1944 Green Bay Packers season
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1944 Green Bay Packers season
| 1944 Green Bay Packers season | |||||||
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| Head coach | Curly Lambeau | ||||||
| Home field | City Stadium Marquette Stadium |
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| Results | |||||||
| Record | 8-2 | ||||||
| Division Place | 1st NFL Western | ||||||
| Playoff finish | Won NFL Championship | ||||||
| Timeline | |||||||
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The 1944 Green Bay Packers season was their 24th season in the National Football League. The club posted 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 Giants 14-7 in the NFL Championship Game, their 6th NFL championship. Don Hutson led the NFL in touchdowns for a record-setting eighth time in his career.[1]
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Offseason
NFL Draft
Main article: 1944 NFL Draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/Club Team |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| NFL Championship | December 17, 1944 | at New York Giants | W 14-7[2] |
Standings
| NFL Western | |||||||
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| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
| Green Bay Packers | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 238 | 141 | W-1 |
| Chicago Bears | 6 | 3 | 1 | .667 | 258 | 172 | W-2 |
| Detroit Lions | 6 | 3 | 1 | .667 | 216 | 151 | W-4 |
| Cleveland Rams | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 188 | 224 | L-2 |
| Card-Pitt | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 108 | 328 | L-10 |
Roster
| Green Bay Packers roster | ||||||||
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| Quarterbacks
Running Backs Wide Receivers |
Offensive Linemen
Defensive Linemen |
Defensive Backs
Special Teams Rookies and first-year players in italics |
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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. http://www.archive.org/details/1944-12-18_B-29s_Rule_Jap_Skies. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
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| Eastern Division | Western Division |
| Boston | Card-Pitt |
| Brooklyn | Chicago |
| Philadelphia | Cleveland |
| New York | Detroit |
| Washington | Green Bay |
| 1944 NFL Draft • NFL Championship | |
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