This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

1939 seasonW1939 NFL season↗

10 teams in NFL · 56 regular-season games, 1939-09-10 to 1939-12-03 · attendance 788,220

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NFL Championship Game

Green Bay Packers
27–0 over New York Giants

Playoffs

Round	Date	Result	Stadium
Championship	1939-12-10	Green Bay Packers 27–0 New York Giants	Wisconsin State Fair Park

Standings

NFL Eastern

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	New York Giants	9	1	1	.864	168	85	Steve Owen	Lost NFL Championship (at Packers) 0–27
2	Washington Redskins	8	2	1	.773	242	94	Ray Flaherty	Did not qualify
3	Brooklyn Dodgers	4	6	1	.409	108	219	Potsy Clark	Did not qualify
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	9	1	.136	114	216	Johnny Blood, Walt Kiesling	Did not qualify
5	Philadelphia Eagles	1	9	1	.136	105	200	Bert Bell	Did not qualify

NFL Western

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Green Bay Packers	9	2	0	.818	233	153	Curly Lambeau	Won NFL Championship (vs. Giants) 27–0 Champion
2	Chicago Bears	8	3	0	.727	298	157	George Halas	Did not qualify
3	Detroit Lions	6	5	0	.545	145	150	Gus Henderson	Did not qualify
4	Cleveland Rams	5	5	1	.500	195	164	Earl "Dutch" Clark	Did not qualify
5	Chicago Cardinals	1	10	0	.091	84	254	Ernie Nevers	Did not qualify

League leaders

passing yards

1,324Davey O'Brien Philadelphia Eagles

passing tds

11Frank Filchock Washington Redskins

rushing yards

699Bill Osmanski Chicago Bears

rushing tds

9Johnny Drake Cleveland Rams

receiving yards

846Don Hutson Green Bay Packers

receiving tds

7Jim Benton Cleveland Rams

receptions

34Don Hutson Green Bay Packers

points