1939 Cleveland Rams season

1939 Cleveland Rams season
Head coach	Earl "Dutch" Clark
Home stadium	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Results
Record	5–5–1 (NFL) 6–5–1 (overall)
Division place	4th NFL Western
Playoffs	Did not qualify

The 1939 Cleveland Rams season was the team's third year with the National Football League and the fourth season in Cleveland.

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap	Sources
1	September 15	at Chicago Bears	L 21–30	0–1	Wrigley Field	10,000	Recap
2	September 20	at Brooklyn Dodgers	L 12–23	0–2	Ebbets Field	12,423	Recap
3	October 1	at Green Bay Packers	W 27–24	1–2	City Stadium	9,888	Recap
4	October 8	Chicago Bears	L 21–35	1–3	Municipal Stadium	18,209	Recap
5	October 15	at Detroit Lions	L 7–15	1–4	Briggs Stadium	30,096	Recap
6	October 22	at Chicago Cardinals	W 24–0	2–4	Wrigley Field	10,000	Recap
7	October 29	Pittsburgh Pirates	T 14–14	2–4–1	Municipal Stadium	11,579	Recap
8	November 5	Chicago Cardinals	W 14–0	3–4–1	Municipal Stadium	8,378	Recap
—	November 12	at Columbus Bullies	W 22–0	—	Red Bird Stadium	8,000	—
9	November 19	Detroit Lions	W 14–3	4–4–1	Municipal Stadium	28,142	Recap
10	November 26	Green Bay Packers	L 6–7	4–5–1	Municipal Stadium	30,690	Recap
11	December 3	Philadelphia Eagles	W 35–13	5–5–1	Will Rogers Stadium	9,109	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents in bold. Non-league game in italics. September 20: Wednesday.

Standings

NFL Western Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Green Bay Packers	9	2	0	.818	6–2	233	153	W4
Chicago Bears	8	3	0	.727	6–2	298	157	W4
Detroit Lions	6	5	0	.545	4–4	145	150	L4
Cleveland Rams	5	5	1	.500	4–4	195	164	W1
Chicago Cardinals	1	10	0	.091	0–8	84	254	L8

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

NFL Eastern Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
New York Giants	9	1	1	.900	7–0–1	168	85	W4
Washington Redskins	8	2	1	.800	6–1–1	242	94	L1
Brooklyn Dodgers	4	6	1	.400	3–4–1	108	219	L3
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	9	1	.100	1–7	114	216	W1
Philadelphia Eagles	1	9	1	.100	1–6–1	105	200	L2

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

External links

• 1939 Cleveland Rams Season at Pro-Football Reference