1945 Green Bay Packers (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Division • 6-4-0 .600 |
| Head Coach: Curly Lambeau |
| Don Hutson | Assistant Coach |
| Walt Kiesling | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 8/30/1945 | A | College All-Stars | 19-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 92753 | |
| Thu | 9/13/1945 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-28 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 90218 | |
| Wed | 9/19/1945 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 8-12 | L | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 14521 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1945 | A | Washington Redskins | 7-21 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 27125 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1945 | H | Chicago Bears | 31-21 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 24525 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1945 | H | Detroit Lions | 57-21 | W | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 20463 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1945 | H | Cleveland Rams | 14-27 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 24607 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1945 | H | Boston Yanks | 38-14 | W | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 20846 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1945 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 33-14 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 19221 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1945 | A | Chicago Bears | 24-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45527 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1945 | A | Cleveland Rams | 7-20 | L | Cleveland, OH | League Park | 28688 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1945 | A | Boston Yanks | 28-0 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 33748 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1945 | A | New York Giants | 23-14 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 52681 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1945 | A | Detroit Lions | 3-14 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 23468 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bob Adkins | 79 | BB-S | 6-0 | 214 | 28 | Marshall | 2 | 0 |
| Solon Barnett | 27 | OT-DT | 6-1 | 235 | 24 | Baylor | 2 | 0 |
| Charlie Brock | 29 | C-LB | 6-1 | 207 | 29 | Nebraska | 10 | 6 |
| Lou Brock | 16 | HB-RDH | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | Purdue | 10 | 4 |
| Mike Bucchianeri | 17 | OG-DG | 5-10 | 212 | 28 | Indiana | 4 | 0 |
| Irv Comp | 51 | TB-LDH-HB-RDH | 6-2 | 204 | 26 | Wisconsin; Benedictine | 10 | 7 |
| Larry Craig | 54 | BB-S | 6-1 | 211 | 29 | South Carolina | 10 | 9 |
| Bernie Crimmins | 76 | ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Notre Dame | 8 | 0 |
| Tiny Croft | 75 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 287 | 25 | Ripon | 9 | 2 |
| Bob Flowers | 35 | C-LB | 6-1 | 210 | 28 | Texas; Texas Tech | 9 | 4 |
| Ray Frankowski | 15 | OG-DG | 5-11 | 223 | 26 | Washington | 1 | 0 |
| Ted Fritsch | 64 | FB-LB | 5-10 | 210 | 25 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10 | 9 |
| Ed Frutig | 80 | OE-DE | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Michigan | 1 | 0 |
| Charles Goldenberg | 43 | OG-DG | 5-10 | 220 | 35 | Wisconsin | 4 | 0 |
| Clyde Goodnight | 23 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 196 | 21 | Tulsa | 10 | 9 |
| Don Hutson | 14 | LOE-LDH | 6-1 | 183 | 32 | Alabama | 10 | 0 |
| Ken Keuper | 18 | BB-S-FB-LB | 6-0 | 207 | 27 | Georgia | 8 | 2 |
| Bill Kuusisto | 45 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 228 | 27 | Wisconsin; Minnesota | 10 | 1 |
| Joe Laws | 24 | HB-RDH-TB-LDH | 5-9 | 186 | 34 | Iowa | 10 | 6 |
| Paul Lipscomb | 47 | ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 246 | 22 | Tennessee | 10 | 10 |
| Nolan Luhn | 38 | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 200 | 24 | Kilgore JC; Tulsa | 10 | 4 |
| Joel Mason | 7 | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 199 | 33 | Western Michigan | 10 | 5 |
| Roy McKay | 3 | TB-LDH | 6-0 | 193 | 25 | Texas | 10 | 1 |
| Forrest McPherson | 72 | OT-DT | 5-11 | 233 | 34 | Nebraska | 5 | 0 |
| Russ Mosley | 8 | HB-DH | 5-10 | 170 | 27 | Alabama | 6 | 0 |
| Carl Mulleneaux | 19 | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 209 | 31 | Utah State | 5 | 1 |
| Ed Neal | 58 | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 285 | 27 | Louisiana State; Tulane; Ouachita Baptist | 9 | 0 |
| Ernie Pannell | 22 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 220 | 28 | Texas A&M | 7 | 3 |
| Don Perkins | 48 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 196 | 28 | Wisconsin-Platteville | 7 | 0 |
| Baby Ray | 44 | LOT-LDT | 6-6 | 249 | 31 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 5 |
| Chuck Sample | 15 | FB-LB | 5-9 | 205 | 25 | Toledo | 1 | 0 |
| Bruce Smith | 42 | TB-LDH | 6-0 | 197 | 25 | Minnesota | 4 | 2 |
| Ken Snelling | 52 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 210 | 27 | Oceanside JC; UCLA | 2 | 0 |
| Glen Sorenson | 33 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 217 | 25 | Mesa JC; Utah State | 10 | 5 |
| Ben Starrett | 63 | BB-S | 5-10 | 213 | 28 | St. Mary's (California); Northeastern Louisiana JC | 8 | 1 |
| Pete Tinsley | 21 | ROG-RDG | 5-8 | 205 | 32 | Georgia | 9 | 9 |
| Charlie Tollefson | 46 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 215 | 28 | Iowa | 8 | 5 |
| Alex Urban | 79 | OE-DE | 6-3 | 207 | 28 | South Carolina | 1 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 11 | Walt Schlinkman | B | Texas Tech |
| 3 | 27 | Clyde Goodnight | E | Tulsa |
| 5 | 43 | Joe Graham | E | Florida |
| 6 | 54 | Don Wells | T | Georgia |
| 7 | 65 | Casey Stephenson | B | Tennessee |
| 8 | 76 | Toby Collins | T | Tulsa |
| 9 | 87 | Lamar Dingler | E | Arkansas |
| 10 | 98 | Hal Helscher | B | Louisiana State |
| 11 | 109 | Ralph Hammond | C | Pittsburgh |
| 12 | 120 | Ed Podgorski | T | Lafayette |
| 13 | 131 | Bill Hackett | G | Ohio State |
| 14 | 142 | Marv Lindsey | B | Arkansas |
| 15 | 153 | Bob McClure | T | Nevada-Reno |
| 16 | 164 | Harry Pieper | C | California |
| 17 | 175 | Bob Kula | B | Minnesota |
| 18 | 186 | Frank Hazard | G | Nebraska |
| 19 | 197 | Ed Jeffers | T | Oklahoma State |
| 20 | 208 | Bill Prentice | B | Santa Clara |
| 21 | 219 | Warren Fuller | E | Fordham |
| 22 | 230 | Fred Nielson | T | St. Mary's (California) |
| 23 | 241 | Bob Gilmore | B | Washington |
| 24 | 252 | Lloyd Baxter | C | Southern Methodist |
| 25 | 263 | Nolan Luhn | E | Tulsa |
| 26 | 274 | Nestor Blanco | G | Colorado Mines |
| 27 | 285 | Bill Chestnut | B | Kansas |
| 28 | 296 | Jim Thompson | B | Washington State |
| 29 | 307 | Jim Evans | E | Idaho |
| 30 | 318 | Ham Nichols | G | Rice |
| 31 | 324 | Paul Priday | B | Ohio State |
| 32 | 330 | Billy Joe Aldridge | B | Oklahoma State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 52 | 116 | 56 | 34 | 258 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 42 | 35 | 56 | 173 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 131 | 73 | 44 | 14 | / % | / % | 69 | 723 | |
| Opponents Totals | 137 | 65 | 57 | 15 | / % | / % | 68 | 701 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Hutson | 10 | 31 | 35 | 88.6 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 97 |
| Ted Fritsch | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 37.5 | 0 | 57 | |
| Clyde Goodnight | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | ||
| Lou Brock | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Charlie Brock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Irv Comp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Roy McKay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Larry Craig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bernie Crimmins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Nolan Luhn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Perkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Glen Sorenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 35 | 31 | 35 | 88.6 | 5 | 13 | 38.5 | 1 | 258 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 23 | 25 | 92.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 173 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Fritsch | 3 | 8 | 37.5 | 0 | 49 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 2/6 | 0/0 |
| Don Hutson | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 16 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Glen Sorenson | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 13 | 38.5 | 0 | 49 | 2/5 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 2/4 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Fritsch | 89 | 282 | 3.2 | 21 | 7 |
| Roy McKay | 71 | 231 | 3.3 | 41 | 2 |
| Lou Brock | 46 | 196 | 4.3 | 28 | 3 |
| Don Perkins | 35 | 175 | 5.0 | 49 | 1 |
| Bruce Smith | 21 | 94 | 4.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Irv Comp | 57 | 92 | 1.6 | 18 | 1 |
| Joe Laws | 16 | 82 | 5.1 | 20 | 0 |
| Don Hutson | 8 | 60 | 7.5 | 18 | 1 |
| Russ Mosley | 16 | 49 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Clyde Goodnight | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Ben Starrett | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Ken Snelling | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Chuck Sample | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 377 | 1325 | 3.5 | 49 | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 388 | 1349 | 3.5 | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irv Comp | 106 | 44 | 41.5 | 51 | 865 | 8.2 | 19.7 | 75t | 7 | 6.6 | 11 | 10.4 | 53.1 | |||
| Roy McKay | 89 | 32 | 36.0 | 48 | 520 | 5.8 | 16.3 | 59t | 5 | 5.6 | 9 | 10.1 | 35.5 | |||
| Lou Brock | 22 | 5 | 22.7 | 14 | 151 | 6.9 | 30.2 | 50t | 2 | 9.1 | 3 | 13.6 | 46.4 | |||
| Russ Mosley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 218 | 81 | 37.2 | 113 | 1536 | 7.0 | 19.0 | 75 | 14 | 6.4 | 24 | 11.0 | 44.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 231 | 111 | 48.1 | 96 | 1708 | 7.4 | 15.4 | 9 | 3.9 | 24 | 10.4 | 46.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Hutson | 47 | 834 | 17.7 | 75t | 9 |
| Nolan Luhn | 10 | 151 | 15.1 | 44t | 1 |
| Clyde Goodnight | 7 | 283 | 40.4 | 75t | 4 |
| Lou Brock | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 46 | 0 |
| Ted Fritsch | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Carl Mulleneaux | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Laws | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Perkins | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Irv Comp | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50t | 0 |
| Russ Mosley | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Alex Urban | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 81 | 1536 | 19.0 | 75t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 111 | 1708 | 15.4 | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Brock | 4 | 122 | 30.5 | 38t | 2 |
| Don Hutson | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Joe Laws | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Lou Brock | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Roy McKay | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Irv Comp | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 54t | 1 |
| Ted Fritsch | 1 | 69 | 69.0 | 69t | 1 |
| Ben Starrett | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Russ Mosley | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bernie Crimmins | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 |
| Pete Tinsley | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 464 | 19.3 | 69t | 5 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 376 | 15.7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy McKay | 44 | 1814 | 41.2 | 73 | 0 | |||||
| Don Perkins | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| Ken Keuper | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 46 | 1839 | 40.0 | 73 | 0 | 284 | 28.6 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 2210 | 37.5 | 56 | 0 | 317 | 28.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Laws | 11 | 71 | 6.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Roy McKay | 7 | 66 | 9.4 | 17 | 0 | |
| Bruce Smith | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 20 | 0 | |
| Lou Brock | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| Irv Comp | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Joel Mason | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Russ Mosley | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 35 | 317 | 9.1 | 21 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 284 | 11.4 | 32 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Fritsch | 8 | 279 | 34.9 | 79 | 0 | |
| Irv Comp | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Joe Laws | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Roy McKay | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 26 | 0 | |
| Don Hutson | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 | |
| Bruce Smith | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Joel Mason | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Lou Brock | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Larry Craig | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Ernie Pannell | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Clyde Goodnight | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Ben Starrett | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 670 | 20.3 | 79 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 737 | 18.9 | 36 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Adkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Brock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 0 |
| Lou Brock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Irv Comp | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | |
| Larry Craig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 1 |
| Ted Fritsch | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clyde Goodnight | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| Don Hutson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Keuper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Laws | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Paul Lipscomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Mason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy McKay | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | |
| Don Perkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Baby Ray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | |
| Ken Snelling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glen Sorenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Starrett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 21 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 104 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 0 |
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