1961 Green Bay Packers (NFL) |
| 1st place Western Conference 11-3-0 .786 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Vince Lombardi |
| Bill Austin | Offensive Line |
| Phil Bengston | Defense |
| Red Cochran | Backfield |
| Norb Hecker | Defensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/11/1961 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 30-7 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 30000 | |
| Fri | 8/18/1961 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 31-10 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 31056 | |
| Sat | 8/26/1961 | H | Chicago Bears | 24-14 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 42560 | |
| Mon | 9/4/1961 | H | New York Giants | 20-17 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 33452 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1961 | N | Washington Redskins | 31-24 | W | Columbus, GA | Memorial Stadium | 18000 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1961 | H | Detroit Lions | 13-17 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 44307 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1961 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 30-10 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 38624 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1961 | H | Chicago Bears | 24-0 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 56077 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1961 | H | Baltimore Colts | 45-7 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 38669 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1961 | A | Cleveland Browns | 49-17 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 75042 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1961 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 33-7 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 42007 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1961 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 28-10 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 44112 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1961 | A | Baltimore Colts | 21-45 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 57641 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1961 | A | Chicago Bears | 31-28 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 49711 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1961 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 35-17 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 38669 | |
| Thu | 11/23/1961 | A | Detroit Lions | 17-9 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 55662 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1961 | H | New York Giants | 20-17 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47012 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1961 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 21-22 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 55722 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1961 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 24-17 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 49169 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/31/1961 | H | New York Giants | 37-0 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 39029 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 26 | Herb Adderley | CB | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | Michigan State | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Ben Agajanian | K | 6-0 | 195 | 42 | Compton JC; New Mexico | 3 | 0 |
| 65 | Tom Bettis | MLB | 6-2 | 228 | 28 | Purdue | 12 | 7 |
| 33 | Lew Carpenter | SE-FL | 6-2 | 209 | 29 | Arkansas | 14 | 1 |
| 58 | Dan Currie | LLB | 6-3 | 239 | 26 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| 72 | Ben Davidson | LDE-RDE | 6-8 | 272 | 21 | East Los Angeles JC; Washington | 14 | 0 |
| 87 | Willie Davis | LDE | 6-3 | 243 | 27 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| 86 | Boyd Dowler | FL-P | 6-5 | 224 | 24 | Colorado | 14 | 14 |
| 81 | Lee Folkins | LDE-RDE | 6-5 | 219 | 22 | Washington | 14 | 0 |
| 71 | Bill Forester | RLB | 6-3 | 237 | 29 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 14 |
| 75 | Forrest Gregg | ROT-ROG | 6-3 | 249 | 28 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 14 |
| 46 | Hank Gremminger | LCB | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | Baylor | 14 | 14 |
| 40 | Dale Hackbart | DB | 6-3 | 210 | 23 | Wisconsin | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | Dave Hanner | LDT | 6-2 | 257 | 31 | Arkansas | 13 | 12 |
| 5 | Paul Hornung | HB-K | 6-2 | 215 | 26 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 53 | Ken Iman | C-LOG | 6-1 | 236 | 22 | Southeast Missouri State | 14 | 0 |
| 74 | Henry Jordan | RDT | 6-3 | 249 | 26 | Virginia | 14 | 14 |
| 84 | Gary Knafelc | TE | 6-4 | 217 | 29 | Colorado | 13 | 0 |
| 77 | Ron Kostelnik | LDT-RDT | 6-4 | 260 | 21 | Cincinnati | 14 | 2 |
| 64 | Jerry Kramer | ROG | 6-3 | 246 | 25 | Idaho | 8 | 7 |
| 88 | Ron Kramer | TE | 6-3 | 234 | 26 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| 78 | Norm Masters | LOT-ROT-ROG | 6-2 | 249 | 28 | Michigan State | 14 | 13 |
| 85 | Max McGee | SE-P | 6-3 | 210 | 29 | Tulane | 13 | 13 |
| 25 | Tom Moore | HB-FB | 6-2 | 213 | 23 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 2 |
| 66 | Ray Nitschke | MLB | 6-3 | 235 | 25 | Illinois | 12 | 7 |
| 22 | Elijah Pitts | HB | 6-1 | 204 | 23 | Philander Smith | 14 | 0 |
| 83 | Bill Quinlan | RDE | 6-3 | 248 | 29 | Michigan State | 14 | 13 |
| 51 | Jim Ringo | C | 6-1 | 232 | 30 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| 10 | John Roach | QB | 6-4 | 197 | 28 | Southern Methodist | 7 | 0 |
| 76 | Bob Skoronski | LOT-LOG | 6-3 | 249 | 27 | Indiana | 13 | 7 |
| 15 | Bart Starr | QB | 6-1 | 197 | 27 | Alabama | 14 | 14 |
| 27 | John Symank | LS | 5-11 | 180 | 26 | Arlington State JC; Florida | 14 | 14 |
| 31 | Jimmy Taylor | FB | 6-0 | 214 | 26 | Hinds CC; Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| 63 | Fuzzy Thurston | LOG | 6-1 | 247 | 28 | Valparaiso | 14 | 14 |
| 61 | Nelson Toburen | RLB | 6-3 | 232 | 23 | Wichita State | 14 | 0 |
| 45 | Emlen Tunnell | DB | 6-1 | 193 | 37 | Toledo; Iowa | 13 | 0 |
| 47 | Jesse Whittenton | RCB | 6-0 | 193 | 27 | Texas-El Paso | 14 | 14 |
| 24 | Willie Wood | RS | 5-10 | 189 | 25 | Coalinga JC; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 12 | Herb Adderley | B | Michigan State |
| 2 | 26 | Ron Kostelnik | T | Cincinnati |
| 3 | 40 | Phil Nugent | B | Tulane |
| 4 | 54 | Paul Dudley | B | Arkansas |
| 4 | 56 | Joe LeSage | G | Tulane |
| 5 | 68 | Jack Novak | G | Miami (Florida) |
| 6 | 82 | Lee Folkins | E | Washington |
| 7 | 96 | Lewis Johnson | B | Florida A&M |
| 9 | 124 | Vester Flanagan | T | Humboldt State |
| 10 | 128 | Roger Hagberg | B | Minnesota |
| 10 | 138 | Buck McLeod | T | Baylor |
| 11 | 152 | Val Keckin | B | Southern Mississippi |
| 12 | 166 | John Denvir | T | Colorado |
| 13 | 180 | Elijah Pitts | B | Philander Smith |
| 14 | 194 | Nelson Toburen | E | Wichita State |
| 15 | 208 | Ray Lardani | T | Miami (Florida) |
| 16 | 222 | Clarence Mason | E | Bowling Green State |
| 17 | 236 | Jim Brewington | T | North Carolina Central |
| 18 | 250 | Arthur Sims | B | Texas A&M |
| 19 | 264 | Lee Bondhus | T | South Dakota State |
| 20 | 278 | Ray Ratkowski | B | Notre Dame |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 100 | 123 | 44 | 124 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 81 | 39 | 58 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 274 | 142 | 115 | 17 | / % | / % | 66 | 647 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 245 | 110 | 117 | 18 | / % | / % | 52 | 609 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Hornung | 10 | 41 | 41 | 100.0 | 15 | 22 | 68.2 | 0 | 146 |
| Jimmy Taylor | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | ||
| Max McGee | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Ron Kramer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Boyd Dowler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Tom Moore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Willie Wood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ben Agajanian | 0 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Dan Currie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Elijah Pitts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Roach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bart Starr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jesse Whittenton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 49 | 49 | 49 | 100.0 | 16 | 24 | 66.7 | 0 | 391 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 26 | 26 | 100.0 | 13 | 21 | 61.9 | 1 | 223 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Agajanian | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Paul Hornung | 15 | 22 | 68.2 | 8/9 | 3/4 | 2/4 | 1/1 | 1/4 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 24 | 66.7 | 8/9 | 4/5 | 2/5 | 1/1 | 1/4 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 21 | 61.9 | 7/7 | 2/3 | 1/3 | 3/7 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Taylor | 243 | 1307 | 5.4 | 53 | 15 |
| Paul Hornung | 127 | 597 | 4.7 | 54t | 8 |
| Tom Moore | 61 | 302 | 5.0 | 69 | 1 |
| Elijah Pitts | 23 | 75 | 3.3 | 17t | 1 |
| Bart Starr | 12 | 56 | 4.7 | 21t | 1 |
| Ron Kramer | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| John Roach | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 1t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 474 | 2350 | 5.0 | 69 | 27 |
| Opponents Totals | 412 | 1694 | 4.1 | 55t | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bart Starr | 295 | 172 | 58.3 | 107 | 2418 | 8.2 | 14.1 | 78t | 16 | 5.4 | 16 | 5.4 | 138 | 2280 | 80.3 | |
| Paul Hornung | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 2 | 42 | 8.4 | 14.0 | 20 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 42 | 126.7 | |
| Tom Moore | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 42 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 22t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 42 | 158.3 | |
| John Roach | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 306 | 177 | 57.8 | 113 | 2502 | 8.2 | 14.1 | 78t | 18 | 5.9 | 16 | 5.2 | 138 | 2364 | 82.2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 414 | 218 | 52.7 | 167 | 2630 | 6.4 | 12.1 | 51t | 13 | 3.1 | 29 | 7.0 | 273 | 2357 | 53.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max McGee | 51 | 883 | 17.3 | 53 | 7 |
| Boyd Dowler | 36 | 633 | 17.6 | 78t | 3 |
| Ron Kramer | 35 | 559 | 16.0 | 53t | 4 |
| Jimmy Taylor | 25 | 175 | 7.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Paul Hornung | 15 | 145 | 9.7 | 34t | 2 |
| Tom Moore | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 11 | 1 |
| Gary Knafelc | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Elijah Pitts | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 177 | 2502 | 14.1 | 78t | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 218 | 2630 | 12.1 | 51t | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Symank | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 41 | 0 |
| Jesse Whittenton | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 41t | 1 |
| Hank Gremminger | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 41 | 0 |
| Willie Wood | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Dan Currie | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 21t | 1 |
| Ray Nitschke | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Forester | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Herb Adderley | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Hanner | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 446 | 15.4 | 41t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 238 | 14.9 | 63 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd Dowler | 38 | 1674 | 44.1 | 75 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Max McGee | 13 | 520 | 40.0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 51 | 2194 | 43.0 | 75 | 0 | 10 | 313 | 1681 | 33.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 1851 | 37.8 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 355 | 1456 | 29.7 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Wood | 14 | 11 | 225 | 16.1 | 72t | 2 |
| Lew Carpenter | 6 | 5 | 130 | 21.7 | 48 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 355 | 17.8 | 72t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 4 | 313 | 12.5 | 90t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Moore | 15 | 409 | 27.3 | 60 | 0 | |
| Herb Adderley | 18 | 478 | 26.6 | 61 | 0 | |
| John Symank | 4 | 121 | 30.3 | 38 | 0 | |
| Bill Forester | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 20 | 0 | |
| Elijah Pitts | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 1077 | 26.3 | 61 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 1597 | 23.1 | 64 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herb Adderley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Currie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Gremminger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Hanner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Hornung | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Masters | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Max McGee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Moore | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ray Nitschke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Quinlan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Roach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bart Starr | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Symank | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Taylor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nelson Toburen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Whittenton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Wood | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 18 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 0 |
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