1949 Green Bay Packers season

1949 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Curly Lambeau
Home field	City Stadium Wisconsin State Fair Park
Local radio	WTMJ
Results
Record	2–10
Division place	5th NFL Western
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

The 1949 Green Bay Packers season was their 31st season overall and their 29th season in the National Football League. The team finished with a 2–10 record under coach Curly Lambeau for a fifth-place finish in the Western Conference. This was the 31st and final season the Packers played under Lambeau, who resigned and then coached the Chicago Cardinals in 1950 and 1951 and the Washington Redskins in 1952 and 1953.

The 1949 season was also the final year for blue and gold jerseys, as the Packers switched to kelly green and yellow in 1950 under new coach Gene Ronzani, a graduate of Marquette University.

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1949 NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/club team
1	5	Stan Heath	Quarterback	Nevada
2	15	Dan Dworsky	Center	Michigan
3	25	Lou Ferry	Defensive tackle	Villanova
4	24	Bob Summerhays	Linebacker	Utah
5	43	Glenn Lewis	Back	Texas Tech
6	54	Joe Ethridge	Tackle	SMU
8	74	Dan Orlich	Defensive end	Nevada
9	83	Everett Faunce	Back	Minnesota
11	103	Harry Larche	Tackle	Arkansas State
12	114	Rebel Steiner	Defensive back	Alabama
13	123	Al Mastrangeli	Center	Illinois
14	134	Bobby Williams	Center	Texas Tech
15	143	Ken Cooper	Guard	Vanderbilt
16	154	Gene Remenar	Tackle	West Virginia
17	163	Paul Devine	Back	Heidelberg
18	174	Floyd Lewis	Guard	SMU
19	183	Bobby Folsom	End	SMU
20	194	Larry Cooney	Back	Penn State
21	203	Ken Kranz	Defensive back	Wisconsin-Milwaukee
22	214	John Kordich	Back	USC
23	223	Bill Kelley	Tight end	Texas Tech
24	234	Jimmy Ford	Back	Tulsa
25	243	Frank Lambright	Guard	Arkansas

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue
1	September 25	Chicago Bears	L 0–17	0–1	City Stadium
2	October 2	Los Angeles Rams	L 7–48	0–2	City Stadium
3	October 7	at New York Bulldogs	W 19–0	1–2	Polo Grounds
4	October 16	Chicago Cardinals	L 14–39	1–3	Wisconsin State Fair Park
5	October 23	at Los Angeles Rams	L 7–35	1–4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
6	October 30	Detroit Lions	W 16–14	2–4	Wisconsin State Fair Park
7	November 6	at Chicago Bears	L 3–24	2–5	Wrigley Field
8	November 13	New York Giants	L 10–30	2–6	City Stadium
9	November 20	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 7–30	2–7	Wisconsin State Fair Park
10	November 27	at Chicago Cardinals	L 21–41	2–8	Comiskey Park
11	December 4	at Washington Redskins	L 0–30	2–9	Griffith Stadium
12	December 11	at Detroit Lions	L 7–21	2–10	Briggs Stadium
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Western Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Los Angeles Rams	8	2	2	.800	6–1–1	360	239	W1
Chicago Bears	9	3	0	.750	6–2	332	218	W6
Chicago Cardinals	6	5	1	.545	4–3–1	360	301	L1
Detroit Lions	4	8	0	.333	2–6	237	259	W2
Green Bay Packers	2	10	0	.167	1–7	114	329	L6

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

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks Stan Heath Jack Jacobs Running backs Tony Canadeo Bob Cifers Ralph Earhart Bob Forte Ted Fritsch Jack Kirby Walt Schlinkman Ed Smith Wide receivers Ted Cook Larry Craig Clyde Goodnight Bill Kelley Nolan Luhn Steve Pritko		Offensive linemen Ed Bell Roger Eason Joe Ethridge Bob Flowers Roger Harding Glenn Johnson Urban Odson Larry Olsonoski Jay Rhodemyre Damon Tassos Evan Vogds Dick Wildung Defensive linemen Lou Ferry Paul Lipscomb Ed Neal Ralph Olsen Dan Orlich Don Wells		Linebackers Buddy Burris Bob Summerhays Defensive backs Ken Kranz Special teams Earl Girard 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