1944 Green Bay Packers season

1944 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Curly Lambeau
Home field	City Stadium Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record	8–2
Division place	1st NFL Western
Playoff finish	Won NFL Championship

The 1944 Green Bay Packers season was their 25th season in the National Football League. The club posted an 8–2 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a first-place finish in the Western Conference. The Packers ended the season beating the New York Giants 14–7 in the NFL Championship Game, their sixth league title. Don Hutson led the NFL in touchdowns for a record-setting eighth time in his career.^[1]

Offseason

NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	7	Merv Pregulman	Guard	Michigan
3	22	Tom Kuzma	Halfback	Michigan
5	38	Bill McPartland	Tackle	St. Mary's (CA)
6	49	Mickey McCardle	Back	USC
7	60	Jack Tracy	End	Washington
8	71	Alex Agase	Guard	Illinois
9	82	Don Whitmire	Tackle	Alabama/Navy
10	93	Bob Koch	Back	Oregon
11	104	Virgil Johnson	End	Arkansas
12	115	Roy Giusti	Back	St. Mary's (CA)
13	126	Bill Baughman	Center	Alabama
14	137	Don Griffin	Back	Illinois
15	148	Bert Gissler	End	Nebraska
16	159	Lou Shelton	Back	Oregon State
17	170	Charley Cusick	Guard	Colgate
18	181	Hugh Cox	Back	North Carolina
19	192	Kermit Davis	End	Mississippi State
20	203	Bob Johnson	Center	Purdue
21	214	Jim Cox	Tackle	Stanford
22	225	Cliff Anderson	End	Minnesota
23	236	John Wesley Perry	Back	Duke
24	247	Pete DeMaria	Guard	Purdue
25	258	Len Liss	Tackle	Marquette
26	269	Ray Jordan	Back	North Carolina
27	280	Al Grubaugh	Tackle	Nebraska
28	291	A. B. Howard	End	Mississippi State
29	302	Paul Paladino	Guard	Arkansas
30	313	Bob Butchofsky	Back	Texas A&M
31	319	Russ Deal	Guard	Indiana
32	325	Abel Gonzales	Back	SMU

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1	September 17, 1944	Brooklyn Tigers	W 14–7
2	September 24, 1944	Chicago Bears	W 42–28
3	October 1, 1944	Detroit Lions	W 27–6
4	October 8, 1944	Card-Pitt	W 34–7
5	October 22, 1944	Cleveland Rams	W 30–21
6	October 29, 1944	at Detroit Lions	W 14–0
7	November 5, 1944	at Chicago Bears	L 0–21
8	November 12, 1944	at Cleveland Rams	W 42–7
9	November 19, 1944	at New York Giants	L 0–24
10	November 26, 1944	at Card-Pitt	W 35–20

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
Championship	December 17, 1944	at New York Giants	W 14–7[2]

Standings

NFL Western Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Green Bay Packers	8	2	0	.800	7–1	238	141	W1
Chicago Bears	6	3	1	.667	4–3–1	258	172	W2
Detroit Lions	6	3	1	.667	4–3–1	216	151	W4
Cleveland Rams	4	6	0	.400	4–4	188	224	L2
Card-Pitt	0	10	0	.000	0–8	108	328	L10

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

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks Larry Craig Ben Starret Running Backs Dick Bilda Irv Comp Paul Duhart Ted Fritsch Don Hutson Joe Laws Roy McKay Don Perkins Wide Receivers Harry Jacunski Joel Mason Ray Wehba		Offensive Linemen Paul Berezney Charley Brock Mike Bucchianeri Tiny Croft Bob Flowers Charles Goldenberg Bill Kuusisto Forrest McPherson Baby Ray Ade Schwammel Glen Sorenson Pete Tinsley Chuck Tollefson Defensive Linemen Bob Kercher Alex Urban		Defensive Backs Bob Kahler Special Teams Lou Brock Rookies and first-year players in italics

Awards, records and honors

• Don Hutson, NFL Leader, Touchdowns
• Don Hutson, NFL Record, Touchdown Leader, Eighth Time

References

1. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 408
2. Video: B-29s Rule Jap Skies,1944/12/18 (1944). Universal Newsreel. 1944. Retrieved February 20, 2012.

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