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

Main article: 1944 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

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

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

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

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Green Bay Packers 1944 NFL champions

Green Bay Packers

Founded in 1919 Based and headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin

Franchise	Franchise Team history Green Bay Packers, Inc. Board of Directors

Records	Seasons Coaches Players A–D E–K L–R S–Z Starting quarterbacks Pro Football Hall of Famers Retired numbers First-round draft picks Records Pro Bowlers Stadiums

Stadiums	Hagemeister Park Bellevue Park City Stadium Borchert Field Wisconsin State Fair Park Marquette Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium Lambeau Field

Training Facilities	Don Hutson Center Clarke Hinkle Field Ray Nitschke Field St. Norbert College (training camp) Rockwood Lodge (former)

Culture	Cheesehead Lambeau Leap Hall of Fame Packers Fan Hall of Fame "Bang the Drum All Day" Cheerleaders Fight song Lumberjack Band Pigskin Champions Vernon Biever Hungry Five George Whitney Calhoun The Dope Sheet Curly Lambeau Vince Lombardi Ron Wolf Lombardi Pitch Perfect 2 Packers Heritage Trail Packers Pro Shop

Lore	Dolly Gray impostor The Ice Bowl The Snow Bowl Instant Replay Game 4th and 26 Fail Mary Miracle in Motown

Division championships (22)	1936 1938 1939 1944 1960 1961 1962 1965 1966 1967 1972 1995 1996 1997 2002 2003 2004 2007 2011 2012 2013 2014

Conference championships (9)	1960 1961 1962 1965 1966 1967 1996 1997 2010

League championships (13^†)	1929 1930 1931 1936 1939 1944 1961 1962 1965 1966 (I) 1967 (II) 1996 (XXXI) 2010 (XLV) ^† does not include 1966 or 1967 NFL championships

Retired numbers	3 4 14 15 66 92

Rivalries	Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Minnesota Vikings

Broadcasters	Radio: Packers Radio Network WTMJ WKTI-HD2 WIXX WTAQ Television (pre-season & official in-season team programming): WGBA-TV WTMJ-TV Personnel: Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play) Larry McCarren (color/analysis)

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League (1921–present) Conference: National Football Conference Division: North Division

Seasons (97)	1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

1944 NFL season

Eastern Division	Boston	Brooklyn	Card-Pitt	Chicago	Western Division
	Philadelphia	New York	Cleveland	Detroit
	Washington			Green Bay

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