1947 Green Bay Packers season

1947 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Curly Lambeau
Home field	City Stadium Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record	6–5–1
Division place	3rd NFL Western
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

The 1947 Green Bay Packers season was their 29th season overall and their 27th season in the National Football League. The team finished with a 6–5–1 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning a third-place finish in the Western Conference.

Offseason

Draft

Main article: 1947 NFL draft

1947 Green Bay Packers draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	6	Ernie Case	QB	UCLA	Signed with Baltimore Colts (AAFC)
3	20	Burr Baldwin	E	UCLA	Signed with Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)
5	31	Buddy Burris	G	Oklahoma	Returned to college
6	40	Gene Wilson	E	SMU
7	52	Dick Connors	B	Northwestern
8	62	Monte Moncrief	T	Texas A&M
9	72	Bob McDougal	FB	Miami (FL)
10	81	Bob Kelly	HB	Navy	Signed with Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)
11	92	Tom Moulton	C	Oklahoma A&M
12	100	George Hills	G	Georgia Tech
13	111	Bob Skoglund	DE	Notre Dame
14	122	Jack Mitchell	B	Oklahoma	Returned to college
15	130	Denny Crawford	G	Tennessee
16	141	Jim Callanan	E	USC
17	151	Ted Scalissi	HB	Ripon
18	160	Jim Goodman	T	Indiana
19	172	Dick Miller	G	Lawrence
20	181	Brad Ecklund *	C	Oregon
21	190	Bob West	B	Colorado
22	202	Maurice "Tex" Reilly	B	Colorado
23	211	Ron Sockolov	T	California
24	220	Herbert St. John	G	Georgia	Returned to college
25	232	Fred Redeker	B	Cincinnati
26	241	Herm Lubker	E	Arkansas
27	250	Bob Palladino	B	Notre Dame
28	262	Jerrell Baxter	T	North Carolina
29	271	Ray Sellers	E	Georgia
30	280	Jerry Carle	B	Northwestern	Returned to college
31	290	Bill Hogan	B	Kansas
32	297	Ralph Olsen	DE	Utah	Played with Packers in 1949
Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Game recap
1	Bye
2	September 28	Chicago Bears	W 29–20	1–0	City Stadium	Recap
3	October 5	Los Angeles Rams	W 17–14	2–0	Wisconsin State Fair Park	Recap
4	October 12	Chicago Cardinals	L 10–14	2–1	City Stadium	Recap
5	October 19	Washington Redskins	W 27–10	3–1	Wisconsin State Fair Park	Recap
6	October 26	Detroit Lions	W 34–17	4–1	City Stadium	Recap
7	November 2	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 17–18	4–2	Wisconsin State Fair Park	Recap
8	November 9	at Chicago Bears	L 17–20	4–3	Wrigley Field	Recap
9	November 16	at Chicago Cardinals	L 20–21	4–4	Comiskey Park	Recap
10	November 23	at New York Giants	T 24–24	4–4–1	Polo Grounds	Recap
11	November 30	at Los Angeles Rams	W 30–10	5–4–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Recap
12	December 7	at Detroit Lions	W 35–14	6–4–1	Briggs Stadium	Recap
13	December 14	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 14–28	6–5–1	Shibe Park	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Western Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Cardinals	9	3	0	.750	7–1	306	231	W2
Chicago Bears	8	4	0	.667	4–4	363	241	L2
Green Bay Packers	6	5	1	.545	5–3	274	210	L1
Los Angeles Rams	6	6	0	.500	4–4	259	214	W2
Detroit Lions	3	9	0	.250	0–8	231	305	L3

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

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks Jack Jacobs Running backs Tony Canadeo Ed Cody Bob Forte Ted Fritsch Jim Gillette Bob McDougal Walt Schlinkman Bruce Smith Wide receivers Larry Craig Clyde Goodnight John Kovatch Nolan Luhn Gene Wilson		Offensive linemen Ed Bell Charley Brock Ray Clemons Tiny Croft Ralph Davis Bob Flowers Aldo Forte Lester Gatewood Urban Odson Baby Ray Damon Tassos Dick Wildung Defensive linemen Paul Lipscomb Ed Neal Bob Skoglund Don Wells		Defensive backs Irv Comp Ken Keuper Roy McKay Herm Rohrig Special teams Ward Cuff Rookies and first-year players in italics

References

• Sportsencyclopedia.com