1944 Green Bay Packers season

The 1944 Green Bay Packers season was their 26th season overall and their 24th 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]

1944 Green Bay Packers season
Head coachCurly Lambeau
Home fieldCity Stadium
Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record8–2
Division place1st NFL Western
Playoff finishWon NFL Championship

Offseason

NFL Draft
Main article: 1944 NFL Draft
Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
17Merv PregulmanGuardMichigan
322Tom KuzmaHalfbackMichigan
538Bill McPartlandTackleSt. Mary's (CA)
649Mickey McCardleBackUSC
760Jack TracyEndWashington
871Alex AgaseGuardIllinois
982Don WhitmireTackleAlabama/Navy
1093Bob KochBackOregon
11104Virgil JohnsonEndArkansas
12115Roy GiustiBackSt. Mary's (CA)
13126Bill BaughmanCenterAlabama
14137Don GriffinBackIllinois
15148Bert GisslerEndNebraska
16159Lou SheltonBackOregon State
17170Charley CusickGuardColgate
18181Hugh CoxBackNorth Carolina
19192Kermit DavisEndMississippi State
20203Bob JohnsonCenterPurdue
21214Jim CoxTackleStanford
22225Cliff AndersonEndMinnesota
23236John Wesley PerryBackDuke
24247Pete DeMariaGuardPurdue
25258Len LissTackleMarquette
26269Ray JordanBackNorth Carolina
27280Al GrubaughTackleNebraska
28291A. B. HowardEndMississippi State
29302Paul PaladinoGuardArkansas
30313Bob ButchofskyBackTexas A&M
31319Russ DealGuardIndiana
32325Abel GonzalesBackSMU

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]
NFL Championship
1 234Total
• Packers 0 1400 14
Giants 0 007 7
  • Date: December 17
  • Location: Polo Grounds
  • Game attendance: 46,015

[3]

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

Special Teams

Rookies and first-year players in italics

Awards, records and honors
  • Don Hutson, NFL Leader, Touchdowns
  • Don Hutson, NFL Record, Touchdown Leader, Eighth Time
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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.
  3. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-Oct-08.


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