1944 Green Bay Packers season
The 1944 Green Bay Packers season was their 26th season overall and their 24th season in the National Football League. The team finished with an 8–2 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a first-place finish in the Western Conference. The Packers ended the season beating the New York Giants 14–7 in the NFL Championship Game, their sixth league title. Don Hutson led the NFL in touchdowns for a record-setting eighth time in his career.[1]
| 1944 Green Bay Packers season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Curly Lambeau |
| Home field | City Stadium Wisconsin State Fair Park |
| Results | |
| Record | 8–2 |
| Division place | 1st NFL Western |
| Playoff finish | Won NFL Championship |
Offseason
NFL Draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/Club Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Merv Pregulman | Guard | Michigan |
| 3 | 22 | Tom Kuzma | Halfback | Michigan |
| 5 | 38 | Bill McPartland | Tackle | St. Mary's (CA) |
| 6 | 49 | Mickey McCardle | Back | USC |
| 7 | 60 | Jack Tracy | End | Washington |
| 8 | 71 | Alex Agase | Guard | Illinois |
| 9 | 82 | Don Whitmire | Tackle | Alabama/Navy |
| 10 | 93 | Bob Koch | Back | Oregon |
| 11 | 104 | Virgil Johnson | End | Arkansas |
| 12 | 115 | Roy Giusti | Back | St. Mary's (CA) |
| 13 | 126 | Bill Baughman | Center | Alabama |
| 14 | 137 | Don Griffin | Back | Illinois |
| 15 | 148 | Bert Gissler | End | Nebraska |
| 16 | 159 | Lou Shelton | Back | Oregon State |
| 17 | 170 | Charley Cusick | Guard | Colgate |
| 18 | 181 | Hugh Cox | Back | North Carolina |
| 19 | 192 | Kermit Davis | End | Mississippi State |
| 20 | 203 | Bob Johnson | Center | Purdue |
| 21 | 214 | Jim Cox | Tackle | Stanford |
| 22 | 225 | Cliff Anderson | End | Minnesota |
| 23 | 236 | John Wesley Perry | Back | Duke |
| 24 | 247 | Pete DeMaria | Guard | Purdue |
| 25 | 258 | Len Liss | Tackle | Marquette |
| 26 | 269 | Ray Jordan | Back | North Carolina |
| 27 | 280 | Al Grubaugh | Tackle | Nebraska |
| 28 | 291 | A. B. Howard | End | Mississippi State |
| 29 | 302 | Paul Paladino | Guard | Arkansas |
| 30 | 313 | Bob Butchofsky | Back | Texas A&M |
| 31 | 319 | Russ Deal | Guard | Indiana |
| 32 | 325 | Abel Gonzales | Back | SMU |
Regular season
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 17, 1944 | Brooklyn Tigers | W 14–7 |
| 2 | September 24, 1944 | Chicago Bears | W 42–28 |
| 3 | October 1, 1944 | Detroit Lions | W 27–6 |
| 4 | October 8, 1944 | Card-Pitt | W 34–7 |
| 5 | October 22, 1944 | Cleveland Rams | W 30–21 |
| 6 | October 29, 1944 | at Detroit Lions | W 14–0 |
| 7 | November 5, 1944 | at Chicago Bears | L 0–21 |
| 8 | November 12, 1944 | at Cleveland Rams | W 42–7 |
| 9 | November 19, 1944 | at New York Giants | L 0–24 |
| 10 | November 26, 1944 | at Card-Pitt | W 35–20 |
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | December 17, 1944 | at New York Giants | W 14–7[2] |
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Standings
| NFL Western Division | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | DIV | PF | PA | STK | ||
| Green Bay Packers | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 7–1 | 238 | 141 | W1 | |
| Chicago Bears | 6 | 3 | 1 | .667 | 4–3–1 | 258 | 172 | W2 | |
| Detroit Lions | 6 | 3 | 1 | .667 | 4–3–1 | 216 | 151 | W4 | |
| Cleveland Rams | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 4–4 | 188 | 224 | L2 | |
| Card-Pitt | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0–8 | 108 | 328 | L10 | |
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
Roster
| Green Bay Packers roster | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterbacks
Running Backs Wide Receivers |
Offensive Linemen
Defensive Linemen |
Defensive Backs
Special Teams Rookies and first-year players in italics | ||||||
Awards, records and honors
- Don Hutson, NFL Leader, Touchdowns
- Don Hutson, NFL Record, Touchdown Leader, Eighth Time
References
- NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 408
- Video: B-29s Rule Jap Skies,1944/12/18 (1944). Universal Newsreel. 1944. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
- Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-Oct-08.
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