(GREEN BAY) - A smooth working Packer machine handed the Detroit Panthers a defeat. The big Bay Blues easily outclassed Jimmy Conzelman's aggregation. After the first quarter, the much feared Detroit outfit took a first class gridiron lesson from the Badger state champions. Detroit made but three first downs. Detroit started out fast and a forward pass put the cowhide down in Packer territory, but that was the only spurt of the invaders. The Bays settled down and regained the ball. From then on it was the Packers' game. A long pass about the middle of the second quarter, enabled O'Donnell to dash across for a touchdown and Lambeau kicked the goal. Early in the third period, another aerial toss with Lewellen on the receiving end, counted another touchdown, and Lambeau added the extra point. About the middle of the final round. O'Donnell grabbed one out of the air for the final counter. Once again Lambeau drop-kicked for the extra point.
DETROIT - 0 0 0 0 - 0
GREEN BAY - 0 7 7 7 - 21
2nd - GB - O'Donnell pass from Lambeau (Lambeau kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
3rd - GB - Lewellen pass from Mathys (Lambeau kick) GREEN BAY 14-0
4th - GB - O'Donnell pass from Lambeau (Lambeau kick) GREEN BAY 21-0
September 26: Green Bay (1-0-1) 6, Chicago Bears (1-0-1) 6 (Tie)
(GREEN BAY) - Battling before the largest crowd to ever see a pro football game in Wisconsin, the Packers and the Chicago Bears played to a tie at the City Stadium. There was no scoring done in the first half, a punting duel being staged between Lewellen of the home team and the mighty Paddy Driscoll of the Bears, in which the former had the edge. Lidberg plunged over for the Big Bay's first marker in the third quarter after a successful forward pass had brought the oval to the five yard line. The try for the extra point was blocked. It looked as though the Packers had the game sewed up as the last quarter opened. With but eight minutes to play a Bay fumble was the break which proved the undoing of the Wisconsin team's efforts. The first play after the recovery was a pass which Driscoll snatched out of the air on the run and continued for a touchdlown. He missed the try for goal. The game ended with the ball on the Bears' five yard line in possession of the Packers.
CHI BEARS - 0 0 0 6 - 6
GREEN BAY - 0 0 6 0 - 6
3rd - GB - Lidberg, 5-yard run (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 6-0
4th - CHI - Paddy Driscoll, 36-yard pass from Laurie Walquist (Kick failed) TIED 6-6
October 3: Green Bay (1-0-2) 0, Duluth (1-0-1) 0 (Tie)
(GREEN BAY) - Playing on a gridiron ankle deep in mud and water the Eskimos and Packers battled to a tie. The sloppy going proved a big handicap to the Bays as it was mpossible to do anything in the air. After about a half dozen plays, the gridders were so covered with muck that it was nearly out of the question to distinguish one from the other. Even Referee Bobby Cahn took more than his share of spills and his white togs looked as if he had been through a class rush at Mud College. Despite a continuous downpour up until after the game, over 3,000 slicker covered, dyed in the wool fans watched the mud horseswallow in the grimy going. The much talked about Ernie Nevers lived up to advance notices. He was about ten-elevenths of the Duluth club. In the first play of the second period, Nevers intercepted a Packer forward pass on his 20-yard line and started down the field. He galloped along the sidelines and it seemed as if he was going to score. However, Moose Gardner, Packer guard, got him from behind on the 9-yard mark. This was the closest the visitors ever got to a touchdown. The Packers held for downs, and Lewellen, who easily outbooted Nevers, sailed the cowhide way down the field out of danger.
DULUTH - 0 0 0 0 - 0
GREEN BAY - 0 0 0 0 - 0
October 10: Chicago (4-0) 13, Green Bay (1-1-2) 7
(GREEN BAY) - The Cardinals defeated the Packers Sunday afternoon. It was the fourth straight win for the Cards this year, giving them a clean slate. The Packers took the kickoff and marched down the fleid. Lidberg plunging the final two yards for a touchdown. The Cardinals scored early in the second period. Red Dunn passing to Mickey McDonnell, who ran ten yards to a touchdown. Red kicked for the extra point. Roddy Lamb paved the way for the score by dashing 35 yards. Early in the third period the Cardinals worked the ball from their own 47-yard mark to the Packer eight-yard line, but the Packers held and Dunn kicked a field goal. Purdy kicked the goal. Dunn intercepted a Packer Pass deep in Green Bay territory in the fourth quarter and shoved the ball to the 12-yard line. Dunn again kicked a goal from placement.
CHI CARDS - 0 7 3 3 - 13
GREEN BAY - 7 0 0 0 - 7
1st - GB - Lidberg, 2-yard run (Purdy kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
2nd - CHI - Mickey MacDonnell, 10-yard pass from Red Dunn (Dunn kick) TIED 7-7
3rd - CHI - Dunn, 20-yard field goal CHICAGO CARDINALS 10-7
4th - CHI - Dunn field goal CHICAGO CARDINALS 13-7
October 17: Green Bay (2-1-2) 7, Milwaukee (2-3) 0
(GREEN BAY) - Battling on even terms with the powerful Packers throughout the entire game, Johnny Bryan's Milwaukee Badgers lost to Green Bay yesterday. The lone score of the game came in the final quarter on a dash by Lewellen, the Packers' halfback. The Milwaukee team showed surprising strength and several times threatened the big Bay Blues but was never able to get within scoring distance of the Bay goal.
MILWAUKEE - 0 0 0 0 - 0
GREEN BAY - 0 0 0 7 - 7
4th - GB - Lewellen, 25-yard run (Purdy kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
October 24: Green Bay (3-1-2) 35, Racine (1-4) 0
(GREEN BAY) - In the last home game of the season, the Packers downed Racine in a game which was one sided from its beginning. The Packers made a touchdown in the first two minutes of play on a forward pass after recovering a Racine punt which had been blocked. From then on the Horlick city crew had no chance for the Packers backs riddled their line for big gains and also filled the air with numerous forward passes, which the Racine team seemed unable to stop. Kernwein's punt was blocked by the Packers on the 23-yard line and after 2 or 3 line plays McAuliffe passed over the goal line to Flaherty for the first touchdown. Flaherty, who made a sensational catch of this pass had a great day. catching five passes all for big gains and of the sensational variety.
RACINE - 0 0 0 0 - 0
GREEN BAY - 14 7 0 14 - 35
1st - GB - Flaherty, 15-yard pass from McAuliffe (Purdy kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
1st - GB - Basing, 5-yard run (Purdy kick) GREEN BAY 14-0
2nd - GB - Kotal. 5-yard pass from Mathys (Purdy kick) GREEN BAY 21-0
4th - GB - Harris run (Purdy kick) GREEN BAY 28-0
4th - GB - Harris, 1-yard run (Purdy kick) GREEN BAY 35-0
October 31: Green Bay (4-1-2) 3, Chicago Cardinals (5-2) 0
(CHICAGO) - The Cardinals suffered their second defeat of the season when the Packers got revenge for their earlier loss to the South Siders at Normal Park. Purdy's drop kick in the first few minutes of play decided the issue, although the Cardinals were near scoring several times. Soon after the kickoff the Packers opened up with their air game, putting the ball on the 30-yard mark. Lewellen ripped off 7 yards, but the Cards held, and Purdy sent his drop kick over the bar for the three points. The game was a punting duel until the end of the second period, when the Cards opened up in midfield. Dunn passed to Swanson, who ran to the Packer 15-yard line. Three tries failed and Lambeau tossed a pass to Dunn, who tore to the 5-yard mark. Francis made 4 yards in
three tries, and Mickey McDonnell failed to gain on fourth down around the end just as the half ended.
CHI CARDS - 0 0 0 0 - 0
GREEN BAY - 3 0 0 0 - 3
1st - GB - Purdy field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
GAME 8 - November 7: Green Bay (5-1-2) 21, Milwaukee (2-6) 0
(MILWAUKEE) - Milwaukee held Green Bay splendidly during the first half, which ended with neither a score for either side. Once in each of the first two quarters Green Bay got close enough to threaten, the first time grounding a third down forward pass in the end zone, from the 13-yard line in the first period, and the second time Purdy, near the close of the third period, missing a drop kick from the 25-yard mark. After the intermission, however, the Packers finally got their air game going, though not until the third period was pretty well advanced. the cross bar of the goal
GREEN BAY - 0 0 7 14 - 21
MILWAUKEE - 0 0 0 0 - 0
3rd - GB - Lewellen, 20-yard pass from Kotal (Purdy kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
4th - GB - Kotal, 5-yard run (Purdy kick) GREEN BAY 14-0
4th - GB - Lewellen, 70-yard run (Purdy kick) GREEN BAY 21-0
November 14: Green Bay (6-1-2) 14, Louisville (0-4) 0
(GREEN BAY) - The Packers continued their victory spree Sunday by defeating Louisville. The teams battled on a rain-swept field. The Badger state champions presented a makeshift battle front as O'Donnell, Flaherty, Rosatti, Earpe, Harris and Lidberg did not see any action against the southerners. The invaders battled stubbornly all the way. Early in the first quarter, they held for downs on their 1-foot line, and later in the game presented a stone wall defense when in the shadow of their goal posts. Louisville made good use of the air drive, with Robinson tossing the water soaked oval like a bullet. However most of their gains were made in their own territory. The Colonels never got within the Bays 30-yard stripe.
LOUISVILLE - 0 0 0 0 - 0
GREEN BAY - 0 0 7 7 - 14
3rd - GB - Lewellen pass from Purdy (Purdy kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
4th - GB - Lewellen run (Purdy kick) GREEN BAY 14-0
November 21: Chicago (10-0-1) 19, Green Bay (6-2-2) 13
(CHICAGO) - Fighting desperately to the last second of one of the greatest pro games
ever played here, the Packers lost to the Bears. It was a game bristling with dazzling plays, though played on a frozen, icy field in an arctic temperature. The Packers scored first, when after a succession of passes Lidberg plunged over from the 3-yard line in the first period, Purely missing goal. Shortly after, a pass from Driscoll to Hanny for a touchdown tied the count, Driscoll also missing goal. Then Driscoll, who played a great game for the Bears, got a shot for a field goal, giving his team a brief 9-7 lead. Near the end of the half, however, Paddy fumbled and Verne Lewellyn scooped up the ball and sprinted across the goal line for another touchdown, Purdy kicking goal and giving the Packers a 13-9 edge, which they held to the intermission. Driscoll kicked a 42-yard field goal early in the third period, bringing the count to 13-12. A fumble on the Bears' 3-yard line on first down apparently robbed the Packers of a touchdown and the battle waged back and forth until within seven minutes of the end when Driscoll snatched a Packer fumble and sprinted 40 yards over the goal line, also kicking goal and putting the count at 19-13, where it remained.
GREEN BAY - 6 7 0 0 - 13
CHI BEARS - 6 3 3 7 - 19
1st - GB - Lidberg, 3-yard run (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 6-0
1st - CHI - Duke Hanny pass from Pady Driscoll (Kick failed) TIED 6-6
2nd - CHI - Driscoll, 13-yard field goal CHICAGO BEARS 9-6
2nd - GB - Lewellen, 40-yard fumble recovery (Purdy kick) GREEN BAY 13-9
3rd - CHI - Driscoll, 42-yard field goal GREEN BAY 13-12
November 25: Frankford (11-1-1) 20, Green Bay (6-3-2) 14
(FRANKFORD) - A last minute touchdown by Homan enabled the Yellowjackets to defeat the Packers at Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day. The Jackets scored 13 points in the first period and 7 points in the final period, while a touchdown by Lidberg in the second quarter and one by Flaherty in the fourth quarter gave Green Bay its markers.
November 28: Green Bay (7-3-2) 7, Detroit (4-6-2) 0
(DETROIT) - The Panthers lost their last scheduled game of the season to the Packers. The only score of the game was a touchdown made by Enright in the first quarter. The game was played on a slippery field, which gave the usually fast Panthers no chance to show their speed. Several times when they were given breaks, the Panthers came within a few yards of their goal only to fail to score. One good chance came in the second quarter, when Doane's kick was fumbled by Purdy of Green Bay, and recovered on the visitors' 15-yard line by Hultman. Then Scharer passed four times, but none of them were snared by the Detroit ends or backs. The Scharer to Gregory passing combination failed to work completely. The Green Bay team gained most of their yardage by line plunging, and got through a line that neither Jim Thorpe of the Canton Bulldogs nor Ernie Nevers of the Eskimos were able to penetrate successfully.
GREEN BAY - 7 0 0 0 - 7
DETROIT - 0 0 0 0 - 0
1st - GB - Enright run (Purdy kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
GAME 13 - December 19: Green Bay (7-3-3) 3, Chicago Bears (12-1-3) 3 (Tie)
(CHICAGO) - More than 10,000 shivering gridiron loyalists braved the bleak wintry weather Sunday to watch the Packers and the Bears battle to a tie played on Soldiers' Field. The game was played under the auspices of the P. J. Carr Memorial Christmas fund. Both elevens battled evenly during the first half, with the plunging of Knop and the punting of Lewellen featuring the play. Forward passing attempts failed to materialize in substantial gains. Until the final quarter, Lewellen's punts were averaging about 70 yards. Purdy's drop kick in the third period was the sensation of the contest. With the ball on the Bears' 45-yard line, the diminutive Packer field general dropped back and booted a perfect drop kick. With six minutes left to play, the Bears tied the count. Driscoll punted to Lambeau, who had succeeded Purdy as quarterback because of injuries. The punted ball bounced from Lambeau's knees and Trafton recovered on the 15-yard line. A pass, Driscoll to Holas, planted the ball on Green Bay's 5-yard line, near the sidelines. From this bad angle, Driscoll booted the kick which saved the Bears from defeat.
GREEN BAY - 0 0 3 0 - 3
CHI BEARS - 0 0 0 3 - 3
3rd - GB - Purdy, 45-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
4th - CHI - Driscoll, 20-yard field goal TIED 3-3
September 12: Green Bay 79, Iron Mountain 0
(GREEN BAY) - The Packers lifted the lid on the 1926 pro football season here by downing Iron Mountain before one of the largest opening day crowds on record. The Mountainers were hopelessly outclassed by the Big Bay Blues' machine. Not once were the invaders in Packer territory and never did they make a first down. The Michiganders fought stubbornly all he way. but they were bumping up against the greatest pro team Green
Bay has ever had on the gridiron. The Packers shot their entire squad in action and all the players looked good.
Goals after touchdown: Woodin (4), Enright, Lambeau, Lewellen
1926 IN REVIEW: The Packers have another solid season by posting a record of 7-3-3, but finish in 5th place playing fewer games then most of the top contenders in an era of uneven scheduling.
1926 PRE-SEASON RESULTS (1-0) - SEPTEMBER (1-0)
12 IRON MOUNTAIN W 79- 0 1- 0-0 3,000
1926 RESULTS (7-3-3) - SEPTEMBER (1-0-1)
19 DETROIT PANTHERS (0-0-0) W 21- 0 1- 0-0 4,500
26 CHICAGO BEARS (1-0-0) T 6- 6 1- 0-1 7,000
OCTOBER (3-1-1)
3 DULUTH ESKIMOS (1-0-0) T 0- 0 1- 0-2 2,500
10 CHICAGO CARDINALS (3-0-0) L 7-13 1- 1-2 5,000
17 MILWAUKEE BADGERS (2-2-0) W 7- 0 2- 1-2 3,000
24 RACINE TORNADOES (1-3-0) W 35- 0 3- 1-2 N/A
31 at Chicago Cardinals (5-1-0) W 3- 0 4- 1-2 2,500
NOVEMBER (3-2)
7 at Milwaukee Badgers (2-5-0) W 21- 0 5- 1-2 4,300
14 LOUISVILLE COLONELS (0-3-0) W 14- 0 6- 1-2 1,300
21 at Chicago Bears (9-0-1) L 13-19 6- 2-2 7,500
25 at Fr. Yellowjackets (10-1-1) L 14-20 6- 3-2 10,000
28 at Detroit Panthers (4-5-2) W 7- 0 7- 3-2 1,000
