1945 Green Bay Packers season

1945 Green Bay Packers season
Head coachCurly Lambeau
Home stadiumCity Stadium
Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record6–4
Division place3rd NFL Western
PlayoffsDid not qualify

The 1945 Green Bay Packers season was their 27th season overall and their 25th season in the National Football League. The team finished with a 6–4 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a third-place finish in the Western Conference.

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1945 NFL draft
Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
1 11 Walt Schlinkman Fullback Texas Tech
3 27 Clyde Goodnight End Tulsa
5 43 Joe Graham End Florida
6 54 Don Wells Tackle Georgia
7 65 Casey Stephenson Back Tennessee
8 76 Toby Collins Tackle Tulsa
9 87 Lamar Dingler End Arkansas
10 98 Hal Helscher Back LSU
11 109 Ralph Hammond Center Pittsburgh
12 120 Ed Podgorski Tackle Lafayette
13 131 Bill Hackett Guard Ohio State
14 142 Marv Lindsey Back Arkansas
15 153 Bob McClure Tackle Nevada
16 164 Harry Pieper Center California
17 175 Bob Kula Back Minnesota
18 186 Frank Hazard Guard Nebraska
19 197 Ed Jeffers Tackle Oklahoma State
20 208 Bill Prentice Back Santa Clara
21 219 Warren Fuller End Fordham
22 230 Fred Neilsen Tackle St. Mary's (CA)
23 241 Bob Gilmore Back Washington
24 252 Lloyd Baxter Center SMU
25 263 Nolan Luhn End Tulsa
26 274 Nestor Blanco Guard Colorado Mines
27 285 Bill Chestnut Back Kansas
28 296 Jim Thompson Back Washington State
29 307 Jim Evans End Idaho
30 318 Hamilton Nichols Guard Rice
31 324 John Priday Back Ohio State
32 330 Bill Joe Aldridge Back Oklahoma State

Regular season

Schedule

Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources
1 September 30 Chicago Bears W 31–21 1–0 City Stadium 24,525 Recap
2 October 7 Detroit Lions W 57–21 2–0 Wisconsin State Fair Park 20,463 Recap
3 October 14 Cleveland Rams L 14–27 2–1 City Stadium 24,607 Recap
4 October 21 Boston Yanks W 38–14 3–1 Wisconsin State Fair Park 20,846 Recap
5 October 28 Chicago Cardinals W 33–14 4–1 City Stadium 19,221 Recap
6 November 4 at Chicago Bears L 24–28 4–2 Wrigley Field 45,527 Recap
7 November 11 at Cleveland Rams L 7–20 4–3 League Park 28,686 Recap
8 November 18 at Boston Yanks W 28–0 5–3 Fenway Park 31,923 Recap
9 November 25 at New York Giants W 23–14 6–3 Polo Grounds 52,681 Recap
10 December 2 at Detroit Lions L 3–14 6–4 Briggs Stadium 23,468 Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Western Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Cleveland Rams 9 1 0 .900 7–0 244 136 W5
Detroit Lions 7 3 0 .700 5–2 195 194 W1
Green Bay Packers 6 4 0 .600 3–4 258 173 L1
Chicago Bears 3 7 0 .300 2–6 192 235 W2
Chicago Cardinals 1 9 0 .100 1–6 98 228 L6
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

1945 Green Bay Packers final roster
Backs Linemen/Linebackers Ends/Receivers


Rookies in italics

References

Further reading

  • Cliff Christl, The Greatest Story in Sports: Green Bay Packers, 1919–2019. 4 volumes. Stevens Point, WI: KCI Sports Publishing, 2021.
  • Larry D. Names, The History of the Green Bay Packers: The Lambeau Years, Part Two. Wautoma, WI: Angel Press of Wisconsin, 1989.
  • Arch Ward, The Green Bay Packers. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1946.
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