October 23: Green Bay (1-0) 7, Minneapolis Marines (0-2) 6
(GREEN BAY) - The Packers defeated the Marines Sunday in one of the greatest games ever played in this city. The Marines were the first to score. Line smashes early in the first quarter placed the ball on the 3-yard line from where Dvorak plunged over for a touchdown. Sampson missed the goal which eventually cost the Marines the game. From then on, the teams battled on an even basis until late in the fourth quarter when Dvorak fumbled Cub Buck's punt on his own 30-yard line and Hayes of the Packers recovered. Lambeau shot a forward to Wagner on the first play, netting twenty yards after which Schmeal bucked through tackle for a touchdown. Lambeau kicked goal, deciding the game. Powers, Schmael and Buck starred for the Packers, while Gunderson, Sampson and Itegnior carried the brunt of the Marine attack.
MINNEAPOLIS - 6 0 0 0 - 6
GREEN BAY - 0 0 0 7 - 7
MINN - Ben Dvorak, 3-yard run (Sampson kick failed) - MINNEAPOLIS 7-0
GB - Art Schmael, 4-yard run (Lambeau kick) - TIED 7-7
October 30: Rock Isl. Independents (3-1-1) 13, Green Bay (1-1) 3
(GREEN BAY) - The Packers bit off more than they could masticate when they tackled the Independents at Green Bay Sunday afternoon. The Packers were defeated, but the score does not tell the story of the comparative strength of the teams. If the Independents could have held the slippery ball they might have scored at least two and possibly three more touchdowns. Three times they dropped the oval when they were within a few yards of the Packer goal. The Packers were outplayed every minute of the game. They did not make a first down until the last quarter when a few forward passes were completed. In that period the aerial attack carried the ball to the Rock Island 15 yard line where four tosses went bad and the visitors punted out of danger. It was the only real chance Green Bay had to score except when a fumbled ball was recovered on the Independents' 20-yard line and Lambeau drop-kicked the pigskin over the goal
posts. Two bad punts by Cub Buck paved the way to Rock Island touchdowns. In the second period the ball was blocked and went about 20 feet straight in the air and a green jerseyed Independent fell on it about 10 yards from the Packer goal. The touchdown followed in about three plays. In the final period Cub punted out of bounds on his own 30 yard line. Two-long -and runs and a smash through the line resulted in another score. The Packer backfield was helpless. Not more than 40 yards were made by he backs in running the ball. Most of the time they were thrown for losses.
ROCK ISLAND - 7 0 0 6 - 13
GREEN BAY - 3 0 0 7 - 3
GB - Curly Lambeau field goal - GREEN BAY 3-0
RI - Jimmy Conzelman, 3-yard run (Obe Wenig kick) - ROCK ISLAND 7-3
RI - Sid Nichols, 1-yard run (XP failed) - ROCK ISLAND 13-3
November 6: Green Bay (2-1) 43, Evansville Crim Giants (2-2) 6
(GREEN BAY) - The Packers, with an aerial attack working perfectly, routed Evansville. The Indiana eleven was outclassed, although at times they showed flashes of offensive power. The Giants made their lone TD on a neatly executed forward pass, Zellers making the score after taking a long toss from O'Neill. Splendid teamwork enabled the Packers to score at will in the worst defeat ever suffered by the Giants. Coughlin, Hayes, and Murray were the stars for the Packers, while O'Neill, Zellers and Lindsey played well for Evansville.
EVANSVILLE - 0 0 0 6 - 6
GREEN BAY - 7 15 14 7 - 43
GB - Billy DeMoe, 25-yard interception (Lambeau kick) - GREEN BAY 7-0
GB - Norm Barry run (XP failed) - GREEN BAY 13-0
GB - Art Schmael, 8-yard run (XP failed) - GREEN BAY 19-0
GB - Curly Lambeau field goal - GREEN BAY 22-0
GB - Tubby Howard, 5-yard run (Lambeau kick) - GREEN BAY 29-0
GB - Nate Abrams interception (Lambeau kick) - GREEN BAY 36-0
EVAN - Chuck O'Neill-Jerry Zeller, 40-yard pass (XP failed) - GREEN BAY 39-6
GB - Curly Lambeau run (Lambeau kick) - GREEN BAY 43-6
November 13: Green Bay (3-1) 14, Hammond Pros (1-3-1) 7
(GREEN BAY) - The Packers defeated the noted Hammond team Sunday afternoon. Green Bay has shown great improvement in its recent games. Hammond scored its lone touchdown following a blocked punt.
HAMMOND - 0 0 7 0 - 7
GREEN BAY - 14 0 0 0 - 15
GB - Curly Lambeau, 2-yard run (Lambeau kick) - GREEN BAY 7-0
GB - Curly Lambeau-Billy DuMoe, 60-yard pass (Lambeau kick) - GREEN BAY 14-0
HAM - Russ Oltz, 20-yard blocked punt return (Elliot Risley kick) - G BAY 21-0
November 20: Green Bay (3-1-1) 3, Chi Cardinals (3-2-2) 3 (Tie)
(CHICAGO) - The Chicago Cardinals and the Packers struggled to a tie on Sunday at Normal Park. Lambeau kicked a field goal for the visitors in the third period and Paddy Driscoll evened the count by hoisting the oval between the post for the tying points m the last quarter. A slippery playing surface made running around the ends impossible.
GREEN BAY - 0 0 3 0 - 3
CHI CARDINALS - 0 0 0 3 - 3
GB - Curly Lambeau, 25-yard FG - GREEN BAY 3-3
CARDS - Paddy Driscoll, 35-yard FG - TIED 3-3
November 27: Chicago Staleys (7-1) 20, Green Bay (3-2-1) 0
(CHICAGO) - The Packers were beaten Sunday by the Decatur Staleys at the Cub Park. Green Bay put up a hard fight, and was cheered on by 300 rooters who came down on a special train. Green Bay brought along a brass band, the musicians being garbed in woodsmens' costume. Their "On, Wisconsin!" sounded like old times to the many Badger graduates who went out to see their old favorites, Cub Buck, Guard Wilson and Halfback Klaus, in action. The Staley attack, which moved smoothly after it once gat started, proved too much for the Packers. In the first quarter the Green Bay men threatened the Staley line, Lambeau making two trials for a place kick. One went short and the other was blocked.
GREEN BAY - 0 0 0 0 - 0
CHICAGO STALEYS - 0 14 0 6 - 20
CHI - Pete Stinchomb, 45-yard run (Dutch Sternaman kick) - CHICAGO 7-0
CHI - Pard Pearce run (Sternaman kick) - CHICAGO 14-0
CHI - George Halas-Chic Harley pass (Kick failed) - CHICAGO 20-0
September 25: Green Bay 13, Chicago Boosters 0
(GREEN BAY) - The Packers opened their football season with a 13-0 win over the Boosters. Art Schmaehl scored twice, in the second and fourth quarters. Specht and Nielsen were featured for the Chicago club, with Nielsen's punting saving the Boosters on several occasions. Cub Buck was the big star for the Packers.
CHI BOOSTERS - 0 0 0 0 - 0
GREEN BAY - 0 6 0 7 - 13
GB - Schmael 2 TD
October 2: Green Bay 49, Rockford 0
(GREEN BAY) - The Packers swamped the Rockford team Sunday. Before the heavy forward wall of the Packers, the Rockford team was almost helpless. Erickson was the lone man on the visiting team who gained consistently through the Green Bay line. The Packers did their greatest damage in the final quarter, running the ends at will, and plunging through holes in the line for big gains.
ROCKFORD - 0 0 0 0 - 0
GREEN BAY - ? ? ? 28 - 49
October 9: Green Bay 40, Chicago Cornell Hamburgs 0
(GREEN BAY) - Displaying super football the Packers won the third game of the season, defeating the Cornell
Hamburgs of Chicago. The visiting team was hopelessly outclassed and only made first downs four times during the game. The Packers' smashing offensive built around sensational forward passes paved the way for an easy victory. Three touchdowns were made via the aerial attack. Chicago was never within the Packers' thirty yard line. Keeley, Davis and McWeeney starred for Chicago, while Wagner, Martell, Howard and Cary were the luminaries for Green Bay.
CHICAGO - ? ? ? ? - 0
GREEN BAY - ? ? ? ? - 40
PRE-SEASON - October 16: Green Bay 7, Beloit 0
(GREEN BAY) - The Packers bettered their claim to the state professional football championship by defeating the Fairies on Sunday in a bitterly contested same. A forward pass, Lambeau to Wheeler, early in the first quarter was responsible for the only score of the game. The Fairies looked dangerous in the closing periods, but the Packers' stonewall defense, led by Cub Buck, checked the attack. Dalton's brilliant work featured for Beloit, while Lambeau and Schmael starred for the Packers. 5,000 witnessed the game.
BELOIT - 0 0 0 0 - 0
GREEN BAY - 7 0 0 0 - 7
GB - Wheeler pass from Lambeau
December 4: Green Bay 3, Racine 3
(MILWAUKEE) - Racine grid fans are doing their conversing in whispers today, all because of the manner in which Hank Gillo booted their team into a tie with the Packers during the last three minutes of Sunday's state title contest at Brewers' Park in Milwaukee. Things looked pretty gloomy in those solemn moments with the score 3-0 in favor of the northerners and the Legion trying vainly to work the ball up into enemy territory so when Johnny Mohardt grabbed onto a pass, putting the oval on the Green Bay 40 yard line and Hank signalled for a place kick. A deep hush fell over the Racine section. His aim was perfect, and the bull sailed through the posts. It was a tough, spirited game witnessed by a crowd of 6,200. Mohardt, late of Notre Dame, made his
first professional appearance, but the Green Bay defense had him nailed. In the fourth, Green Bay had the ball on the 10-yard line with four downs to go. After four yards on the first down, twice the runners were thrown for a loss, and as a last resort, the Packers attempted a forward over the line that was knocked down.
GREEN BAY - 0 3 0 0 - 3
RACINE - 0 0 0 3 - 3
GB - Lambeau, 25-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
RAC - Hank Gillo, 40-yard field goal TIED 3-3
1921 IN REVIEW: After going 19-2-1 as an independent team, the Green Bay Packers joined the American Professional Football Association (renamed the National Football League in 1922). J.E. Clair of Acme Packing Company was granted the franchise for Green Bay on August 27. Their first win in the APFA came on Sunday, October 23 when they defeated the Minneapolis Marines, 7-6, at Hagemeister Park in Green Bay. In that game, Curly Lambeau threw the first forward pass in Packer history (an incompletion intended for Lyle "Cowboy" Wheeler). Buff Wagner would record the first reception, an 18-yard pass from Curly Lambeau. FB Art Schmaehl would run four yards for the first Green Bay touchdown. Lambeau would drop kick the first extra point in Packer history. The following week, October 30, Green Bay would lose its first league game ever, dropping a 13-3 decision to the Rock Island Independents at Hagemeister Park. In that game, Lambeau would attempt and make the first field goal in team history, connecting from 25 yards on a drop kick. The first touchdown pass in Green Bay history would come on November 13 in a 14-7 win over the visiting Hammond Pros. Lambeau tossed a 35-yard score off a fake kick to Bill DuMoe. Two weeks later, the famous Packer-Bear series would be launched at Chicago, with the Packers losing a 20-0 decision to Chicago Staleys, who changed name to Bears in 1922. After the season, Green Bay nearly lost its franchise, as it was found to have used two active Notre Dame players in the game with the Staleys and a non-league game against Chicago Supremes after 1921 season. Upset at teams using illegal players, the APFA made an example of the Packers and stripped Green Bay of the team on January 28, 1922. John Clair surrendered the franchise at the meeting. The NFL owners would reinstate the Packers at a June 24 meeting in Canton, after Lambeau apologized and paid the $250 franchise fee, making him team's new owner.
1921 PRE-SEASON RESULTS (4-0) - September (1-0)
14 Menominee North End A.C. W 53- 0 1- 0-0 N/A
25 CHICAGO BOOSTERS W 13- 0 1- 0-0 3,500
October (3-0)
2 ROCKFORD MAROONS W 49- 0 2- 0-0 N/A
9 CHICAGO CORNELL-HAMBURGS W 40- 0 3- 0-0 N/A
16 BELOIT FAIRIES W 7- 0 4- 0-0 5,000
1921 REGULAR SEASON RESULTS (3-2-1) - October (1-1)
23 MINNEAPOLIS MARINES (0-1-0) W 7- 6 1- 0-0 6,000
30 ROCK ISL. INDEPENDENTS (2-1-1) L 3-13 1- 1-0 6,000
