1940 Green Bay Packers season

1940 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Curly Lambeau
Home field	City Stadium Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record	6–4–1
Division place	2nd NFL Western
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1940 Green Bay Packers season was their 21st season in the National Football League. The club posted a 6–4–1 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a second-place finish in the Western Conference.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1940 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	9	Hal Van Every	Halfback	Minnesota
3	24	Lou Brock	Back	Purdue
5	39	Esco Sarkkinen	End	Ohio State
6	49	Dick Cassiano	Back	Pittsburgh
7	59	Millard White	Tackle	Tulane
8	69	George Seeman	End	Nebraska
9	79	J. R. Manley	Guard	Oklahoma
10	89	Jack Brown	Back	Purdue
11	99	Don Guritz	Guard	Northwestern
12	109	Phil Gaspar	Tackle	USC
13	119	Ambrose Schindler	Quarterback	USC
14	129	Bill Kerr	End	Notre Dame
15	139	Mel Brewer	Guard	Illinois
16	149	Ray Andrus	Back	Vanderbilt
17	159	Archie Kodros	Center	Michigan
18	169	Jim Gillette	Halfback	Virginia
19	179	Al Matuza	Center	Georgetown
20	189	Jim Reeder	Tackle	Illinois
21	194	Vince Eichler	Back	Cornell
22	199	Henry Luebcke	Tackle	Iowa

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1	September 15, 1940	Philadelphia Eagles	W 27–20
2	September 22, 1940	Chicago Bears	L 41–10
3	September 29, 1940	Chicago Cardinals	W 31–6
4	October 13, 1940	Cleveland Rams	W 31–14
5	October 20, 1940	Detroit Lions	L 23–14
6	October 27, 1940	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 24–3
7	November 3, 1940	at Chicago Bears	L 14–7
8	November 10, 1940	at Chicago Cardinals	W 28–7
9	November 17, 1940	at New York Giants	L 7–3
10	November 24, 1940	at Detroit Lions	W 50–7
11	December 1, 1940	at Cleveland Rams	T 13–13

Standings

NFL Western Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Bears	8	3	0	.727	6–2	238	152	W2
Green Bay Packers	6	4	1	.600	4–3–1	238	155	T1
Detroit Lions	5	5	1	.500	4–3–1	138	153	L1
Cleveland Rams	4	6	1	.400	2–5–1	171	191	T1
Chicago Cardinals	2	7	2	.222	2–5–1	139	222	L3

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

Rookies and first-year players in italics

References

Sportsencyclopedia.com

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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

1940 NFL season

Eastern Division	Brooklyn	New York	CHI Bears	CHI Cardinals	Western Division
	Philadelphia	Pittsburgh	Cleveland	Detroit
	Washington			Green Bay

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