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1948 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach Curly Lambeau
Home field City Stadium
Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record3–9
Division place4th NFL Western
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1948 Green Bay Packers season was their 30th season overall and their 28th season in the National Football League. The team finished with a 3–9 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning a fourth-place finish in the Western Conference.

Offseason

NFL draft

Round Pick Player Position School/club team
1 7 Earl Girard Halfback Wisconsin
3 19 Ed Smith Halfback UTEP
5 27 Don Richards Tackle Arkansas
5 31 Weyman Sellers End Georgia
6 41 Larry Olsonoski Guard Minnesota
7 51 Jay Rhodemyre Center Kentucky
8 61 Bob Cunz Tackle Illinois
10 81 George Walmsley Back Rice
11 91 Bob Hodges Tackle Bradley
12 101 Bob Rennebohm End Wisconsin
13 111 Perry Moss Quarterback Illinois
14 121 Fred Provo Halfback Washington
15 131 Lou Agase Tackle Illinois
16 141 Travis Raven Back Texas
18 161 Ken Balge End Michigan State
19 171 Charley Tatom Tackle Texas
20 181 Floyd Thomas Center Arkansas
21 191 Herbert St. John Guard Georgia
22 201 Don Anderson Back Rice
23 211 Fred Kling Back Missouri
24 221 Clyde Biggers Tackle Catawba
25 231 Stan Heath Quarterback Nevada
26 241 Aubrey Allen Tackle Colorado
27 251 Stan Gorski End St. Mary's (MN)
28 261 Don Sharp Center Tulsa
29 271 John Panelli Back Notre Dame
30 281 Clarence McGeary Defensive Tackle North Dakota State
31 289 Gayland Mills End BYU
32 296 Ralph Earhart Halfback Texas Tech

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue
1 September 17 at Boston Yanks W 31–0 1–0 Fenway Park
2 September 26 Chicago Bears L 7–45 1–1 City Stadium
3 October 3 Detroit Lions W 33–21 2–1 City Stadium
4 October 10 Chicago Cardinals L 7–17 2–2 Wisconsin State Fair Park
5 October 17 at Los Angeles Rams L 10–24 2–3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
6 October 24 Washington Redskins L 7–23 2–4 Wisconsin State Fair Park
7 October 31 at Detroit Lions L 20–24 2–5 Briggs Stadium
8 November 7 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 7–38 2–6 Forbes Field
9 November 14 at Chicago Bears L 6–7 2–7 Wrigley Field
10 November 21 New York Giants L 3–49 2–8 Wisconsin State Fair Park
11 November 28 Los Angeles Rams W 16–0 3–8 City Stadium
12 December 5 at Chicago Cardinals L 7–42 3–9 Comiskey Park
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Western Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Chicago Cardinals 11 1 0 .917 7–1 395 226 W10
Chicago Bears 10 2 0 .833 7–1 375 151 L1
Los Angeles Rams 6 5 1 .545 3–5 327 269 W3
Green Bay Packers 3 9 0 .250 2–6 154 290 L7
Detroit Lions 2 10 0 .167 1–7 200 407 L3

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Rookies and first-year players in italics

References