1950 Green Bay Packers (NFL) |
| 5th place • National Conference • 3-9-0 .250 |
| Head Coach: Gene Ronzani |
| Ray Nolting | Backfield |
| Dick Plasman | Ends |
| Tarzan Taylor | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/12/1950 | N | Cleveland Browns | 7-38 | L | Toledo, OH | Glass Bowl | 10000 | |
| Wed | 8/16/1950 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 17-14 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 20136 | |
| Tue | 8/29/1950 | N | New York Giants | 10-0 | W | Boston, MA | Braves Field | 12053 | |
| Sun | 9/10/1950 | H | Baltimore Colts | 16-14 | W | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 17191 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1950 | H | Detroit Lions | 7-45 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 20285 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1950 | H | Washington Redskins | 35-21 | W | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 14109 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1950 | H | Chicago Bears | 31-21 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 24893 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1950 | H | New York Yanks | 31-44 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 23871 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1950 | A | Chicago Bears | 14-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 51065 | |
| Thu | 10/19/1950 | A | New York Yanks | 17-35 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 13661 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1950 | A | Baltimore Colts | 21-41 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 12971 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1950 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 14-45 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 20456 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1950 | A | Detroit Lions | 21-24 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 17752 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1950 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 25-21 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 13196 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1950 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 14-51 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 39323 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1950 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-30 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 19204 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Al Baldwin | 19 | LOE-DB | 6-2 | 205 | 27 | Arkansas | 12 | 12 |
| Bill Boedeker | 31 | LOH | 5-11 | 192 | 26 | DePaul | 8 | 4 |
| Buddy Burris | 33 | LOG | 5-11 | 215 | 27 | Tulsa; Oklahoma | 12 | 8 |
| Tony Canadeo | 3 | FB | 5-11 | 190 | 31 | Gonzaga | 12 | 12 |
| Tony Cannava | 42 | LOH | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | Boston College | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Christman | 28 | QB | 6-0 | 210 | 32 | Missouri | 11 | 1 |
| Jack Cloud | 82 | FB | 5-10 | 220 | 25 | William & Mary | 9 | 0 |
| Ted Cook | 48 | ROE | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | Alabama | 12 | 12 |
| Larry Coutre | 27 | ROH | 5-10 | 175 | 22 | Notre Dame | 12 | 6 |
| Ray DiPierro | 21 | ROG | 5-11 | 210 | 24 | Ohio State | 12 | 9 |
| Wally Dreyer | 42 | S-LOH | 5-10 | 170 | 27 | Wisconsin; Michigan; Wisconsin | 12 | 12 |
| Chuck Drulis | 18 | MG | 5-10 | 216 | 32 | Temple | 11 | 0 |
| Ed Ecker | 55 | OT | 6-7 | 276 | 27 | John Carroll | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Forte | 8 | OHB-RLB-P | 6-0 | 199 | 28 | Arkansas | 12 | 1 |
| Ted Fritsch | 64 | FB-K | 5-10 | 210 | 30 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 12 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 36 | P-LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 176 | 23 | Wisconsin | 12 | 2 |
| Billy Joe Grimes | 22 | ROH | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 6 |
| Willie Manley | 90 | LOG-LOT | 6-2 | 218 | 24 | Oklahoma | 12 | 3 |
| Bob Mann | 31 | LOE | 5-11 | 172 | 26 | Michigan | 3 | 0 |
| Clarence McGeary | 44 | RDT | 6-5 | 250 | 24 | Minnesota; North Dakota State | 12 | 0 |
| Ed Neal | 58 | MG-C | 6-4 | 285 | 32 | Louisiana State; Tulane; Ouachita Baptist | 12 | 12 |
| Tom O'Malley | 76 | QB | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Cincinnati | 1 | 0 |
| Dan Orlich | 49 | LDE | 6-5 | 215 | 26 | Northwestern; Penn State; Nevada-Reno | 12 | 12 |
| Steve Pritko | 23 | RDE-ROE | 6-2 | 210 | 30 | Villanova | 12 | 12 |
| Floyd Reid | 80 | LOH | 5-10 | 187 | 23 | Georgia | 11 | 7 |
| Tobin Rote | 38 | QB | 6-3 | 211 | 22 | Rice | 12 | 11 |
| Carl Schuette | 17 | LLB | 6-1 | 206 | 28 | Marquette | 12 | 12 |
| Joe Spencer | 34 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 239 | 27 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 12 |
| Don Stansauk | 63 | DT | 6-1 | 255 | 25 | Pasadena CC; Denver | 9 | 0 |
| Rebel Steiner | 74 | RDH | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Alabama | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Summerhays | 77 | RLB | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | Army; Utah | 11 | 11 |
| Len Szafaryn | 51 | OG-DT | 6-2 | 226 | 22 | North Carolina | 12 | 3 |
| Clay Tonnemaker | 35 | MLB-C | 6-2 | 237 | 22 | Minnesota | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Wildung | 45 | LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 221 | 29 | Minnesota | 12 | 12 |
| Ab Wimberly | 16 | RDE-ROE | 6-1 | 213 | 23 | Louisiana State | 11 | 0 |
| Alex Wizbicki | 25 | LDH | 5-11 | 188 | 29 | Holy Cross; Dartmouth; Holy Cross | 11 | 11 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Billy Joe Grimes | B | Oklahoma State |
| 1 | 4 | Clay Tonnemaker | C | Minnesota |
| 2 | 16 | Al Baldwin | E | Arkansas |
| 2 | 17 | Tobin Rote | QB | Rice |
| 3 | 29 | Homer Paine | T | Tulsa; Oklahoma |
| 3 | 30 | Gordy Soltau | E | Minnesota |
| 3 | 41 | Jim Lukens | E | Washington & Lee |
| 4 | 43 | Larry Coutre | B | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 43 | Ab Wimberly | E | Louisiana State |
| 4 | 46 | Wilbur Volz | B | Missouri |
| 5 | 59 | John Kerns | T | Ohio University |
| 6 | 69 | Jack Cloud | B | William & Mary |
| 5 | 71 | Ted Cook | E | Alabama |
| 6 | 74 | Jim Bailey | T | West Virginia State |
| 7 | 82 | Willie Manley | G | Oklahoma |
| 7 | 87 | Denver Crawford | T | Tennessee |
| 8 | 95 | Harry Szulborski | B | Purdue |
| 7 | 99 | Carl Schuette | B | Marquette |
| 8 | 102 | Ziggy Czarobski | T | Notre Dame |
| 9 | 108 | Roger Wilson | E | South Carolina |
| 9 | 115 | Vic Schleich | T | Nebraska |
| 10 | 121 | Bob Mealey | T | Minnesota |
| 9 | 127 | Paul Duke | C | Georgia Tech |
| 10 | 130 | R.M. Patterson | T | McMurry |
| 11 | 134 | Gene Lorendo | E | Georgia |
| 12 | 147 | Andy Pavich | E | Denver |
| 13 | 160 | Carl Elliott | E | Virginia |
| 14 | 173 | Fred Leon | T | Nevada-Reno |
| 15 | 186 | Gene Huebner | C | Baylor |
| 16 | 199 | Frank Kuzma | B | Minnesota |
| 17 | 212 | Hal Otterback | G | Wisconsin |
| 18 | 225 | Arnie Galiffa | QB | Army |
| 19 | 238 | Earl Rowan | T | Hardin-Simmons |
| 20 | 251 | Jim Howe | B | Kentucky |
| 21 | 264 | Gene Evans | B | Wisconsin |
| 22 | 277 | Chuck Beatty | C | Penn State |
| 23 | 290 | George Mattey | G | Ohio State |
| 24 | 303 | Don Delph | B | Dayton |
| 25 | 316 | Frank Waters | B | Michigan State |
| 26 | 329 | Claude Radtke | E | Lawrence |
| 27 | 342 | Bill Osborne | B | Nevada-Reno |
| 28 | 355 | Herm Hering | B | Rutgers |
| 29 | 368 | Ben Zaranka | E | Kentucky |
| 30 | 381 | Ray Mallouf | B | Southern Methodist |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 41 | 58 | 77 | 68 | 244 |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 123 | 127 | 103 | 406 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 174 | 82 | 70 | 22 | / % | / % | 85 | 757 | |
| Opponents Totals | 220 | 91 | 110 | 19 | / % | / % | 95 | 919 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Joe Grimes | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Ted Fritsch | 0 | 30 | 33 | 90.9 | 3 | 17 | 17.6 | 0 | 39 |
| Tony Canadeo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Al Baldwin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jack Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ted Cook | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Larry Coutre | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Floyd Reid | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Steve Pritko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Paul Christman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Wally Dreyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Mann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dan Orlich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rebel Steiner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Clay Tonnemaker | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 34 | 31 | 34 | 91.2 | 3 | 17 | 17.6 | 0 | 244 |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 50 | 56 | 89.3 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 1 | 406 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Fritsch | 3 | 17 | 17.6 | 0 | 52 | 0/8 | 2/2 | 0/4 | 0/1 | 1/2 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 17 | 17.6 | 0 | 52 | 0/8 | 2/2 | 0/4 | 0/1 | 1/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 1/ | 1/ | 4/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Joe Grimes | 84 | 480 | 5.7 | 73t | 5 |
| Floyd Reid | 87 | 394 | 4.5 | 57 | 1 |
| Larry Coutre | 41 | 283 | 6.9 | 53 | 1 |
| Tony Canadeo | 93 | 247 | 2.7 | 15 | 4 |
| Tobin Rote | 27 | 158 | 5.9 | 29 | 0 |
| Jack Cloud | 18 | 52 | 2.9 | 13 | 3 |
| Jug Girard | 14 | 39 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Paul Christman | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 4 | 1 |
| Bill Boedeker | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ted Fritsch | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Forte | 9 | 13 | 1.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Tony Cannava | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Wally Dreyer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom O'Malley | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 398 | 1706 | 4.3 | 73t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 422 | 1885 | 4.5 | 96t | 24 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobin Rote | 224 | 83 | 83 | 117 | 1231 | 5.5 | 14.8 | 96t | 7 | 3.1 | 24 | 10.7 | 153 | 1078 | 26.7 | |
| Paul Christman | 126 | 51 | 51 | 68 | 545 | 4.3 | 10.7 | 44t | 7 | 5.6 | 7 | 5.6 | 132 | 413 | 49.2 | |
| Tom O'Malley | 15 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 2.1 | 7.8 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 40.0 | 42 | -11 | 0.0 | |
| Bob Forte | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 116.7 |
| Team Totals | 367 | 140 | 140 | 190 | 1831 | 5.0 | 13.1 | 96t | 14 | 3.8 | 37 | 10.1 | 327 | 1504 | 27.8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 379 | 185 | 185 | 167 | 2818 | 7.4 | 15.2 | 24 | 6.3 | 27 | 7.1 | 230 | 2588 | 65.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Baldwin | 28 | 555 | 19.8 | 85t | 3 |
| Billy Joe Grimes | 17 | 261 | 15.4 | 96t | 1 |
| Larry Coutre | 17 | 206 | 12.1 | 77t | 2 |
| Steve Pritko | 17 | 125 | 7.4 | 14 | 2 |
| Ted Cook | 16 | 182 | 11.4 | 21t | 3 |
| Floyd Reid | 11 | 120 | 10.9 | 44t | 2 |
| Tony Canadeo | 10 | 54 | 5.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Mann | 6 | 89 | 14.8 | 40 | 1 |
| Willie Manley | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 55 | 0 |
| Jack Cloud | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Ab Wimberly | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Forte | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Tony Cannava | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 140 | 1831 | 13.1 | 96t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 185 | 2818 | 15.2 | 24 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebel Steiner | 7 | 190 | 27.1 | 94t | 1 |
| Wally Dreyer | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 34 | 1 |
| Al Baldwin | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Alex Wizbicki | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Forte | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Clay Tonnemaker | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dan Orlich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Schuette | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Spencer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Summerhays | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ab Wimberly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 337 | 12.5 | 94t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 575 | 15.5 | 5 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jug Girard | 71 | 2715 | 38.2 | 63 | 2 | |||||
| Bob Forte | 3 | 107 | 35.7 | 39 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 74 | 2822 | 38.1 | 63 | 2 | 372 | 33.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 72 | 2891 | 40.2 | 65 | 1 | 729 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Joe Grimes | 29 | 555 | 19.1 | 85t | 2 | |
| Tony Canadeo | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 21 | 0 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 12 | 0 | |
| Wally Dreyer | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Tony Cannava | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 729 | 16.6 | 85t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 372 | 7.6 | 29 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Canadeo | 16 | 411 | 25.7 | 48 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe Grimes | 26 | 600 | 23.1 | 36 | 0 | |
| Bob Forte | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 34 | 0 | |
| Ray Dipierro | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Buddy Burris | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Ted Fritsch | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Tony Cannava | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 56 | 1233 | 22.0 | 48 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 845 | 20.6 | 50 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Baldwin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | |
| Tony Canadeo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Cannava | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Christman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Cook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Coutre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Earl Girard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe Grimes | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clarence McGeary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Neal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Orlich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 1 |
| Steve Pritko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Floyd Reid | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tobin Rote | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -21 | 0 | |
| Carl Schuette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Spencer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Stansauk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Summerhays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Szafaryn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Wildung | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ab Wimberly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Wizbicki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 35 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 34 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 4 |
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