1965 Green Bay Packers (NFL) |
| 1st place • Western Conference • 10-3-1 .769 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Vince Lombardi |
| Phil Bengston | Defense |
| Red Cochran | Offensive Backs |
| Tom Fears | Receivers |
| Norb Hecker | Defensive Secondary |
| Ray Wietecha | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/14/1965 | H | New York Giants | 44-7 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50837 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1965 | H | Chicago Bears | 31-14 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47006 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1965 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 12-21 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 67954 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1965 | A | Cleveland Browns | 30-14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 83118 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1965 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 31-13 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50858 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1965 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 41-9 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 38383 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1965 | H | Baltimore Colts | 20-17 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 48130 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1965 | H | Chicago Bears | 23-14 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50852 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1965 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 27-10 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50852 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1965 | A | Detroit Lions | 31-21 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 56712 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1965 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 13-3 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 48311 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1965 | A | Chicago Bears | 10-31 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45664 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1965 | H | Detroit Lions | 7-12 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50852 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1965 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 6-3 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 48485 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1965 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 38-13 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47426 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1965 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 10-21 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 39733 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1965 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 24-19 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50852 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1965 | A | Baltimore Colts | 42-27 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60238 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1965 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 24-24 | T | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 45710 | |
| Western Conference Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/26/1965 | H | Baltimore Colts | 13-10 | W | OT | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50484 |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/2/1966 | H | Cleveland Browns | 23-12 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50777 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/4/1965 | Cleveland Browns | Doubleheader |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Herb Adderley | 26 | LCB | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Lionel Aldridge | 82 | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Anderson | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 211 | 29 | Tennessee | 14 | 3 |
| Ken Bowman | 57 | C | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Wisconsin | 14 | 14 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 12 | QB | 6-4 | 204 | 34 | Georgia | 6 | 0 |
| Tom Brown | 40 | LS | 6-1 | 191 | 25 | Maryland | 14 | 14 |
| Lee Roy Caffey | 60 | RLB-MLB | 6-3 | 247 | 24 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Don Chandler | 34 | P-K | 6-2 | 208 | 31 | Bacone Indian JC; Florida | 14 | 0 |
| Dennis Claridge | 10 | QB | 6-3 | 225 | 24 | Nebraska | 1 | 0 |
| Junior Coffey | 41 | HB | 6-1 | 211 | 23 | Washington | 13 | 0 |
| Tommy Crutcher | 37 | RLB-MLB | 6-3 | 229 | 24 | Texas Christian | 14 | 2 |
| Bill Curry | 50 | C | 6-2 | 235 | 23 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 0 |
| Carroll Dale | 84 | FL | 6-1 | 198 | 27 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 12 |
| Willie Davis | 87 | LDE | 6-3 | 243 | 31 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Boyd Dowler | 86 | SE | 6-5 | 224 | 28 | Colorado | 14 | 13 |
| Marv Fleming | 81 | TE | 6-4 | 233 | 23 | Utah | 13 | 11 |
| Forrest Gregg | 75 | LOG-ROT | 6-3 | 249 | 32 | Southern Methodist | 13 | 13 |
| Hank Gremminger | 46 | S | 6-1 | 200 | 32 | Baylor | 8 | 0 |
| Dan Grimm | 67 | ROG | 6-3 | 244 | 24 | Colorado | 14 | 1 |
| Doug Hart | 43 | RCB | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Navarro JC; Texas-Arlington | 14 | 14 |
| Paul Hornung | 5 | HB | 6-2 | 215 | 30 | Notre Dame | 12 | 10 |
| Allen Jacobs | 35 | HB | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | Glendale CC; Utah | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Jeter | 21 | FL | 6-1 | 203 | 28 | Iowa | 13 | 0 |
| Henry Jordan | 74 | RDT | 6-3 | 249 | 30 | Virginia | 14 | 14 |
| Ron Kostelnik | 77 | LDT | 6-4 | 260 | 25 | Cincinnati | 14 | 14 |
| Jerry Kramer | 64 | ROG | 6-3 | 246 | 29 | Idaho | 14 | 13 |
| Bob Long | 80 | FL | 6-3 | 199 | 23 | Wichita State | 13 | 2 |
| Bud Marshall | 70 | DT | 6-5 | 271 | 24 | Baylor; Stephen F. Austin State | 14 | 0 |
| Max McGee | 85 | SE | 6-3 | 210 | 33 | Tulane | 12 | 1 |
| Tom Moore | 25 | HB-FB | 6-2 | 213 | 27 | Vanderbilt | 13TOM MOORE | 4 |
| Ray Nitschke | 66 | MLB | 6-3 | 235 | 29 | Illinois | 12 | 12 |
| Elijah Pitts | 22 | HB | 6-1 | 204 | 27 | Philander Smith | 14 | 1 |
| Dave Robinson | 89 | LLB | 6-3 | 243 | 24 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Skoronski | 76 | LOT | 6-3 | 249 | 31 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| Bart Starr | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 197 | 31 | Alabama | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Taylor | 31 | FB | 6-0 | 214 | 30 | Hinds CC; Louisiana State | 13 | 13 |
| Fred Thurston | 63 | LOG | 6-1 | 247 | 32 | Valparaiso | 14 | 4 |
| Lloyd Voss | 71 | DE | 6-4 | 256 | 23 | Nebraska | 14 | 0 |
| Willie Wood | 24 | RS | 5-10 | 189 | 29 | Coalinga JC; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Steve Wright | 72 | ROT | 6-6 | 250 | 23 | Alabama | 14 | 11 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Donny Anderson | HB | Texas Tech |
| 1 | 10 | Larry Elkins | E | Baylor |
| 2 | 24 | Al Dotson | T | Grambling State |
| 3 | 38 | Allen Brown | E | Mississippi |
| 4 | 52 | Wally Mahle | B | Syracuse |
| 5 | 59 | Jim Harvey | T | Mississippi |
| 5 | 66 | Doug Goodwin | FB | Maryland-Eastern Shore |
| 6 | 74 | Rich Koeper | T | Oregon State |
| 6 | 80 | Bill Symons | HB | Colorado |
| 7 | 85 | Jerry Roberts | B | Baldwin-Wallace |
| 7 | 86 | Roger Jacobazzi | T | Wisconsin |
| 7 | 94 | Junior Coffey | FB | Washington |
| 8 | 108 | Mike Shinn | E | Kansas |
| 9 | 122 | Larry Bulaich | B | Texas Christian |
| 10 | 136 | Bud Marshall | T | Stephen F. Austin State |
| 11 | 150 | Jim Weatherwax | T | Los Angeles State |
| 12 | 164 | Gene Jeter | HB | Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
| 13 | 178 | Roy Schmidt | G | Long Beach State |
| 14 | 192 | John Putman | FB | Drake |
| 15 | 206 | Chuck Hurston | T | Auburn |
| 16 | 220 | Phil Vandersea | FB | Massachusetts |
| 17 | 234 | Steve Clark | K | Oregon State |
| 18 | 248 | Jeff White | E | Texas Tech |
| 19 | 262 | Len Sears | T | South Carolina |
| 20 | 276 | Jim Chandler | FB | Benedict |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 65 | 66 | 82 | 103 | 316 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 85 | 37 | 62 | 224 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 201 | 85 | 103 | 13 | / % | / % | 48 | 529 | |
| Opponents Totals | 240 | 115 | 111 | 14 | / % | / % | 67 | 677 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Chandler | 0 | 37 | 38 | 97.4 | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 0 | 88 |
| Paul Hornung | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Elijah Pitts | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Boyd Dowler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bob Long | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jim Taylor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Herb Adderley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Carroll Dale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Marv Fleming | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lee Roy Caffey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Doug Hart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Max McGee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bart Starr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 38 | 37 | 38 | 97.4 | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 0 | 316 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 22 | 22 | 100.0 | 22 | 33 | 66.7 | 2 | 224 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Chandler | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 0 | 49 | 7/9 | 4/5 | 2/3 | 4/8 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 0 | 49 | 7/9 | 4/5 | 2/3 | 4/8 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 33 | 66.7 | 2/4 | 9/10 | 6/7 | 4/8 | 1/4 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Taylor | 207 | 734 | 3.5 | 35 | 4 |
| Paul Hornung | 89 | 299 | 3.4 | 17 | 5 |
| Bart Starr | 18 | 169 | 9.4 | 38 | 1 |
| Tom Moore | 51 | 124 | 2.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Elijah Pitts | 54 | 122 | 2.3 | 12 | 4 |
| Don Chandler | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Junior Coffey | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Allen Jacobs | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Dennis Claridge | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 432 | 1488 | 3.4 | 38 | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 480 | 1988 | 4.1 | 43 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bart Starr | 251 | 140 | 55.8 | 102 | 2055 | 8.2 | 14.7 | 77t | 16 | 6.4 | 9 | 3.6 | 34 | 303 | 1752 | 89.0 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 48 | 21 | 43.8 | 23 | 348 | 7.3 | 16.6 | 80t | 3 | 6.3 | 4 | 8.3 | 8 | 79 | 269 | 54.9 |
| Tom Moore | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 22 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 112.5 |
| Dennis Claridge | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 118.8 |
| Elijah Pitts | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 51 | 25.5 | 51.0 | 51 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 95.8 |
| Paul Hornung | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 19 | 9.5 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 43.8 |
| Team Totals | 306 | 166 | 54.2 | 126 | 2508 | 8.2 | 15.1 | 80t | 19 | 6.2 | 14 | 4.6 | 43 | 395 | 2113 | 83.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 383 | 187 | 48.8 | 169 | 2316 | 6.0 | 12.4 | 65t | 11 | 2.9 | 27 | 7.0 | 44 | 335 | 1981 | 48.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd Dowler | 44 | 610 | 13.9 | 47t | 4 | ||||
| Carroll Dale | 20 | 382 | 19.1 | 77t | 2 | ||||
| Jim Taylor | 20 | 207 | 10.4 | 41 | 0 | ||||
| Paul Hornung | 19 | 336 | 17.7 | 65t | 3 | ||||
| Marv Fleming | 14 | 141 | 10.1 | 31t | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Long | 13 | 304 | 23.4 | 62t | 4 | 0 | |||
| Elijah Pitts | 11 | 182 | 16.5 | 80t | 1 | ||||
| Max McGee | 10 | 154 | 15.4 | 37t | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Anderson | 8 | 105 | 13.1 | 27t | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Moore | 7 | 87 | 12.4 | 31t | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 166 | 2508 | 15.1 | 80t | 19 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 187 | 2316 | 12.4 | 65t | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herb Adderley | 6 | 175 | 29.2 | 44 | 3 |
| Willie Wood | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Doug Hart | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Dave Robinson | 3 | 141 | 47.0 | 87 | 0 |
| Tom Brown | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Lee Roy Caffey | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42t | 1 |
| Willie Davis | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Jeter | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ray Nitschke | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Tommy Crutcher | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 561 | 20.8 | 87 | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 209 | 14.9 | 36t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Chandler | 74 | 3176 | 42.9 | 90 | 0 | 13 | 290 | 2626 | 35.5 | |
| Team Totals | 74 | 3176 | 42.9 | 90 | 0 | 13 | 290 | 2626 | 35.5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 2523 | 42.1 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 65 | 2358 | 39.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Wood | 13 | 10 | 38 | 2.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Elijah Pitts | 8 | 6 | 27 | 3.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Herb Adderley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 22 | 17 | 65 | 3.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 11 | 290 | 8.1 | 62 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Moore | 15 | 361 | 24.1 | 52 | 0 | |
| Elijah Pitts | 20 | 396 | 19.8 | 29 | 0 | |
| Herb Adderley | 10 | 221 | 22.1 | 33 | 0 | |
| Tommy Crutcher | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 21 | 0 | |
| Junior Coffey | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Dan Grimm | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 50 | 1040 | 20.8 | 52 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 1216 | 23.4 | 68 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herb Adderley | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Lionel Aldridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Claridge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Junior Coffey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Curry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carroll Dale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Boyd Dowler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Forrest Gregg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Grimm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Hart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| Paul Hornung | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Kostelnik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bud Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Moore | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Nitschke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 0 |
| Elijah Pitts | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Bart Starr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Taylor | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Wood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Wright | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 12 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 42 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 0 |
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