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1943 Green Bay Packers season
Owner L. H. Joannes
President
General manager Curly Lambeau
(Vice-President)
Head coach Curly Lambeau
Home field City Stadium
Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record7–2–1
Division place2nd NFL Western
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1943 Green Bay Packers season was their 25th overall and their 23rd season in the National Football League. The team finished with a 7–2–1 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning a second-place finish in the Western Conference.

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1943 NFL draft
Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
1 8 Dick Wildung Tackle Minnesota
3 23 Irv Comp Back Benedictine
5 38 Roy McKay Back Texas
6 48 Nick Susoeff End Washington State
7 58 Ken Snelling Fullback UCLA
8 68 Lester Gatewood Center Baylor
9 78 Norm Verry Tackle USC
10 88 Solon Barnett Guard Baylor
11 98 Bob Forte Back Arkansas
12 108 Van Davis End Georgia
13 118 Tom Brock Center Notre Dame
14 128 Ralph Tate Back Oklahoma State
15 138 Don Carlson Tackle Denver
16 148 Mike Welch Back Minnesota
17 158 Ron Thomas Guard USC
18 168 Jim Powers Tackle St. Mary's (CA)
19 178 Hal Prescott Wide receiver Hardin–Simmons
20 188 Eddie Forrest Center Santa Clara
21 198 Lloyd Wasserbach Tackle Wisconsin
22 208 Mark Hoskins Back Wisconsin
23 218 Earl Bennett Guard Hardin–Simmons
24 228 George Zellick End Oregon State
25 238 Gene Bierhaus End Minnesota
26 248 George Makris Guard Wisconsin
27 258 Pete Susick Back Washington
28 268 Bud Hasse End Northwestern
29 278 Dick Thornally Tackle Wisconsin
30 288 Bob Ray Back Wisconsin
31 293 Brunel Christensen Tackle California
32 298 Ken Roskie Fullback South Carolina
  • Yellow indicates a future Pro Bowl selection

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue
1 September 26 Chicago Bears T 21–21 0–0–1 City Stadium
2 October 3 at Chicago Cardinals W 28–7 1–0–1 Comiskey Park
3 October 10 Detroit Lions W 35–14 2–0–1 City Stadium
4 October 17 Washington Redskins L 7–33 2–1–1 Wisconsin State Fair Park
5 October 24 at Detroit Lions W 27–6 3–1–1 Briggs Stadium
6 October 31 at New York Giants W 35–21 4–1–1 Polo Grounds
7 November 7 at Chicago Bears L 7–21 4–2–1 Wrigley Field
8 November 14 Chicago Cardinals W 35–14 5–2–1 Wisconsin State Fair Park
9 November 21 at Brooklyn Dodgers W 31–7 6–2–1 Ebbets Field
10 December 5 at Steagles W 38–28 7–2–1 Shibe Park

Game summaries

Week 1

1 234Total
Bears 7 077 21
Packers 0 777 21
Scoring summary
Q1CHI Geyer 8-yard pass from Luckman ( Snyder kick)CHI 7–0
Q2GB Fritsch 4-yard run ( Hutson kick)Tie 7–7
Q3GB Comp 6-yard run (Hutson kick)GB 14–7
Q3CHI Harry Clarke 21-yard pass from Luckman (Snyder kick)Tie 14–14
Q4CHI Osmanski 6-yard run (Snyder kick)CHI 21–14
Q4GBHutson 37-yard pass from Canadeo (Hutson kick)Tie 21–21

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Standings

NFL Western Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Chicago Bears 8 1 1 .889 5–0–1 303 157 W1
Green Bay Packers 7 2 1 .778 4–1–1 264 172 W3
Detroit Lions 3 6 1 .333 2–4 178 218 L2
Chicago Cardinals 0 10 0 .000 0–6 95 238 L10
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
NFL Eastern Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Washington Redskins 6 3 1 .667 2–3–1 229 137 L3
New York Giants 6 3 1 .667 5–1 197 170 W4
Phil-Pitt 5 4 1 .556 3–2–1 225 230 L1
Brooklyn Dodgers 2 8 0 .200 1–5 65 234 L2
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

1943 Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Defensive backs

Special teams

Rookies and first-year players in italics

References

  1. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Jul-14.


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