1948 Green Bay Packers season

1948 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Curly Lambeau
Home field	City Stadium Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record	3–9
Division place	4th NFL Western
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

The 1948 Green Bay Packers season was their 30th season overall and their 28th season in the National Football League. The team finished with a 3–9 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning a fourth-place finish in the Western Conference.

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1948 NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/club team
1	7	Earl Girard	Halfback	Wisconsin
3	19	Ed Smith	Halfback	UTEP
5	27	Don Richards	Tackle	Arkansas
5	31	Weyman Sellers	End	Georgia
6	41	Larry Olsonoski	Guard	Minnesota
7	51	Jay Rhodemyre	Center	Kentucky
8	61	Bob Cunz	Tackle	Illinois
10	81	George Walmsley	Back	Rice
11	91	Bob Hodges	Tackle	Bradley
12	101	Bob Rennebohm	End	Wisconsin
13	111	Perry Moss	Quarterback	Illinois
14	121	Fred Provo	Halfback	Washington
15	131	Lou Agase	Tackle	Illinois
16	141	Travis Raven	Back	Texas
18	161	Ken Balge	End	Michigan State
19	171	Charley Tatom	Tackle	Texas
20	181	Floyd Thomas	Center	Arkansas
21	191	Herbert St. John	Guard	Georgia
22	201	Don Anderson	Back	Rice
23	211	Fred Kling	Back	Missouri
24	221	Clyde Biggers	Tackle	Catawba
25	231	Stan Heath	Quarterback	Nevada
26	241	Aubrey Allen	Tackle	Colorado
27	251	Stan Gorski	End	St. Mary's (MN)
28	261	Don Sharp	Center	Tulsa
29	271	John Panelli	Back	Notre Dame
30	281	Clarence McGeary	Defensive Tackle	North Dakota State
31	289	Gayland Mills	End	BYU
32	296	Ralph Earhart	Halfback	Texas Tech

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue
1	September 17	at Boston Yanks	W 31–0	1–0	Fenway Park
2	September 26	Chicago Bears	L 7–45	1–1	City Stadium
3	October 3	Detroit Lions	W 33–21	2–1	City Stadium
4	October 10	Chicago Cardinals	L 7–17	2–2	Wisconsin State Fair Park
5	October 17	at Los Angeles Rams	L 10–24	2–3	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
6	October 24	Washington Redskins	L 7–23	2–4	Wisconsin State Fair Park
7	October 31	at Detroit Lions	L 20–24	2–5	Briggs Stadium
8	November 7	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 7–38	2–6	Forbes Field
9	November 14	at Chicago Bears	L 6–7	2–7	Wrigley Field
10	November 21	New York Giants	L 3–49	2–8	Wisconsin State Fair Park
11	November 28	Los Angeles Rams	W 16–0	3–8	City Stadium
12	December 5	at Chicago Cardinals	L 7–42	3–9	Comiskey Park
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Western Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Cardinals	11	1	0	.917	7–1	395	226	W10
Chicago Bears	10	2	0	.833	7–1	375	151	L1
Los Angeles Rams	6	5	1	.545	3–5	327	269	W3
Green Bay Packers	3	9	0	.250	2–6	154	290	L7
Detroit Lions	2	10	0	.167	1–7	200	407	L3

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

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks Jack Jacobs Perry Moss Running backs Tony Canadeo Ed Cody Ralph Earhart Bob Forte Ted Fritsch Earl Girard Fred Provo Ken Roskie Walt Schlinkman Bruce Smith Ed Smith Pat West Wide receivers Ted Cook Larry Craig Clyde Goodnight Nolan Luhn Gene Wilson		Offensive linemen Lloyd Baxter Ed Bell Ralph Davis Don Deeks Bob Flowers Jim Kekeris Urban Odson Larry Olsonoski Baby Ray Jay Rhodemyre Damon Tassos Evan Vogds Dick Wildung Defensive linemen Ted Cremer Paul Lipscomb Ed Neal Don Wells Rookies and first-year players in italics

Further reading

• Cliff Christl, The Greatest Story in Sports: Green Bay Packers, 1919–2019. 4 volumes. Stevens Point, WI: KCI Sports Publishing, 2021.

External links

• Sportsencyclopedia.com