1949 Green Bay Packers season

NFL team season

1949 Green Bay Packers season

Head coach| Curly Lambeau
Home stadium| City Stadium
Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record| 2–10
Division place| 5th NFL Western
Playoffs| Did not qualify

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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

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### NFL draft

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Main article: 1949 NFL draft

Round  | Pick  | Player  | Position  | School/club team

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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

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### Schedule

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Game  | Date  | Opponent  | Result  | Record  | Venue  | Attendance  | Recap  | Sources

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1  | September 25  | Chicago Bears | L 0–17  | 0–1  | City Stadium | 25,571  | Recap |
2  | October 2  | Los Angeles Rams | L 7–48  | 0–2  | City Stadium  | 24,308  | Recap |
3  | October 7  | at New York Bulldogs | W 19–0  | 1–2  | Polo Grounds | 5,099  | Recap |
4  | October 16  | Chicago Cardinals | L 14–39  | 1–3  | State Fair Park | 18,464  | Recap |
5  | October 23  | at Los Angeles Rams | L 7–35  | 1–4  | L.A. Memorial Coliseum | 37,546  | Recap |
6  | October 30  | Detroit Lions | W 16–14  | 2–4  | State Fair Park  | 10,855  | Recap |
7  | November 6  | at Chicago Bears | L 3–24  | 2–5  | Wrigley Field | 47,218  | Recap |
8  | November 13  | New York Giants | L 10–30  | 2–6  | City Stadium  | 20,151  | Recap |
9  | November 20  | Pittsburgh Steelers | L 7–30  | 2–7  | State Fair Park  | 5,483  | Recap |
10  | November 27  | at Chicago Cardinals | L 21–41  | 2–8  | Comiskey Park | 16,787  | Recap |
11  | December 4  | at Washington Redskins | L 0–30  | 2–9  | Griffith Stadium | 23,200  | Recap |
12  | December 11  | at Detroit Lions | L 7–21  | 2–10  | Briggs Stadium | 12,576  | Recap |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

## Standings

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NFL Western Division

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| 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.

NFL Eastern Division

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| W | L | T | PCT | DIV | PF | PA | STK
Philadelphia Eagles | 11  | 1  | 0  | .917  | 8–0  | 364  | 134  | W8
Pittsburgh Steelers | 6  | 5  | 1  | .545  | 4–4  | 224  | 214  | W1
New York Giants | 6  | 6  | 0  | .500  | 3–5  | 287  | 298  | L2
Washington Redskins | 4  | 7  | 1  | .364  | 3–4–1  | 268  | 339  | L1
New York Bulldogs | 1  | 10  | 1  | .091  | 1–6–1  | 153  | 368  | L5

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

## Roster

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Green Bay Packers roster

Quarterbacks

* Irv Comp
* 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 "Jug" Girard

Rookies and first-year players in italics

## References

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## Further reading

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* Cliff Christl, The Greatest Story in Sports: Green Bay Packers, 1919–2019. 4 volumes. Stevens Point, WI: KCI Sports Publishing, 2021.

## External links

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* Sportsencyclopedia.com

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Philadelphia | Pittsburgh| Detroit| Green Bay
Washington | | | Los Angeles

* 1949 NFL draft
* NFL championship

* Related: 1949 AAFC season

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*[PCT]: Winning percentage
*[DIV]: Win–Loss record within their conference
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