1976 Green Bay Packers (NFL) |
| 4th place • National Football Conference • Central Division • 5-9-0 .357 |
| Head Coach: Bart Starr |
| Zeke Bratkowski | Quarterbacks |
| Lew Carpenter | Receivers/Passing Game |
| Dave Hanner | Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator |
| Dick LeBeau | Defensive Backs |
| Bob Lord | Special Teams |
| Leon McLaughlin | Offensive Line |
| John Meyer | Linebackers |
| Paul Roach | Offensive Coordinator |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 7/31/1976 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 17-23 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50245 | |
| Sat | 8/7/1976 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 10-6 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 53421 | |
| Sun | 8/15/1976 | A | New England Patriots | 16-14 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 30552 | |
| Fri | 8/20/1976 | A | Buffalo Bills | 0-37 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 33706 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1976 | H | New York Giants | 16-20 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56267 | |
| Fri | 9/3/1976 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 7-26 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 54989 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1976 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 14-26 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 54628 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1976 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 0-29 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 48842 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1976 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 7-28 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 44103 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1976 | H | Detroit Lions | 24-14 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 54758 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1976 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 27-20 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 54983 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1976 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 28-13 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 55115 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1976 | A | Oakland Raiders | 14-18 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 52232 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1976 | A | Detroit Lions | 6-27 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 74582 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1976 | H | New Orleans Saints | 32-27 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 52936 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1976 | A | Chicago Bears | 13-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 52907 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1976 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 10-17 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 53104 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1976 | H | Chicago Bears | 10-16 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56267 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1976 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 9-20 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 43700 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1976 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 24-20 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 23116 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ron Acks | 57 | MLB | 6-2 | 210 | 32 | Illinois | 13 | 3 |
| Bert Askson | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 229 | 31 | Texas Southern | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Barber | 70 | DE-DT | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | Grambling State | 14 | 0 |
| David Beverly | 11 | P | 6-2 | 180 | 26 | Auburn | 14 | 0 |
| John Brockington | 42 | RB | 6-1 | 225 | 28 | Ohio State | 14 | 9 |
| Carlos Brown | 19 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 24 | Pacific | 13 | 3 |
| Willie Buchanon | 28 | LCB | 6-0 | 189 | 26 | MiraCosta JC; San Diego State | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Burrow | 41 | S | 5-11 | 181 | 23 | Nebraska | 3 | 0 |
| Fred Carr | 53 | RLB | 6-5 | 239 | 30 | Texas-El Paso | 14 | 14 |
| Lynn Dickey | 10 | QB | 6-3 | 214 | 27 | Kansas State | 10 | 10 |
| Dick Enderle | 67 | OG | 6-2 | 258 | 29 | Minnesota | 3 | 0 |
| Gale Gillingham | 68 | ROG | 6-3 | 255 | 32 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| Johnnie Gray | 24 | RS | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Allan Hancock JC; Fullerton State | 14 | 14 |
| Jessie Green | 22 | WR | 6-2 | 190 | 22 | Tulsa | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Gueno | 51 | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 22 | Tulane | 14 | 0 |
| Charlie Hall | 44 | S | 6-1 | 193 | 28 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 1 |
| Don Hansen | 58 | MLB | 6-3 | 227 | 32 | Illinois | 12 | 11 |
| Willard Harrell | 40 | RB | 5-8 | 182 | 24 | Pacific | 13 | 3 |
| Dick Himes | 72 | ROT | 6-4 | 245 | 30 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Hyland | 55 | C | 6-5 | 253 | 31 | Boston College | 14 | 0 |
| Mel Jackson | 71 | OG | 6-1 | 267 | 22 | Southern California | 13 | 0 |
| Randy Johnson | 16 | QB | 6-3 | 202 | 32 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 3 | 1 |
| Steve Knutson | 60 | OT | 6-3 | 254 | 25 | East Los Angeles JC; Southern California | 12 | 0 |
| Mark Koncar | 79 | LOT | 6-5 | 268 | 23 | Colorado | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Lally | 58 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Cornell | 2 | 0 |
| Steve Luke | 46 | LS | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Ohio State | 14 | 13 |
| Chester Marcol | 13 | K | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Hillsdale | 14 | 0 |
| Larry McCarren | 51 | C | 6-3 | 251 | 25 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Mike McCoy | 76 | LDT | 6-5 | 275 | 28 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Mike McCoy | 29 | CB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | West Los Angeles JC; Colorado | 14 | 1 |
| Rich McGeorge | 81 | TE | 6-4 | 232 | 28 | Elon | 14 | 14 |
| Steve Odom | 84 | WR | 5-8 | 175 | 24 | Utah | 12 | 11 |
| Dave Osborn | 41 | RB | 6-0 | 204 | 33 | North Dakota | 6 | 0 |
| Ken Payne | 85 | WR | 6-2 | 185 | 26 | Langston | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Perko | 56 | LB | 6-3 | 233 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Pureifory | 75 | RDT | 6-1 | 255 | 27 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 8 |
| Alden Roche | 87 | RDE | 6-4 | 253 | 31 | Southern University | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Roller | 74 | RDT | 6-2 | 270 | 27 | Kentucky | 13 | 6 |
| Barty Smith | 33 | RB | 6-4 | 240 | 24 | Richmond | 8 | 5 |
| Ollie Smith | 89 | WR | 6-3 | 200 | 27 | Tennessee State | 13 | 3 |
| Perry Smith | 45 | RCB | 6-0 | 193 | 25 | Colorado Mesa; Colorado State | 13 | 13 |
| Ken Starch | 32 | RB | 5-11 | 210 | 22 | Wisconsin | 6 | 0 |
| Cliff Taylor | 27 | RB | 6-0 | 198 | 24 | Memphis | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Toner | 59 | LB | 6-3 | 235 | 26 | Idaho State | 11 | 0 |
| Eric Torkelson | 26 | RB | 6-2 | 194 | 24 | Connecticut | 14 | 11 |
| Bruce Van Dyke | 61 | LOG | 6-2 | 248 | 32 | Missouri | 14 | 14 |
| Steve Wagner | 21 | S | 6-2 | 203 | 22 | Wisconsin | 11 | 0 |
| Gary Weaver | 52 | LLB | 6-1 | 225 | 27 | Trinidad State JC; Fresno State | 14 | 14 |
| Clarence Williams | 83 | LDE | 6-5 | 253 | 30 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Don Zimmerman | 80 | WR | 6-3 | 195 | 27 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff; Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 23 | Mark Koncar | T | Colorado |
| 3 | 72 | Mike McCoy | DB | Colorado |
| 4 | 101 | Tom Perko | LB | Pittsburgh |
| 5 | 132 | Aundra Thompson | RB | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 8 | 218 | Jim Burrow | DB | Nebraska |
| 9 | 245 | Jim Gueno | LB | Tulane |
| 10 | 274 | Jessie Green | WR | Tulsa |
| 11 | 301 | Curtis Leak | WR | Johnson C. Smith |
| 12 | 328 | Mel Jackson | G | Southern California |
| 13 | 355 | Brad Bowman | DB | Southern Mississippi |
| 14 | 386 | John Henson | RB | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) |
| 15 | 413 | Jerry Dandridge | LB | Memphis |
| 16 | 440 | Mike Timmermans | G | Northern Iowa |
| 17 | 467 | Ray Hall | TE | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 60 | 50 | 34 | 74 | 218 |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 128 | 60 | 65 | 299 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 210 | 99 | 94 | 17 | 79/223 35.4% | / % | 87 | 791 | |
| Opponents Totals | 262 | 132 | 107 | 23 | 77/212 36.3% | / % | 104 | 914 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Marcol | 0 | 24 | 27 | 88.9 | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 0 | 54 |
| Barty Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Willard Harrell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ken Payne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| John Brockington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Steve Odom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Eric Torkelson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bert Askson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Fred Carr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lynn Dickey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnnie Gray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Randy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rich McGeorge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ollie Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Cliff Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 27 | 24 | 27 | 88.9 | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 1 | 218 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 29 | 34 | 85.3 | 22 | 33 | 66.7 | 0 | 299 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Marcol | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 1 | 45 | 1/1 | 3/3 | 4/8 | 2/5 | 0/2 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 1 | 45 | 1/1 | 3/3 | 4/8 | 2/5 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 33 | 66.7 | 1/1 | 6/7 | 8/11 | 7/13 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willard Harrell | 130 | 435 | 3.3 | 56 | 3 |
| John Brockington | 117 | 406 | 3.5 | 29 | 2 |
| Barty Smith | 97 | 355 | 3.7 | 16 | 5 |
| Eric Torkelson | 88 | 289 | 3.3 | 15 | 2 |
| Steve Odom | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Carlos Brown | 12 | 49 | 4.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Cliff Taylor | 14 | 47 | 3.4 | 17 | 1 |
| Randy Johnson | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Lynn Dickey | 11 | 19 | 1.7 | 12 | 1 |
| Dave Osborn | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Don Zimmerman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 485 | 1722 | 3.6 | 56 | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 546 | 2288 | 4.2 | 59 | 17 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Dickey | 243 | 115 | 47.3 | 114 | 1465 | 6.0 | 12.7 | 69t | 7 | 2.9 | 14 | 5.8 | 28 | 279 | 1186 | 52.2 |
| Randy Johnson | 35 | 21 | 60.0 | 13 | 249 | 7.1 | 11.9 | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.9 | 2 | 23 | 226 | 69.8 |
| Carlos Brown | 74 | 26 | 35.1 | 42 | 333 | 4.5 | 12.8 | 47 | 2 | 2.7 | 6 | 8.1 | 10 | 66 | 267 | 25.3 |
| David Beverly | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 118.8 |
| Willard Harrell | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 40 | 10.0 | 40.0 | 40t | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 7 | 33 | 68.8 |
| Team Totals | 357 | 164 | 45.9 | 171 | 2105 | 5.9 | 12.8 | 69t | 10 | 2.8 | 22 | 6.2 | 41 | 375 | 1730 | 48.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 354 | 196 | 55.4 | 147 | 2192 | 6.2 | 11.2 | 88t | 13 | 3.7 | 11 | 3.1 | 43 | 357 | 1835 | 73.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Payne | 33 | 467 | 14.2 | 57t | 4 | ||||
| Rich McGeorge | 24 | 278 | 11.6 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Odom | 23 | 456 | 19.8 | 66t | 2 | ||||
| Ollie Smith | 20 | 364 | 18.2 | 47 | 1 | ||||
| Eric Torkelson | 19 | 140 | 7.4 | 31 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Willard Harrell | 17 | 201 | 11.8 | 69t | 1 | ||||
| Barty Smith | 11 | 88 | 8.0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Brockington | 11 | 49 | 4.5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cliff Taylor | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Hall | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Zimmerman | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mel Jackson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bert Askson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 164 | 2105 | 12.8 | 69t | 10 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 196 | 2192 | 11.2 | 88t | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnie Gray | 4 | 101 | 25.3 | 67 | 1 |
| Steve Luke | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Willie Buchanon | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Tom Toner | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Fred Carr | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Perry Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 197 | 17.9 | 67 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 362 | 16.5 | 53t | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Beverly | 83 | 3074 | 37.0 | 60 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 268 | 2706 | 32.2 |
| Team Totals | 84 | 3074 | 36.6 | 60 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 268 | 2706 | 32.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 77 | 2966 | 38.5 | 57 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 300 | 2426 | 31.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnie Gray | 37 | 7 | 307 | 8.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Willard Harrell | 3 | 1 | -7 | -2.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 8 | 300 | 7.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 10 | 268 | 5.6 | 19 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike McCoy | 18 | 457 | 25.4 | 65 | 0 | |
| Steve Odom | 29 | 610 | 21.0 | 88 | 0 | |
| Eric Torkelson | 6 | 123 | 20.5 | 29 | 0 | |
| Cliff Taylor | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| Bob Hyland | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 11 | 0 | |
| Dave Osborn | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 10 | 0 | |
| Steve Wagner | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Johnnie Gray | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Ollie Smith | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 65 | 1361 | 20.9 | 88 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 784 | 17.8 | 59 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Mike McCoy | 8.5 | |
| Alden Roche | 8.5 | |
| Dave Roller | 8.0 | |
| Clarence Williams | 8.0 | |
| Dave Pureifory | 3.0 | |
| Fred Carr | 2.0 | |
| Steve Luke | 2.0 | |
| Gary Weaver | 2.0 | |
| Tom Toner | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 43.0 | 357.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 41.0 | 375.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Brockington | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carlos Brown | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Carr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lynn Dickey | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -8 | 0 | |
| Johnnie Gray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Gueno | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Willard Harrell | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Hyland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | |
| Mike McCoy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McCoy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich McGeorge | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Odom | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Payne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Pureifory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Roller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Barty Smith | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ollie Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Torkelson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Van Dyke | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Wagner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Weaver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 37 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 29 | -14 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 15 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 0 |
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