1939 NFL Championship Game
The 1939 NFL Championship Game was the seventh league championship game of the National Football League (NFL), held on December 10 inside the Milwaukee Mile, located at the Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee.
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| Date | December 10, 1939 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Milwaukee Mile (State Fair Park), West Allis, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Bill Halloran | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 32,379 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Giants: Tim Mara (owner/founder), Wellington Mara (administrator), Steve Owen (coach), Mel Hein, Tuffy Leemans, Ken Strong Packers: Curly Lambeau (coach/gm), Arnie Herber, Clarke Hinkle, Don Hutson | |||||||||||||||||||
State Fair Park
The New York Giants (9–1–1), the defending champions, played the Western Division champion Green Bay Packers (9–2). The teams had met in the previous year's title game in New York City, which the Giants won by six points, but did not play each other in the 1939 regular season. For the title game in Wisconsin, the Packers were favored by ten points.
The host Packers scored a touchdown in the first quarter and led 7–0 at halftime. They dominated in the second half to win 27–0 and secure their fifth title—two more than any other franchise. At the time, it was the highest attended sporting event in the Milwaukee area.
The "Dairy Bowl" football stadium was dedicated at halftime with the breaking of a bottle of milk. On hand were Governor Julian Heil and Mayor Daniel Hoan of Milwaukee.