1939 Chicago Cardinals season

1939 Chicago Cardinals season
Head coach	Ernie Nevers
Home field	Wrigley Field
Local radio	WGN
Results
Record	1–10
Division place	5th NFL Western
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

The 1939 Chicago Cardinals season was their 20th in the league. 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 playoffs for the 14th consecutive season.

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1939 NFL Draft

1939 Chicago Cardinals draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
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
Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue
1	September 10	at Detroit Lions	L 13–21	0–1	University of Detroit Stadium
2	September 17	at Green Bay Packers	L 10–14	0–2	City Stadium
3	September 24	at Pittsburgh Pirates	W 10–0	1–2	Forbes Field
4	October 1	Detroit Lions	L 3–17	1–3	Soldier Field
5	October 8	at Green Bay Packers	L 20–27	1–4	Wisconsin State Fair Park
6	October 15	at Chicago Bears	L 7–44	1–5	Wrigley Field
7	October 22	Cleveland Rams	L 0–24	1–6	Wrigley Field
8	Bye
9	November 5	at Cleveland Rams	L 0–14	1–7	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
10	November 12	at New York Giants	L 7–17	1–8	Polo Grounds
11	November 19	at Washington Redskins	L 7–28	1–9	Griffith Stadium
12	November 26	Chicago Bears	L 7–48	1–10	Wrigley Field
13	Bye
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

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.