1939 in Sports - American Football

American Football

NFL championship

  • Green Bay Packers 27–0 New York Giants in the NFL championship game played at Milwaukee, Wisconsin

College championship

  • College football national championship – Texas A&M

Events

  • September 30 - The first televised football game is played between the Fordham Rams and the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets. NBC broadcast the game on station W2XBS with Bill Stern as the sole announcer.

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