1951 Green Bay Packers (NFL) |
| 5th place • National Conference • 3-9-0 .250 |
| Head Coach: Gene Ronzani |
| Chuck Drulis | Line |
| Ray McLean | Backfield |
| Dick Plasman | Assistant Coach |
| Tarzan Taylor | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/25/1951 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 17-14 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 16168 | |
| Sun | 9/9/1951 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 10-14 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 19282 | |
| Wed | 9/12/1951 | N | San Francisco 49ers | 0-20 | L | Minneapolis, MN | Parade Stadium | 19021 | |
| Sun | 9/16/1951 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 6-35 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 13458 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1951 | A | Washington Redskins | 14-7 | W | Alexandria, VA | George Washington Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1951 | H | Chicago Bears | 20-31 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 24666 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1951 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 35-33 | W | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 8324 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1951 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 37-24 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 18489 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1951 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 0-28 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 21393 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1951 | A | New York Yanks | 29-27 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 7351 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1951 | H | Detroit Lions | 17-24 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 18165 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1951 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-28 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 20080 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1951 | A | Chicago Bears | 13-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 36771 | |
| Thu | 11/22/1951 | A | Detroit Lions | 35-52 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 32247 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1951 | H | New York Yanks | 28-31 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 14297 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1951 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 19-31 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 15121 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1951 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 14-42 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 23698 | |
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 |
| Dick Afflis | 15 | MG | 5-11 | 250 | 22 | Purdue; Nevada-Reno | 12 | 12 |
| Buddy Burris | 33 | LOG-MG | 5-11 | 215 | 28 | Tulsa; Oklahoma | 7 | 7 |
| Tony Canadeo | 3 | LOH | 5-11 | 190 | 32 | Gonzaga | 12 | 12 |
| Jack Cloud | 82 | FB | 5-10 | 220 | 26 | William & Mary | 4 | 4 |
| Rip Collins | 65 | DB-ROH | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Louisiana State | 8 | 2 |
| Fred Cone | 66 | FB-K | 5-11 | 199 | 25 | Clemson | 12 | 8 |
| Harper Davis | 25 | DB | 5-11 | 173 | 26 | Mississippi State | 12 | 12 |
| Ray DiPierro | 21 | LOG | 5-11 | 210 | 25 | Ohio State | 5 | 5 |
| Ed Ecker | 55 | LOT-LDT | 6-7 | 276 | 28 | John Carroll | 8 | 3 |
| Carl Elliott | 40 | ROE-LOE-DE | 6-4 | 220 | 24 | Temple; Virginia | 12 | 8 |
| Jug Girard | 36 | P-DB-ROH | 5-11 | 176 | 24 | Wisconsin | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Joe Grimes | 22 | ROH | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 10 |
| Val Jansante | 23 | LOE | 6-1 | 190 | 31 | Duquesne; Villanova | 3 | 0 |
| Ace Loomis | 7 | DB-ROH | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 12 | 12 |
| Willie Manley | 90 | LOT-ROT | 6-2 | 218 | 25 | Oklahoma | 12 | 9 |
| Bob Mann | 31 | LOE | 5-11 | 172 | 27 | Michigan | 11 | 7 |
| John Martinkovic | 39 | RDE | 6-3 | 241 | 24 | Xavier (Ohio) | 12 | 1 |
| Walt Michaels | 35 | MLB-LOG-K | 6-0 | 231 | 22 | Washington & Lee | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Moje | 79 | ROE | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Glendale CC; Loyola Marymount | 2 | 0 |
| Dom Moselle | 93 | DB-ROH | 6-0 | 192 | 26 | Wisconsin-Superior | 12 | 1 |
| Ed Neal | 58 | C | 6-4 | 285 | 33 | Louisiana State; Tulane; Ouachita Baptist | 1 | 0 |
| Ham Nichols | 46 | ROG | 5-11 | 209 | 27 | Rice | 9 | 8 |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 23 | DB | 5-11 | 173 | 27 | Michigan | 3 | 0 |
| Dan Orlich | 19 | LDE-LOE | 6-5 | 215 | 27 | Northwestern; Penn State; Nevada-Reno | 12 | 12 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 8 | ROE-LOE-LOH-ROH-P | 6-0 | 187 | 23 | Auburn; Eastern Kentucky | 12 | 4 |
| Floyd Reid | 80 | LOH | 5-10 | 187 | 24 | Georgia | 12 | 0 |
| Jay Rhodemyre | 85 | C | 6-1 | 210 | 28 | Kentucky | 12 | 12 |
| Charley Robinson | 18 | LB | 6-0 | 240 | 26 | Morgan State | 2 | 0 |
| Tobin Rote | 38 | QB-P | 6-3 | 211 | 23 | Rice | 12 | 11 |
| Howie Ruetz | 75 | RDT | 6-3 | 257 | 24 | Loras | 12 | 12 |
| Bill Schroll | 86 | LB | 6-0 | 214 | 25 | Louisiana State | 12 | 12 |
| Carl Schuette | 17 | C-LB | 6-1 | 206 | 29 | Marquette | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Spencer | 34 | ROT | 6-2 | 239 | 28 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 8 |
| Don Stansauk | 63 | LDT | 6-1 | 255 | 26 | Pasadena CC; Denver | 2 | 0 |
| Rebel Steiner | 74 | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Alabama | 10 | 10 |
| Dave Stephenson | 44 | ROG | 6-2 | 232 | 26 | Tennessee; West Virginia | 12 | 4 |
| Bob Summerhays | 77 | LB | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Army; Utah | 12 | 12 |
| Bobby Thomason | 28 | QB | 6-1 | 196 | 23 | Virginia Military Institute | 11 | 1 |
| Dick Wildung | 45 | LDT-LOT | 6-0 | 221 | 30 | Minnesota | 11 | 11 |
| Ab Wimberly | 16 | RDE-ROE | 6-1 | 213 | 24 | Louisiana State | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | Bob Gain | T | Kentucky |
| 2 | 16 | Rip Collins | B | Louisiana State |
| 3 | 27 | Fred Cone | B | Clemson |
| 5 | 52 | Wade Stinson | B | Kansas |
| 6 | 63 | Sig Holowenko | T | John Carroll |
| 7 | 77 | Bill Sutherland | E | St. Vincent |
| 9 | 99 | Dick McWilliams | T | Michigan |
| 10 | 114 | Bob Noppinger | T | Georgetown (DC) |
| 11 | 125 | George Rooks | B | Morgan State |
| 12 | 136 | Carl Kreager | C | Michigan |
| 13 | 150 | Ed Stephens | B | Missouri |
| 14 | 161 | Ray Bauer | E | Montana |
| 15 | 172 | Joe Ernst | B | Tulane |
| 16 | 186 | Dick Afflis | T | Nevada-Reno* |
| 17 | 197 | Ray Pelfrey | B | Eastern Kentucky |
| 18 | 208 | Ed Petela | B | Boston College |
| 19 | 222 | Jim Liber | B | Xavier (Ohio) |
| 20 | 233 | Dick Johnson | T | Virginia |
| 21 | 244 | Art Edling | E | Minnesota |
| 22 | 258 | Art Felker | E | Marquette |
| 23 | 269 | Warren Chamberlain | G | Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
| 24 | 280 | Dick Christie | B | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 25 | 294 | Monte Charles | B | Hillsdale |
| 26 | 305 | Bill Miller | T | Ohio State |
| 27 | 316 | Bob Bossons | C | Georgia Tech |
| 28 | 330 | Bill Ayres | B | Abilene Christian |
| 29 | 341 | Ralph Fieler | E | Miami (Florida) |
| 30 | 352 | Ed Withers | B | Wisconsin |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 62 | 56 | 54 | 82 | 254 |
| Opponents Totals | 68 | 96 | 86 | 125 | 375 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 218 | 75 | 115 | 28 | / % | / % | 90 | 790 | |
| Opponents Totals | 236 | 127 | 95 | 14 | / % | / % | 99 | 924 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Mann | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Fred Cone | 1 | 29 | 35 | 82.9 | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 0 | 44 |
| Carl Elliott | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Ray Pelfrey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Tony Canadeo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Dom Moselle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Tobin Rote | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jack Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jug Girard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Billy Joe Grimes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Summerhays | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Walt Michaels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 35 | 29 | 35 | 82.9 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 0 | 254 |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 49 | 50 | 98.0 | 8 | 17 | 47.1 | 1 | 375 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Cone | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 0 | 37 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Walt Michaels | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 0 | 37 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 17 | 47.1 | 1/ | 4/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobin Rote | 76 | 523 | 6.9 | 55t | 3 |
| Fred Cone | 56 | 190 | 3.4 | 16 | 1 |
| Tony Canadeo | 54 | 131 | 2.4 | 15 | 1 |
| Billy Joe Grimes | 44 | 123 | 2.8 | 18t | 1 |
| Floyd Reid | 23 | 73 | 3.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Jack Cloud | 29 | 61 | 2.1 | 19 | 1 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Dom Moselle | 12 | 23 | 1.9 | 7 | 1 |
| Jug Girard | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Bob Mann | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Rip Collins | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Bobby Thomason | 5 | -5 | -1.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 313 | 1196 | 3.8 | 55t | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 496 | 2152 | 4.3 | 85t | 22 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobin Rote | 256 | 106 | 106 | 130 | 1540 | 6.0 | 14.5 | 85 | 15 | 5.9 | 20 | 7.8 | 143 | 1397 | 48.6 | |
| Bobby Thomason | 221 | 125 | 125 | 87 | 1306 | 5.9 | 10.4 | 75t | 11 | 5.0 | 9 | 4.1 | 146 | 1160 | 73.5 | |
| Floyd Reid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 478 | 231 | 231 | 218 | 2846 | 6.0 | 12.3 | 85 | 26 | 5.4 | 29 | 6.1 | 289 | 2557 | 60.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 313 | 157 | 157 | 134 | 2535 | 8.1 | 16.1 | 25 | 8.0 | 22 | 7.0 | 217 | 2318 | 75.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Mann | 50 | 696 | 13.9 | 52 | 8 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 38 | 462 | 12.2 | 49t | 5 |
| Carl Elliott | 35 | 317 | 9.1 | 33t | 5 |
| Fred Cone | 28 | 315 | 11.3 | 49 | 0 |
| Tony Canadeo | 22 | 226 | 10.3 | 46 | 2 |
| Billy Joe Grimes | 15 | 170 | 11.3 | 38t | 1 |
| Dom Moselle | 14 | 233 | 16.6 | 85 | 2 |
| Jug Girard | 10 | 220 | 22.0 | 75t | 2 |
| Floyd Reid | 9 | 115 | 12.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Jack Cloud | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 6t | 1 |
| Harper Davis | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dick Moje | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ab Wimberly | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ace Loomis | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dan Orlich | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Val Jansante | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Rip Collins | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tobin Rote | 0 | 11 | 11L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 231 | 2846 | 12.3 | 85 | 26 |
| Opponents Totals | 157 | 2535 | 16.1 | 25 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jug Girard | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ace Loomis | 4 | 103 | 25.8 | 66 | 0 |
| Harper Davis | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Rebel Steiner | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Summerhays | 2 | 112 | 56.0 | 88t | 1 |
| Rip Collins | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howie Ruetz | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dom Moselle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 292 | 13.3 | 88t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 387 | 13.3 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jug Girard | 52 | 2101 | 40.4 | 66 | 0 | |||||
| Ray Pelfrey | 5 | 220 | 44.0 | 46 | 0 | |||||
| Rip Collins | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 49 | 0 | |||||
| Tobin Rote | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 0 | |||||
| Fred Cone | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 61 | 2504 | 41.0 | 66 | 0 | 564 | 31.8 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 2333 | 37.6 | 72 | 0 | 213 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dom Moselle | 9 | 80 | 8.9 | 17 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe Grimes | 16 | 100 | 6.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| Harper Davis | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 213 | 7.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 564 | 14.8 | 89t | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dom Moselle | 20 | 547 | 27.4 | 44 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe Grimes | 23 | 582 | 25.3 | 47 | 0 | |
| Walt Michaels | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 26 | 0 | |
| Tony Canadeo | 4 | 101 | 25.3 | 48 | 0 | |
| John Martinkovic | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Ab Wimberly | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Rip Collins | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Bob Summerhays | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Fred Cone | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Carl Elliott | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 60 | 1449 | 24.2 | 48 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 741 | 18.5 | 41 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Burris | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Canadeo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Cloud | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Cone | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harper Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Girard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe Grimes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ace Loomis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Martinkovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Dom Moselle | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Orlich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 0 |
| Floyd Reid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay Rhodemyre | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tobin Rote | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Howie Ruetz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Summerhays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Thomason | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Wildung | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ab Wimberly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 23 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 0 |
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