 10-point Packer lead. It was the first win ever for the Rams over Green Bay.
CLEVELAND - 0 7 7 13 - 27
GREEN BAY - 3 7 14 0 - 24
1st - GB - Hinkle, 31-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
2nd - GB - Laws, 1-yard run (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 10-0
2nd - CLE - Jim Benton, 11-yard pass from Parker Hall (Chet Adams kick) GB 10-7
3rd - GB - Jankowski, 6-yard run (Engebretsen kick) GREEN BAY 17-7
3rd - CLE - Hall, 18-yard run (Adams kick) GREEN BAY 17-14
3rd - GB - Herber run (Engebretsen kick) GREEN BAY 24-14
4th - CLE - Johnny Drake, 5-yard run (Adams kick) GREEN BAY 24-21
October 8: Green Bay (3-1) 27, Chicago Cardinals (1-4) 20
(Milwaukee) - For the first two periods and through most of the third quarter, it was all Packers. They passed and ran through the Chicago defense almost at will, piling up a 21 to 0 lead. Don Hutson scored the longest touchdown of his career - 92 yards. Andy Uram set a Packer record with a 97-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. His record would stand for 64 years. Then the tide turned. The Cardinals found a glaring weakness of the Packers—pass defense—and immediately started to capitalize on it. Frank Patrick started heaving the ball to Bill Smith.Twice, late in the third period, they combined to go deep into Packer territory, only to be thwarted. The Cardinals pushed across three touchdowns and came very close to knotting the score. Green Bay managed to rally and score again, however, and saved the game. Packer FB Clarke Hinkle was ejected from the game because he and Cardinal DT Al Barbartsky, got in a battle that threatened to turn into a free-for-all.
CHI CARDS - 0 0 0 20 - 20
GREEN BAY - 7 7 7 6 - 27
1st - GB - Hutson, 92-yard pass from Herber (Engebretsen kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
2nd - GB - Hinkle, 1-yard run (Hinkle kick) GREEN BAY 14-0
3rd - GB - Uram, 97-yard run (Hinkle kick) GREEN BAY 21-0
4th - CHI - Bill Smith, 60-yard pass from Frank Patrick (Bill Smith kick) GB 21-7
4th - CHI - Smith, 25-yard pass from Jack Robbins (Smith kick) GREEN BAY 21-14
4th - GB - Hutson pass from Herber (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 27-14
4th - CHI - Marshall Goldberg, 6-yard pass from Robbins (Kick failed) GB 27-20
October 22: Green Bay (4-1) 26, Detroit (4-1) 7
(Green Bay) - The Packers found themselves in a tie for first place in the Western Division by overwhelming the previously-undefeated Lions. The second largest home football crowd in Green Bay history - 22,558 - saw the Packers come back with three touchdowns, a field goal and a safety after the Lions had assumed a 7-0 first period lead.
DETROIT - 7 0 0 0 - 7
GREEN BAY - 0 17 0 9 - 26
1st - DET - Bill Shepherd, 58-yard run (Chuck Hanneman kick) DETROIT 7-0
2nd - GB - Engebretsen, 34-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-7
2nd - GB - Hutson, 60-yard pass from Herber (Engebretsen kick) GREEN BAY 17-7
4th - GB - Hutson, 51-yard pass from Isbell (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 24-7
4th - GB - Safety, Darrell Tully pass blocked in end zone by Mulleneaux GB 26-7
October 29: Green Bay (5-1) 24, Washington (4-1-1) 14
(Milwaukee) - One of only two undefeated teams in the NFL, the Washington Redskins, bit the dust as the Packers rolled up a 24-14 victory. Green Bay and Packers and Lions remained deadlocked for the Western Division lead. Green Bay's alert pass defense spelled victory for the Packers, who intercepted five of Sammy Baugh's passes and turned them into 10 points, their exact margin of triumph.
WASHINGTON - 0 7 0 7 - 14
GREEN BAY - 7 10 0 7 - 24
1st - GB - Hinkle, 2-yard run (Smith kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
2nd - GB - Bruder, 9-yard pass from Isbell (Isbell kick) GREEN BAY 14-0
2nd - WASH - Andy Farkas, 7-yard run (Bo Russell kick) GREEN BAY 14-7
2nd - GB - Engebretsen, 15-yard field goal GREEN BAY 17-7
4th - GB - Laws, 3-yard run (Isbell kick) GREEN BAY 24-7
4th - WASH - Dick Todd, 59-yard pass from Frank Filchock (Russell kick) GB 24-14
November 5: Chicago Bears (5-3) 30, Green Bay (5-2) 27
(Chicago) - The Bears, coming from behind four times, rolled over Green Bay, with a devastating running and passing attack in a thrilling see-saw battle. Midway through the fourth quarter, the Packers were trailing, 23-20, when the reliable combination of Arnie Herber to Don Hutson produced a 20-yard touchdown pass. Chicago then launched an aerial offense in the rapidly gathering dusk of Wrigley Field. Sid Luckman tossed to Ed Manske for 18 yards and then pitched a long overhead to Bob MacLeod which gained 45 yards and put the ball on the Packers' 10-yard line. Bill Osmanski swept around the right end for seven yards. Then he went left for the touchdown. Jack Manders added the point after, and the Packers found themselves a game behind the Lions.
GREEN BAY - 13 7 0 7 - 27
CHI BEARS - 7 10 6 7 - 30
1st - GB - Laws, 72-yard punt return (Smith kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
1st - CHI - Bob Swisher, 57-yard run (Jack Manders kick) TIED 7-7
1st - GB - Gantenbein, 32-yard pass from Isbell (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 13-7
2nd - CHI - Bill Osmanski, 19-yd pass fr Sid Luckman (Manders kick) BEARS 14-13
2nd - CHI - Bob Snyder, 27-yard field goal CHICAGO BEARS 17-13
3rd - CHI - Dick Plasman, 8-yd pass fr Bernie Masterson (Kick failed) BEARS 23-20
4th - GB - Hutson, 20-yard pass from Herber (Engebretsen kick) GREEN BAY 27-23
4th - CHI - Osmanski, 3-yard run (Manders kick) CHICAGO BEARS 30-27
November 12: Green Bay (6-2) 23, Philadelphia (0-6-1) 17
(Philadelphia) - Rebounding from a three-point defeat at the hands of the Chicago Bears, Green Bay overpowered winless Philadelphia. The Packers' running attack offset Davey O'Brien's passing that netted the Eagles 189 yards on 19 completed passes. The former TCU star's passes and runs accounted for most of the Eagles' 14 first downs and their aggregate of 243 yards on the ground and in the air. The Packers matched the Eagles' 14 first downs and gained 177 yards by rushing to the Eagles' 54.
The winners' aerial attack netted them 73 yards.
GREEN BAY - 13 7 0 7 - 27
PHILADELPHIA - 7 10 6 7 - 30
1st - GB - Laws, 72-yard punt return (Smith kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
1st - CHI - Bob Swisher, 57-yard run (Jack Manders kick) TIED 7-7
1st - GB - Gantenbein, 32-yard pass from Isbell (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 13-7
2nd - CHI - Bill Osmanski, 19-yd pass fr Sid Luckman (Manders kick) BEARS 14-13
2nd - CHI - Bob Snyder, 27-yard field goal CHICAGO BEARS 17-13
3rd - CHI - Dick Plasman, 8-yd pass fr Bernie Masterson (Kick failed) BEARS 23-20
4th - GB - Hutson, 20-yard pass from Herber (Engebretsen kick) GREEN BAY 27-23
4th - CHI - Osmanski, 3-yard run (Manders kick) CHICAGO BEARS 30-27
November 19: Green Bay (7-2) 28, Brooklyn (4-5-1) 0
(Brooklyn) - Green Bay took over undisputed possession of the Western Division lead by shutting out the Dodgers in Brooklyn. The game was just four minutes old when Arnie Herber shot a pass to Don Hutson, waiting unmolested on the Packers' 45, and he scooted across the goal line. Six minutes later the Packers scored again with equal suddenness. Brooklyn had driven back with the kickoff to its own 43, only to have Ralph Kercheval fumble on a reverse. Bud Svendsen gobbled up the ball on the 37 and ran it in for the score. In the second period, the Packers paraded 55 yards for their third touchdown with Cecil Isbell passing and Clark Hinkle running. When they reached the Brooklyn 19, Isbell passed to Harry Jacunski on the three and he leaped across the goal line to put the game away.
GREEN BAY - 14 7 7 0 - 28
BROOKLYN - 0 0 0 0 - 0
1st - GB - Hutson, 69-yard pass from Herber (Engebretsen kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
1st - GB - Svendsen, 37-yard fumble recovery (Engebretsen kick) GREEN BAY 14-0
2nd - GB - Jacunski, 19-yard pass from Isbell (Engebretsen kick) GREEN BAY 21-0
3rd - GB - Isbell, 1-yard run (Isbell kick) GREEN BAY 28-0
November 26: Green Bay (8-2) 7, Cleveland (4-5-1) 6
(Cleveland) - The Packers scored a touchdown in the closing minutes to nullify Parker Hall's record-breaking passing and edged the Cleveland Rams. A perfect place kick for the extra point by Paul Engebretsen gave the Packers the decision that assured them of a tie for the Western Division title. Green Bay led Chicago, who had completed their schedule, by one-half game and needed only a victory over the Lions next week to take the championship. Hall almost upset the favored Packers as he connected on 14 passes to run his season strong to 90 cracking the league record of 81, set by Washington's Sammy Baugh in 1937. Hall flipped Cleveland's touchdown pass, an 18-yard toss to Jim Benton, early in the third quarter. Vic Spadaccini's try for the extra point was low. The Packers threatened consistently throughout the second half with their powerful running game, but finally had to turn to the air for the winning touchdown. It came on Cecil Isbell's 18-yard toss to Joe Laws.
GREEN BAY - 0 0 0 7 - 7
CLEVELAND - 0 0 6 0 - 6
3rd - CLE - Jim Benton, 18-yard pass from Parker Hall (Kick failed) CLEVE 6-0
4th - GB - Laws, 18-yard pass from Isbell (Engebretsen kick) GREEN BAY 7-6
December 3: Green Bay (9-2) 12, Detroit (6-5) 7
(Detroit) - Looking to clinch the Western Division title outright, Green Bay trailed until the fourth period, before Clark Hinkle smashed over for the winning touchdown. The Packers got their first five points on a field goal by Tiny Engebretsen in the second period and a safety in the third. The Lions barely missed two field goal efforts by Paul Martinovich in the first two periods, then managed to score in the second period when Dwight Sloan romped 15 yards for a touchdown from a spread formation.
GREEN BAY - 0 3 2 7 - 12
DETROIT - 0 7 0 0 - 7
2nd - GB - Engebretsen, 16-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
2nd - DET - Dwight Sloan, 15-yard run (Chuck Hanneman kick) DETROIT 7-3
3rd - GB - Safety, punt blocked out of the end zone DETROIT 7-5
4th - GB - Hinkle, 1-yard run (Engebretsen kick) GREEN BAY 12-7
NAMENOPOSHGTWGTCOLLEGEYRPRAGGHOW ACQUIRED
Frank Balazs 35 B 6- 2 215 Iowa 1 1 21 5 1939 Draft - 18th round
Clarence Thompson 50 B 5-11 170 Minnesota 1 3 24 2 FA - Pittsburgh (1938)
Pete Tinsley 21 G 5- 8 205 Georgia 2 2 26 10 1938 Draft - 9th round
Francis Twedell 62 G 5-11 220 Minnesota 1 1 22
Andy Uram 42 B 5-10 187 Minnesota 2 2 24 11 1938 Draft - 4th round
Dick Weisberger 33 B 5-10 205 Williamette 2 2 24 4
Gus Zarnas 63 G 5-10 225 Ohio State 1 2 25 FA - Brooklyn (1939)
Dick Zoll 57 G 6- 1 223 Indiana 1 3 25 1 FA - Cleveland (1938)
NO - Jersey Number POS - Position HGT - Height WGT - Weight YR - Years with Packers PR - Years of Professional Football AGE - Age at Start of Season G - Games Played
August 25: Green Bay 7, Pittsburgh 7 (T)
Green Bay 17, Pittsburgh 0
(GREEN BAY) - Smothering the tiring Pittsburgh Pirates' offense, the Packers won the second game of last night's practice double-header, 17-0, after the two teams tied, 7-7, in the opener. Two long passes by Cecil Isbell started the Packers on their winning jaunt in the second game. The first, to Carl Mulleneaux, picked up 50 yards, and the second, to Don Hutson, added 13 yards and a touchdown. Clark Hinkle booted a 29-yard field goal just before the first half ended. In the final period, Joe Laws and Hinkle led a drive from the 50-yard line, Hinkle going over from the four. The Packers completed a fourth-down pass in the last minute to tie the first game. Arnie Herber tossing 19 yards to Mulleneaux for the score. The Pirates scored earlier on a 60-yard drive.
PITTSBURGH - 7 0 0 0 - 7
GREEN BAY - 0 0 0 7 - 7
st - PITT - Sam Francis run (Francis kick) PITTSBURGH 7-0
2nd - GB - Hutson, 13-yard pass from Isbell (Smith kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
2nd - GB - Hinkle, 29-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-0
4th - GB - Hinkle, 4-yard run (Engebretsen kick) GREEN BAY 17-0
September 4: Green Bay 31, SW College All-Stars 20
(DALLAS) - The Green Bay Packers fought off a last quarter rally by the Texas All-Stars to win last night's exhibition football game, 31-20. The Packers crossed the All-Stars' goal four times in the first half and added a field goal by Tiny Engebretsen to hold a halftime lead of 31-6. In the final period, Davey O'Brien threw two touchdown passes, to Dewell and Todd, to cut down the Packers' margin. O'Brien made two conversions. While the Bay backs charged efficiently, the forwards of Arnie Herber and Isbell were most effective. In the first two periods the Packers turned loose Hinkle, who left college boys prone every few paces on his plunges; Herber and Isbell, two fine passers, kickers and runners, and Hutson, an end who could catch footballs in a tea kettle.
GREEN BAY - 10 21 0 0 - 31
ALL-STARS - 0 6 0 14 - 20
1st - GB - Hinkle, 22-yard run (Kick good) GREEN BAY 7-0
1st - GB - Engebretsen, 16-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-0
2nd - GB - Hutson, 17-yard pass from Herber (Kick good) GREEN BAY 17-0
2nd - GB - Jankowski, 1-yard run (Kick good) GREEN BAY 24-0
2nd - GB - Laws, 3-yard run (Kick good) GREEN BAY 31-0
2nd - AS - Pete Fay, 13-yard run (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 31-6
4th - AS - Dewell, 12-yard pass from Davey O'Brien (O'Brien kick) GB 31-13
4th - AS - Todd pass from O'Brien (O'Brien kick) GREEN BAY 31-20
Green Bay Packers (9-2) 27, New York Giants (9-1-1) 0
(Milwaukee) -The Packers made playoff history by scoring the first shutout ever registered in an NFL championship game. Despite bitter 35 m.p.h. winds, both Arnie Herber and Cecil Isbell passed for touchdowns in leading Green Bay to its fifth world championship before 32,279 fans. Green Bay mounted a 7-0 halftime lead, by dint of a Herber scoring strike to Milt Gantenbein, as the Giants missed on three field goal attempts. The Packers pulled away in the third quarter on a 29-yard field goal by Paul (Tiny) Engebretsen and a long TD pass from Isbell to Joe Laws, set up by Laws' 30-yard punt return. The Packers added 10 more points in the fourth quarter on a 42-yard field goal by Ernie Smith and a short scoring run by fullback Eddie Jankowski.
Green Bay intercepted the Giants six times and held them to only 164 total yards.
NEW YORK - 0 0 0 0 - 0
GREEN BAY - 7 0 10 10 - 27
1st - GB - Gantenbein, 7-yard pass from Herber (Gantenbein kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
3rd - GB - Engebretsen, 29-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-0
3rd - GB - Laws, 31-yard pass from Isbell (Engebretsen kick) GREEN BAY 17-0
4th - GB - Smith, 42-yard field goal GREEN BAY 20-0
4th - GB - Jankowski, 1-yard run (Smith kick) GREEN BAY 27-0
January 14, 1940: Green Bay 16, NFL All-Stars 7
(Los Angeles) - Three field goals and a touchdown pass that gained 92 yards gave the Green Bay Packers a 16-7 triumph over the NFL All-stars in the second annual "pro-bowl" football game before 18,000 spectators in Gilmore Stadium yesterday. The champion Packers, looking almost at peak form, scored a field goal in the first period, added another in the second, and in one electrifying play in the closing seconds of the half brought the crowd to its feet with a spectacular pass. Cecil Isbell stood one yard back of the goal line and fired away. The ball travelled 61 yards before Don Hutson gathered it in and headed on to the goal. The play was good for 92 yards. One minute before, the all-stars went 62 yards via the air lanes on a pass from Frank Filchock to Bill Smith. Isbell saved the Packers from a touchdown on the play when he bounced the flying Smith out of bounds
on the Green Bay 12-yard line. The game, originally scheduled for last Sunday but postponed because of rain, was played under a warm sun and clear skies.
GREEN BAY - 3 10 0 3 - 16
ALL-STARS - 0 0 7 0 - 7
1st - GB - Hinkle, 45-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
2nd - GB - Smith, 18-yard field goal GREEN BAY 6-0
2nd - GB - Huston, 92-yard pass from Isbell (Smith kick) GREEN BAY 13-0
3rd - AS - Joe Carter, 3-yard pass from Davey O'Brien (Ward Cuff kick) GB 13-7
4th - GB - Smith, 16-yard field goal GREEN BAY 16-7
1939 IN REVIEW: In the middle of a game with the Lions, Curly Lambeau made a switch which added a few years to Don Hutson's career. Lambeau assigned rookie Larry Craig, a 205-pound bruiser, to play blocking back on offense and end on defense, freeing Hutson to use his speed at safety. His new secondary post spared Hutson the pounding of defensive line play, and left him more energy for his pass-catching on offense. Passes from Cecil Isbell and Arnie Herber kept Hutson busy, while the running corps gained enough yards to make the Packers the top offensive team in the NFL. The foundation for the attack was a solid line featuring guards Russ Letlow and Buckets Goldenberg, all of which combined to give Green Bay a return trip to the championship game.
1939 PRE-SEASON RESULTS (2-0-1) - AUGUST
25 G-PITTSBURGH PIRATES (Game 1) T 7- 7 0-0-1 9,416
25 G-PITTSBURGH PIRATES (Game 2) W 17- 0 1-0-1
SEPTEMBER
4 SW College All-Stars (at Dallas) W 31-20 2-0-1
1939 REGULAR SEASON RESULTS (9-2) - SEPTEMBER (2-0)
17 G-CHICAGO CARDINALS (0-1-0) W 14-10 1-0-0 11,792
24 G-CHICAGO BEARS (1-0-0) W 21-16 2-0-0 19,192
OCTOBER (3-1)
1 G-CLEVELAND RAMS (0-2-0) L 24-27 2-1-0 9,988
8 M-CHICAGO CARDINALS (1-3-0) W 27-20 3-1-0 18,965
15 X-at St. Louis Gunners W 31- 0 11,000
22 G-DETROIT LIONS (4-0-0) W 26- 7 4-1-0 22,558
29 M-WASHINGTON REDSKINS (4-0-1) W 24-14 5-1-0 24,308
NOVEMBER (3-1)
5 at Chicago Bears (4-3-0) L 27-30 5-2-0 40,537
12 at Philadelphia Eagles (0-5-1) W 23-16 6-2-0 23,862
19 at Brooklyn Dodgers (4-4-1) W 28- 0 7-2-0 19,843
26 at Cleveland Rams (4-4-1) W 7- 6 8-2-0 30,691
DECEMBER (1-0)
3 at Detroit Lions (6-4-0) W 12- 7 9-2-0 30,699
1939 REGULAR SEASON RESULTS (1-0) - NFL CHAMPIONSHIP - DECEMBER
