1940 Green Bay Packers season

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1940 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach Curly Lambeau
Home field City Stadium
Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record6–4–1
Division place2nd NFL Western
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1940 Green Bay Packers season marked the franchise's 22nd season overall and their 20th year in the National Football League (NFL). In a scheduling idiosyncrasy, the Packers began 1940 playing six consecutive home games before finishing on the road for the last five contests of the season. The defending NFL champions, Green Bay finished with a 6–4–1 record under founder and head coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a second-place finish in the Western Conference.

Contents

Offseason

NFL draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool/club team
19 Hal Van Every Halfback Minnesota
324 Lou Brock Back Purdue
539Esco SarkkinenEnd Ohio State
649 Dick Cassiano Back Pittsburgh
759Millard WhiteTackle Tulane
869 George Seeman End Nebraska
979J. R. Manley Guard Oklahoma
1089Jack BrownBackPurdue
1199Don GuritzGuard Northwestern
12109Phil GasparTackle USC
13119 Ambrose Schindler Quarterback USC
14129 Bill Kerr End Notre Dame
15139Mel BrewerGuard Illinois
16149Ray AndrusBack Vanderbilt
17159 Archie Kodros Center Michigan
18169 Jim Gillette Halfback Virginia
19179 Al Matuza Center Georgetown
20189Jim ReederTackleIllinois
21194Vince EichlerBack Cornell
22199Henry LuebckeTackle Iowa

Regular season

Schedule

GameDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendanceRecapSources
1September 15 Philadelphia Eagles W 27–201–0 City Stadium 11,657 Recap
2September 22 Chicago Bears L 10–411–1 City Stadium 22,557 Recap
3September 29 Chicago Cardinals W 31–62–1 Wisconsin State Fair Park 20,234 Recap
Bye
4October 13 Cleveland Rams W 31–143–1 City Stadium 16,299 Recap
5October 20 Detroit Lions L 14–233–2 City Stadium 21,001 Recap
6October 27 Pittsburgh Steelers W 24–34–2 Wisconsin State Fair Park 13,703 Recap
7November 3at Chicago Bears L 7–144–3 Wrigley Field 45,434 Recap
8November 10at Chicago Cardinals W 28–75–3 Comiskey Park 11,364 Recap
9November 17at New York Giants L 3–75–4 Polo Grounds 28,262 Recap
10November 24at Detroit Lions W 50–76–4 University of Detroit Stadium 26,019 Recap
11December 1at Cleveland Rams T 13–136–4–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 16,249 Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Western Division
WLTPCTDIVPFPASTK
Chicago Bears 830.7276–2238152W2
Green Bay Packers 641.6004–3–1238155T1
Detroit Lions 551.5004–3–1138153L1
Cleveland Rams 461.4002–5–1171191T1
Chicago Cardinals 272.2222–5–1139222L3
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
NFL Eastern Division
WLTPCTDIVPFPASTK
Washington Redskins 920.8186–2245142W1
Brooklyn Dodgers 830.7276–2186120W4
New York Giants 641.6005–2–1131133L1
Pittsburgh Steelers 272.2221–6–160178L1
Philadelphia Eagles 1100.0911–7111211L1
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

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