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1948 Green Bay Packers season
Head Coach Curly Lambeau
Home Field City Stadium
Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record 3–9
Place 4th NFL Western
Playoff Finish did not qualify
Timeline
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1947 1949

The 1948 Green Bay Packers season was their 30th season overall and their 28th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 3–9 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning a fourth-place finish in the Western Conference.

Offseason[]

NFL Draft[]

Round Pick Player Position School/club team
1 7 Earl Girard Halfback Wisconsin
3 19 Ed Smith Halfback UTEP
5 27 Don Richards Tackle Arkansas
5 31 Weyman Sellers End Georgia
6 41 Larry Olsonoski Guard Minnesota
7 51 Jay Rhodemyre Center Kentucky
8 61 Bob Cunz Tackle Illinois
10 81 George Walmsley Back Rice
11 91 Bob Hodges Tackle Bradley
12 101 Bob Rennebohm End Wisconsin
13 111 Perry Moss Quarterback Illinois
14 121 Fred Provo Halfback Washington
15 131 Lou Agase Tackle Illinois
16 141 Travis Raven Back Texas
18 161 Ken Balge End Michigan State
19 171 Charley Tatom Tackle Texas
20 181 Floyd Thomas Center Arkansas
21 191 Herbert St. John Guard Georgia
22 201 Don Anderson Back Rice
23 211 Fred Kling Back Missouri
24 221 Clyde Biggers Tackle Catawba
25 231 Stan Heath Quarterback Nevada
26 241 Aubrey Allen Tackle Colorado
27 251 Stan Gorski End St. Mary's (MN)
28 261 Don Sharp Center Tulsa
29 271 John Panelli Back Notre Dame
30 281 Clarence McGeary Defensive Tackle North Dakota State
31 289 Gayland Mills End BYU
32 296 Ralph Earhart Halfback Texas Tech

Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result
1 September 17, 1948 at Boston Yanks W 31–0
2 September 26, 1948 Chicago Bears L 45–7
3 October 3, 1948 Detroit Lions W 33–21
4 October 10, 1948 Chicago Cardinals L 17–7
5 October 17, 1948 Los Angeles Rams W 16–0
6 October 24, 1948 Washington Redskins L 23–7
7 October 31, 1948 at Detroit Lions L 24–20
8 November 7, 1948 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 38–7
9 November 14, 1948 at Chicago Bears L 7–6
10 November 21, 1948 New York Giants L 49–3
11 November 28, 1948 at Los Angeles Rams L 24–10
12 December 5, 1948 at Chicago Cardinals L 42–7

Standings[]

NFL Western Division
view · talk · edit W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Chicago Cardinals 11 1 0 .917 7–1 395 226 W10
Chicago Bears 10 2 0 .833 7–1 375 151 L1
Los Angeles Rams 6 5 1 .545 3–5 327 269 W3
Green Bay Packers 3 9 0 .250 2–6 154 290 L7
Detroit Lions 2 10 0 .167 1–7 200 407 L3

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

Roster[]

Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Rookies and first-year players in italics

Awards, records, and honors[]

References[]

Eastern Division Western Division
Boston Chicago Bears
New York Chicago Cardinals
Philadelphia Detroit
Pittsburgh Green Bay
Washington Los Angeles
1948 NFL DraftNFL Championship
Related: 1948 AAFC Season
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