1945 Green Bay Packers season | |
Head coach | Curly Lambeau |
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Home field | City Stadium Wisconsin State Fair Park |
Results | |
Record | 6–4 |
Division place | 3rd NFL Western |
Playoff finish | did not qualify |
* ← 1944 |
The 1945 Green Bay Packers season was their 27th season overall and their 25th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 6–4 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a third-place finish in the Western Conference.
Offseason[]
NFL Draft[]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/Club Team |
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1 | 11 | Walt Schlinkman | Fullback | Texas Tech |
3 | 27 | Clyde Goodnight | End | Tulsa |
5 | 43 | Joe Graham | End | Florida |
6 | 54 | Don Wells | Defensive End | Georgia |
7 | 65 | Casey Stephenson | Back | Tennessee |
8 | 76 | Toby Collins | Tackle | Tulsa |
9 | 87 | Lamar Dingler | End | Arkansas |
10 | 98 | Hal Helscher | Back | LSU |
11 | 109 | Ralph Hammond | Center | Pittsburgh |
12 | 120 | Ed Podgorski | Tackle | Lafayette |
13 | 131 | Bill Hackett | Guard | Ohio State |
14 | 142 | Marv Lindsey | Back | Arkansas |
15 | 153 | Robert McClure | Tackle | Nevada |
16 | 164 | Harry Pieper | Center | California |
17 | 175 | Bob Kula | Back | Minnesota |
18 | 186 | Frank Hazard | Guard | Nebraska |
19 | 197 | Ed Jeffers | Tackle | Oklahoma State |
20 | 208 | Bill Prentice | Back | Santa Clara |
21 | 219 | Warren Fuller | End | Fordham |
22 | 230 | Fred Neilsen | Tackle | St. Mary's (CA) |
23 | 241 | Bob Gilmore | Back | Washington |
24 | 252 | Lloyd Baxter | Center | SMU |
25 | 263 | Nolan Luhn | Wide Receiver | Tulsa |
26 | 274 | Nestor Blanco | Guard | Colorado Mines |
27 | 285 | Bill Chestnut | Back | Kansas |
28 | 296 | Jim Thompson | Back | Washington State |
29 | 307 | Jim Evans | End | Idaho |
30 | 318 | Hamilton Nichols | Guard | Rice |
31 | 324 | John Priday | Back | Ohio State |
32 | 330 | Bill Joe Aldridge | Back | Oklahoma State |
Regular season[]
Schedule[]
Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
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1 | September 30, 1945 | Chicago Bears | W 31–21 |
2 | October 7, 1945 | Detroit Lions | W 57–21 |
3 | October 14, 1945 | Cleveland Rams | L 27–14 |
4 | October 21, 1945 | Boston Yanks | W 38–14 |
5 | October 28, 1945 | Chicago Cardinals | W 33–14 |
6 | November 4, 1945 | at Chicago Bears | L 28–24 |
7 | November 11, 1945 | at Cleveland Rams | L 20–7 |
8 | November 18, 1945 | at Boston Yanks | W 28–0 |
9 | November 25, 1945 | at New York Giants | W 23–14 |
10 | December 2, 1945 | at Detroit Lions | L 14–3 |
Standings[]
NFL Western Division | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | DIV | PF | PA | STK | ||
Cleveland Rams | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 7–0 | 244 | 136 | W5 | |
Detroit Lions | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 5–2 | 195 | 194 | W1 | |
Green Bay Packers | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 3–4 | 258 | 173 | L1 | |
Chicago Bears | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 2–6 | 192 | 235 | W2 | |
Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | 1–6 | 98 | 228 | L6 |
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
Roster[]
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[]
Most points scored, quarter, 24, Don Hutson, October 7, 1945
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References[]
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Eastern Division | Western Division |
Boston | Chicago Bears |
New York | Chicago Cardinals |
Philadelphia | Cleveland |
Pittsburgh | Detroit |
Washington | Green Bay |
1945 NFL Draft • NFL Championship |
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