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1939 Chicago Cardinals season

1939 Chicago Cardinals season

Ernie Nevers
Wrigley Field
1–10
5th NFL Western
Did not qualify

The 1939 Chicago Cardinals season was their 20th year in the National Football League (NFL). The team failed to improve on their previous output of 2–9, winning only one game. They played eight of their eleven games on the road and failed to qualify for the league's Championship Playoff for the 7th consecutive season.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
1939 Chicago Cardinals draft
1	1	Charles "Ki Aldrich *	Center	TCU
2	12	Marshall Goldberg	Back	Pittsburgh
3	16	Alvord Wolff	Tackle	Santa Clara
4	27	Hal (Curly) Stebbins	Back	Pittsburgh
5	31	Bill Daddio	End	Pittsburgh	played with Cardinals from 1941–42
6	42	George Faust	Blocking back	Minnesota
7	51	Bill Dwyer	Back	New Mexico
8	62	Sherm Hinkebein	Center	Kentucky
9	71	Earl Brown	End	Notre Dame
10	82	Earl Crowder	Blocking Back	Oklahoma
11	91	Bowden Wyatt	End	Tennessee
12	102	Jim Thomas	Guard	Oklahoma
13	111	Andy Sabados	Guard	The Citadel
14	122	Blase Miatovich	Tackle	San Francisco
15	131	Russ Clarke	Guard	Santa Clara
16	142	Gus Goins	End	Clemson
17	151	Ev Elkins	Back	Marshall	played with Cardinals in 1940
18	162	Frank Huffman	Tackle	Marshall
19	171	Mike Kochel	Guard	Fordham
20	182	Tom Rice	Tackle	San Francisco
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Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record
September 10	at Detroit Lions	L 13–21	0–1	University of Detroit Stadium
September 17	at Green Bay Packers	L 10–14	0–2	City Stadium
September 24	at Pittsburgh Pirates	W 10–0	1–2	Forbes Field
October 1	Detroit Lions	L 3–17	1–3	Soldier Field
October 8	at Green Bay Packers	L 20–27	1–4	Wisconsin State Fair Park
October 15	at Chicago Bears	L 7–44	1–5	Wrigley Field
October 22	Cleveland Rams	L 0–24	1–6	Wrigley Field
Bye
November 5	at Cleveland Rams	L 0–14	1–7	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
November 12	at New York Giants	L 7–17	1–8	Polo Grounds
November 19	at Washington Redskins	L 7–28	1–9	Griffith Stadium
November 26	Chicago Bears	L 7–48	1–10	Wrigley Field
Bye
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

1939 Chicago Cardinals final roster
Backs

11 Sam Agee FB/LB

13 Earl Crowder RB/CB/S

53 George Faust RB/S/P

10 Ev Fisher RB/S

42 Marshall Goldberg RB/CB

21 Bert Johnson FB/LB/P

15 Buddy Parker FB/LB

24 Frank Patrick FB/LB/P

66 Milt Popovich RB/CB/P

55 Jack Robbins RB/CB

14 Ernie Wheeler FB/LB | | Linemen/Linebackers

48 Ki Aldrich C/LB

46 Al Babartsky T/DT

22 Conway Baker T/DT

23 Tony Blazine T/DT

28 Ross Carter G/DG

49 Frank Huffman G/DG

35 Mike Kochel G/DG

38 Andy Sabados G/DG

41 Jim Thomas G/DG

12 Frank Zelencik DT/T | | Ends/Receivers

45 Versil Deskin

56 John Klumb

17 Joel Mason

40 Bill Smith K

rookies in italics |

NFL Western Division
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.

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