1932 Green Bay Packers season

1932 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach Curly Lambeau
Home field City Stadium
Results
Record 10–3–1
League place 2nd NFL
Playoff finish none scheduled

The 1932 Green Bay Packers season was their 13th in the National Football League. The club posted a 10–3–1 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a 2nd-place finish despite winning three more games than the champion Chicago Bears. With only one loss, the Bears' winning percentage was calculated by the league at .875, as ties were discarded, compared to the Packers' .769.

The Bears and Portsmouth Spartans were tied for first at the end of the season and played an extra game; the winner was the league champion and the loser finished in third in the standings. The game was played indoors on a shortened field and the Bears won, 9–0.

In 1933, the NFL divided into two divisions and began an annual NFL championship game to decide the league's crown.

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record
1 September 18 Chicago Cardinals W 15–7 1–0–0
2 September 25 Chicago Bears T 0–0 1–0–1
3 October 2 New York Giants W 13–0 2–0–1
4 October 9 Portsmouth Spartans W 15–10 3–0–1
5 October 16 at Chicago Bears W 2–0 4–0–1
6 October 23 Brooklyn Dodgers W 13–0 5–0–1
7 October 30 Staten Island Stapletons W 26–0 6–0–1
8 November 6 at Chicago Cardinals W 19–9 7–0–1
9 November 13 Boston Braves W 21–0 8–0–1
10 November 20 at New York Giants L 6–0 8–1–1
11 November 24 at Brooklyn Dodgers W 7–0 9–1–1
12 November 27 at Staten Island Stapletons W 21–3 10–1–1
13 December 4 at Portsmouth Spartans L 19–0 10–2–1
14 December 11 at Chicago Bears L 9–0 10–3–1

Standings

NFL standings
W L T PCT PF PA STK
Chicago Bears * 7 1 6 .875 160 44 W3
Green Bay Packers 10 3 1 .769 152 63 L2
Portsmouth Spartans * 6 2 4 .750 116 71 L1
Boston Braves 4 4 2 .500 55 79 W2
New York Giants 4 6 2 .400 93 113 L1
Brooklyn Dodgers 3 9 0 .250 63 131 L4
Chicago Cardinals 2 6 2 .250 72 114 L5
Staten Island Stapletons 2 7 3 .222 93 113 L1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
* The Bears and Spartans records include the result of the 1932 NFL Playoff Game, hence the Spartans lower winning percentage than the Packers.

References

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