American Football League 1938-1939

Enda Mulcahy

5 years ago

AFL 1938

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*East Chicago Indians	6	5	1	0	83	20	.833
Louisville Tanks	7	4	3	0	66	39	.571
St. Louis Gunners	8	4	3	1	29	73	.571
Nashville Rebels	5	2	2	1	39	61	.500
Cincinnati Blades	8	3	5	0	53	6	.375
Dayton Rosies	6	1	5	0	7	78	.167

Reference: [2]

AFL 1939

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	PCT
Los Angeles Bulldogs	8	7	1	0	223	85	.875
Cincinnati Bengals	8	6	2	0	117	85	.750
Columbus Bullies	13	9	4	0	235	81	.692
East Chicago Indians	7	4	3	0	55	51	.571
St. Louis Gunners	11	5	6	0	141	164	.455
Dayton Bombers	7	2	5	0	45	167	.286
Kenosha Cardinals	9	2	7	0	97	105	.222
Louisville Tanks	11	2	9	0	51	226	.182

Reference: [1]

About

The AFL of 1938-1939 featured ex-NFL team the St. Louis Gunners, as well as the Los Angeles Bulldogs, who had played and beaten NFL teams. It is considered a Major League Rival to the NFL.

East Chicago Indians won the 1938 title and the 1939 title was won by the Bulldogs.

References

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Websites

[1] Bob Gill, The Coffin Corner, Pro Football Researchers Association (1989) Back Before Bengalmania – Cincinnati’s First Brush with the Big Time – [Internet] Available from: http://profootballresearchers.com/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/11-05-379.pdf [Accessed 9 October 2018]

[2] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1938 | American Football League [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1938.html [Accessed 12 October 2019]

[2] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1939 | American Football League [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1939.html [Accessed 12 October 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Irene Carroll, Margaret Williams

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 12 October 2019