1956 Green Bay Packers season

1956 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Lisle Blackbourn
Home field	City Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record	4–8
Division place	5th NFL Western
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1956 Green Bay Packers season was their 37th in the National Football League. The club posted a 4–8 record under coach Lisle Blackbourn, earning them a fifth-place finish in the Western Conference.

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1956 NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	8	Jack Losch	Halfback	Miami (FL)
2	20	Forrest Gregg	Offensive Tackle	SMU
4	44	Cecil Morris	Guard	Oklahoma
5	56	Bob Skoronski	Offensive Tackle	Indiana
6	68	Bob Burris	Back	Oklahoma
7	80	Hank Gremminger	Cornerback	Baylor
8	92	Russ Dennis	End	Maryland
9	104	Gordy Duvall	Back	USC
10	116	Bob Laugherty	Back	Maryland
11	128	Mike Hudock	Center	Miami (FL)
12	140	Max Burnett	Back	Arizona
13	152	Jim Mense	Center	Notre Dame
14	164	Charlie Thomas	Back	Wisconsin
15	176	Buddy Alliston	Guard	Ole Miss
16	188	Curtis Lynch	Tackle	Alabama
17	200	Bart Starr	Quarterback	Alabama
18	212	Stan Intihar	End	Cornell
19	224	Ken Vakey	End	Texas Tech
20	236	Clyde Letbetter	Tackle	Baylor
21	248	Hal O'Brien	Back	SMU
22	260	Johnny Popson	Back	Furman
23	272	Jesse Birchfield	Guard	Duke
24	284	Don Wilson	Center	Rice
25	296	Franz Koenecke	End	Minnesota
26	308	Dick Goehe	Tackle	Ole Miss
27	320	Dick Kolian	End	Wisconsin
28	332	Bobby Lance	Quarterback	Florida
29	344	Vester Newcomb	Center	Southwest Junior College
30	355	Rod Hermes	Quarterback	Beloit

Green indicates a future Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
Yellow indicates a future Pro Bowl selection

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 30	Detroit Lions	L 20–16	0–1	City Stadium	24,668
2	October 7	Chicago Bears	L 37–21	0–2	City Stadium	24,668
3	October 14	Baltimore Colts	W 38–33	1–2	Milwaukee County Stadium	24,214
4	October 21	Los Angeles Rams	W 42–17	2–2	Milwaukee County Stadium	24,200
5	October 28	at Baltimore Colts	L 28–21	2–3	Memorial Stadium	40,086
6	November 4	Cleveland Browns	L 24–7	2–4	Milwaukee County Stadium	28,590
7	November 11	at Chicago Bears	L 38–14	2–5	Wrigley Field	49,172
8	November 18	San Francisco 49ers	L 17–16	2–6	City Stadium	17,986
9	November 22	at Detroit Lions	W 24–20	3–6	Tiger Stadium	54,087
10	December 2	at Chicago Cardinals	W 24–21	4–6	Comiskey Park	22,620
11	December 8	at San Francisco 49ers	L 38–20	4–7	Kezar Stadium	32,433
12	December 16	at Los Angeles Rams	L 49–21	4–8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	45,209

Standings

NFL Western Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Bears	9	2	1	.818	8–2	363	246	W2
Detroit Lions	9	3	0	.750	8–2	300	188	L1
San Francisco 49ers	5	6	1	.455	5–5	233	284	W3
Baltimore Colts	5	7	0	.417	3–7	270	322	W1
Los Angeles Rams	4	8	0	.333	3–7	291	307	W2
Green Bay Packers	4	8	0	.333	3–7	264	342	L2

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

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster

Quarterbacks

18 Tobin Rote
15 Bart Starr

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 and records

Tobin Rote, NFL Leader, Touchdown Passes, (18)

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

1956 NFL season

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

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