1955 Green Bay Packers season

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1955 Green Bay Packers season
Head coachLisle Blackbourn
Home fieldCity Stadium
Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record6–6
Division place3rd NFL Western
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1955 Green Bay Packers season was their 37th season overall and their 35th season in the National Football League. The team finished with a 6–6 record under second-year head coach Lisle Blackbourn, earning them a third-place finish in the Western Conference.

Offseason[edit]

NFL draft[edit]

Round Pick Player Position School/club team
1 5 Tom Bettis Linebacker Purdue
2 17 Jim Temp Defensive end Wisconsin
3 29 Buddy Leake Back Oklahoma
5 53 Hank Bullough Guard Michigan State
6 65 Norm Amundsen Guard Wisconsin
7 77 Bob Clemens Fullback Georgia
8 89 Johnny Crouch End TCU
9 101 Ed Culpepper Tackle Alabama
10 113 George Rogers Tackle Auburn
11 125 Ron Clark Back Nebraska
12 137 Art Walker Tackle Michigan
13 149 Ed Adams Back South Carolina
14 161 Fred Baer Fullback Michigan
15 173 George Machoukas Center Toledo
16 185 Charlie Brackins Quarterback Prairie View A&M
17 197 Lynn Beightol Back Maryland
18 209 Doyle Nix Defensive back SMU
19 221 Bob Carter Tackle Grambling
20 233 Carl Bolt Back Southern Miss
20 236 Bob Antkowiak End Bucknell
21 245 Lavell Isbell Tackle Houston
22 257 Bill Brunner Back Arkansas Tech
23 269 Elton Shaw Tackle LSU
24 281 Charley Bryant Guard Nebraska
25 293 Nate Borden Defensive end Indiana
26 305 Jim Jennings End Missouri
27 317 Bob Peringer End Washington State
28 329 Jack Spears Tackle Chattanooga
29 341 Sam Pino Back Boston University
30 352 Bob Saia Back Tulane

Regular season[edit]

Schedule[edit]

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap
1 September 25 Detroit Lions W 20–17 1–0 City Stadium 22,217 Recap
2 October 2 at Chicago Bears L 31–52 1–1 Wrigley Field 48,890 Recap
3 October 8 Baltimore Colts L 20–24 1–2 Milwaukee County Stadium 40,199 Recap
4 October 16 Los Angeles Rams W 30–28 2–2 Milwaukee County Stadium 26,960 Recap
5 October 23 at Cleveland Browns L 10–41 2–3 Cleveland Stadium 51,482 Recap
6 October 29 at Baltimore Colts L 10–14 2–4 Memorial Stadium 34,411 Recap
7 November 6 Chicago Bears W 24–3 3-4 City Stadium 24,662 Recap
8 November 13 Chicago Cardinals W 31–14 4–4 City Stadium 20,104 Recap
9 November 20 San Francisco 49ers W 27–21 5–4 Milwaukee County Stadium 19,099 Recap
10 November 24 at Detroit Lions L 10–24 5–5 Briggs Stadium 51,685 Recap
11 December 4 at San Francisco 49ers W 28–7 6–5 Kezar Stadium 32,897 Recap
12 December 11 at Los Angeles Rams L 17–31 6–6 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 90,535 Recap
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings[edit]

NFL Western Conference
W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
Los Angeles Rams 8 3 1 .727 6–3–1 260 231 W3
Chicago Bears 8 4 0 .667 7–3 294 251 W2
Green Bay Packers 6 6 0 .500 5–5 258 276 L1
Baltimore Colts 5 6 1 .455 5–4–1 214 239 L2
San Francisco 49ers 4 8 0 .333 4–6 216 298 W1
Detroit Lions 3 9 0 .250 2–8 230 275 L2
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster[edit]

Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Rookies and first-year players in italics

Awards, records, and honors[edit]

Milestones[edit]

References[edit]