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1961 Green Bay Packers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 11-3-0, 1st in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Vince Lombardi (11-3-0)

Points For: 391 (27.9/g) 1st of 14

Points Against: 223 (15.9/g) 2nd of 14

Expected W-L: 11.1-2.9

SRS: 13.60 (1st of 14), SOS: 1.60

Playoffs:
Won Championship 37-0 vs. New York Giants

Defensive Coordinator: Phil Bengtson

Other Notable Asst.: Bill Austin (Offensive Line), Norb Hecker (Defensive Backs) and Dick Voris (Defensive Line)

Stadium: New City Stadium

Head Coach/General Manager: Vince Lombardi

President: Dominic Olejniczak (GNB is operated by Packers Board of Directors; Olejniczak was president of its Executive Committee)

Offensive Scheme: Smashmouth

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: St. Norbert College (De Pere, Wisconsin)

1961 NFL Champion

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	391	4714	780	6.0	26	10	274	177	306	2364	18	16	7.7	115	474	2350	27	5.0	142	66	647	17
Opp. Stats	223	4051	826	4.9	46	17	245	218	414	2357	13	29	5.7	117	412	1694	12	4.1	110	52	609	18
Lg Rank Offense	1	4			1	1	2		14	9	9	2	3		3	1	1	1
Lg Rank Defense	2	6			2	7	9		13	4	2	2	3		4	7	6	7

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 17		boxscore	L		0-1		Detroit Lions	13	17	17	294	162	132	2	15	266	138	128	1
2	Sun	September 24		boxscore	W		1-1		San Francisco 49ers	30	10	19	275	151	124	1	15	233	96	137	3
3	Sun	October 1		boxscore	W		2-1		Chicago Bears	24	0	18	281	83	198	3	16	255	131	124	4
4	Sun	October 8		boxscore	W		3-1		Baltimore Colts	45	7	25	357	146	211	1	18	289	136	153	8
5	Sun	October 15		boxscore	W		4-1	@	Cleveland Browns	49	17	23	482	266	216	2	20	290	165	125	3
6	Sun	October 22		boxscore	W		5-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	33	7	22	467	226	241	1	18	328	179	149	7
7	Sun	October 29		boxscore	W		6-1		Minnesota Vikings	28	10	24	467	310	157	3	13	263	121	142	2
8	Sun	November 5		boxscore	L		6-2	@	Baltimore Colts	21	45	10	225	64	161	1	29	407	218	189	3
9	Sun	November 12		boxscore	W		7-2	@	Chicago Bears	31	28	20	322	160	162	1	15	242	169	73	2
10	Sun	November 19		boxscore	W		8-2		Los Angeles Rams	35	17	17	249	173	76	1	19	312	201	111	1
11	Thu	November 23		boxscore	W		9-2	@	Detroit Lions	17	9	13	277	151	126	2	18	279	172	107	5
12	Sun	December 3		boxscore	W		10-2		New York Giants	20	17	25	404	134	270	3	18	262	193	69	3
13	Sun	December 10		boxscore	L		10-3	@	San Francisco 49ers	21	22	20	330	177	153	2	17	396	328	68	2
14	Sun	December 17		boxscore	W		11-3	@	Los Angeles Rams	24	17	21	284	161	123	3	14	229	110	119	2
		Playoffs
Championship	Sun	December 31		boxscore	W		12-3		New York Giants	37	0	19	345	164	181		6	130	99	31	5

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bart Starr	27	QB	14	14	11-3-0	172	295	58.3	2418	16	5.4	16	5.4	78	8.2	6.84	14.1	172.7	80.3	15	138	4.84	7.35	6.06	3	3	PB
2	Tom Moore	23	HB	13	2		2	2	100.0	42	1	50.0	0	0.0	22	21.0	31.00	21.0	3.2	158.3						0	0
3	Paul Hornung	26	HB	12	11		3	5	60.0	42	1	20.0	0	0.0	20	8.4	12.40	14.0	3.5	126.7						0	0	AP-1,AP MVP-1
4	John Roach	28	QB	7	0		0	4	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6						0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	11-3-0	177	306	57.8	2364	18	5.9	16	5.2	78	8.2	6.55	14.1	168.9	82.2	0	138	0.00	7.73	6.55	3	3

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bart Starr	27	QB	1	1	1-0-0	10	17	58.8	164	3	17.6	0	0.0	37	9.6	13.18	16.4	164.0	130.9	0	0	0.00	9.65	13.18	0	0
2	Paul Hornung	26	HB	1	1		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	1-0-0	10	19	52.6	164	3	15.8	0	0.0	50	8.6	11.79	16.4	164.0	121.5	0	0	0.00	8.63	11.79

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
					Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Jim Taylor	26	14	14	243	1307	15	53	5.4	93.4	17.4	25	175	7.0	1	18	1.8	12.5	268	5.5	1482	16	2	PB
2	Max McGee	29	13	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	51	883	17.3	7	53	3.9	67.9	51	17.3	883	7	1	PB
3	Paul Hornung	26	12	11	127	597	8	54	4.7	49.8	10.6	15	145	9.7	2	34	1.3	12.1	142	5.2	742	10	1	AP-1,AP MVP-1
4	Boyd Dowler	24	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	36	633	17.6	3	78	2.6	45.2	36	17.6	633	3	0
5	Ron Kramer	26	14	14	5	13	0	12	2.6	0.9	0.4	35	559	16.0	4	53	2.5	39.9	40	14.3	572	4	0
6	Tom Moore	23	13	2	61	302	1	69	5.0	23.2	4.7	8	41	5.1	1	11	0.6	3.2	69	5.0	343	2	2
7	Elijah Pitts	23	14	1	23	75	1	17	3.3	5.4	1.6	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.1	0.4	24	3.3	80	1	0
8	Bart Starr	27	14	14	12	56	1	21	4.7	4.0	0.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	12	4.7	56	1	8	PB
9	Lew Carpenter	29	14	1	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0.1	3	29	9.7	0	16	0.2	2.1	4	8.5	34	0	0
10	Gary Knafelc	29	13	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	32	10.7	0	13	0.2	2.5	3	10.7	32	0	0
11	John Roach	28	7	0	2	-5	1	1	-2.5	-0.7	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-2.5	-5	1	1
	Team Totals		14	14	474	2350	27	69	5.0	167.9	33.9	177	2502	14.1	18	78	12.6	178.7	651	7.5	4852	45	18

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Paul Hornung	26	1	1	20	89	1	17	4.5	89.0	20.0	3	47	15.7	0	26	3.0	47.0	23	5.9	136	1	1
2	Ron Kramer	26	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	80	20.0	2	37	4.0	80.0	4	20.0	80	2	0
3	Jim Taylor	26	1	1	14	69	0	33	4.9	69.0	14.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	14	4.9	69	0	0
4	Boyd Dowler	24	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	37	12.3	1	13	3.0	37.0	3	12.3	37	1	0
5	Tom Moore	23	1	0	6	25	0	11	4.2	25.0	6.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	4.2	25	0	0
6	John Roach	28	1	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
7	Elijah Pitts	23	1	0	3	-2	0	2	-0.7	-2.0	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	-0.7	-2	0	0
	Team Totals		1	1	44	181	1	15	4.1	181.0	44.0	10	164	16.4	3	37	10.0	164.0	54	6.4	345	4	1

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Willie Davis	27	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	9.5	0
2	Hank Gremminger	28	LCB	14	14	5	54	0	41	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Bill Quinlan	29	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.5	0
4	Bart Starr	27	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
5	John Symank	26	SS	14	14	5	99	0	41	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
6	Jim Taylor	26	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
7	Jesse Whittenton	27	RCB	14	14	5	98	1	41	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
8	Dan Currie	26	LLB	12	12	3	59	1	21	0	2	0	0	2.5	0
9	Bill Forester	29	RLB	14	12	2	33	0	33	0	0	0	0	3.5	0	PB,AP-1
10	Willie Wood	25	FS	14	12	5	52	0	21	1	5	0	0	0.0	0
11	Dave Hanner	31	LDT	13	11	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	3.5	0
12	Ray Nitschke	25	MLB	12	10	2	41	0	14	0	1	0	0	0.5	0
13	Henry Jordan	26	RDT	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.5	0	PB,AP-1
14	Norm Masters	28	LT/RT	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
15	Tom Bettis	28	MLB	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
16	Tom Moore	23	HB	13	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0.0	0
17	Herb Adderley	22	DB	14	1	1	9	0	9	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Ben Davidson	21	DE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
19	Nelson Toburen	23	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	29	0	2		18	8	2	0	0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Forrest Gregg	28	RT/RG	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Hank Gremminger	28	LCB	1	1	1	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Paul Hornung	26	HB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Ray Nitschke	25	MLB	1	1	1	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Jesse Whittenton	27	RCB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Herb Adderley	22	DB	1	0	1	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1						1	0	0	0	2		0

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