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Packers 27, N.Y. GIANTS 0
1939 NFL Championship
Dec. 10 at State Fair Park, Milwaukee
The Packers gained long-awaited national respect with the first shutout in an NFL title game, 27-0. Despite bitter 35-mph winds, both Arnie Herber and Cecil Isbell passed for touchdowns in securing the team's 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 31-yard 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.
GB - Gantenbein 7 pass from Herber (Engebretsen kick)
GB - FG Engebretsen 29
GB - Laws 31 pass from Isbell (Engebretsen kick)
GB - FG E.Smith 42
GB - Jankowski 1 run (E.Smith kick)
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