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1940 Green Bay Packers season

Head coach	Curly Lambeau
Home field	City Stadium Marquette Stadium

Results
Record	6-4-1
Division Place	2nd NFL Western
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Timeline

Previous season	Next season
1939	1941

The 1940 Green Bay Packers season was their 20th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 6-4-1 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a second-place finish in the Western Conference.

Contents

1 Offseason
- 1.1 NFL Draft
2 Regular season
3 Awards, records and honors
4 References

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1940 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	9	Hal Van Every	Halfback	Minnesota
3	24	Lou Brock	Back	Purdue
5	39	Esco Sarkkinen	End	Ohio State
6	49	Dick Cassiano	Back	Pittsburgh
7	59	Millard White	Tackle	Tulane
8	69	George Seeman	End	Nebraska
9	79	J. R. Manley	Guard	Oklahoma
10	89	Jack Brown	Back	Purdue
11	99	Don Guritz	Guard	Northwestern
12	109	Phil Gaspar	Tackle	USC
13	119	Ambrose Schindler	Quarterback	USC
14	129	Bill Kerr	End	Notre Dame
15	139	Mel Brewer	Guard	Illinois
16	149	Ray Andrus	Back	Vanderbilt
17	159	Archie Kodros	Center	Michigan
18	169	Jim Gillette	Halfback	Virginia
19	179	Al Matuza	Center	Georgetown
20	189	Jim Reeder	Tackle	Illinois
21	194	Vince Eichler	Back	Cornell
22	199	Henry Luebcke	Tackle	Iowa

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1	September 15, 1940	Philadelphia Eagles	W 27-20
2	September 22, 1940	Chicago Bears	L 41-10
3	September 29, 1940	Chicago Cardinals	W 31-6
4	October 13, 1940	Cleveland Rams	W 31-14
5	October 20, 1940	Detroit Lions	L 23-14
6	October 27, 1940	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 24-3
7	November 3, 1940	at Chicago Bears	L 14-7
8	November 10, 1940	at Chicago Cardinals	W 28-7
9	November 17, 1940	at New York Giants	L 7-3
10	November 24, 1940	at Detroit Lions	W 50-7
11	December 1, 1940	at Cleveland Rams	T 13-13

Standings

NFL Western
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Bears	8	3	0	.727	238	152	W-2
Green Bay Packers	6	4	1	.600	238	155	T-1
Detroit Lions	5	5	1	.500	138	153	L-1
Cleveland Rams	4	6	1	.400	171	191	T-1
Chicago Cardinals	2	7	2	.222	139	222	L-3

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Rookies and first-year players in italics

Awards, records and honors

References

Sportsencyclopedia.com

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v · d · eGreen Bay Packers

Founded in 1919 • Based in Green Bay, Wisconsin

The Franchise	Franchise • History • 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	Hagemeister Park • Bellevue Park • City Stadium • Borchert Field • Wisconsin State Fair Park • Marquette Stadium • Milwaukee County Stadium • Lambeau Field

Culture	Cheesehead • Lambeau Leap • Hall of Fame • FAN Hall of Fame • "Bang the Drum All Day" • Cheerleaders • Fight Song • Lumberjack Band • Rockwood Lodge • Pigskin Champions • Vernon Biever • Hungry Five • George Whitney Calhoun • The Dope Sheet • Lombardi

Lore	The Dolly Gray Impostor • The Ice Bowl • The Snow Bowl • Instant Replay Game • The Mud Bowl • 4th and 26

Head Coaches	Lambeau • Ronzani • Blackbourn • McLean • Lombardi • Bengtson • Devine • Starr • Gregg • Infante • Holmgren • Rhodes • Sherman • McCarthy

Division Championships (18)	1936 • 1938 • 1939 • 1944 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1972 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2007

League Championships (13)	1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1936 • 1939 • 1944 • 1961 • 1962 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1996 • 2010

Super Bowl Appearances (5)	I (1966) • II (1967) • XXXI (1996) • XXXII (1997) • XLV (2010)

Retired Numbers	3 • 14 • 15 • 66 • 92

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

Current League Affiliations	League: National Football League • Conference: National Football Conference • Division: North Division

Rivalries	Chicago Bears • Minnesota Vikings

1940 NFL Seasonv · d · e
Eastern Division	Western Division
Brooklyn	Chicago Bears
New York	Chicago Cardinals
Philadelphia	Cleveland
Pittsburgh	Detroit
Washington	Green Bay
1940 NFL Draft • NFL Championship

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