1946 Green Bay Packers season

1946 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Curly Lambeau
Home field	City Stadium Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record	6–5
Division place	3rd NFL Western
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1946 Green Bay Packers season was their 27th 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.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1946 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	6	Johnny Strzykalski	Back	Marquette
3	21	Bob Nussbaumer	Halfback	Michigan
4	36	Ed Cody	Back	Purdue
6	46	John Ferraro	Tackle	USC
7	56	Art Renner	End	Michigan
8	66	Bert Cole	Tackle	Oklahoma State
9	76	Grant Darnell	Guard	Texas A&M
10	86	Joe McAfee	Back	Holy Cross
11	96	Steve Conroy	Back	Holy Cross
12	106	Billy Hildebrand	End	Mississippi State
13	116	Tom Hand	Center	Iowa
14	126	George Hill	Guard	Georgia Tech
15	136	Jim Hough	Back	Clemson
16	146	Dean Gaines	Tackle	Georgia Tech
17	156	J. P. Miller	Guard	Georgia
18	166	Boyd Morse	End	Arizona
19	176	Joe Bradford	Center	USC
20	186	Bill DeRosa	Back	Boston College
21	196	Ralph Grant	Back	Bucknell
22	206	Howie Brown	Guard	Indiana
23	216	Andy Kosmac	Center	LSU
24	226	Maurice Stacy	Back	Washington
25	236	Chick Davidson	Tackle	Cornell
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	Guard	UCLA
31	291	Ralph Clymer	Guard	Purdue
32	296	Joervin Henderson	Center	Missouri

Yellow indicates a future Pro Bowl selection

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1	September 29, 1946	Chicago Bears	L 30–7
2	October 6, 1946	Los Angeles Rams	L 21–17
3	October 13, 1946	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 19–7
4	October 20, 1946	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 17–7
5	October 27, 1946	Detroit Lions	W 10–7
6	November 3, 1946	at Chicago Bears	L 10–7
7	November 10, 1946	at Chicago Cardinals	W 19–7
8	November 17, 1946	at Detroit Lions	W 9–0
9	November 24, 1946	Chicago Cardinals	L 24–6
10	December 1, 1946	at Washington Redskins	W 20–7
11	December 8, 1946	at Los Angeles Rams	L 38–17

Standings

NFL Western Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Bears	8	2	1	.800	6–1–1	289	193	W1
Los Angeles Rams	6	4	1	.600	5–2–1	277	257	W2
Chicago Cardinals	6	5	0	.545	5–3	260	198	W2
Green Bay Packers	6	5	0	.545	3–5	148	158	L1
Detroit Lions	1	10	0	.091	0–8	142	310	L4

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Ed Neal
Don Wells

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

Roy McKay

Rookies and first-year players in italics

References

Sportsencyclopedia.com

Green Bay Packers seasons

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Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

Green Bay Packers

Founded in 1919 Based and headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin

Franchise	Franchise Team history Green Bay Packers, Inc. Board of Directors

Records	Seasons Coaches Players A–D E–K L–R S–Z Starting quarterbacks Pro Football Hall of Famers Retired numbers First-round draft picks Records Pro Bowlers Stadiums

Stadiums	Hagemeister Park Bellevue Park City Stadium Borchert Field Wisconsin State Fair Park Marquette Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium Lambeau Field

Training Facilities	Don Hutson Center Clarke Hinkle Field Ray Nitschke Field St. Norbert College (training camp) Rockwood Lodge (former)

Culture	Cheesehead Lambeau Leap Hall of Fame Packers Fan Hall of Fame "Bang the Drum All Day" Cheerleaders Fight song Lumberjack Band Pigskin Champions Vernon Biever Hungry Five George Whitney Calhoun The Dope Sheet Curly Lambeau Vince Lombardi Ron Wolf Lombardi Pitch Perfect 2 Packers Heritage Trail Packers Pro Shop

Lore	Dolly Gray impostor The Ice Bowl The Snow Bowl Instant Replay Game 4th and 26 Fail Mary Miracle in Motown

Division championships (22)	1936 1938 1939 1944 1960 1961 1962 1965 1966 1967 1972 1995 1996 1997 2002 2003 2004 2007 2011 2012 2013 2014

Conference championships (9)	1960 1961 1962 1965 1966 1967 1996 1997 2010

League championships (13^†)	1929 1930 1931 1936 1939 1944 1961 1962 1965 1966 (I) 1967 (II) 1996 (XXXI) 2010 (XLV) ^† does not include 1966 or 1967 NFL championships

Retired numbers	3 4 14 15 66 92

Rivalries	Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Minnesota Vikings

Broadcasters	Radio: Packers Radio Network WTMJ WKTI-HD2 WIXX WTAQ Television (pre-season & official in-season team programming): WGBA-TV WTMJ-TV Personnel: Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play) Larry McCarren (color/analysis)

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League (1921–present) Conference: National Football Conference Division: North Division

Seasons (97)	1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

1946 NFL season

Eastern Division	Boston	New York	CHI Bears	CHI Cardinals	Western Division
	Philadelphia	Pittsburgh	Detroit	Green Bay
	Washington			Los Angeles

Related: 1946 AAFC Season

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