1943 Green Bay Packers season

1943 Green Bay Packers season
Head Coach	Curly Lambeau
Home Field	City Stadium Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record	7–2–1
Place	2nd NFL Western
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1942	1944

The 1943 Green Bay Packers season was their 25th overall and their 23rd season in the National Football League. The club posted a 7–2–1 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning a second-place finish in the Western Conference.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1943 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	8	Dick Wildung	Tackle	Minnesota
3	23	Irv Comp	Back	Benedictine
5	38	Roy McKay	Back	Texas
6	48	Nick Susoeff	End	Washington State
7	58	Ken Snelling	Fullback	UCLA
8	68	Lester Gatewood	Center	Baylor
9	78	Norm Verry	Tackle	USC
10	88	Solon Barnett	Guard	Baylor
11	98	Bob Forte	Back	Arkansas
12	108	Van Davis	End	Georgia
13	118	Tom Brock	Center	Notre Dame
14	128	Ralph Tate	Back	Oklahoma State
15	138	Don Carlson	Tackle	Denver
16	148	Mike Welch	Back	Minnesota
17	158	Ron Thomas	Guard	USC
18	168	Jim Powers	Tackle	St. Mary's (CA)
19	178	Hal Prescott	Wide receiver	Hardin–Simmons
20	188	Eddie Forrest	Center	Santa Clara
21	198	Lloyd Wasserbach	Tackle	Wisconsin
22	208	Mark Hoskins	Back	Wisconsin
23	218	Earl Bennett	Guard	Hardin–Simmons
24	228	George Zellick	End	Oregon State
25	238	Gene Bierhaus	End	Minnesota
26	248	George Makris	Guard	Wisconsin
27	258	Pete Susick	Back	Washington
28	268	Bud Hasse	End	Northwestern
29	278	Dick Thornally	Tackle	Wisconsin
30	288	Bob Ray	Back	Wisconsin
31	293	Brunel Christensen	Tackle	California
32	298	Ken Roskie	Fullback	South Carolina

• Yellow indicates a future Pro Bowl selection

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1	September 26, 1943	Chicago Bears	T 21–21
2	October 3, 1943	at Chicago Cardinals	W 28–7
3	October 10, 1943	Detroit Lions	W 35–14
4	October 17, 1943	Washington Redskins	L 33–7
5	October 24, 1943	at Detroit Lions	W 27–6
6	October 31, 1943	at New York Giants	W 35–21
7	November 7, 1943	at Chicago Bears	L 21–7
8	November 14, 1943	Chicago Cardinals	W 35–14
9	November 21, 1943	at Brooklyn Dodgers	W 31–7
10	December 5, 1943	at Steagles	W 38–28

Game summaries

Week 1

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Bears 7 0 7 7 21 Packers 0 7 7 7 21 Date: September 26 Location: City Stadium, Green Bay, Wisconsin Game attendance: 23,675 Scoring summary Q1 CHI Geyer 8-yard pass from Luckman (Snyder kick) CHI 7–0 Q2 GB Fritsch 4-yard run (Hutson kick) Tie 7–7 Q3 GB Comp 6-yard run (Hutson kick) GB 14–7 Q3 CHI Harry Clarke 21-yard pass from Luckman (Snyder kick) Tie 14–14 Q4 CHI Osmanski 6-yard run (Snyder kick) CHI 21–14 Q4 GB Hutson 37-yard pass from Canadeo (Hutson kick) Tie 21–21

Standings

NFL Western Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Bears	8	1	1	.889	5–0–1	303	157	W1
Green Bay Packers	7	2	1	.778	4–1–1	264	172	W3
Detroit Lions	3	6	1	.333	2–4	178	218	L2
Chicago Cardinals	0	10	0	.000	0–6	95	218	L10

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

Roster

1943 Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks 43 Larry Craig 63 Ben Starret Running Backs 3 Tony Canadeo HB/DB 51 Irv Comp TB/DB 18 Tony Falkenstein FB/LB 64 Ted Fritsch FB/LB 23 Jim Lankas FB/LB 24 Joe Laws HB/DB 42 Andy Uram HB/DB Wide Receivers 22 Dick Evans ROE/DE 48 Harry Jacunski ROE/DE 14 Don Hutson LOE/DE/K 7 Joel Mason LOE/DE		Offensive Linemen 47 Paul Berezney RT/DT 29 Charley Brock C/LB 75 Tiny Croft OT/DT 35 Bob Flowers C/LB 46 Sherwood Fries OG/DL 43 Charles Goldenberg ROG/DG 45 Bill Kuusisto LOG/DG 72 Forrest McPherson C/LB Defensive Linemen 27 Chet Adams ROT/DT 48 Harry Jacunski ROE/DE 48 Harry Jacunski ROE/DE 33 Glen Sorenson LOG/DG 44 Baby Ray LOT/DT 40 Ade Schwammel OT/DT 21 Pete Tinsley ROG/DG		Defensive Backs 8 Bob Kahler HB/DB Special Teams 16 Lou Brock HB/DB/P Rookies and first-year players in italics

References

• Sportsencyclopedia.com