The 1955 Green Bay Packers (6-6)

September 25: Green Bay Packers (1-0) 20, Detroit Lions (0-1) 17

(GREEN BAY) - The highly-rated pass defense of the Detroit Lions was put to its first serious test - and failed. It resulted in a 20-17 opening loss to the Green Bay Packers, who struck for the winning touchdown in the final 20 seconds of play. With a half minute to play, Green Bay furiously drove to Detroit's 18. The Lions, holding a slender 17-13 lead, quickly called time out to regroup their forces. A pass was obvious and the Lions set their defense for it. But when quarterback Tobin Rote stepped back to pitch the awaited pass, the Lions couldn't stop him. What hurt more was the fact they couldn't stop end Gary Knafelc, either, as he leaped some three feet off the ground to snare the desperation pass over the outstretched hands of three Detroit defenders on the 3. He crashed into the end zone with the winning touchdown—one which staggered the Lions in their opening bid for a fourth straight Western Division championship. The Packer faithful, who has not seen their team win in Green Bay since last November, flooded on to the field and carried Rote and Knafelc off on their shoulders. Order was restored to kick the extra point. The upset was one of missed opportunities for the Lions. Twice they were inside Green Bay's 5, only to salvage a 12-yard field goal by Doak Walker. A missed field goal by Walker started Green Bay off on its winning 80-yard touchdown drive. The key play in the march was a squirming 38-yard jaunt by Rote, who raced to the Detroit 38. It was Green Bay's first victory in 12 tries against the Lions, who had not lost to Green Bay since 1949.

DETROIT - 7 7 3 0 - 17

GREEN BAY - 0 6 7 7 - 20

1st - DET - Jim Doran, 38-yard pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) DET 7-0

2nd - GB - Cone, 30-yard field goal DETROIT 7-3

2nd - GB - Cone, 34-yard field goal DETROIT 7-6

2nd - DET - Gil Mains, recovered fumble in the end zone (Walker kick) DET 14-6

3rd - DET - Walker, 12-yard field goal DETROIT 17-6

3rd - GB - Reid, 4-yard run (Cone kick) DETROIT 17-13

4th - GB - Knafelc, 18-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 20-17

October 2: Green Bay Packers (2-0) 24, Chicago Bears (0-2) 3

(GREEN BAY) - The Packers improved to 2-0 for the first time since 1947, as Tobin Rote threw two touchdown passes and ran for another. Green Bay owed much of its early success to Rote, who fired 32 yards to Bill Howton for one touchdown and connected with Gary Knafelc for a 28-yard clincher in the final period. In between scoring passes, Rote plunged one yard for the other Packer touchdown.

CHICAGO BEARS - 0 0 3 0 - 3

GREEN BAY - 0 10 7 7 - 24

2nd - GB - Cone, 24-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0

2nd - GB - Howton, 32-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 10-0

3rd - CHI - George Blanda, 47-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-3

3rd - GB - Rote, 1-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 17-3

4th - GB - Knafelc, 23-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 24-3

October 8: Baltimore Colts (3-0) 24, Green Bay Packers (2-1) 20

(MILWAUKEE) - Green Bay had a chance to win the Saturday night encounter at County Stadium, but Tobin Rote's pass to Billy Howton in the end zone with no time remaining came up inches short. The surprising Baltimore Colts hustled into the Packers end zone three times in the first period and then held off the fast-closing Packers for three periods. The Colts' scoring was closed out by a field goal by Bert Reichichar from a slight right angle 10 yards out. A record Milwaukee football crowd of more than 40,000 jammed County Stadium to watch the night contest. Rechichar's placekick came early in the final quarter after a fumble by Rote gave the Colts the ball on the Green Bay 20. The Packers pounded to a 7-0 lead after 41 seconds of play on a 38-yard pass from Rote to Billy Howton after Alan Ameche fumbled on the first play from scrimmage. That was the last and only time Green Bay led.

BALTIMORE - 21 0 0 3 - 24

GREEN BAY - 7 7 3 3 - 20

1st - GB - Howton, 38-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

1st - BALT - Alan Ameche, 5-yard run (Bert Rechichar kick) TIED 7-7

1st - BALT - Buddy Young, 82-yd pass fr George Shaw (Rechichar kick) BAL 14-7

1st - BALT - Jim Mutscheller, 40-yard pass from Shaw (Rechichar kick) BAL 21-7

2nd - GB - Ferguson, 1-yard run (Cone kick) BALTIMORE 21-14

3rd - GB - Cone, 47-yard field goal BALTIMORE 21-17

4th - BALT - Rechichar, 10-yard field goal BALTIMORE 24-17

4th - GB - Cone, 28-yard field goal BALTIMORE 24-20

October 16: Green Bay Packers (3-1) 30, Los Angeles Rams (3-1) 28

(MILWAUKEE) - It had been eight years since the Green Bay Packers had had a winning season in the National Football League, but they suddenly found themselves in a three-way deadlock for the Western Conference lead with the Rams and Colts. Fred Cone kicked a 25-yard field goal in the final 24 seconds, snatching victory from the previously unbeaten Los Angeles Rams 30-28. Cone was practically the whole show at Milwaukee as the Packers gained their 3-1 record. After booting only nine field goals all last season, he sent three through the uprights against the Rams— for 34, 45 and 25 yards. Three minutes before the winning kick, Jim Cason hauled in his third interception of day for the Rams and ran it 25 yards for a TD that put Los Angeles ahead 28-27.

LOS ANGELES - 7 0 7 14 - 28

GREEN BAY - 10 7 7 6 - 30

1st - LA - Andy Robustelli, 18-yard fumble recovery (Les Richter kick) LA 7-0

1st - GB - Cone, 34-yard field goal LOS ANGELES 7-3

1st - GB - Switzer, 7-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 10-7

2nd - GB - Knafelc, 16-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 17-7

3rd - GB - Howton, 57-yard pass from Rite (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 24-7

3rd - LA - Ron Waller, 15-yard pass from Billy Wade (Richter kick) GB 24-14

4th - LA - Waller, 5-yard run (Richter kick) GREEN BAY 24-21

4th - GB - Cone, 45-yard field goal GREEN BAY 27-21

4th - LA - Jim Cason, 25-yard interception return (Richter kick) LA 28-27

4th - GB - Cone, 25-yard field goal GREEN BAY 30-28

October 23: Cleveland Browns (4-1) 41, Green Bay Packers (3-2) 10

(CLEVELAND) - Cleveland passed and powered their way to a 41-10 win over the Green Bay Packers to hold their spot at the top of the Eastern Conference. The Packers had the best pass defense statistics in the NFL coming into the game, but the Browns averaged 25 yards on each one completed. Otto Graham, who had had the best NFL pass completion mark (60.8 per cent), completed seven of 21 attempts for 187 yards against the Packers. George Ratterman entered the game in the final three minutes and completed three passes in three attempts, two of them good for touchdowns within less than 90 seconds. All told, Otto and George completed 10 of 15 passes for 250 yards. The Packers completed six of 22 for a net of 22 yards. Tobin Rote,Tobin Rote could manage just one completion in the second half for three yards. Although the game was close on the scoreboard for three quarters, the statistics told a far different story. Cleveland rolled up 454 yards while their hard-hitting defensive platoon held the Packers to 161. A 100-yard kickoff return by Al Carmichael supplied Green Bay's only touchdown. Charlie Brackins became the first black quarterback in Packer history, when he led the team on three plays in relief of Rote. Brackins would be released on November 8th, and replaced with Paul Held on the roster.

GREEN BAY - 3 7 0 0 - 10

CLEVELAND - 0 14 7 20 - 41

1st - GB - Cone, 27-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0

2nd - CLE - Otto Graham, 1-yard run (Lou Groza kick) CLEVELAND 7-3

2nd - GB - Carmichael, 100-yard kickoff return (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 10-7

2nd - CLE - Curley Morrison, 4-yard run (Groza kick) CLEVELAND 14-10

3rd - CLE - Mo Bassett, 30-yard run (Groza kick) CLEVELAND 21-10

4th - CLE - Groza, 35-yard field goal CLEVELAND 24-10

4th - CLE - Groza, 36-yard field goal CLEVELAND 27-10

4th - CLE - Dub Jones, 25-yard pass from George Ratterman (Groza kick) CLE 34-10

4th - CLE - Pete Brewster, 22-yard pass from Ratterman (Groza kick) CLE 41-10

October 29: Baltimore Colts (4-2) 14, Green Bay Packers (3-3) 10

(BALTIMORE) - The Colts ran for 202 yards in winning the Saturday night matchup. Buddy Young and L. G. Dupre scored Baltimore's touchdowns against the visiting Packers but Alan Ameche was the key offensive man for the winners, gaining 117 yards on 22 carries.

GREEN BAY - 0 3 7 0 - 10

BALTIMORE - 7 0 7 0 - 14

1st - BALT - Buddy Young, 4-yard run (Bert Rechichar kick) BALTIMORE 7-0

2nd - GB - Cone, 11-yard field goal BALTIMORE 7-3

3rd - GB - Rote, 1-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 10-7

3rd - GB - L.G. Dupree, 23-yard run (Rechichar kick) BALTIMORE 14-10

November 6: Chicago Bears (4-3) 52, Green Bay Packers (3-4) 31

(CHICAGO) - Chicago ran for 406 yards and never had to punt as they crushed Green Bay in a game that was over at the half. All but counted out of the Western Conference race four weeks ago, Chicago now had hopes of handing owner-coach George Halas the championship as a reirement gift. After dropping their first three games, the Bears recorded their fourth win in a row, crushing Green Bay, 52-31. The Bears were just short of magnificent against Green Bay, as they rolled to a 45 3 lead before the Packers were able to score a touchdown Although the Packers scored four touchdowns in the last quarter, it still was no contest Most of Green Bay's scoung came when the Bears had their defensive team playing on offense. Halas said afterwards, "It's really amazing that we didn t have to punt once. Even when we beat Washington 73-0 for the championship in 1940, we punted three times." Informed that the Bear rushing total was only 16 short of the record set by Detroit in 1934 against Pittsburgh, Halas said "I've been around too long to start thinking about records. They used to be important but winning is the most important thing" added the 61-year old coach who was one of the founders of the league.

GREEN BAY - 0 3 0 28 - 31

CHICAGO BEARS - 14 14 10 14 - 52

1st - CHI - Chick Jagade, 42-yard run (George Blanda kick) CHICAGO 7-0

1st - CHI - Bobby Watkins, 13-yard run (Blanda kick) CHICAGO 14-0

2nd - CHI - Watkins, 29-yard run (Blanda kick) CHICAGO 21-0

2nd - GB - Cone, 41-yard field goal CHICAGO 21-3

2nd - CHI - Rick Casares, 2-yard run (Blanda kick) CHICAGO 28-3

3rd - CHI - Harlon Hill, 14-yard pass from Ed Brown (Blanda kick) CHICAGO 35-3

3rd - CHI - Blanda, 38-yard field goal CHICAGO 38-3

4th - CHI - Bill McColl, 24-yard pass from Bob Williams (Blanda kick) CHI 45-3

4th - GB - Howton, 27-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) CHICAGO 45-10

4th - GB - Ferguson, 1-yard run (Cone kick) CHICAGO 45-17

4th - CHI - Ron Drzewiscki, 11-yard run (Blanda kick) CHICAGO 52-17

4th - GB - Ferguson, 1-yard run (Cone kick) CHICAGO 52-24

4th - GB - Rote, 1-yard run (Cone kick) CHICAGO 52-31

November 13: Green Bay Packers (4-4) 31, Chicago Cardinals (3-4-1) 14

(GREEN BAY) - The Green Bay Packers were back within striking distance of the Western Division championship, following a 31-14 victory over the Chicago Cardinals. The victory gave the Packers a 4-4 record, good enough for a tie with Baltimore for third place, back of the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Rams, deadlocked for first with 5-3 marks. Tobin Rote, just up from a bout with a bad cold and intestinal flu, pitched and plunged the Packers to their triumph. He hit Gary Knafelc with a 25-yard scoring pass, connected with 15-yard touchdown tosses to Bill Howton and Al Carmichael, and ran for a touchdown himself from the one.

CHICAGO CARDINALS - 0 0 0 14 - 14

GREEN BAY - 7 17 7 0 - 31

1st - GB - Knafelc, 25-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

2nd - GB -Howton, 15-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 14-0

\2nd - GB - Rote, 1-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 21-0

2nd - GB - Cone, 42-yard field goal GREEN BAY 24-0

3rd - GB - Carmichael, 15-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 31-0

4th - CHI - Mal Hammack, 1-yard run (Pat Summerall kick) GREEN BAY 31-7

4th - C - Night Train Lane, 98-yd pass fr Ogdon Compton (Summerall kick) GB 31-14

November 20: Green Bay Packers (5-4) 27, San Francisco 49ers (3-6) 21

(MILWAUKEE) - The Green Bay Packers poured across 14 points in the fourth quarter to head off the San Francisco 49ers, 27-21, and remain in the thick of the race for the Western Division title. Tobin Rote set up the deciding touchdown by taking a lateral from Breezy Reid, who was trapped well behind the line of scrimmage, and legging it 49 yards to the 49ers' six. Howie Ferguson powered over from there to settle matters, although it took an intercepted pass with 10 seconds to go to stifle the 49ers for good. Rote had a hand in three Packer touchdowns, two of his passes going for scores. Y. A. Tittle, the 49ers' veteran quarterback, pitched for two TD's to end Carrol Hardy, the plays covering 33 and 58 yards. The 49ers ran up seven points in each of the first three quarters while the Packers scored 13 in the second and 14 in the final period, with the winning TD coming after Jerry Helluin fell on a Joe Perry fumble on the Packers' 40.

SAN FRANCISCO - 7 7 7 0 - 21

GREEN BAY - 0 13 0 14 - 27

1st - SF - Dicky Moegle, 3-yard run (Gordie Soltau kick) SAN FRANCISCO 7-0

2nd - GB - Johnson, 30-yard lateral from Howton after an 11-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) TIED 7-7

2nd - GB - Cone, 11-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-7

2nd - SF - Carroll Hardy, 33-yard pass from Y.A. Tittle (Soltau kick) SF 14-10

2nd - GB - Cone, 29-yard field goal SAN FRANCISCO 14-13

3rd - SF - Hardy, 58-yard pass from Tittle (Soltau kick) SAN FRANCISCO 21-13

4th - GB - Knafelc, 34-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) SAN FRANCISCO 21-20

4th - GB - Ferguson, 6-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 27-21

November 24: Detroit Lions (3-7) 24, Green Bay Packers (5-5) 10

(DETROIT) - The Lions, last-place defending champions in the West, occupied the role of spoilers in the following their 24-10 win over the Packers in their annual Thanksgiving Day battle. It was the second time within three weeks that the Lions eliminated a team from the title race which now is a run to the wire between the Chicago Bears and the Los Angeles Rams. The Lions, who dropped their first six games, wrecked the Baltimore Colts' title hopes November 5 by defeating them 24-14. Their latest win knocked the Packers out of contention. Detroit spotted Green Bay 10 points in the first quarter, but then the Packers fumbled away the game. The Lions capitalized on two miscues to tie the score 10-10 at the half and the Packers never recovered.

GREEN BAY - 10 0 0 0 - 10

DETROIT - 0 10 0 14 - 24

1st - GB - Cone, 21-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0

1st - GB - Knafelc, 5-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 10-0

2nd - DET - Lew Carpenter, 3-yd pass fr Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) GB 10-7

2nd - DET - Walker, 25-yard field goal TIED 10-10

4th - DET - Carpenter, 49-yard run (Walker kick) DETROIT 17-10

4th - DET - Sonny Gandee, 46-yard fumble return (Walker kick) DETROIT 24-10

December 4: Green Bay Packers (6-5) 28, San Francisco 49ers (3-8) 7

(SAN FRANCISCO) - The Packers won for the first time ever in San Francisco, even as they were eliminated from the post-season race. Green Bay, operating savagely on defense, poured across three second period touchdowns as they cuffed the 49ers, 28-7. The victory also was the first on the road this season for Green Bay. The loss was the fifth straight for the feeble 49ers. The Packers parlayed a blocked punt and a pass interception into two of their second quarter touchdown and got a third after a brilliant punt return by Veryl Switzer. They added the icing to their game on a 60-yard pass play in the third period.

GREEN BAY - 0 21 7 0 - 28

SAN FRANCISCO - 7 0 0 0 - 7

1st - SF - Billy Wilson, 12-yard pass from Y.A.Tittle (Gordie Soltau kick) SF 7-0

2nd - GB - Rote, 1-yard run (Cone kick) TIED 7-7

2nd - GB - Szafaryn, 28-yard return with a blocked kick (Cone kick) GB 14-7

2nd - GB - Reid, 1-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 21-7

3rd - GB - Reid, 60-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 28-7

December 11: Los Angeles Rams (8-3-1) 31, Green Bay Packers (6-6) 7

(LOS ANGELES) - The Los Angeles Rams banged their way to the division crown with a 31-17 triumph over the Green Bay Packers. The win, reversing a previous loss to the Packers in mid-October, gave Los Angeles an 8-3-1 record for the regular season and erased any hope their two-time conquerors, the Chicago Bears, had of getting into the championship playoff. Rookie halfback Ron Waller, a candidate for rookie of the year honors, sent the huge crowd into ecstacy on the third play from scrimmage with a long touchdown run. The Rams were never behind, and while the Packers proved tough and never quit trying, a fumble on the one-yard line, a pass interception at a strategic moment, and a 55-yard punt return for six points by Skeets Quintan, spelled the end for Green Bay, which finished 6-6.

GREEN BAY - 3 7 0 7 - 17

LOS ANGELES - 7 7 14 3 - 31

1st - LA - Ron Waller, 55-yard run (Les Richter kick) LOS ANGELES 7-0

1st - GB - Cone, 14-yard field goal LOS ANGELES 7-3

2nd - LA - Waller, 1-yard run (Richter kick) LOS ANGELES 14-3

2nd - GB - Knafelc, 9-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) LOS ANGELES 14-10

3rd - LA - Waller, 2-yard run (Richter kick) LOS ANGELES 21-10

3rd - LA - Skeets Quinlan, 55-yard punt return (Richter kick) LOS ANGELES 28-10

4th - LA - Richter, 18-yard field goal LOS ANGELES 31-10

4th - GB - Knafelc, 8-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) LOS ANGELES 31-17

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

Tom Bettis 58 LB 6- 2 225 Purdue 1 1 22 12 1955 Draft - 1st round

Billy Bookout 20 DB 5-11 180 Austin 1 1 23 12 1955 FA

Nate Borden 87 DE 6- 0 205 Indiana 1 1 23 12 1955 Draft - 25th round

Charlie Brackins 15 QB 6- 2 202 Prairie View A&M 1 1 23 7 1955 Draft - 16th round

Buddy Brown 62 G 6- 1 225 Arkansas 3 5 28 12 1953 FA - Wash (1952)

Hank Bullough 67 G 6- 0 220 Michigan State 1 1 19 12 1955 Draft - 5th round

Jim Capuzzi 23 DB 6- 0 190 Cincinnati 1 1 23 3 1955 FA

Al Carmichael 48 HB 6- 1 190 USC 3 3 26 12 1953 Draft - 1st round

Bob Clemens 33 FB 6- 2 200 Georgia 1 1 22 2 1955 Draft - 7th round

Fred Cone 31 FB 5-11 200 Clemson 5 5 29 12 1951 Draft - 3rd round

Tom Dahms 78 T 6- 5 240 San Diego 1 5 28 12 1955 Trade - LA

Dick Deschaine 80 P 6- 0 190 No College 1 1 23 12 1955 FA

Bobby Dillon 44 DB 6- 1 180 Texas 4 4 25 12 1952 Draft - 3rd round

Howie Ferguson 37 FB 6- 2 212 No College 3 3 25 12 1953 FA

Bill Forrester 69 DT 6- 3 235 SMU 3 3 23 12 1953 Draft - 3rd round

Dave Hanner 77 DT 6- 2 250 Arkansas 4 4 25 12 1952 Draft - 5th round

Paul Held 15 QB 6- 2 194 San Diego 1 2 26 5 1955 FA - Pitt (1954)

Jerry Helluin 72 DT 6- 2 280 Tulane 2 4 26 12 1954 Trade - Cleveland

Billy Howton 86 E 6- 2 190 Rice 4 4 25 12 1952 Draft - 2nd round

Jim Jennings 85 E 6- 3 205 Missouri 1 1 21 6 1955 Draft - 26th round

Joe Johnson 40 HB 6- 0 180 Boston College 2 2 25 12 1953 Draft - 11th round

Gary Knafelc 84 E 6- 4 215 Colorado 2 2 23 12 1954 FA - Chi Cardinals

Bill Lucky 71 DT 6- 3 250 Baylor 1 1 24 12 1955 Trade - Cleveland

John Martinkovic 83 DE 6- 3 245 Xavier 5 5 28 12 1951 Trade - Washington

Doyle Nix 41 DB 6- 1 188 SMU 1 1 22 12 1955 Draft - 18th round

Pat O'Donahue 81 DE 6- 2 215 Wisconsin 1 2 24 12 1955 FA - SF (1952)

Floyd (Breezy) Reid 24 HB 5-10 190 Georgia 6 6 28 12 1950 FA - Chicago Bears

Jim Ringo 51 C 6- 1 230 Syracuse 3 3 25 12 1953 Draft - 7th round

Al Romine 23 HB 6- 2 190 North Alabama 1 1 23 4 1955 FA - Chicago Bears

Tobin Rote 18 QB 6- 3 215 Rice 6 6 27 12 1950 Draft - 2nd round

Clarence Self 28 DB 5- 9 180 Wisconsin 3 6 29 2 1954 FA - GB (1952)

Joe Skibinski 63 G 5-11 228 Purdue 1 2 26 12 1955 Trade - Cleveland

Jack Spinks 61 G 6- 1 240 Alcorn State 1 3 25 6 1955 FA - Cards (1953)

Dave Stephenson 53 G 6- 2 230 West Virginia 5 6 29 2 1951 FA - LA (1950)

Veryl Switzer 27 HB 5-11 190 Kansas State 2 2 23 12 1954 Draft - 1st round

Len Szafaryn 68 G 6- 2 230 North Carolina 4 5 27 12 1950 Trade - Washington

Deral Teteak 66 LB 5-10 210 Wisconsin 4 4 25 12 1952 Draft - 9th round

George Timberlake 53 G 6- 1 220 USC 1 1 21 6 1954 Draft - 3rd round

Val Joe Walker 47 DB 6- 1 179 SMU 3 3 25 12 1953 Trade - New York

Roger Zatkoff 74 T 6- 2 215 Michigan 3 3 24 12 1953 Draft - 5th round

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 FA - Free Agent

GREEN BAY - 3 0 0 7 - 10

PHILADELPHIA - 3 7 7 7 - 24

GB – Cone, 40-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0

PHIL – Bobby Walston, 25-yard field goal TIED 3-3

PHIL – Dick Bielski, 1-yard run (Walston kick) PHILADELPHIA 10-3

PHIL – Pete Pihos, 3-yard pass from Adrian Burk (Walston kick) PHIL 17-3

PHIL – Bielski, 9-yard run (Walston kick) PHILADELPHIA 24-3

GB – Knafelc, 6-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) PHILADELPHIA 24-10

September 10: Washington Redskins 33, Green Bay Packers (1-4) 31

(WINSTON-SALEM, NC) - Little Eddie LeBaron sneaked six short inches on the last play of the game to give the Redskins a victory over the Packers Saturday night. The Packers, riding on the pitching arm of Kyle Rote and the running of Howie Ferguson rolled to a 21-12 lead by the end of the third period and midway through the fourth period it was 31-19. One highlight was Billy Bookout, a Green Bay defender, snatching Joe Elders' fumble and running 50 yards to score. The conversion gave the Packers a 24-12 third quarter lead. Then the Redskins came to life. With LeBaron throwing and Billy Cox catching, the Redskins moved to two touchdowns in the final minutes

GREEN BAY - 3 14 7 7 - 31

WASHINGTON - 3 6 3 21 - 33

WASH – Vic Janowicz, 37-yard field goal WASHINGTON 3-0

GB – Cone, 13-yard field goal TIED 3-3

GB – Howton, 40-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 10-3

WASH – Joe Elders, 10-yard pass from Eddie LeBaron (Kick failed) GB 10-9

GB – Ferguson, 70-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 17-9

WASH – Norm Hecker, 33-yard field goal GREEN BAY 17-12

GB – Bookout, 50-yard fumble return (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 24-12

WASH – Elders, 16-yard run (Norb Hecker kick) GREEN BAY 24-19

GB – Rote, 1-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 31-19

WASH – Bill Cox, 10-yard pass from LeBaron (Hecker kick) GREEN BAY 31-26

WASH – LeBaron, 1-yard run (Hecker kick) WASHINGTON 33-31

September 17: Green Bay Packers (2-4) 37, Chicago Cardinals (2-3) 28

(MILWAUKEE) – The murmer of trade winds rustled the air after the Packers stamped a defeat on the record of the Chicago Cardinals in the Shrine exhibition football game Saturday night. Coach Liz Blackbourn indicated that the Packers might make a deal for a defensive end or a defensive halfback, depending on the outcome of Sunday's exhibition slate. Tobin Rote fired two touchdown passes of 76 and 72 yards in the final quarter to provide the Packers with their margin of victory over the Cardinals. The Packers, who had lost four in a row after opening their exhibition season with a win over the Giants, roared from behind three times in vanquishing Ray Richard's Redbirds. The Cards led 7-0 in the first quarter, 14-13 at the half and 21-20 with 45 seconds gone in the final quarter.

CHI CARDS - 7 7 7 14 - 28

GREEN BAY - 0 13 7 17 - 37

CHI – Dick Lane, 37-yard interception return (Pat Summerall kick) CHICAGO 7-0

GB – Ferguson, 3-yard run (Cone kick) TIED 7-7

GB – Rote, 1-yard run (Kick blocked) GREEN BAY 13-7

CHI – Lamar McHan, 1-yard run (Summerall kick) CHICAGO 14-13

GB – Ferguson, 79-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 20-14

CHI – Johnny Olszewski, 13-yard pass from McHan (Summerall kick) CHI 21-20

GB – Knafelc, 76-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 27-21

GB – Howton, 72-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 34-21

CHI – McHan, 8-yard run (Summerall kick) GREEN BAY 34-28

GB – Cone, 27-yard field goal GREEN BAY 37-28

August 13: Green Bay Packers (1-0) 31, New York Giants 24

(SPOKANE, WA) - Tobin Rote passed 23 yards to Gary Knafelc for a touchdown in the final 45 seconds Saturday night and gave Green Bay a victory over the Giants. The Giants had tied at 24-24 on a Chuck Connerly pass to Ken McAfee less than a minute earlier. Then Al Carmichael took the kickoff a sensational 73 yards to set up the winning score. The veteran Connerly, who sat on the bench for the first three quarters, covered nine yards on his pass to McAfee, the play following a great Connerly-Bob Schnelker aerial good for 38. The Giant's Frank Gifford fumbled on the first play of the game to put Green Bay in scoring position. Rote passed 24 yards to Bill Howton for the touchdown.

NEW YORK - 0 14 3 7 - 24

GREEN BAY - 7 7 0 17 - 31

GB – Howton, 24-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

NY – Eddie Price, 2-yard run (Ben Agajanian kick) TIED 7-7

NY – Bobby Epps, 39-yard run (Agajanian kick) NEW YORK 14-7

GB – Howton, 25-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) TIED 14-14

NY – Agajanian, 27-yard field goal NEW YORK 17-14

GB – Cone, 17-yard field goal TIED 17-17

GB - Carmichael, 50-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 24-17

NY – Ken McAfee, 9-yard pass from Charlie Conerly (Agajanian kick) TIED 24-24

GB – Knafelc, 23-yard from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 31-24

August 20: Cleveland Browns (1-0) 13, Green Bay Packers (1-1) 7

(AKRON, OH) - After spotting the Packers a touchdown in the opening period, Cleveland score their only touchdown in the second quarter , and Lou Groza added a pair of field goals, one in the second and the other in the third, to close out the scoring. But Tobin Rote, passing and running, helped move Green Bay down to the Cleveland 13 for a first down with two minutes remaining. The Packers, however, were stopped on the third and fourth downs with only a yard to go for a first down on the three as the Browns' forward wall held.

GREEN BAY - 7 0 0 0 - 7

CLEVELAND - 0 10 3 0 - 13

GB – Rote, 1-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

CLE – Fred Morrison, 8-yard run (Lou Groza kick) TIED 7-7

CLE – Groza, 13-yard field goal CLEVELAND 10-7

CLE – Groza, 20-yard field goal CLEVELAND 13-7

August 27: Pittsburgh Steelers 16, Green Bay Packers (1-2) 14

(GREEN BAY) - Art Michalik kicked a 14-yard field goal with 65 seconds remaining

to give the Steelers a 16-14 victory over the Packers Saturday night. The Steelers brought the ball up from their own 30 and Michalik won the game with his field goal on fourth down. The Packers scored first in the opening quarter when Jim Finks' pass intended for end Elbie Nickel bounced off into the arms of Joe Val Walker who raced 69 yards to the Steelers’ 19-yard line. Line plunges by Howard Ferguson and Breezy Reid took it to the five where Al Carmichael ran around right end for the touchdown. Fred Cone converted.

PITTSBURGH - 0 7 6 3 - 16

GREEN BAY - 7 0 7 0 - 14

GB – Carmichael, 5-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

PIT – Ray Mathews, 38-yard pass from Jim Finks (Art Michalik kick) TIED 7-7

GB – Rote, 2-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 14-7

PIT – Mathews, 41-yard pass from Finks (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 14-13

PIT – Michalik, 14-yard field goal PITTSBURGH 16-14

September 3: Philadelphia Eagles (4-0) 24, Green Bay Packers (1-3) 10

(CHARLESTON, WV) - The passing combination of Adrian Burk to Pete Pihos and the powerful driving of FB Dick Bielski gave the Eagles the punch Saturday night to defeat the Packers for their fourth straight exhibition victory. A near sell-out crowd of 14,000 saw the Packers grab a brief 3-0 lead on Fred Cone's 40-yard field goal early in the first quarter with the Eagles coming back to tie it up.