1938 Green Bay Packers season

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1938 Green Bay Packers season

Head coach	Curly Lambeau
Home field	City Stadium Marquette Stadium

Results
Record	8-3
Division Place	1st NFL Western
Playoff finish	Lost NFL Championship Game
Timeline

Previous season	Next season
1937	1939

The 1938 Green Bay Packers season was their 18th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 8-3 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a first-place finish in the Western Conference. The Packers lost to the Giants 23-17 in the 1938 NFL Championship Game. This marks the first of only three losses the Packers would have in 13 world championship games.

Contents

1 Schedule
2 Playoffs
3 Standings
4 References

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1	September 11, 1938	Cleveland Rams	W 26-17
2	September 18, 1938	Chicago Bears	L 2-0
3	September 25, 1938	Chicago Cardinals	W 28-7
4	September 28, 1938	at Chicago Cardinals	W 24-22
5	October 9, 1938	Detroit Lions	L 17-7
6	October 16, 1938	Brooklyn Dodgers	W 35-7
7	October 23, 1938	Pittsburgh Pirates	W 20-0
8	October 30, 1938	at Cleveland Rams	W 28-7
9	November 6, 1938	at Chicago Bears	W 24-17
10	November 13, 1938	at Detroit Lions	W 28-7
11	November 20, 1938	at New York Giants	L 15-3

Playoffs

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
Championship	December 11, 1938	at New York Giants	L 23-17

Standings

NFL Western
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Green Bay Packers	8	3	0	.727	223	118	L-1
Detroit Lions	7	4	0	.636	119	108	L-1
Chicago Bears	6	5	0	.545	194	148	L-1
Cleveland Rams	4	7	0	.364	131	215	W-1
Chicago Cardinals	2	9	0	.182	111	168	W-1

References

Sportsencyclopedia.com

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Bold indicates NFL Championship winning season

v · d · eGreen Bay Packers

Founded in 1919 • Based in Green Bay, Wisconsin

The Franchise	Franchise • History • Board of Directors

Records	Seasons • Coaches • Players (A-D - E-K - L-R - S-Z) • Starting Quarterbacks • Pro Football Hall of Famers • Retired numbers • First-round Draft Picks • Records • Pro Bowlers

Stadiums	Hagemeister Park • Bellevue Park • City Stadium • Borchert Field • Wisconsin State Fair Park • Marquette Stadium • Milwaukee County Stadium • Lambeau Field

Culture	Cheesehead • Lambeau Leap • Hall of Fame • FAN Hall of Fame • "Bang the Drum All Day" • Cheerleaders • Fight Song • Lumberjack Band • Rockwood Lodge • Pigskin Champions • Vernon Biever • Hungry Five • George Whitney Calhoun • The Dope Sheet • Lombardi

Lore	The Dolly Gray Impostor • The Ice Bowl • The Snow Bowl • Instant Replay Game • The Mud Bowl • 4th and 26

Head Coaches	Lambeau • Ronzani • Blackbourn • McLean • Lombardi • Bengtson • Devine • Starr • Gregg • Infante • Holmgren • Rhodes • Sherman • McCarthy

Division Championships (18)	1936 • 1938 • 1939 • 1944 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1972 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2007

League Championships (13)	1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1936 • 1939 • 1944 • 1961 • 1962 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1996 • 2010

Super Bowl Appearances (5)	I (1966) • II (1967) • XXXI (1996) • XXXII (1997) • XLV (2010)

Retired Numbers	3 • 14 • 15 • 66 • 92

Seasons	1919 • 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011

Current League Affiliations	League: National Football League • Conference: National Football Conference • Division: North Division

Rivalries	Chicago Bears • Minnesota Vikings

1938 NFL Seasonv · d · e
Eastern Division	Western Division
Brooklyn	Chicago Bears
New York	Chicago Cardinals
Philadelphia	Cleveland
Pittsburgh	Detroit
Washington	Green Bay
1938 NFL Draft • NFL Championship

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