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 Larry Craig Al Zupek Running Backs Cliff Aberson Tony Canadeo Irv Comp Bob Forte Ted Fritsch Russ Mosley Bob Nussbaumer Walt Schlinkman Bruce Smith Wide Receivers Clyde Goodnight Nolan Luhn Tom Miller Carl Mulleneaux Hal Prescott Ray Riddick		Offensive Linemen Solon Barnett Earl Bennett Charley Brock Tiny Croft Bob Flowers Lester Gatewood Bill Kuusisto Bill Lee Russ Letlow Urban Odson Merv Pregulman Baby Ray Al Sparlis Dick Wildung Defensive Linemen Ed Neal Don Wells		Defensive Backs Ken Keuper Charlie Mitchell Herm Rohrig Special Teams Roy McKay Rookies and first-year players in italics

References

• Sportsencyclopedia.com