1946 Green Bay Packers (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Division • 6-5-0 .545 |
| Head Coach: Curly Lambeau |
| Don Hutson | Backfield |
| Walt Kiesling | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 9/6/1946 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 6-7 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 25000 | |
| Tue | 9/10/1946 | N | Washington Redskins | 31-35 | L | Denver, CO | University of Denver Stadium | 21000 | |
| Fri | 9/20/1946 | A | New York Giants | 21-35 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 48017 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1946 | H | Chicago Bears | 7-30 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 25049 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1946 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 17-21 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 27094 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1946 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 19-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 36127 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1946 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-7 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 22588 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1946 | H | Detroit Lions | 10-7 | W | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 17073 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1946 | A | Chicago Bears | 7-10 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 46321 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1946 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 19-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 30681 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1946 | A | Detroit Lions | 9-0 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 21055 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1946 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 6-24 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 16150 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1946 | A | Washington Redskins | 20-7 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 33691 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1946 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 17-38 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 46838 | |
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 |
| Cliff Aberson | 78 | TB-DB | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | none | 11 | 3 |
| Solon Barnett | 72 | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 235 | 25 | Baylor | 2 | 0 |
| Earl Bennett | 85 | OG-DG | 5-8 | 188 | 26 | Hardin-Simmons | 4 | 1 |
| Charlie Brock | 29 | C-LB | 6-1 | 207 | 30 | Nebraska | 11 | 11 |
| Tony Canadeo | 3 | TB-DB | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | Gonzaga | 11 | 5 |
| Irv Comp | 51 | TB-DB | 6-2 | 204 | 27 | Wisconsin; Benedictine | 11 | 4 |
| Larry Craig | 54 | BB-LDE | 6-1 | 211 | 30 | South Carolina | 11 | 11 |
| Tiny Croft | 75 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 287 | 26 | Ripon | 11 | 11 |
| Bob Flowers | 35 | C-LB | 6-1 | 210 | 29 | Texas; Texas Tech | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Forte | 8 | ROH-LOH-DB | 6-0 | 199 | 24 | Arkansas | 11 | 10 |
| Ted Fritsch | 64 | FB-LB-K | 5-10 | 210 | 26 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 11 | 11 |
| Les Gatewood | 33 | C | 6-2 | 198 | 25 | Baylor; Tulane | 10 | 0 |
| Clyde Goodnight | 23 | LOE | 6-1 | 196 | 22 | Tulsa | 10 | 10 |
| Ken Keuper | 18 | DB-BB | 6-0 | 207 | 28 | Georgia | 9 | 3 |
| Bill Kuusisto | 52 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 228 | 28 | Wisconsin; Minnesota | 6 | 1 |
| Bill Lee | 40 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 231 | 35 | Alabama | 7 | 0 |
| Russ Letlow | 46 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 214 | 33 | San Francisco | 7 | 1 |
| Paul Lipscomb | 47 | ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 246 | 23 | Tennessee | 11 | 11 |
| Nolan Luhn | 38 | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 200 | 25 | Kilgore JC; Tulsa | 11 | 9 |
| Roy McKay | 22 | FB-LB-P | 6-0 | 193 | 26 | Texas | 11 | 1 |
| Tom Miller | 76 | DE | 6-2 | 202 | 28 | Hampden-Sydney | 8 | 0 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 16 | HB-DB | 6-0 | 188 | 26 | Southeast Missouri State; Tulsa | 3 | 1 |
| Russ Mosley | 8 | DB | 5-10 | 170 | 28 | Alabama | 2 | 0 |
| Carl Mulleneaux | 19 | DE | 6-3 | 209 | 32 | Utah State | 1 | 0 |
| Ed Neal | 58 | LOG-LDG-ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 285 | 28 | Louisiana State; Tulane; Ouachita Baptist | 10 | 10 |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 48 | HB-DB | 5-11 | 173 | 22 | Michigan | 11 | 9 |
| Urban Odson | 63 | OT-DT | 6-3 | 251 | 28 | Minnesota | 11 | 1 |
| Merv Pregulman | 17 | ROG-LB | 6-3 | 215 | 24 | Michigan | 9 | 7 |
| Hal Prescott | 31 | OE | 6-1 | 199 | 26 | Hardin-Simmons | 3 | 1 |
| Baby Ray | 44 | LOT-LDT | 6-6 | 249 | 32 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 11 |
| Ray Riddick | 19 | OE-DE | 6-1 | 211 | 29 | Fordham | 2 | 0 |
| Herm Rohrig | 80 | HB-DB | 5-8 | 190 | 28 | Nebraska | 9 | 9 |
| Walt Schlinkman | 7 | FB | 5-8 | 190 | 24 | Texas Tech | 11 | 3 |
| Bruce Smith | 42 | TB-DB | 6-0 | 197 | 26 | Minnesota | 10 | 2 |
| Al Sparlis | 21 | ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | UCLA | 5 | 1 |
| Charlie Tollefson | 27 | OG-DG | 6-0 | 215 | 29 | Iowa | 2 | 0 |
| Don Wells | 43 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | Wake Forest; North Carolina; Georgia | 11 | 11 |
| Dick Wildung | 45 | LOG-LDG-OT-DT | 6-0 | 221 | 25 | Minnesota | 11 | 7 |
| Al Zupek | 25 | LB-FB | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | Lawrence; Ohio Wesleyan | 1 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | Johnny Strzykalski | B | Marquette |
| 3 | 21 | Bob Nussbaumer | B | Michigan |
| 5 | 36 | Ed Cody | B | Purdue |
| 6 | 46 | John Ferraro | T | Southern California |
| 7 | 56 | Art Renner | E | Michigan |
| 8 | 66 | Bert Cole | T | Oklahoma State |
| 9 | 76 | Grant Darnell | G | Texas A&M |
| 10 | 86 | Joe McAfee | B | Holy Cross |
| 11 | 96 | Steve Conroy | B | Holy Cross |
| 12 | 106 | Billy Hildebrand | E | Mississippi State |
| 13 | 116 | Tom Hand | C | Iowa |
| 14 | 126 | George Hills | G | Georgia Tech |
| 15 | 136 | Jim Hough | B | Clemson |
| 16 | 146 | Dean Gaines | T | Georgia Tech |
| 17 | 156 | James Miller | G | Georgia |
| 18 | 166 | Boyd Morse | E | Arizona |
| 19 | 176 | Joe Bradford | C | Southern California |
| 20 | 186 | Bill DeRosa | B | Boston College |
| 21 | 196 | Ralph Grant | B | Bucknell |
| 22 | 206 | Howie Brown | G | Indiana |
| 23 | 216 | Andy Kosmac | C | Louisiana State |
| 24 | 226 | Maurice Stacy | B | Washington |
| 25 | 236 | Chick Davidson | T | Cornell |
| 26 | 246 | John Norton | B | Washington |
| 27 | 256 | Ed Holtsinger | B | Georgia Tech |
| 28 | 266 | Joe Campbell | E | Holy Cross |
| 29 | 276 | Bo Saunders | T | Clemson |
| 30 | 286 | Al Sparlis | G | UCLA |
| 31 | 291 | Ralph Clymer | G | Purdue |
| 32 | 296 | Joervin Henderson | C | Missouri |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 13 | 47 | 33 | 55 | 148 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 38 | 45 | 51 | 158 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 160 | 112 | 34 | 14 | / % | / % | 82 | 693 | |
| Opponents Totals | 158 | 84 | 59 | 15 | / % | / % | 76 | 628 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Fritsch | 10 | 13 | 15 | 86.7 | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 0 | 100 |
| Nolan Luhn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Walt Schlinkman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Roy McKay | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Irv Comp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Clyde Goodnight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Urban Odson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 17 | 15 | 17 | 88.2 | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 2 | 148 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 20 | 21 | 95.2 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 0 | 158 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Fritsch | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 0 | 46 | 1/4 | 2/2 | 3/5 | 3/6 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 0 | 46 | 1/4 | 2/2 | 3/5 | 3/6 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 0 | 0/ | 4/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Canadeo | 122 | 476 | 3.9 | 27 | 0 |
| Ted Fritsch | 128 | 444 | 3.5 | 32 | 9 |
| Walt Schlinkman | 97 | 379 | 3.9 | 44 | 2 |
| Cliff Aberson | 48 | 161 | 3.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Bruce Smith | 22 | 119 | 5.4 | 36 | 0 |
| Bob Forte | 17 | 73 | 4.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Irv Comp | 61 | 62 | 1.0 | 29 | 1 |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 29 | 43 | 1.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Roy McKay | 21 | 34 | 1.6 | 9t | 1 |
| Larry Craig | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Herm Rohrig | 14 | -23 | -1.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 560 | 1765 | 3.1 | 44 | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 367 | 1372 | 3.7 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irv Comp | 94 | 27 | 28.7 | 59 | 333 | 3.5 | 12.3 | 35 | 1 | 1.1 | 8 | 8.5 | 9.9 | |||
| Cliff Aberson | 41 | 14 | 34.1 | 22 | 184 | 4.5 | 13.1 | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 12.2 | 9.7 | |||
| Tony Canadeo | 27 | 7 | 25.9 | 17 | 189 | 7.0 | 27.0 | 51t | 1 | 3.7 | 3 | 11.1 | 29.0 | |||
| Bob Forte | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 3 | 28 | 4.0 | 9.3 | 15 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 14.3 | 54.5 | |||
| Herm Rohrig | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 5 | 97 | 12.1 | 48.5 | 65 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 77.6 | |||
| Bob Nussbaumer | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 108.3 | |||
| Team Totals | 178 | 54 | 30.3 | 106 | 841 | 4.7 | 15.6 | 65 | 4 | 2.2 | 18 | 10.1 | 15.0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 214 | 94 | 43.9 | 96 | 1288 | 6.0 | 13.7 | 6 | 2.8 | 24 | 11.2 | 33.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde Goodnight | 16 | 308 | 19.3 | 51t | 1 |
| Nolan Luhn | 16 | 224 | 14.0 | 36t | 2 |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 10 | 143 | 14.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Tony Canadeo | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Forte | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Ted Fritsch | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 12t | 1 |
| Herm Rohrig | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Don Wells | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 65 | 0 |
| Hal Prescott | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Walt Schlinkman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 54 | 841 | 15.6 | 65 | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 94 | 1288 | 13.7 | 6 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herm Rohrig | 5 | 134 | 26.8 | 51 | 0 |
| Cliff Aberson | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 33 | 0 |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Ken Keuper | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Irv Comp | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Forte | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Tony Canadeo | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Roy McKay | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Russ Mosley | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ted Fritsch | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Baby Ray | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 399 | 16.6 | 51 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 275 | 15.3 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy McKay | 64 | 2735 | 42.7 | 64 | 1 | |||||
| Ted Fritsch | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 65 | 2787 | 42.9 | 64 | 1 | 414 | 33.8 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 2513 | 41.9 | 69 | 0 | 284 | 35.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herm Rohrig | 8 | 98 | 12.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 12 | 98 | 8.2 | 21 | 0 | |
| Tony Canadeo | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 22 | 0 | |
| Bruce Smith | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 284 | 10.1 | 22 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 414 | 11.8 | 70 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Canadeo | 6 | 163 | 27.2 | 38 | 0 | |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 6 | 148 | 24.7 | 44 | 0 | |
| Herm Rohrig | 5 | 106 | 21.2 | 27 | 0 | |
| Cliff Aberson | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Ted Fritsch | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 37 | 0 | |
| Walt Schlinkman | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Roy McKay | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Nolan Luhn | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Larry Craig | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Irv Comp | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Bruce Smith | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Ken Keuper | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 34 | 740 | 21.8 | 44 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 683 | 24.4 | 51 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Aberson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Brock | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 0 |
| Tony Canadeo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Irv Comp | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Craig | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Tiny Croft | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Forte | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Fritsch | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -9 | 0 | |
| Ken Keuper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Lipscomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Luhn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy McKay | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Urban Odson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Baby Ray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Herm Rohrig | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Schlinkman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Wells | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 0 |
| Dick Wildung | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 86 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 2 |
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