1947 Green Bay Packers (NFL) |
| 3rd place Western Division 6-5-1 .545 |
| Head Coach: Curly Lambeau |
| Don Hutson | Ends |
| Walt Kiesling | Line |
| Bo Molenda | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/23/1947 | H | New York Giants | 17-14 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 15000 | |
| Fri | 8/29/1947 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-24 | L | PIttsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 31507 | |
| Sun | 9/14/1947 | H | Boston Yanks | 14-10 | W | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 17895 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1947 | A | Washington Redskins | 31-21 | W | Baltimore, MD | Municipal Stadium | 18186 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1947 | H | Chicago Bears | 29-20 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 25461 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1947 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 17-14 | W | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 31613 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1947 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 10-14 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 25502 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1947 | H | Washington Redskins | 27-10 | W | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 28572 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1947 | H | Detroit Lions | 34-17 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 23100 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1947 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-18 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 30073 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1947 | A | Chicago Bears | 17-20 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 46112 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1947 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 20-21 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 40086 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1947 | A | New York Giants | 24-24 | T | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 27939 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1947 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 30-10 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 31040 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1947 | A | Detroit Lions | 35-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 14055 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1947 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-28 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 24216 | |
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 |
| 82 | Ed Bell | LOT-LDT-OG-DG | 6-1 | 227 | 26 | Indiana | 11 | 0 |
| 29 | Charlie Brock | C-LB | 6-1 | 207 | 31 | Nebraska | 12 | 6 |
| 3 | Tony Canadeo | LOH-LS | 5-11 | 190 | 28 | Gonzaga | 12 | 5 |
| 46 | Ray Clemons | LOG-LDG | 5-10 | 200 | 26 | St. Mary's (California) | 9 | 1 |
| 17 | Ed Cody | FB-LB | 5-9 | 190 | 24 | Boston College; Purdue | 11 | 0 |
| 51 | Irv Comp | LS?-QB | 6-2 | 204 | 28 | Wisconsin; Benedictine | 12 | 12 |
| 54 | Larry Craig | LDE-OE? | 6-1 | 211 | 31 | South Carolina | 12 | 12 |
| 75 | Tiny Croft | OT-DT | 6-3 | 287 | 27 | Ripon | 12 | 0 |
| 21 | Ward Cuff | K | 6-1 | 192 | 35 | Marquette | 10 | 0 |
| 66 | Ralph Davis | ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 205 | 25 | Wisconsin | 11 | 2 |
| 35 | Bob Flowers | RLB-C | 6-1 | 210 | 30 | Texas; Texas Tech | 12 | 12 |
| 40 | Aldo Forte | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 213 | 29 | Montana | 10 | 1 |
| 8 | Bob Forte | LDH-ROH | 6-0 | 199 | 25 | Arkansas | 12 | 12 |
| 64 | Ted Fritsch | FB-LB-K | 5-10 | 210 | 27 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 12 | 12 |
| 33 | Les Gatewood | C-LB | 6-2 | 198 | 26 | Baylor; Tulane | 12 | 6 |
| 16 | Jim Gillette | ROH-RDH | 6-1 | 185 | 30 | Virginia | 10 | 1 |
| 23 | Clyde Goodnight | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 196 | 23 | Tulsa | 12 | 9 |
| 27 | Jack Jacobs | QB-DB | 6-1 | 186 | 28 | Oklahoma | 12 | 12 |
| 18 | Ken Keuper | LLB-QB | 6-0 | 207 | 29 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| 76 | Johnny Kovatch | RDE | 6-2 | 197 | 27 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Paul Lipscomb | ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 246 | 24 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 |
| 38 | Nolan Luhn | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 200 | 26 | Kilgore JC; Tulsa | 12 | 10 |
| 19 | Bob McDougal | FB-LB | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Miami (Florida); Duke; Miami (Florida) | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Roy McKay | RDH-OH | 6-0 | 193 | 27 | Texas | 12 | 2 |
| 58 | Ed Neal | MG-OG? | 6-4 | 285 | 29 | Louisiana State; Tulane; Ouachita Baptist | 12 | 12 |
| 53 | Urban Odson | OT-DT | 6-3 | 251 | 29 | Minnesota | 11 | 0 |
| 44 | Baby Ray | LOT-LDT | 6-6 | 249 | 33 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 12 |
| 80 | Herm Rohrig | ES-ROH | 5-8 | 190 | 29 | Nebraska | 12 | 12 |
| 7 | Walt Schlinkman | FB-LB | 5-8 | 190 | 25 | Texas Tech | 12 | 0 |
| 52 | Bob Skoglund | LDE-ROE? | 6-1 | 198 | 22 | Notre Dame | 9 | 0 |
| 42 | Bruce Smith | LOH-RDH | 6-0 | 197 | 27 | Minnesota | 10 | 6 |
| 15 | Damon Tassos | ROG-MG | 6-1 | 225 | 24 | Texas A&M | 12 | 10 |
| 43 | Don Wells | RDE-ROE? | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | Wake Forest; North Carolina; Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| 45 | Dick Wildung | LOG-LDG-OT-DT | 6-0 | 221 | 26 | Minnesota | 12 | 10 |
| 65 | Gene Wilson | OE-DE | 5-10 | 177 | 21 | Southern Methodist | 10 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | Ernie Case | B | UCLA |
| 3 | 20 | Burr Baldwin | E | UCLA |
| 5 | 31 | Buddy Burris | G | Oklahoma |
| 6 | 40 | Gene Wilson | E | Southern Methodist |
| 7 | 52 | Dick Conners | B | Northwestern |
| 8 | 62 | Monte Moncrief | T | Texas A&M |
| 9 | 72 | Bob McDougal | B | Miami (Florida) |
| 10 | 81 | Bob Kelly | B | Navy |
| 11 | 92 | Tommie Moulton | C | Oklahoma State |
| 12 | 100 | George Hills | C | Georgia Tech |
| 13 | 111 | Bob Skoglund | E | Notre Dame |
| 14 | 122 | Jack Mitchell | B | Oklahoma |
| 15 | 130 | Denver Crawford | T | Tennessee |
| 16 | 141 | Jim Callanan | E | Southern California |
| 17 | 151 | Teddy Scalissi | B | Ripon |
| 18 | 160 | Jim Goodman | T | Indiana |
| 19 | 172 | Dick Miller | G | Lawrence |
| 20 | 181 | Brad Ecklund | C | Oregon |
| 21 | 190 | Bob West | B | Colorado |
| 22 | 202 | Tex Reilly | B | Colorado |
| 23 | 211 | Ron Sockolov | T | California |
| 24 | 220 | Herb St. John | E | Georgia |
| 25 | 232 | Fred Redeker | B | Cincinnati |
| 26 | 241 | Herm Lubker | E | Arkansas |
| 27 | 250 | Bob Palladino | B | Notre Dame |
| 28 | 262 | Baxter Jarrell | T | North Carolina |
| 29 | 271 | Ray Sellers | E | Georgia |
| 30 | 280 | Jerry Carle | B | Northwestern |
| 31 | 290 | Bill Hogan | B | Kansas |
| 32 | 297 | Ralph Olsen | E | Utah |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 49 | 61 | 85 | 79 | |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 57 | 58 | 58 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 206 | 105 | 82 | 19 | / % | / % | 104 | 1019 | |
| Opponents Totals | 193 | 96 | 71 | 26 | / % | / % | 88 | 759 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Fritsch | 6 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 0 | 56 |
| Ward Cuff | 0 | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 7 | 16 | 43.8 | 0 | 51 |
| Nolan Luhn | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Clyde Goodnight | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Bob Forte | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bruce Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Tony Canadeo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ed Cody | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Walt Schlinkman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Gillette | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jack Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Neal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Wildung | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Roy McKay | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 13 | 29 | 44.8 | 2 | 274 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 25 | 28 | 89.3 | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 1 | 210 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 7 | 16 | 43.8 | 1 | 39 | 3/6 | 2/4 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Ted Fritsch | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 1 | 50 | 0/4 | 2/2 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 1/2 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 29 | 44.8 | 2 | 50 | 3/10 | 4/6 | 3/8 | 2/2 | 1/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 1/ | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Canadeo | 103 | 464 | 4.5 | 35 | 2 |
| Walt Schlinkman | 115 | 439 | 3.8 | 20 | 2 |
| Bruce Smith | 47 | 288 | 6.1 | 37 | 1 |
| Ed Cody | 56 | 263 | 4.7 | 32t | 2 |
| Ted Fritsch | 68 | 247 | 3.6 | 48 | 6 |
| Jim Gillette | 50 | 207 | 4.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Bob Forte | 29 | 80 | 2.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Jack Jacobs | 18 | 64 | 3.6 | 15 | 1 |
| Irv Comp | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 34 | 0 |
| Herm Rohrig | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Ken Keuper | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Roy McKay | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Ward Cuff | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Clyde Goodnight | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Gene Wilson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 510 | 2149 | 4.2 | 48 | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 433 | 1606 | 3.7 | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Jacobs | 242 | 108 | 108 | 117 | 1615 | 6.7 | 15.0 | 69t | 16 | 6.6 | 17 | 7.0 | 104 | 1511 | 59.8 | |
| Tony Canadeo | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 101 | 12.6 | 33.7 | 38 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 85.4 |
| Bob Forte | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 60.4 |
| Irv Comp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 253 | 112 | 112 | 122 | 1724 | 6.8 | 15.4 | 69t | 17 | 6.7 | 19 | 7.5 | 58.5 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 277 | 122 | 122 | 125 | 1790 | 6.5 | 14.7 | 14 | 5.1 | 30 | 10.8 | 43.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nolan Luhn | 42 | 696 | 16.6 | 44 | 7 |
| Clyde Goodnight | 38 | 593 | 15.6 | 69t | 6 |
| Jim Gillette | 12 | 224 | 18.7 | 50 | 1 |
| Bob Forte | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 22t | 2 |
| Bruce Smith | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 36t | 1 |
| Gene Wilson | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Ken Keuper | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Walt Schlinkman | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Ed Cody | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Larry Craig | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 112 | 1724 | 15.4 | 69t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 122 | 1790 | 14.7 | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Forte | 9 | 140 | 15.6 | 68t | 1 |
| Irv Comp | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Herm Rohrig | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Jack Jacobs | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Ken Keuper | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Charlie Brock | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Flowers | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ted Fritsch | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 428 | 14.3 | 68t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 293 | 15.4 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Jacobs | 57 | 2481 | 43.5 | 74 | 1 | |||||
| Roy McKay | 8 | 350 | 43.8 | 54 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 65 | 2831 | 43.6 | 74 | 1 | 483 | 32.6 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 2830 | 43.5 | 86 | 0 | 563 | 34.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Gillette | 11 | 168 | 15.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| Herm Rohrig | 18 | 213 | 11.8 | 28 | 0 | |
| Tony Canadeo | 10 | 111 | 11.1 | 24 | 0 | |
| Ed Cody | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bruce Smith | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Bob Forte | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Jack Jacobs | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Irv Comp | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 45 | 563 | 12.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 483 | 11.0 | 35 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Cody | 10 | 269 | 26.9 | 39 | 0 | |
| Tony Canadeo | 15 | 312 | 20.8 | 35 | 0 | |
| Ted Fritsch | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Jim Gillette | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Bruce Smith | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 23 | 0 | |
| Nolan Luhn | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Bob Forte | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Clyde Goodnight | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Paul Lipscomb | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 42 | 874 | 20.8 | 39 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 1034 | 21.5 | 40 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Brock | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Canadeo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ed Cody | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Irv Comp | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 0 | |
| Larry Craig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Flowers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aldo Forte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Forte | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Fritsch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les Gatewood | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Gillette | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Jacobs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Keuper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Lipscomb | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nolan Luhn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Baby Ray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Herm Rohrig | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 | |
| Walt Schlinkman | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | |
| Bob Skoglund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Wells | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Wildung | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 13 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 17 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 0 |
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