1940 Green Bay Packers season

1940 Green Bay Packers season
Head coachCurly Lambeau
Home fieldCity Stadium
Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record6–4–1
Division place2nd NFL Western
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1940 Green Bay Packers season was their 22nd season overall and their 20th season in the National Football League. The defending NFL champions, Green Bay finished with a 6–4–1 record under founder and head 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

Main article: 1940 NFL season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue
1 Bye
2 September 15 Philadelphia Eagles W 27–20 1–0 City Stadium
3 September 22 Chicago Bears L 10–41 1–1 City Stadium
4 September 29 Chicago Cardinals W 31–6 2–1 Wisconsin State Fair Park
5 Bye
6 October 13 Cleveland Rams W 31–14 3–1 City Stadium
7 October 20 Detroit Lions L 14–23 3–2 City Stadium
8 October 27 Pittsburgh Steelers W 24–3 4–2 Wisconsin State Fair Park
9 November 3 at Chicago Bears L 7–14 4–3 Wrigley Field
10 November 10 at Chicago Cardinals W 28–7 5–3 Comiskey Park
11 November 17 at New York Giants L 3–7 5–4 Polo Grounds
12 November 24 at Detroit Lions W 50–7 6–4 Briggs Stadium
13 December 1 at Cleveland Rams T 13–13 6–4–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

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

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