1960 Green Bay Packers season

The 1960 Green Bay Packers season was their 42nd season overall and their 40th season in the National Football League. The club posted an 8–4 record under second-year head coach Vince Lombardi to win the Western Conference and a berth in the NFL championship game. It was the Packers' first appearance in the title game since winning it in 1944.[1] After a Thanksgiving Day loss at Detroit, the Packers won their final three games, all on the road, to win the crown.

1960 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Vince Lombardi
General manager	Vince Lombardi
Home field	City Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record	8–4
Division place	1st NFL Western
Playoff finish	Lost NFL Championship Game (at Eagles, 13-17)

The championship game was against the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia Eagles (10–2), played at Franklin Field in Philadelphia on Monday, December 26. Two years earlier in 1958, both teams had been last in their respective conferences, winning a combined three games.

In a close game, the Packers led in the fourth quarter, but lost 17–13.[2][3][4][5] Green Bay returned to the title game the next two seasons and won both.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	5	Tom Moore	Running Back	Vanderbilt
2	17	Bob Jeter	Cornerback	Iowa
5	51	Dale Hackbart	Defensive Back	Wisconsin
6	65	Mike Wright	Tackle	Minnesota
7	77	Kirk Phares	Guard	South Carolina
8	89	Don Hitt	Center	Oklahoma State
9	101	Frank Brixius	Tackle	Minnesota
11	125	Ron Ray	Tackle	Howard Payne
12	137	Harry Ball	Tackle	Boston College
13	149	Paul Winslow	Defensive Back	North Carolina Central
14	161	Jon Gilliam	Center	East Texas State
15	173	Garney Henley	Back	Huron
16	185	John Littlejohn	Back	Kansas State
17	197	Joe Gomes	Back	South Carolina
18	209	Royce Whittington	Tackle	Southwestern Louisiana
19	221	Rich Brooks	End	Purdue
20	233	Gilmer Lewis	Tackle	Oklahoma

• Yellow indicates a future Pro Bowl selection

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 25	Chicago Bears	L 17–14	0–1	City Stadium	32,150
2	October 2	Detroit Lions	W 28–9	1–1	City Stadium	32,150
3	October 9	Baltimore Colts	W 35–21	2–1	City Stadium	32,150
4	October 16	Bye
5	October 23	San Francisco 49ers	W 41–14	3–1	Milwaukee County Stadium	39,914
6	October 30	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 19–13	4–1	Forbes Field	30,155
7	November 6	Baltimore Colts	L 38–24	4–2	Memorial Stadium	57,808
8	November 13	Dallas Cowboys	W 41–7	5–2	City Stadium	32,294
9	November 20	Los Angeles Rams	L 33–31	5–3	Milwaukee County Stadium	35,763
10	November 24	at Detroit Lions	L 23–10	5–4	Tiger Stadium	51,123
11	December 4	at Chicago Bears	W 41–13	6–4	Wrigley Field	46,406
12	December 10	at San Francisco 49ers	W 13–0	7–4	Kezar Stadium	53,612
13	December 17	at Los Angeles Rams	W 35–21	8–4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	53,445

• Thursday (November 24: Thanksgiving Day), Saturday (December 10 & 17)
• A bye week was necessary in 1960, as the league expanded to an odd number (13) of teams (Dallas); one team was idle each week.

Game summaries

Week 1

Week 2

1 2 3 4 Total Lions 3 6 0 0 9 • Packers 0 7 7 14 28 Date: October 2 Location: City Stadium, Green Bay, Wisconsin Game attendance: 32,150 Game weather: 53 °F; wind 16

Scoring summary Q1 DET Jim Martin 14-yard field goal DET 3–0 Q2 DET Jim Martin 20-yard field goal DET 6–0 Q2 GB Tom Moore 5-yard run (Paul Hornung kick) GB 7–6 Q2 DET Jim Martin 48-yard field goal DET 9–7 Q3 GB Jim Taylor 2-yard run (Paul Hornung kick) GB 14–9 Q4 GB Paul Hornung 16-yard pass from Lamar McHan (Paul Hornung kick) GB 21–9 Q4 GB Paul Hornung 11-yard run (Paul Hornung kick) GB 28–9

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Week 3

1 2 3 4 Total Colts 0 7 0 14 21 • Packers 0 7 7 21 35 Date: October 2 Location: City Stadium Game attendance: 32,150 Game weather: 49 °F; wind 6

Scoring summary Q2 GB Taylor 12-yard run (Hornung kick) GB 7–0 Q2 BAL Ameche 12-yard run (Myhra kick) Tie 7–7 Q3 GB Taylor 3-yard run (Hornung kick) GB 14–7 Q4 GB Taylor 1-yard run (Hornung kick) GB 21–7 Q4 BAL Hawkins 1-yard run (Myhra kick) GB 21–14 Q4 GB Moore 12-yard pass from McHan (Hornung kick) GB 28–14 Q4 BAL Hawkins 1-yard pass from Unitas (Myhra kick) GB 28–21 Q4 GB McHan 35-yard run (Hornung kick) GB 35–21

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Playoffs

Main article: 1960 NFL Championship Game

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Attendance
Championship	December 26, 1960	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 17–13	Franklin Field	67,325

Standings

NFL Western Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Green Bay Packers	8	4	0	.667	7–4	332	209	W3
Detroit Lions	7	5	0	.583	7–4	239	212	W4
San Francisco 49ers	7	5	0	.583	7–4	208	205	W1
Baltimore Colts	6	6	0	.500	5–6	288	234	L4
Chicago Bears	5	6	1	.455	5–5–1	194	299	L3
Los Angeles Rams	4	7	1	.364	4–6–1	265	297	L1
Dallas Cowboys	0	11	1	.000	0–6	177	369	L1

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

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks 17 Lamar McHan 15 Bart Starr Running Backs 33 Lew Carpenter 37 Larry Hickman 5 Paul Hornung 25 Tom Moore 31 Jim Taylor Wide Receivers 86 Boyd Dowler 84 Gary Knafelc 85 Max McGee Tight Ends 88 Ron Kramer 80 Steve Meilinger		Offensive Linemen 62 Andy Cvercko 75 Forrest Gregg 53 Ken Iman 64 Jerry Kramer 78 Norm Masters 72 John Miller 51 Jim Ringo 76 Bob Skoronski Defensive Linemen 73 Ken Beck 87 Willie Davis 79 Dave Hanner 74 Henry Jordan 83 Bill Quinlan		Linebackers 65 Tom Bettis 58 Dan Currie 66 Ray Nitschke Defensive Backs 46 Hank Gremminger 40 Dale Hackbart 48 Dick Pesonen 27 John Symank 45 Emlen Tunnell 47 Jesse Whittenton 23 Paul Winslow 24 Willie Wood Rookies in italics

Postseason

NFL Championship Game

	1	2	3	4	Total
Packers	3	3	0	7	13
Eagles	0	10	0	7	17

• First quarter
  • GB – Paul Hornung 20-yard FG
• Second quarter
  • GB – Hornung 23-yard FG
  • Phi – Tommy McDonald 35-yard pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Bobby Walston kick)
  • Phi – Walston 15-yard FG
• Third quarter
  • No scoring
• Fourth quarter
  • GB – Max McGee 7-yard pass from Bart Starr (Hornung kick)
  • Phi – Ted Dean 5 run (Walston kick)

Awards and records

• Tom Moore, NFL Kickoff Return Leader
• Paul Hornung set an NFL record for scoring 176 points, a record that since has been broken

Milestones

References

1. "Green Bay rips Rams to win Western title". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. December 18, 1960. p. 1, section 3.
2. Lea, Bud (December 27, 1960). "Eagles win NFL title". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1, part 1.
3. "Eagles rally once again". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. Associated Press. December 27, 1960. p. 13.
4. Kuechle, Oliver E. (December 27, 1960). "Eagles beat Packers for title, 17-13". Milwaukee Journal. p. 14, paft 2.
5. "Eagles win NFL title with 17 to 13 victory". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. UPI. December 27, 1960. p. 2.
6. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2013-Dec-27.
7. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-Dec-25.

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