The 1945 Green Bay Packers (6-4)

September 30: Green Bay (1-0) 31, Chicago Bears (0-1) 21

(GREEN BAY) - Don Hutson, holder of the world's record for coming out of retirement, was back on the Green Bay Packer roster as the defending champions opened the 1945 campaign, their 25th season of professional football. Playing turnover-free football, and led by rushing touchdowns from Ted Fritsch (twice), Don Perkins and Roy McKay, Green Bay rolled to a 31-21 win over their archrivals. Gary Famiglietti ran for all three of Chicago's touchdowns.

CHI BEARS - 0 0 7 14 - 21

GREEN BAY - 10 0 7 14 - 31

1st - GB - Fritsch, 7-yard run (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

1st - GB - Fritsch, 35-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-0

3rd - GB - McKay, 20-yard run (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 17-0

3rd - CHI - Gary Famiglietti, 3-yard run (Pete Gudauskas kick) GREEN BAY 17-7

3rd - CHI - Famiglietti, 8-yard run (Gudauskas kick) GREEN BAY 17-14

4th - GB - Fritsch, 1-yard run (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 24-14

4th - CHI - Famiglietti, 3-yard run (Gudauskas kick) GREEN BAY 24-21

4th - GB - Perkins, 2-yard run (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 31-21

October 7: Green Bay (2-0) 57, Detroit (1-1) 21

(MILWAUKEE) - Don Hutson, who said he was too old for professional football, had a new record to prove that he isn't. Hutson caught four touchdown passes and kicked five extra points in the second period of Green Bay's win over the Detroit Lions to set an NFL record with 29 points in a single quarter. Green Bay set a team record by scoring 41 points in that wild second period, adding two touchdowns to Hutson's total, and went on to an easy win. Hutson's game total was 31. The 57 points scored in the game remains a Packer single-game record.

DETROIT - 0 7 7 7 - 21

GREEN BAY - 0 41 9 7 - 57

2nd - DET - Chuck Fenenbock, 8-yard run (Bill Callihan kick) DETROIT 7-0

2nd - GB - Hutson, 56-yard pass from McKay (Hutson kick) TIED 7-7

2nd - GB - Goodnight, 41-yard pass from Comp (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 14-7

2nd - GB - Hutson, 46-yard pass from McKay (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 21-7

2nd - GB - Hutson, 17-yard pass from McKay (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 27-7

2nd - GB - Fritsch, 69-yard interception return (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 34-7

2nd - GB - Hutson, 6-yard pass from McKay (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 41-7

3rd - DET - Bob Westfall, 7-yard run (Callihan kick) GREEN BAY 41-14

3rd - GB - Safety, Dave Ryan tackled by Goodnight in the end zone GB 43-14

3rd - GB - Comp, 50-yard pass from Brock (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 50-14

4th - GB - Brock, 33-yard interception return (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 57-14

4th - DET - John Greene, 62-yard pass from Ryan (Callihan kick) GB 57-21

October 14: Cleveland (3-0) 27, Green Bay (2-1) 14

(GREEN BAY) - The passing of the guard in the Western Division began this Sunday at City Stadium. Cleveland caught fire in the final period and scored three touchdowns to whip the Packers. The Rams took the lead in the first quarter, then fell behind as the champions scored in each of the next two periods, then dazzled a packed house by erupting for the winning rally in the final quarter. Trailing 14-6 to start the fourth quarter, Cleveland started on its own 27 and in seven plays scored, with Bob Waterfield tossing a touchdown pass to Tom Colella from the nine. A few minutes later, Roy McKay fumbled and Roger Eason recovered on the Packer 15. Don Greenwood plunged into the end zone three plays later, and the Rams were never headed from there.

CLEVELAND - 6 0 0 21 - 27

GREEN BAY - 0 0 7 7 - 14

1st - CLE - Jim Benton, 17-yard pass from Bob Waterfield (Kick failed) CLE 6-0

3rd - GB - Comp, 1-yard run (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 7-6

4th - GB - Fritsch, 3-yard run (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 14-6

4th - CLE - Tom Colella, 9-yard pass from Waterfield (Waterfield kick) GB 14-13

4th - CLE - Don Greenwood, 1-yard run (Waterfield kick) CLEVELAND 20-14

4th - CLE - Collela, 5-yard run (Waterfield kick) CLEVELAND 27-14

October 21: Green Bay (3-1) 38, Boston (2-1-1) 14

(MILWAUKEE) - The defending champion Packers dampened the championship enthusiasm of the Boston Yanks with a 38-14 decision, as Green Bay amassed a season-high 456 yards with 277 coming on the ground. Don Hutson scored two touchdowns and kicked five extra points as Green Bay stayed right behind Cleveland in the Western Division.

BOSTON - 7 7 0 0 - 14

GREEN BAY - 7 14 17 0 - 38

1st - BOST - Pug Manders, 1-yard run (Augie Lio kick) BOSTON 7-0

1st - GB - Hutson, 75-yard pass from Comp (Hutson kick) TIED 7-7

2nd - GB - McKay, 24-yard run (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 14-7

2nd - GB - Hutson, 7-yard pass from McKay (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 21-7

2nd - BOST - Don Currivan, 80-yard pass from Frank Sachse (Lio kick) GB 21-14

3rd - GB - Brock, 16-yard run (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 28-14

3rd - GB - Fritsch, 12-yard run (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 35-14

3rd - GB - Fritsch, 45-yard field goal GREEN BAY 38-14

October 28: Green Bay (4-1) 33, Chicago Cardinals (1-5) 14

(GREEN BAY) - Don Hutson was again the main man for the Packers, scoring Green Bay's first three touchdowns and kicking three extra points. The great end grabbed two Irv Comp pitches for touchdowns, and, just for variety, raced 12 yards on a running play for his third marker. It turned out to be the last 100-yard receiving day for Hutson in his career, and left the Packers in a three-way tie.

CHI CARDS - 0 7 0 7 - 14

GREEN BAY - 7 20 0 6 - 33

1st - GB - Hutson, 19-yard pass from Comp (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

2nd - GB - Hutson, 12-yard run (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 13-0

2nd - GB - Hutson, 39-yard pass from Comp (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 20-0

2nd - GB - Luhn, 44-yard pass from Brock (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 27-0

2nd - CHI - Paul Christman, 1-yard run (Joe Kuharich kick) GREEN BAY 27-7

4th - CHI - Eddie Rucinski, 31-yard pass from Christman (Kuharich kick) GB 27-14

4th - GB - Fritsch, 1-yard run (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 33-14

November 4: Chicago Bears (1-5) 28, Green Bay (4-2) 24

(CHICAGO) - The Chicago Bears, losers of their first five games, upset the Packers with an irresistible ground attack, scoring four times in the second and third quarters to capture a 28-24 upset victory. Although Bob Margarita scored two of the Bear touchdowns, it was a total team performance, not an individual show for Chicago. Tempers also flared in the game, as the officials averted a mild riot when Pete Tinsley of the Packers swung at Sid Luckman of the Bears during the contest. The game also marked the end of the long career of Buckets Goldenberg, who suffered a foot injury and retired ten days later.

GREEN BAY - 14 10 0 0 - 24

CHI BEARS - 0 21 7 0 - 28

1st - GB - Goodnight, 67-yard pass from Comp (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

1st - GB - Comp, 54-yard interception return (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 14-0

2nd - CHI - Bob Margarita, 2-yard run (Pete Gudauskas kick) GREEN BAY 14-7

2nd - GB - Craig, 18-yard fumble return (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 21-7

2nd - CHI - Margarita, 7-yard run (Gudauskas kick) GREEN BAY 21-14

2nd - GB - Fritsch, 49-yard field goal GREEN BAY 24-14

2nd - CHI - Ken Kavanaugh, 15-yd pass fr Sid Luckman (Gudauskas kick) GB 24-21

3rd - CHI - Jim Fordham, 1-yard run (Gudauskas kick) CHICAGO BEARS 28-24

November 11: Cleveland (6-1) 20, Green Bay (4-3) 7

(CLEVELAND) - The Cleveland Rams completed their first-ever sweep of the Packers, virtually eliminating the defending champions from the Western Division title race. Fred Gehrke, Cleveland halfback, sparked the Ram attack with touchdown runs of 72 and 42 yards, while Bob Waterfield passed to Jim Benton, who ran 84 yards for the third touchdown. All three scores came in the first period.

GREEN BAY - 7 0 0 0 - 7

CLEVELAND - 20 0 0 0 - 20

1st - CLE - Fred Gehrke, 72-yard run (Bob Waterfield kick) CLEVELAND 7-0

1st - CLE - Gehrke, 42-yard run (Waterfield kick) CLEVELAND 14-0

1st - GB - Goodnight, 75-yard pass from Comp (Hutson kick) CLEVELAND 14-7

1st - GB - Jim Benton, 84-yard pass from Waterfield (Kick failed) CLE 20-7

November 18: Green Bay (5-3) 28, Boston (1-5-1) 0

(BOSTON) - The largest crowd in Boston professional football history saw the Yanks go scoreless for the first time this season. The Packers clinched their fifth victory of the campaign early in the opening period after tackle Paul Lipscomb set the stage for their first touchdown by recovering George Cafego's fumble on Boston's 28. Lou Brock then ripped through the Yanks' line twice for his first score. Late in the second period, Bernie Crimmins ran 12 yards for a touchdown after intercepting a Cafego pass with only 25 seconds left in the half. Green Bay again took to the air, as Irv Comp tossed a 10-yard score to Don Hutson. Brock scored in the final quarter to end the onslaught.

GREEN BAY - 7 14 0 7 - 28

BOSTON - 0 0 0 0 - 0

1st - GB - Brock, 19-yard run (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

2nd - GB - Crimmins, 12-yard interception return (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 14-0

2nd - GB - Hutson, 10-yard pass from Comp (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 21-0

4th - GB - Brock, 10-yard run (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 28-0

November 25: Green Bay (6-3) 23, New York (2-5-1) 14

(NEW YORK) - In a rematch of the 1944 title game, the Packers exploded for 16 points in the third period, including a brazen theft and a pass interception by Charlie Brock. Brock led the third period festivities when he stole the ball from Ward Cuff's arms and ran it back 31 yards to set up one score. Then he intercepted a pass and galloped 27 yards to score a second tally. Up to that third quarter, the Giants gave the Packers a good fight. They scored in the first quarter on a 61-yard aerial trip after Howie Livingston intercepted a Packer pass and ran it back 37 yards to the New York 39. Junie Hovious heaved 24 yards to Cuff, and after two cracks at the line reached the Green Bay 26, he tossed to the end zone where Frank Liebel stole the ball from three Packers to score. The Packers tied the score in the second. Ted Fritsch bulled it over from the two. Green Bay was simply playing for pride, as they had been officially eliminated from the Western Division title race with Cleveland's win over Detroit on Thanksgiving Day.

GREEN BAY - 0 7 16 0 - 23

NEW YORK - 7 0 0 7 - 14

1st - NY - Frank Liebel, 26-yard pass from Junie Hovious (Ken Strong kick) NY 7-0

2nd - GB - Fritsch, 2-yard run (Hutson kick) TIED 7-7

3rd - GB - Fritsch, 4-yard run (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 13-7

3rd - GB - Hutson, 15-yard field goal GREEN BAY 16-7

3rd - GB - Brock, 27-yard interception return (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 23-7

4th - NY - Bill Paschal, 3-yard run (Strong kick) GREEN BAY 23-14

December 2: Detroit (7-3) 14, Green Bay (6-4) 3

(DETROIT) - Don Hutson and Joe Laws played their last games as Packers, as Detroit won the Westem Division battle for second place from Green Bay by dumping the Packers, 14-3. After the Packers had taken a 3-0 lead on Don Hutson's 15-yard field goal, Chuck Fenenbrock pitched a touchdown pass to Andy Farkas for one score and set up another for Bob Westfall with a pair of successful pitches to give the Lions their first triumph over the Packers since 1940.

GREEN BAY - 0 3 0 0 - 3

DETROIT - 0 0 14 0 - 14

2nd - GB - Hutson, 15-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0

3rd - DET - Bob Westfall, 1-yard run (Bill Callihan kick) DETROIT 7-3

3rd - DET - Andy Farkas, 25-yd pass fr Chuch Fenenbrock (Callihan kick) DET 14-3

NAME NO POS HGT WGT COLLEGE YR PR AG G HOW ACQUIRED

Bob Adkins 79 B 6- 0 220 Marshall 3 3 28 4 FA - Green Bay (1941)

Solon Barnett 72 T 6- 1 235 Baylor 1 1 24 4 1943 Draft - 10th round

Charley Brock 29 C 6- 1 210 Nebraska 7 7 29 10 1939 Draft - 3rd round

Lou Brock 16 HB 6- 0 195 Purdue 6 6 27 10 1940 Draft - 3rd round

Mike Bucchianeri 19 G 5-10 210 Indiana 3 3 28 5 FA - Green Bay (1941)

Irv Comp 51 HB 6- 3 192 St. Benedict 3 3 26 9 1943 Draft - 3rd round

Larry Craig 54 E 6- 0 195 S. Carolina 7 7 29 10 1939 Draft - 6th round

Bernard Crimmins 76 G 5-11 195 Notre Dame 1 1 26 6

Tiny Croft 75 T 6- 4 285 Ripon 4 4 24 9

Bob Flowers 35 C 6- 1 210 Texas Tech 4 4 28 10

Ray Frankowski 15 G 5-11 220 Washington 1 1 26 2 1942 Draft - 3rd round

Ted Fritsch 64 FB 5-10 210 Stevens Point 4 4 24 10

Ed Frutig 51 E 6- 1 185 Michigan 2 2 25 1 1941 Draft - 5th round

Buckets Goldenberg 43 G 5-10 220 Wisconsin 13 13 33 4

Clyde Goodnight 23 E 6- 1 195 Tulsa 1 1 21 10 1945 Draft - 3rd round

Don Hutson 14 E 6- 1 180 Alabama 11 11 32 10

Ken Kueper 18 HB 6- 0 215 Georgia 1 1 26 9

William Kuusisto 45 G 6- 0 230 Minnesota 5 5 27 10

Joe Laws 24 HB 5- 9 185 Iowa 12 12 34 10

Paul Lipscomb 47 T 6- 5 230 Tennessee 1 1 22 10

Nolan Luhn 38 E 6- 3 200 Tulsa 1 1 24 9 1945 Draft - 25th round

Joel Mason 7 E 6- 0 200 W. Michigan 4 5 32 10 FA - Chi Cards (1939)

Roy McKay 3 HB 6- 0 195 Texas 2 2 25 10 1943 Draft - 5th round

Forrest McPherson 72 C 5-11 240 Nebraska 3 6 33 5 FA - Phil (1937)

Russ Mosley 8 HB 5-10 170 Alabama 1 1 27 6

Moose Mulleneaux 19 E 6- 4 210 Utah St 5 5 28 5 Military (1942-44)

Ed Neal 58 T 6- 4 287 Tulane 1 1 26 9

Ernie Pannell 22 T 6- 3 220 Texas A&M 3 3 28 7 1941 Draft - 16th (Mil)

Don Perkins 23 FB 6- 0 198 Platteville 2 2 27 7

Baby Ray 44 T 6- 6 256 Vanderbilt 8 8 29 10

Chuck Sample 38 FB 5- 9 210 Toledo 2 2 25 1 Military (1943-44)

Bruce Smith 42 HB 6- 0 197 Minnesota 1 1 25 3 1942 Draft - 13th round

Ken Snelling 52 FB 6- 0 210 UCLA 1 1 26 2 1943 Draft - 7th round

Glen Sorenson 33 G 6- 0 210 Utah St 3 3 25 10

Ben Starret 63 B 5-11 220 St. Mary's (CA) 4 5 27 8 FA - Pittsburgh (1941)

Pete Tinsley 21 G 5- 8 205 Georgia 8 8 32 10 1938 Draft - 9th round

Charles Tollefson 46 G 6- 0 215 Iowa 2 2 29 9

Alex Urban 79 E 6- 2 210 S. Carolina 3 3 28 4 FA - Green Bay (1941)

NO - Jersey Number POS - Position HGT - Height WGT - Weight YR - Years with Packers PR - Years of Professional Football AGE - Age at Start of Season G - Games Played

1945 PACKERS DRAFT (April 8, 1945)

RND SEL NAME POS COLLEGE

1 11 Walt Schlinkman B Texas Tech

2 Did Not Draft

3 27 Clyde Goodnight E Tulsa

4 Did Not Draft

5 43 Joe Graham E Florida

August 30: Green Bay 19, College All-Stars 7

(CHICAGO) - An alert defense against the vaunted passing of Coach Barnie Bierman's college All-Stars carried the Green Bay Packers, NFL champions, to a roaring victory in the 12th annual All-Star football classic in Soldier Field last night. There was plenty to cheer about, and plenty for the partisan crowds of 92,753 to groan about, too, as the Packers roared to the seventh victory for the pros over the collegians, and the second for the Packers, personally. But it was that pass defense that fashioned one Green Bay touchdown, the second on a thrilling 82-yard run by the veteran Don Hutson less than a minute after the last period opened, and halted almost every All-Star threat. The Packers outgained the All-Stars almost two to one on the ground, 132 yards to 68, and roared into action with a running attack after the opening kickoff that put the college boys back on their heels and set up the first Packer score, a field goal by Hutson from the 20-yard line.

GREEN BAY - 3 9 0 7 - 19

ALL-STARS - 0 7 0 0 - 7

1st - GB - Hutson, 20-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0

2nd - GB - Team safety, Bob Kennedy tackled in end zone after interception GB 5-0

2nd - GB - McKay pass from Rohrig, 20-yard pass (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 12-0

2nd -COLL - Nick Scolard, 35-yard pass from McKay after lateral fr Bob Long (Tom Harmon kick) GB 12-7

4th - GB - Hutson, 82-yard interception return (Hutson kick) GREEN BAY 19-9

September 13: Philadelphia 28, Green Bay 21

(PHILADELPHIA) - The greatest crowd ever to attend a professional football game, 90,218 persons, saw the Philadelphia Eagles defeat the champion Packers in the Philadelphia Inquirer's charity game in Municipal Stadium. For the greater part of the contest, the Eagles widely outclassed the Packers and they held an apparently safe 28-7 lead with less than two minutes to go. But in those two minutes the Packers capitalized on two recovered fumbles to score as many touchdowns and force the Eagles to freeze the ball in the final seconds.

GREEN BAY - 7 0 0 14 - 21

PHILADELPHIA - 0 0 7 21 - 28

1st - GB - Fritsch, 18-yard run (Kick good) GREEN BAY 7-0

3rd - PHIL - Don McDonald, 42-yard pass from Allie Sherman (Don Zimmerman kick) TIED 7-7

4th - PHIL - Steve Van Buren, 23-yd pass fr Zimmerman (Zimmerman kick) PHI 14-7

4th - PHIL - Sonny Karnofsky, 39-yd interception ret (Zimmerman kick) PHIL 21-7

4th - PHIL - Karnofsky, 24-yard pass from Sherman (Ben Agajanian kick) PHIL 28-7

4th - GB - Luhn, 41-yard pass from Comp (Kick good) PHILADELPHIA 28-14

4th - GB - Craig recovered fumbled kickoff in end zone (Kick good) PHIL 28-21

September 19: Green Bay 38, Pittsburgh 12

(HERSHEY, PA) - Clyde Goodnight apparently was being groomed today to succeed Don Hutson, the pass-catching genius of the Packers, who beat the Steelers Wednesday night on the margin of the newcomer's receptions. Goodnight caught three TD passes and had a hand in the scoring of others. Hutson sat on the bench in a business suit, helping to coach the team, and it was obvious from the way Goodnight handled himself that he had gotten his fill-in from the ex-Alabama star. Green Bay scored 10 points in the first quarter and added 21 more in the second. Pittsburgh did all its scoring in the second quarter, tallying two touchdowns but failing to add the extra points. After a scoreless, the Packers added another TD in the fourth. Johnny Blood, 41-year-old halfback, got into the Packer lineup for six minutes in the third but was forced out because of injuries.

GREEN BAY - 10 21 0 7 - 38

PITTSBURGH - 0 12 0 0 - 12

1st - GB- Fritsch, 25-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0

1st - GB - Goodnight pass from Comp (Fritsch kick) GREEN BAY 10-0

2nd - GB - Goodnight pass from Comp (Fritsch kick) GREEN BAY 17-0

2nd - GB - Goodnight pass from Comp (Fritsch kick) GREEN BAY 24-0

2nd - GB - Fritsch, 7-yard run (Fritsch kick) GREEN BAY 31-0

2nd - PITT - Pepper Petrella, 80-yard pass from Ed Stofko (Kick failed) GB 31-6

2nd - PITT - Johnny Popovich, 39-yard pass from Stofko (Kick failed) GB 31-12

4th - GB - Keuper, 26-yard pass from Bryan Brock (Sorenson kick) GB 38-12

September 23: Washington 21, Green Bay 7

(WASHINGTON) - Playing like a pre-war team, the Redskins swept to the win over the Packers. Joe Aguirre, Frank Akins, and Bob Seymour scored in the second, third, and fourth periods to pile up a 21-0 Redskin lead before the Packers clicked for their only TD. Baugh completely fooled the Packers on a fake place-kick from the 38 yard line for the final Redskin score. He jumped up, fired the ball to Seymour, who eluded several tacklers to go over standing up. Held outside the Washington 25-yard line all afternoon, the Packers came to life by going all the way late. Clyde Goodnight speared Roy McKay's pass from the five to save the Packers from a shutout.

GREEN BAY - 0 0 0 7 - 7

WASHINGTON - 0 7 7 7 - 21

2nd - WASH - Joe Aguirre, 33-yd pass from Sammy Baugh (Aguirre kick) WASH 7-0

3rd - WASH - Frank Akins, 5-yard run (Aguirre kick) WASHINGTON 14-0

4th - WASH - Bob Seymour, 38-yard pass from Baugh (Aguirre kick) WASH 21-0

4th - GB - Goodnight, 5-yard pass from McKay (McKay kick) WASH 21-7