1955 Green Bay Packers season

1955 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Lisle Blackbourn
Home field	City Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record	6–6
Division place	3rd NFL Western
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1955 Green Bay Packers season was their 36th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 6–6 record under coach Lisle Blackbourn, earning them a third-place finish in the Western Conference.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1955 NFL Draft

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

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Attendance
1	September 25, 1955	Detroit Lions	W 20–17	City Stadium	22,217
2	October 2, 1955	Chicago Bears	W 24–3	City Stadium	24,662
3	October 8, 1955	Baltimore Colts	L 24–20	Milwaukee County Stadium	40,199
4	October 16, 1955	Los Angeles Rams	W 30–28	Milwaukee County Stadium	26,960
5	October 23, 1955	at Cleveland Browns	L 41–10	Cleveland Stadium	51,482
6	October 29, 1955	at Baltimore Colts	L 14–10	Memorial Stadium	34,411
7	November 6, 1955	at Chicago Bears	L 52–31	Wrigley Field	48,890
8	November 13, 1955	Chicago Cardinals	W 31–14	City Stadium	20,104
9	November 20, 1955	San Francisco 49ers	W 27–21	Milwaukee County Stadium	19,099
10	November 24, 1955	at Detroit Lions	L 24–10	Briggs Stadium	51,685
11	December 4, 1955	at San Francisco 49ers	W 28–7	Kezar Stadium	32,897
12	December 11, 1955	at Los Angeles Rams	L 31–17	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	90,535

Standings

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

Green Bay Packers roster

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

86 Billy Howton
84 Gary Knafelc

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

80 Dick Deschaine

Rookies and first-year players in italics

Awards, records, and honors

Tobin Rote, NFL Leader, Touchdown Passes, (17)

References

Sportsencyclopedia.com

Green Bay Packers seasons

1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

Green Bay Packers

Founded in 1919 Based and headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin

Franchise	Franchise Team history Green Bay Packers, Inc. Board of Directors

Records	Seasons Coaches Players A–D E–K L–R S–Z Starting quarterbacks Pro Football Hall of Famers Retired numbers First-round draft picks Records Pro Bowlers Stadiums

Stadiums	Hagemeister Park Bellevue Park City Stadium Borchert Field Wisconsin State Fair Park Marquette Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium Lambeau Field

Training Facilities	Don Hutson Center Clarke Hinkle Field Ray Nitschke Field St. Norbert College (training camp) Rockwood Lodge (former)

Culture	Cheesehead Lambeau Leap Hall of Fame Packers Fan Hall of Fame "Bang the Drum All Day" Cheerleaders Fight song Lumberjack Band Pigskin Champions Vernon Biever Hungry Five George Whitney Calhoun The Dope Sheet Curly Lambeau Vince Lombardi Ron Wolf Lombardi Pitch Perfect 2 Packers Heritage Trail Packers Pro Shop

Lore	Dolly Gray impostor The Ice Bowl The Snow Bowl Instant Replay Game 4th and 26 Fail Mary Miracle in Motown

Division championships (22)	1936 1938 1939 1944 1960 1961 1962 1965 1966 1967 1972 1995 1996 1997 2002 2003 2004 2007 2011 2012 2013 2014

Conference championships (9)	1960 1961 1962 1965 1966 1967 1996 1997 2010

League championships (13^†)	1929 1930 1931 1936 1939 1944 1961 1962 1965 1966 (I) 1967 (II) 1996 (XXXI) 2010 (XLV) ^† does not include 1966 or 1967 NFL championships

Retired numbers	3 4 14 15 66 92

Rivalries	Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Minnesota Vikings

Broadcasters	Radio: Packers Radio Network WTMJ WKTI-HD2 WIXX WTAQ Television (pre-season & official in-season team programming): WGBA-TV WTMJ-TV Personnel: Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play) Larry McCarren (color/analysis)

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League (1921–present) Conference: National Football Conference Division: North Division

Seasons (97)	1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

1955 NFL season

Eastern Conference	CHI Cardinals	Philadelphia	Baltimore	Green Bay	Western Conference
	Cleveland	Pittsburgh	CHI Bears	Los Angeles
	New York	Washington	Detroit	San Francisco

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/14/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.