1940 Green Bay Packers season

1940 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Curly Lambeau
Home field	City Stadium Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record	6–4–1
Division place	2nd NFL Western
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1940 Green Bay Packers season was their 21st season in the National Football League. The club posted a 6–4–1 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a second-place finish in the Western Conference.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1940 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	9	Hal Van Every	Halfback	Minnesota
3	24	Lou Brock	Back	Purdue
5	39	Esco Sarkkinen	End	Ohio State
6	49	Dick Cassiano	Back	Pittsburgh
7	59	Millard White	Tackle	Tulane
8	69	George Seeman	End	Nebraska
9	79	J. R. Manley	Guard	Oklahoma
10	89	Jack Brown	Back	Purdue
11	99	Don Guritz	Guard	Northwestern
12	109	Phil Gaspar	Tackle	USC
13	119	Ambrose Schindler	Quarterback	USC
14	129	Bill Kerr	End	Notre Dame
15	139	Mel Brewer	Guard	Illinois
16	149	Ray Andrus	Back	Vanderbilt
17	159	Archie Kodros	Center	Michigan
18	169	Jim Gillette	Halfback	Virginia
19	179	Al Matuza	Center	Georgetown
20	189	Jim Reeder	Tackle	Illinois
21	194	Vince Eichler	Back	Cornell
22	199	Henry Luebcke	Tackle	Iowa

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1	September 15, 1940	Philadelphia Eagles	W 27–20
2	September 22, 1940	Chicago Bears	L 41–10
3	September 29, 1940	Chicago Cardinals	W 31–6
4	October 13, 1940	Cleveland Rams	W 31–14
5	October 20, 1940	Detroit Lions	L 23–14
6	October 27, 1940	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 24–3
7	November 3, 1940	at Chicago Bears	L 14–7
8	November 10, 1940	at Chicago Cardinals	W 28–7
9	November 17, 1940	at New York Giants	L 7–3
10	November 24, 1940	at Detroit Lions	W 50–7
11	December 1, 1940	at Cleveland Rams	T 13–13

Standings

NFL Western Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Bears	8	3	0	.727	6–2	238	152	W2
Green Bay Packers	6	4	1	.600	4–3–1	238	155	T1
Detroit Lions	5	5	1	.500	4–3–1	138	153	L1
Cleveland Rams	4	6	1	.400	2–5–1	171	191	T1
Chicago Cardinals	2	7	2	.222	2–5–1	139	222	L3

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

References

• Sportsencyclopedia.com