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1945 Green Bay Packers season

Head coach	Curly Lambeau
Home field	City Stadium Marquette Stadium

Results
Record	6-4
Division Place	3rd NFL Western
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Timeline

Previous season	Next season
1944	1946

The 1945 Green Bay Packers season was their 25th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 6-4 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a third-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: 1945 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	11	Walt Schlinkman	Fullback	Texas Tech
3	27	Clyde Goodnight	End	Tulsa
5	43	Joe Graham	End	Florida
6	54	Don Wells	Defensive End	Georgia
7	65	Casey Stephenson	Back	Tennessee
8	76	Toby Collins	Tackle	Tulsa
9	87	Lamar Dingler	End	Arkansas
10	98	Hal Helscher	Back	LSU
11	109	Ralph Hammond	Center	Pittsburgh
12	120	Ed Podgorski	Tackle	Lafayette
13	131	Bill Hackett	Guard	Ohio State
14	142	Marv Lindsey	Back	Arkansas
15	153	Robert McClure	Tackle	Nevada
16	164	Harry Pieper	Center	California
17	175	Bob Kula	Back	Minnesota
18	186	Frank Hazard	Guard	Nebraska
19	197	Ed Jeffers	Tackle	Oklahoma State
20	208	Bill Prentice	Back	Santa Clara
21	219	Warren Fuller	End	Fordham
22	230	Fred Neilsen	Tackle	St. Mary's (CA)
23	241	Bob Gilmore	Back	Washington
24	252	Lloyd Baxter	Center	SMU
25	263	Nolan Luhn	Wide Receiver	Tulsa
26	274	Nestor Blanco	Guard	Colorado Mines
27	285	Bill Chestnut	Back	Kansas
28	296	Jim Thompson	Back	Washington State
29	307	Jim Evans	End	Idaho
30	318	Hamilton Nichols	Guard	Rice
31	324	John Priday	Back	Ohio State
32	330	Bill Joe Aldridge	Back	Oklahoma State

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1	September 30, 1945	Chicago Bears	W 31-21
2	October 7, 1945	Detroit Lions	W 57-21
3	October 14, 1945	Cleveland Rams	L 27-14
4	October 21, 1945	Boston Yanks	W 38-14
5	October 28, 1945	Chicago Cardinals	W 33-14
6	November 4, 1945	at Chicago Bears	L 28-24
7	November 11, 1945	at Cleveland Rams	L 20-7
8	November 18, 1945	at Boston Yanks	W 28-0
9	November 25, 1945	at New York Giants	W 23-14
10	December 2, 1945	at Detroit Lions	L 14-3

Standings

NFL Western
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Rams	9	1	0	.900	244	136	W-5
Detroit Lions	7	3	0	.700	195	194	W-1
Green Bay Packers	6	4	0	.600	258	173	L-1
Chicago Bears	3	7	0	.300	192	235	W-2
Chicago Cardinals	1	9	0	.100	98	228	L-6

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Defensive Backs

Ken Keuper

Special Teams

Rookies and first-year players in italics

Awards, records, and honors

References

Sportsencyclopedia.com

Green Bay Packers seasons

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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

1945 NFL Seasonv · d · e
Eastern Division	Western Division
Boston	Chicago Bears
New York	Chicago Cardinals
Philadelphia	Cleveland
Pittsburgh	Detroit
Washington	Green Bay
1945 NFL Draft • NFL Championship

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