1945 Green Bay Packers season

1945 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Curly Lambeau
Home field	City Stadium Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record	6–4
Division place	3rd NFL Western
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1945 Green Bay Packers season was their 26th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 6–4 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a third-place finish in the Western Conference.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1945 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	11	Walt Schlinkman	Fullback	Texas Tech
3	27	Clyde Goodnight	End	Tulsa
5	43	Joe Graham	End	Florida
6	54	Don Wells	Defensive End	Georgia
7	65	Casey Stephenson	Back	Tennessee
8	76	Toby Collins	Tackle	Tulsa
9	87	Lamar Dingler	End	Arkansas
10	98	Hal Helscher	Back	LSU
11	109	Ralph Hammond	Center	Pittsburgh
12	120	Ed Podgorski	Tackle	Lafayette
13	131	Bill Hackett	Guard	Ohio State
14	142	Marv Lindsey	Back	Arkansas
15	153	Robert McClure	Tackle	Nevada
16	164	Harry Pieper	Center	California
17	175	Bob Kula	Back	Minnesota
18	186	Frank Hazard	Guard	Nebraska
19	197	Ed Jeffers	Tackle	Oklahoma State
20	208	Bill Prentice	Back	Santa Clara
21	219	Warren Fuller	End	Fordham
22	230	Fred Neilsen	Tackle	St. Mary's (CA)
23	241	Bob Gilmore	Back	Washington
24	252	Lloyd Baxter	Center	SMU
25	263	Nolan Luhn	Wide Receiver	Tulsa
26	274	Nestor Blanco	Guard	Colorado Mines
27	285	Bill Chestnut	Back	Kansas
28	296	Jim Thompson	Back	Washington State
29	307	Jim Evans	End	Idaho
30	318	Hamilton Nichols	Guard	Rice
31	324	John Priday	Back	Ohio State
32	330	Bill Joe Aldridge	Back	Oklahoma State

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1	September 30, 1945	Chicago Bears	W 31–21
2	October 7, 1945	Detroit Lions	W 57–21
3	October 14, 1945	Cleveland Rams	L 27–14
4	October 21, 1945	Boston Yanks	W 38–14
5	October 28, 1945	Chicago Cardinals	W 33–14
6	November 4, 1945	at Chicago Bears	L 28–24
7	November 11, 1945	at Cleveland Rams	L 20–7
8	November 18, 1945	at Boston Yanks	W 28–0
9	November 25, 1945	at New York Giants	W 23–14
10	December 2, 1945	at Detroit Lions	L 14–3

Standings

NFL Western Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Rams	9	1	0	.900	7–0	244	136	W5
Detroit Lions	7	3	0	.700	5–2	195	194	W1
Green Bay Packers	6	4	0	.600	3–4	258	173	L1
Chicago Bears	3	7	0	.300	2–6	192	235	W2
Chicago Cardinals	1	9	0	.100	1–6	98	228	L6

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

Ken Keuper

Special Teams

Rookies and first-year players in italics

Awards, records, and honors

Most points scored, quarter, 24, Don Hutson, October 7, 1945

References

Sportsencyclopedia.com

Green Bay Packers seasons

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Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

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

1945 NFL season

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

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