1944 Green Bay Packers season
Appearance
1944Green Bay Packersseason | |
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Head coach | Curly Lambeau |
Home field | City Stadium Wisconsin State Fair Park |
Results | |
Record | 8–2 |
Division place | 1stNFL Western |
Playoff finish | WonNFL Championship (atGiants) 14–7 |
The1944 Green Bay Packers seasonwas their 26th season overall and their 24th season in theNational Football League.The team finished with an 8–2 record under coachCurly Lambeau,earning them a first-place finish in the Western Conference. The Packers ended the season beating theNew York Giants14–7 in theNFL Championship Game,their sixth league title.Don Hutsonled the NFL in touchdowns for a record-setting eighth time in his career.[1]
Offseason
[edit]NFL draft
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/Club Team |
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1 | 7 | Merv Pregulman | Guard | Michigan |
3 | 22 | Tom Kuzma | Halfback | Michigan |
5 | 38 | Bill McPartland | Tackle | St. Mary's (CA) |
6 | 49 | Mickey McCardle | Back | USC |
7 | 60 | Jack Tracy | End | Washington |
8 | 71 | Alex Agase | Guard | Illinois |
9 | 82 | Don Whitmire | Tackle | Alabama/Navy |
10 | 93 | Bob Koch | Back | Oregon |
11 | 104 | Virgil Johnson | End | Arkansas |
12 | 115 | Roy Giusti | Back | St. Mary's (CA) |
13 | 126 | Bill Baughman | Center | Alabama |
14 | 137 | Don Griffin | Back | Illinois |
15 | 148 | Bert Gissler | End | Nebraska |
16 | 159 | Lou Shelton | Back | Oregon State |
17 | 170 | Charley Cusick | Guard | Colgate |
18 | 181 | Hugh Cox | Back | North Carolina |
19 | 192 | Kermit Davis | End | Mississippi State |
20 | 203 | Bob Johnson | Center | Purdue |
21 | 214 | Jim Cox | Tackle | Stanford |
22 | 225 | Cliff Anderson | End | Minnesota |
23 | 236 | John Wesley Perry | Back | Duke |
24 | 247 | Pete DeMaria | Guard | Purdue |
25 | 258 | Len Liss | Tackle | Marquette |
26 | 269 | Ray Jordan | Back | North Carolina |
27 | 280 | Al Grubaugh | Tackle | Nebraska |
28 | 291 | A. B. Howard | End | Mississippi State |
29 | 302 | Paul Paladino | Guard | Arkansas |
30 | 313 | Bob Butchofsky | Back | Texas A&M |
31 | 319 | Russ Deal | Guard | Indiana |
32 | 325 | Abel Gonzales | Back | SMU |
Regular season
[edit]Schedule
[edit]Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | ||
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1 | September 17 | Brooklyn Tigers | W14–7 | 1–0 | Wisconsin State Fair Park | ||
2 | September 24 | Chicago Bears | W42–28 | 2–0 | City Stadium | ||
3 | October 1 | Detroit Lions | W27–6 | 3–0 | Wisconsin State Fair Park | ||
4 | October 8 | Card-Pitt | W34–7 | 4–0 | City Stadium | ||
5 | Bye | ||||||
6 | October 22 | Cleveland Rams | W30–21 | 5–0 | City Stadium | ||
7 | October 29 | atDetroit Lions | W14–0 | 6–0 | Briggs Stadium | ||
8 | November 5 | atChicago Bears | L0–21 | 6–1 | Wrigley Field | ||
9 | November 12 | atCleveland Rams | W42–7 | 7–1 | League Park | ||
10 | November 19 | atNew York Giants | L0–24 | 7–2 | Polo Grounds | ||
11 | November 26 | atCard-Pitt | W35–20 | 8–2 | Comiskey Park | ||
12 | Bye | ||||||
12 | Bye | ||||||
Note:Intra-division opponents are inboldtext. |
Postseason
[edit]Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue |
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NFL Championship | December 17 | atNew York Giants | W14–7 | 1–0 | Polo Grounds |
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Standings
[edit]NFL Western Division | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | DIV | PF | PA | STK | ||
Green Bay Packers | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 7–1 | 238 | 141 | W1 | |
Chicago Bears | 6 | 3 | 1 | .667 | 4–3–1 | 258 | 172 | W2 | |
Detroit Lions | 6 | 3 | 1 | .667 | 4–3–1 | 216 | 151 | W4 | |
Cleveland Rams | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 4–4 | 188 | 224 | L2 | |
Card-Pitt | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0–8 | 108 | 328 | L10 |
- Note:Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
Roster
[edit]Green Bay Packers roster | ||||||||
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Quarterbacks
Running backs Wide receivers |
Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen |
Defensive backs
Special teams Rookies and first-year players in italics |
Awards, records and honors
[edit]- Don Hutson,NFL Leader, Touchdowns
- Don Hutson, NFL Record, Touchdown Leader, Eighth Time
References
[edit]- ^NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY,ISBN0-7611-2480-2,p. 408
- ^Video: B-29s Rule Jap Skies,1944/12/18 (1944).Universal Newsreel.1944.RetrievedFebruary 20,2012.
- ^Pro-Football-Reference.com.Retrieved 2017-Oct-08.