1971 Green Bay Packers (NFL) |
| 4th place • National Football Conference • Central Division • 4-8-2 .333 |
| Head Coach: Dan Devine |
| Red Cochran | Offensive Backs |
| Don Doll | Defensive Backs |
| Rollie Dotsch | Offensive Line |
| Burt Gustafson | Linebackers |
| Dave Hanner | Defensive Line |
| Bob Schnelker | Receivers/Passing Head |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/7/1971 | H | Chicago Bears | 0-2 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47248 | |
| Sat | 8/14/1971 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13-16 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56263 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1971 | H | Miami Dolphins | 10-7 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 46464 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1971 | H | Oakland Raiders | 13-17 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56263 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1971 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 24-27 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 55477 | |
| Fri | 9/10/1971 | A | Buffalo Bills | 20-14 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 37301 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1971 | H | New York Giants | 40-42 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56263 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1971 | H | Denver Broncos | 34-13 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47957 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1971 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 20-17 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56263 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1971 | A | Detroit Lions | 28-31 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 54418 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1971 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 13-24 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56263 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1971 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 13-30 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 75351 | |
| Mon | 11/1/1971 | H | Detroit Lions | 14-14 | T | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47961 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1971 | A | Chicago Bears | 17-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 55049 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1971 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 0-3 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 49784 | |
| Mon | 11/22/1971 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 21-28 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 58850 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1971 | H | New Orleans Saints | 21-29 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 48035 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1971 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 16-16 | T | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50443 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1971 | H | Chicago Bears | 31-10 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56263 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1971 | A | Miami Dolphins | 6-27 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 76812 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Lionel Aldridge | 82 | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 30 | Utah State | 14 | 9 |
| Donny Anderson | 44 | RB-P | 6-3 | 212 | 28 | Texas Tech | 14 | 13 |
| Ken Bowman | 57 | C | 6-3 | 230 | 29 | Wisconsin | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Bradley | 61 | OG | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | Penn State | 7 | 0 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 12 | QB | 6-4 | 204 | 40 | Georgia | 6 | 1 |
| John Brockington | 42 | RB | 6-1 | 225 | 23 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Brown | 78 | RDT | 6-5 | 268 | 32 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 14 | 14 |
| Fred Carr | 53 | RLB | 6-5 | 239 | 25 | Texas-El Paso | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Carter | 50 | MLB-LLB | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | Minnesota | 13 | 13 |
| Dave Conway | 35 | K | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Texas | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy Crutcher | 56 | LLB | 6-3 | 229 | 30 | Texas Christian | 12 | 2 |
| Carroll Dale | 84 | WR | 6-1 | 198 | 33 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Davis | 47 | WR | 6-0 | 175 | 23 | Tennessee State | 14 | 3 |
| Jim Delisle | 79 | DT | 6-4 | 254 | 22 | Wisconsin | 9 | 0 |
| Ken Duncan | 18 | P | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | Tulsa | 2 | 0 |
| Ken Ellis | 48 | LCB | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Southern University | 14 | 13 |
| Len Garrett | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | New Mexico Highlands | 14 | 0 |
| Gale Gillingham | 68 | ROG | 6-3 | 255 | 27 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| Charlie Hall | 21 | RCB | 6-1 | 193 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 2 |
| Dave Hampton | 25 | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Wyoming | 13 | 1 |
| Doug Hart | 43 | LS-RCB | 6-1 | 190 | 32 | Navarro JC; Texas-Arlington | 14 | 12 |
| Bill Hayhoe | 77 | OT | 6-8 | 258 | 25 | Los Angeles Valley JC; Southern California | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Himes | 72 | ROT | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Scott Hunter | 16 | QB | 6-2 | 207 | 24 | Alabama | 13 | 10 |
| Larry Krause | 30 | RB | 6-0 | 208 | 23 | St. Norbert | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Lueck | 62 | LOG | 6-3 | 235 | 25 | Arizona | 14 | 14 |
| Al Matthews | 29 | RCB-LCB | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 14 | 10 |
| Mike McCoy | 76 | LDT | 6-5 | 275 | 23 | Notre Dame | 12 | 11 |
| Rich McGeorge | 81 | TE | 6-4 | 232 | 23 | Elon | 14 | 14 |
| Lou Michaels | 75 | K | 6-2 | 243 | 36 | Kentucky | 10 | 0 |
| Ray Nitschke | 66 | MLB | 6-3 | 235 | 35 | Illinois | 9 | 2 |
| Frank Patrick | 10 | QB | 6-7 | 225 | 24 | Nebraska | 1 | 0 |
| Francis Peay | 71 | LOT | 6-5 | 250 | 27 | Arizona; Cameron JC; Missouri | 14 | 14 |
| Elijah Pitts | 22 | RB | 6-1 | 204 | 33 | Philander Smith | 6 | 0 |
| Al Randolph | 27 | LS | 6-2 | 199 | 27 | Iowa | 14 | 5 |
| Dave Robinson | 89 | LLB | 6-3 | 243 | 30 | Penn State | 14 | 11 |
| Alden Roche | 78 | RDE-LDT-LDE | 6-4 | 253 | 26 | Southern University | 14 | 9 |
| Donnell Smith | 74 | DE | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Southern University | 4 | 0 |
| John Spilis | 85 | WR | 6-3 | 205 | 24 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 11 |
| Bart Starr | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 197 | 37 | Alabama | 4 | 3 |
| Tim Webster | 38 | K | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | Arkansas | 4 | 0 |
| Clarence Williams | 83 | LDE | 6-5 | 253 | 25 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 13 |
| Perry Williams | 31 | RB | 6-2 | 222 | 25 | Purdue | 14 | 0 |
| Randy Winkler | 63 | OG | 6-5 | 257 | 28 | Tarleton State | 7 | 0 |
| Wimpy Winther | 54 | C | 6-4 | 260 | 24 | Mississippi | 11 | 0 |
| Cal Withrow | 58 | C | 6-0 | 230 | 26 | Kentucky | 14 | 0 |
| Willie Wood | 24 | RS | 5-10 | 189 | 35 | Coalinga JC; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 9 | John Brockington | RB | Ohio State |
| 2 | 46 | Virgil Robinson | RB | Grambling State |
| 3 | 62 | Charlie Hall | DB | Pittsburgh |
| 5 | 116 | Donnell Smith | DE | Southern University |
| 5 | 124 | Jim Stillwagon | LB | Ohio State |
| 6 | 140 | Scott Hunter | QB | Alabama |
| 7 | 168 | Dave Davis | WR | Tennessee State |
| 7 | 175 | Jim Johnson | WR | Bishop |
| 8 | 193 | Win Headley | C | Wake Forest |
| 9 | 218 | Barry Mayer | RB | Minnesota |
| 10 | 246 | Kevin Hunt | T | Doane |
| 11 | 271 | John Lanier | RB | Parsons |
| 12 | 296 | Greg Hendren | G | California |
| 13 | 324 | Jack Martin | RB | Angelo State |
| 14 | 348 | Leroy Spears | DE | Minnesota State-Moorhead |
| 15 | 374 | Len Garrett | TE | New Mexico Highlands |
| 16 | 402 | Jack O'Donnell | G | Central Oklahoma |
| 17 | 427 | Monty Johnson | DB | Oklahoma |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 41 | 85 | 64 | 84 | 274 |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 72 | 78 | 91 | 298 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 208 | 115 | 87 | 6 | / % | / % | 61 | 568 | |
| Opponents Totals | 230 | 104 | 110 | 16 | / % | / % | 60 | 514 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Michaels | 0 | 19 | 20 | 95.0 | 8 | 14 | 57.1 | 0 | 43 |
| Donny Anderson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| John Brockington | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Dave Hampton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Tim Webster | 0 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 0 | 26 |
| Carroll Dale | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Scott Hunter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Rich McGeorge | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Doug Hart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Zeke Bratkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ken Ellis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Spilis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bart Starr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Conway | 0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 32 | 33 | 97.0 | 14 | 26 | 53.8 | 1 | 274 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 32 | 34 | 94.1 | 20 | 37 | 54.1 | 1 | 298 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Michaels | 8 | 14 | 57.1 | 1 | 44 | 3/3 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Tim Webster | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 2 | 28 | 2/2 | 4/5 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/1 |
| Dave Conway | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 14 | 26 | 53.8 | 3 | 44 | 5/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 1/5 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 37 | 54.1 | 7/8 | 9/10 | 1/7 | 3/12 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Brockington | 216 | 1105 | 5.1 | 52t | 4 |
| Donny Anderson | 186 | 757 | 4.1 | 31 | 5 |
| Dave Hampton | 67 | 307 | 4.6 | 41 | 3 |
| Scott Hunter | 21 | 50 | 2.4 | 16 | 4 |
| Bart Starr | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 9 | 1 |
| Perry Williams | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Larry Krause | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 500 | 2229 | 4.5 | 52 | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 489 | 1707 | 3.5 | 42 | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Hunter | 163 | 75 | 46.0 | 71 | 1210 | 7.4 | 16.1 | 77t | 7 | 4.3 | 17 | 10.4 | 11 | 81 | 1129 | 46.1 |
| Bart Starr | 45 | 24 | 53.3 | 18 | 286 | 6.4 | 11.9 | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 6.7 | 6 | 64 | 222 | 45.2 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 37 | 19 | 51.4 | 15 | 298 | 8.1 | 15.7 | 50 | 4 | 10.8 | 3 | 8.1 | 1 | 12 | 286 | 80.7 |
| Donny Anderson | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 9 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 5 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 95.8 |
| Frank Patrick | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 3 | 39 | 7.8 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 20.0 |
| Team Totals | 254 | 121 | 47.6 | 109 | 1842 | 7.3 | 15.2 | 77t | 12 | 4.7 | 24 | 9.4 | 18 | 157 | 1685 | 48.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 353 | 186 | 52.7 | 151 | 2469 | 7.0 | 13.3 | 81t | 21 | 5.9 | 16 | 4.5 | 19 | 168 | 2301 | 76.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll Dale | 31 | 598 | 19.3 | 77t | 4 |
| Rich McGeorge | 27 | 463 | 17.1 | 50 | 4 |
| Donny Anderson | 26 | 306 | 11.8 | 39 | 1 |
| John Spilis | 14 | 281 | 20.1 | 39 | 1 |
| John Brockington | 14 | 98 | 7.0 | 29 | 1 |
| Dave Davis | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Dave Hampton | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 19t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 121 | 1842 | 15.2 | 77t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 186 | 2469 | 13.3 | 81t | 21 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Ellis | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Dave Robinson | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Doug Hart | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 69 | 0 |
| Al Randolph | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Al Matthews | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Carter | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Willie Wood | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ray Nitschke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 205 | 12.8 | 69 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 449 | 18.7 | 65t | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donny Anderson | 50 | 2022 | 40.4 | 58 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ken Duncan | 6 | 216 | 36.0 | 47 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 56 | 2238 | 40.0 | 58 | 0 | 7 | 169 | 1929 | 34.4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 2448 | 40.1 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 177 | 2171 | 35.6 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Ellis | 22 | 1 | 107 | 4.9 | 30 | 0 |
| Dave Davis | 6 | 0 | 36 | 6.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Elijah Pitts | 5 | 2 | 13 | 2.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Willie Wood | 4 | 2 | 21 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Al Randolph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 38 | 5 | 177 | 4.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 12 | 169 | 7.3 | 38 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Hampton | 46 | 1314 | 28.6 | 90t | 1 | |
| Larry Krause | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 29 | 0 | |
| Elijah Pitts | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Perry Williams | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Dave Davis | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Ken Ellis | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Jim Carter | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 58 | 1546 | 26.7 | 90t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 1248 | 22.3 | 82 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Clarence Williams | 6.0 | |
| Alden Roche | 5.0 | |
| Fred Carr | 3.5 | |
| Mike McCoy | 3.0 | |
| Dave Robinson | 3.0 | |
| Ray Nitschke | 1.5 | |
| Bob Brown | 1.0 | |
| Lionel Aldridge | 0.5 | |
| Jim Carter | 0.5 | |
| Team Totals IND=24 | 19.0 | 168.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 18.0 | 157.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel Aldridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Donny Anderson | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 | |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Brockington | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Carr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 0 |
| Jim Carter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | |
| Dave Hampton | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Hunter | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -11 | 0 | |
| Larry Krause | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McCoy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Rich McGeorge | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Nitschke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Randolph | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alden Roche | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Spilis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bart Starr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clarence Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Wood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 22 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 56 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 3 |
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