1946 Green Bay Packers season
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The 1946 Green Bay Packers
season was their 26th season in the National Football League
. The club posted a 6-5 record under coach Curly Lambeau
, earning them a third-place finish in the Western Conference.
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...
season was their 26th season in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
. The club posted a 6-5 record under coach Curly Lambeau
Curly Lambeau
Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau was founder, player, and first coach of the Green Bay Packers professional American football team...
, earning them a third-place finish in the Western Conference.
NFL Draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/Club Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Johnny Strzykalski Johnny Strzykalski John Raymond Strzykalski was an American football running back for the San Francisco 49ers of the NFL. He was drafted out of Marquette University by the Green Bay Packers in the 1946 NFL Draft.-External links:... |
Back | Marquette Marquette University Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1881, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities... |
| 3 | 21 | Bob Nussbaumer Bob Nussbaumer Robert John Nussbaumer was an American football halfback and end in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers, and the Chicago Cardinals. He played college football at the University of Michigan as a left halfback from 1943 to 1945 and served in the United States... |
Halfback Halfback (American football) A halfback, sometimes referred to as a tailback, is an offensive position in American football, which lines up in the backfield and generally is responsible for carrying the ball on run plays. Historically, from the 1870s through the 1950s, the halfback position was both an offensive and defensive... |
Michigan University of Michigan The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan... |
| 4 | 36 | Ed Cody Ed Cody -Career:Cody was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 1946 NFL Draft and would later play with the team for two seasons. During the two following seasons, he played with the Chicago Bears.... |
Back | Purdue Purdue University Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and... |
| 6 | 46 | John Ferraro | Tackle | USC University of Southern California The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university... |
| 7 | 56 | Art Renner | End | Michigan |
| 8 | 66 | Bert Cole | Tackle | Oklahoma State Oklahoma State University–Stillwater Oklahoma State University–Stillwater is a land-grant, sun-grant, coeducational public research university located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. OSU was founded in 1890 under the Morrill Act... |
| 9 | 76 | Grant Darnell | Guard Guard (American football) In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team.... |
Texas A&M Texas A&M University Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school... |
| 10 | 86 | Joe McAfee | Back | Holy Cross College of the Holy Cross The College of the Holy Cross is an undergraduate Roman Catholic liberal arts college located in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA... |
| 11 | 96 | Steve Conroy | Back | Holy Cross |
| 12 | 106 | Billy Hildebrand Billy Hildebrand -External links:... |
End | Mississippi State Mississippi State University The Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science commonly known as Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States, partially in the town of Starkville and partially in an unincorporated area... |
| 13 | 116 | Tom Hand | Center Center (American football) Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense... |
Iowa University of Iowa The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees... |
| 14 | 126 | George Hill | Guard | Georgia Tech Georgia Institute of Technology The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States... |
| 15 | 136 | Jim Hough | Back | Clemson Clemson University Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant, sea-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States.... |
| 16 | 146 | Dean Gaines | Tackle | Georgia Tech |
| 17 | 156 | J. P. Miller | Guard | Georgia University of Georgia The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States... |
| 18 | 166 | Boyd Morse | End | Arizona University of Arizona The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885... |
| 19 | 176 | Joe Bradford | Center | USC |
| 20 | 186 | Bill DeRosa | Back | Boston College Boston College Boston College is a private Jesuit research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. The main campus is bisected by the border between the cities of Boston and Newton. It has 9,200 full-time undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students. Its name reflects its early... |
| 21 | 196 | Ralph Grant | Back | Bucknell Bucknell University Bucknell University is a private liberal arts university located alongside the West Branch Susquehanna River in the rolling countryside of Central Pennsylvania in the town of Lewisburg, 30 miles southeast of Williamsport and 60 miles north of Harrisburg. The university consists of the College of... |
| 22 | 206 | Howie Brown Howie Brown Howie Brown was a guard in the National Football League. He played three seasons with the Detroit Lions.... |
Guard | Indiana Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington is a public research university located in Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States. IU Bloomington is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. Being the flagship campus, IU Bloomington is often referred to simply as IU or Indiana... |
| 23 | 216 | Andy Kosmac | Center | LSU Louisiana State University Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name... |
| 24 | 226 | Maurice Stacy | Back | Washington University of Washington University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University... |
| 25 | 236 | Chick Davidson | Tackle | Cornell Cornell University Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions... |
| 26 | 246 | John Norton | Back | Washington |
| 27 | 256 | Ed Holtsinger | Back | Georgia Tech |
| 28 | 266 | Joe Campbell | End | Holy Cross |
| 29 | 276 | Francis Saunders | Tackle | Clemson |
| 30 | 286 | Al Sparlis Al Sparlis Albert Alexander "Gunga" Sparlis is a former professional American football guard who was an All-American at UCLA. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.... |
Guard | UCLA University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses... |
| 31 | 291 | Ralph Clymer | Guard | Purdue |
| 32 | 296 | Joervin Henderson | Center | Missouri University of Missouri The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses... |
- Yellow indicates a future Pro BowlPro BowlIn professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League . Since the merger with the rival American Football League in 1970, it has been officially called the AFC–NFC Pro Bowl, matching the top players in the American Football Conference against those...
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Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 29, 1946 | Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
L 30-7 |
| 2 | October 6, 1946 | Los Angeles Rams | L 21-17 |
| 3 | October 13, 1946 | at Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
W 19-7 |
| 4 | October 20, 1946 | Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC... |
W 17-7 |
| 5 | October 27, 1946 | Detroit Lions Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and... |
W 10-7 |
| 6 | November 3, 1946 | at Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
L 10-7 |
| 7 | November 10, 1946 | at Chicago Cardinals | W 19-7 |
| 8 | November 17, 1946 | at Detroit Lions Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and... |
W 9-0 |
| 9 | November 24, 1946 | Chicago Cardinals | L 24-6 |
| 10 | December 1, 1946 | at Washington Redskins Washington Redskins The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,... |
W 20-7 |
| 11 | December 8, 1946 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 38-17 |
Standings
| NFL Western Eastern and Western Divisions (NFL) 1933-69 The Eastern and Western Divisions of the National Football League, renamed the American and National Conferences in 1950 and then the Eastern and Western Conferences in 1953, were organized as a result of the disputed NFL championship of 1932... |
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| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
| Chicago Bears 1946 Chicago Bears season The 1946 Chicago Bears season was their 27th regular season and 9th postseason completed in the National Football League. The club posted an 8-2-1 record under head coach George Halas making his return from World War II en route to a Western Division title and an appearance in the NFL Championship... |
8 | 2 | 1 | .800 | 289 | 193 | W-1 |
| Los Angeles Rams 1946 Los Angeles Rams season The 1946 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's ninth year with the National Football League and the first season in Los Angeles.-NFL Draft:-Transactions:... |
6 | 4 | 1 | .600 | 277 | 257 | W-2 |
| Chicago Cardinals 1946 Chicago Cardinals season The 1946 Chicago Cardinals season was the 27th season the team was in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 1-9, winning six games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 21st consecutive season.-Schedule:-Standings:... |
6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | 260 | 198 | W-2 |
| Green Bay Packers | 6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | 148 | 158 | L-1 |
| Detroit Lions 1946 Detroit Lions season The 1946 Detroit Lions season was their 17th in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 7-3, winning only one games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 11th consecutive season.-Schedule:-Standings:... |
1 | 10 | 0 | .091 | 142 | 310 | L-4 |
Roster
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Quarterbacks
Running Backs
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Offensive Linemen
Solon Barnett Solon Barnett is a former offensive tackle and guard in the National Football League.-Career:Barnett was drafted in the fourteenth round of the 1945 NFL Draft by the Chicago Cardinals and would later be a member of the Green Bay Packers for two seasons. He played at the collegiate level at Baylor... Earl Bennett (American football guard) Earl Bennett is a former guard in the National Football League.-Biography:Bennett was born Earl Clinton Bennett Jr. on February 27, 1920 in Skiatook, Oklahoma. He was given the nickname "Jug".-Career:... Charley Brock Charles Jacob "Charley" Brock was an American football center and linebacker.-External links:... Tiny Croft Milburn Russell "Tiny" Croft was an American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at Ripon College and the University of Alabama. Croft was drafted in the 20th round of the 1942 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins.... Bob Flowers Robert C. Flowers was an American football player who played eight seasons for the Green Bay Packers.... Lester Gatewood Lester Gatewood is a former center in the National Football League.-Career:Gatewood was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the eighth round of the 1943 NFL Draft and later played two seasons with the team. He played at the collegiate level at Baylor University and Tulane University.-References:... Bill Kuusisto William E. Kuusisto was an offensive lineman in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers. Kuusisto played collegiate ball for the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin before being drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 8th round of the 1941 NFL Draft. ... Bill Lee (American football) William E. Lee, Sr. was an American football player.... Russ Letlow Russ Letlow was a football guard who was chosen by the Green Bay Packers as their first-round draft pick in the inaugural 1936 NFL Draft... Urban Odson Urban Leroy Odson was an American football tackle in the National Football League who played 44 games for the Green Bay Packers .In 1942, the Green Bay Packers used the 9th pick in the 1st round of the 1942 NFL Draft to sign Odson out of the University of Minnesota... Merv Pregulman Mervin Pregulman is a former All-American football tackle and center who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines and in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers , Detroit Lions , and New York Bulldogs .... Baby Ray Buford "Baby" Ray was an American football player who played ten seasons in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers from 1938 to 1948.... Al Sparlis Albert Alexander "Gunga" Sparlis is a former professional American football guard who was an All-American at UCLA. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.... Dick Wildung Richard Kay "Dick" Wildung was an American football tackle in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers. Wildung attended the University of Minnesota, where he was a two-time consensus All-American as a tackle following the 1941 and 1942 seasons... Defensive Linemen
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Defensive Backs
Ken Keuper Ken Keuper was a player in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants from 1945 to 1948. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Georgia.-References:... Charlie Mitchell (American football) Charlie Mitchell is a former defensive back in the National Football League. He was drafted in the twenty-eighth round of the 1944 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears and later played with the team during the 1945 NFL season. The following season he played with the Green Bay Packers.-References:... Herm Rohrig Herm Rohrig was a former player in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 1941 NFL Draft and would play three seasons with the team. Following his retirement as a player, he worked as an official and a scout in the NFL and would serve as an... Special Teams
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