Steve Wright 72 T 6- 6 250 Alabama 2 2 23 14 1964 Draft - 5th round
NO - Jersey Number POS - Position HGT - Height WGT - Weight YR - Years with Packers PR - Years of Professional Football AGE - Age on September 1 G - Games Played FA - Free Agent
Green Bay Packers (10-3-1) 13, Baltimore Colts (10-3-1) 10 (OT)
(Green Bay) - Don Chandler's second field goal provided the winning margin for the Packers at 13:39 of sudden death overtime as Green Bay defeated Baltimore 13-10 in front of 50,484 partisans. His 25-yard kick ended the only overtime playoff game in Packers history, a contest necessitated when the two teams ended the regular season with matching 10-3-1 records. Chandler's first field goal, a 22-yarder with 1:58 remaining in regulation to tie the game, remains controversial to this day, Baltimore loyalists claiming it was wide right. The kick sailed high above the uprights, making it difficult for game officials to determine its accuracy. Uprights were lengthened for the next season in an effort to avoid a recurrence of this situation. The Colts, who were playing without starting quarterback Johnny Unitas (knee) and his backup, Gary Cuozzo (dislocated shoulder), used halfback Tom Matte as a fill-in. He completed only five passes, but did gain 57 yards rushing. Baltimore took a 10-0 halftime lead, scoring first 21 seconds into the game when linebacker Don Shinnick scooped up a Bill
September 19: Green Bay Packers (1-0) 41, Pittsburgh Steelers (0-1) 9
(PITTSBURGH) - Playing in sweltering heat, the Packers opened a season on the road for the first time since 1948. Bart Starr's passing and alert ball hawking by the defense earned the Green Bay Packers a 41-9 triumph over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Starr, the league's top passer in 1964, threw two touchdown passes. The defense intercepted three passes and recovered one fumble, turning all Steeler miscues into scores. The Steelers, losers of five straight exhibition games and making their bow under new Coach Mike Nixon, held a 9-7 margin at halftime on three field goals by Mike Clark, but fell apart in the second half. Starr caught fire in the second half, hitting Marv Fleming with a 1-yard touchdown toss and Paul Hornung with a 10-yarder. Herb Adderley grabbed two pass interceptions and returned one 29 yards for the Packers first touchdown in the second quarter. Ray Nitschke grabbed the other to set up a 4th quarter score by Elijah Pitts. He scored the final touchdown after a fumble recovery.
GREEN BAY - 0 7 13 21 - 41
PITTSBURGH - 0 9 0 0 - 9
2nd - PITT - Mike Clark, 21-yard field goal PITTSBURGH 3-0
2nd - PITT - Clark, 34-yard field goal PITTSBURGH 6-0
2nd - GB - Adderley, 34-yard interception (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-6
2nd - PITT - Clark, 32-yard field goal PITTSBURGH 9-7
3rd - GB - Fleming, 31-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 14-9
3rd - GB - Chandler, 9-yard field goal GREEN BAY 17-9
3rd - GB - Chandler, 19-yard field goal GREEN BAY 20-9
4th - GB - Hornung, 10-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 27-9
4th - GB - Pitts, 2-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 34-9
4th - GB - Pitts, 2-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 41-9
September 26: Green Bay Packers (2-0) 20, Baltimore Colts (1-1) 17
(MILWAUKEE) - The Baltimore Colts fumbled away their chance for a quick getaway in the National Football League's Western Division title chase and they had no one to blame but the Green Bay Packers' jarring defense. The defending division titlists, 20-17 losers to the Packers, surrendered the ball four times on fumbles. The miscues set up a Green Bay field goal and a touchdown while shortcircuiting two likely Baltimore scoring drives. The other Packer touchdown came when Herb Adderley gobbled up a Johnny Unitas pass and rambled 44 yards to the end zone. The Packers lost the ball three times on fumbles themselves, but only one bobble proved costly. A fourth period fumble by Tom Moore gave the Colts the ball on the Packers' 24-yard line and Baltimore eventually scored on a five-yard toss from Unitas to Ray Berry. The Packers played without Jim Taylor, who is out of action with an ankle injury. Paul Hornung and Bart Starr were decommissioned by Colts' defenders. Hornung reinjured a nerve in his neck and Starr hurt his leg. Zeke Bratkowski took over at quarterback after Starr's injury in the third period. The 33-year old former Georgia star fired a 37-yard strike to veteran end Max McGee for the decisive touchdown with 2:48 left to play. McGee was filling for Boyd Dowler, who sprained his ankle. But the Colts weren't finished fighting or fumbling. Unitas passed to John Mackey for 19 yards, to Tony Lorick for seven, to Berry for 13 and to Tom Matte for 15. The last throw ended in disaster when Matte fumbled and Adderley recovered on Green Bay's 24. The Packers ran out the clock. The Colts has the edge statistically, 309 to the Packers' 184.
October 3: Green Bay Packers (3-0) 23, Chicago Bears (0-3) 14
(GREEN BAY) - In the first game in Green Bay to draw more than 50,000 fans, the winless Chicago Bears may have found what the Green Bay Packers have been looking for since the start of their season - a running game that goes. The Packers, 23-14 victors over the Bears followed their opportunistic defense to victory for the third straight week. But their ground game, which netted only 78 yards, was plainly in need for nourishment. So was the Bears before rookie Gale Sayers and second-year man Andy Livingston, teamed to give Chicago a second-half boost. The efforts of Sayers and Livingston came too late for the Bears to overcome a 20-0 halftime deficit, but they did take some of the sting out of the defeat. Sayers scored twice, one on a 65-yard pass play, while picking up 80 yards in 17 carries. Livingston, who signed as a free agent after attending Phoenix Junior College, gained 70 yards in 10 carries. The success of the two young runners opened up the airwaves for Rudy Bukich, who took over at quarterback in George Halas' revamped second-half backfield. Bukich proceeded to complete 13 of 20 passes for 195 yards as the Bears, outgained 186 to 104 in the first half, rolled up 309 yards in the second half to take total offense honors, 413 to 299. Only a Green Bay defense that was stingy inside its own 10 and a rules infraction that nullified a Bukich to Johnny Morris touchdown pass kept the Bears from an upset. Bart Starr picked up a bit of the slack with his passing as he completed 11 of 20 throws for 263 yards.
CHICAGO - 0 0 7 7 - 14
GREEN BAY - 14 6 3 0 - 23
1st - GB - Hornung, 1-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
1st - GB - Caffey, 42-yard interception return (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 14-0
2nd - GB - Long, 48-yard pass from Starr (Kick blocked) GREEN BAY 20-0
3rd - GB - Chandler, 16-yard field goal GREEN BAY 23-0
3rd - CHI - Gale Sayers, 6-yard run (Roger LeClerc kick) GREEN BAY 23-7
4th - CHI - Sayers, 65-yard pass from Rudy Bukich (LeClerc kick) GB 23-14
October 10: Green Bay Packers (4-0) 27, San Francisco 49ers (2-2) 10
(GREEN BAY) - Don Chandler booted two field goals, set up one touchdown and got off a 90-yard punt —the longest in modern history - as the Green Bay Packers smothered the San Francisco 49ers 27-10. The 31-year-old kicking specialist stole honors from the Packers' defense which put the damper on what had been the league's most potent offense over the first three weeks of the season. Chandler, a 10-year veteran acquired from the New York Giants, booted field goals from 18 and 24 yards and paved the way for the Packers' first touchdown with a 27-yard dash from punt formation on a fourth and nine situation in the first period. Chandler, who drove his kickoffs consistently through the end zone during the game, capped his great day with his long punt which soared from end zone to end zone in the final period, breaking the back of the 49ers'. Bart Starr was intercepted for the first time in 294 attempts.
SAN FRANCISCO - 0 7 3 0 - 10
GREEN BAY - 7 6 7 7 - 27
1st - GB - Long, 23-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
2nd - SF - Monty Stickles, 1-yd pass fr John Brodie (Tommy Davis kick) TIED 7-7
2nd - GB - Chandler, 18-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-7
2nd - GB - Chandler, 24-yard field goal GREEN BAY 13-7
3rd - GB - Fleming, 9-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 20-7
3rd - SF - Davis, 39-yard field goal GREEN BAY 20-10
4th - GB - Hornung, 2-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 27-10
October 17: Green Bay Packers (5-0) 31, Detroit Lions (3-2) 21
(DETROIT) - Bart Starr threw three third quarter touchdowns, two of them for more than 60 yards, to lead the unbeaten Green Bay Packers to a 31-21 victory over the Detroit Lions. Starr, taking charge after the Lions had taken a 21-3 halftime edge, threw a 62-yard pass to Bob Long, a 31-yarder to Tom Moore and a 77-yarder to Carroll Dale. The Packers, aided by two 15-yard personal foul penalties against the Lions, went 75 yards for a clinching touchdown late in the game with Starr going the final four yards. Green Bay's only points in the first half came on a 49-yard field goal by Don Chandler early in the first quarter. The Lions bounced back to score two touchdowns in the quarter, one on a 14-yard pass from Milt Plum to Ron Kramer and another on Wayne Rasmussen's 36-yard pass interception return. Plum and Terry Barr combined on a 55-yard pass play early in the second quarter for what proved to be the Lions last scoring effort of the game.
GREEN BAY - 3 0 21 7 - 31
DETROIT - 14 7 0 0 - 21
1st - GB - Chandler, 49-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
1st - DET - Ron Kramer, 15-yard pass from Milt Plum (Wayne Walker kick) DET 7-3
1st - DET - Wayne Rasmussen, 36-yard interception return (Walker kick) DET 14-3
2nd - DET - Terry Barr, 55-yard pass from Plum (Walker kick) DETROIT 21-3
3rd - GB - Long, 62-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) DETROIT 21-10
3rd - GB - Moore, 31-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) DETROIT 21-17
3rd - GB - Dale, 77-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 24-21
4th - GB - Starr, 4-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 31-21
October 24: Green Bay Packers (6-0) 13, Dallas Cowboys (2-4) 3
(MILWAUKEE) - The unbeaten Green Bay Packers, held to less than 100 yards in total offense against a crack Dallas defense, turned two third period fumbles deep in Cowboy territory into 10 points and scored a 13-3 win. With the score tied 3-3 late in the third period Fuzzy Thurston led a charge at Mel Renfro after he fielded a Don Chandler punt. Renfro, who apparently first collided with his own blockers, fumbled and Junior Coffey recovered for the Packers on the Dallas 22. Chandler then booted his second field goal from 22 yards out to give the Packers the lead. Less than three minutes later, Ron Kostelnik and Henry Jordan jarred Don Perkins, causing another fumble that Willie Davis recovered on the Dallas seven. Jim Taylor followed the blocking of Jerry Kramer on a power sweep on the next play for the only touchdown of the game. The Cowboys, completely frustrating the passing of Bart Starr with a relentless rush and a tight secondary, had held the Packers to a minus-seven yards for the second half until Green Bay mounted its only sustained drive as it ran out the clock. Green Bay won despite ringing up only 63 yards on 52 plays (1.2 yards per play), the worst offensive performance in a Packer win ever. The defense sacked Craig Morton nine times, while converting five Dallas turnovers into 13 points. The two teams combined for minus-11 yards passing.
DALLAS - 0 0 3 0 - 3
GREEN BAY - 0 3 10 0 - 13
2nd - GB - Chandler, 44-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
3rd - DAL - Danny Villanueva, 20-yard field goal TIED 3-3
3rd - GB - Chandler, 22-yard field goal GREEN BAY 6-3
3rd - GB - Taylor, 7-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 13-3
October 31: Chicago Bears (4-3) 31, Green Bay Packers (6-1) 10
(CHICAGO) - The perfect record of the Green Bay Packers was smashed, 31-10, by the inspired Chicago Bears, whose brilliant Gale Sayers streaked 62 yards with a punt return for the game's decisive play. The Packer downfall after six straight victories also stemmed from three Bear thefts of passes by Bart Starr, who had only two intercepted previously. Two interceptions led to the second and third Bear touchdowns which put the Packers behind 17-7 in the second quarter. Sayers, one of four different Chicago players scoring touchdowns, sewed up the fourth straight Bear victory after three defeats with his 62-yard punt return early in the third period.. The rookie from Kansas raced to the Packer 15 after some tremendous running, and three plays later
Jon Arnett slammed across from the two-yard line. That put the Bears ahead 24-10 and left the Packers easy
prey for a fourth quarter touchdown on Ron Bull's five-yard end run which capped a 62-yard Chicago drive in 10 plays. Green Bay's only touchdown against the fierce Bear defense came in the first quarter for a 7-0 Packer lead. Jim Taylor capped a 70-yard Packer march, including Starr's 33-yard run to the Bear 14, with a one-yard scoring smash. During this four-week stretch (October 24-November 14), Green Bay would be sacked 25 times, fail to throw a touchdown pass, and fail to complete a pass longer than 25 yards, yet win two of the four contests.
GREEN BAY - 7 3 0 0 - 10
CHICAGO - 0 17 7 7 - 31
1st - GB - Taylor, 1-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
2nd - CHI - Roger LeClerc, 24-yard field goal GREEN BAY 7-3
2nd - CHI - Jim Jones, 13-yard pass from Rudy Bukich (LeClerc kick) CHI 10-7
2nd - CHI - Gale Sayers, 10-yard run (LeClerc kick) CHICAGO 17-7
2nd - GB - Chandler, 43-yard field goal CHICAGO 17-10
3rd - CHI - Jon Arnett, 2-yard run (LeClerc kick) CHICAGO 24-10
4th - CHI - Ronnie Bull, 4-yard run (LeClerc kick) CHICAGO 31-10
November 7: Detroit Lions (5-3) 12, Green Bay Packers (6-2) 7
(GREEN BAY) - Perfect in their first six outings and averaging almost 30 points a game in their first five, the Packers offense suddenly and without apparent reason, fell apart three weeks ago and Coch Vince Lombardi and his staff haven't been able to restore it. Green Bay has scored only three touchdowns in its last three games. Twice the Packers have been held to minus passing yardage and twice they have been unable to penetrate 100 yards total offense. The Packers fearsome rushers, Jim Taylor and Paul Hornung, have barely managed to total enough yards in eight games to represent one good day's work by Cleveland's Jim Brown. Detroit knocked Green Bay out of first place in the Western Conference, 12-7, and limited the Packers to minus-2 yards passing and 70 yards rushing. Lombardi benched Hornung in favor of Elijah Pitts, who played most of the game at halfback. Pitts gained 15 yards in five carries and Hornung gained only seven yards in four tries. Green Bay was sacked a record eleven times.
DETROIT - 0 7 0 5 - 12
GREEN BAY - 0 7 0 0 - 7
2nd - GB - Taylor, 1-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
2nd - DET - Joe Don Looney, 1-yard run (Wayne Walker kick) TIED 7-7
4th - DET - Walker, 13-yard field goal DETROIT 10-7
4th - DET - Safety, Roger Brown tackled Starr in the end zone DETROIT 12-7
November 14: Green Bay Packers (7-2) 6, Los Angeles Rams (1-8) 3
(MILWAUKEE) - Green Bay was still alive in the National Football League title chase thanks to a fumble-forcing defense that's made the Packers most dangerous when the other team has the ball. The second-place Packers were their futile selves on offense again as they beat the Los Angeles Rams 6-3 to remain one game behind the Baltimore Colts in the Western Conference race. But the defense made the Rams' attack just as impotent, forcing three fumbles and an interception while seldom giving the Rams good field position. The final fumble was the only one the Packers capitalized on. Ron Kostelnik forced the break by smacking Ram quarterback Bill Munson as he faded to pass from his own 35 with less than three minutes to play. Lionel Aldridge, a bear on defense all day, captured the ball at the 20. Jim Taylor, who netted 68 yards to take game rushing honors, teamed with Paul Hornung, a late entry in the game, to bring the ball to the shadow of the goal line in five plays. With a fourth down, and less than six inches for a touchdown, Don Chandler came on to boot a seven yard field goal with 37 seconds left. The score was the first for Green Bay since the opening period when Chandler was true with a 22-yard effort to tie the score. In between, the former New York Giant had missed on tries of 46 and 45 yards. The only Ram score came in the first few minutes when Bruce Gossett hit on a 35-yard field goal. A Tom Moore fumble on the third play from scrimmage set up the kick. Chuck Lamson recovered for the Rams on the Packers' 23.
LOS ANGELES - 3 0 0 0 - 3
GREEN BAY - 3 0 0 3 - 6
1st - LA - Bruce Gossett, 35-yard field goal LOS ANGELES 3-0
1st - GB - Chandler, 22-yard field goal TIED 3-3
4th - GB - Chandler, 7-yard field goal GREEN BAY 6-3
November 21: Green Bay Packers (8-2) 38, Minnesota Vikings (5-5) 13
(MINNESOTA) - The Packers continued to suffer from offensive sluggishness, but their defense destroyed the Vikings in a last-period uprising. A 47-yard touchdown pass in the opening seconds of the final quarter, Bart Starr to Boyd Dowler, gave Green Bay a 17-14 edge. Then Ray Nitschke's recovery of Bill Brown's fumble set up a Packer touchdown, Doug Hart scored another on a 20-yard run with another Brown fumble, Herb Adderley intercepted a pass, and Lionel Aldridge fell on a Viking fumble that led to the game's final score.
GREEN BAY - 7 3 0 28 - 38
MINNESOTA - 3 3 7 0 - 13
1st - MINN - Fred Cox, 34-yard field goal MINNESOTA 3-0
1st - GB - Dale, 15-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-3
2nd - GB - Chandler, 36-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-3
2nd - MINN - Cox, 27-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-6
3rd - MINN - Paul Flatley, 27-yd pass from Fran Tarkenton (Cox kick) MINN 13-10
4th - GB - Dowler, 47-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 17-13
4th - GB - Pitts, 2-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 24-13
4th - GB - Hart, 20-yard fumble recovery (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 31-13
4th - GB - Long, 11-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 38-13
November 28: Los Angeles Rams (2-9) 21, Green Bay Packers (8-3) 10
(LOS ANGELES) - Roman Gabriel, Los Angeles' forgotten quarterback, led the Rams out of an eight-game losng streak and jolted the Green Bay Packers title hopeswith a 21-10 win. The big fellow, reappearing as a starter to replace the injured Bill Munson, guided the Rams to their first victory since September 15 against the Chicago Bears. The defeat left the Packers with an 8-3 record and a game-and-ahalf behind the Baltimore Colts. Bruce Gossett contributed immensely to the Los Angeles cause with four field goals that ranged 26, 49, 43 and 41 yards. The Packers got off to a 3-point lead on Don Chandler's 14-yard field goal after recovering a Ram fumble on the Ram 17. Los Angeles' tremendous defensive unit then held Green Bay scoreless until late in the fourth period when Zeke Bratkowski, who replaced Bart Starr in the final quarter, connected on an 80-yard touchdown pass to Elijah Pitts. It was the first touchdown Green Bay had scored on the Rams in more than seven quarters. Green Bay did not make a first down rushing until nine minutes into the second half. The Rams added a slight insult to the Packer offense when David Jones and Merlin Olsen smashed through to toss Bratkowski for a safety in the last quarter. Gossett followed with his final field goal from 41 yards out. Gabriel completed 15 of 28 passes, with one interception for 255 yards. Starr was 13 out of 23 for 102 and Bratkowskl six of 12 for 148 and one touchdown. The Packers gained just 22 yards rushing, 21 by Jim Taylor.
GREEN BAY - 3 0 0 7 - 10
LOS ANGELES - 7 6 0 8 - 21
1st - GB - Chandler, 14-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
1st - LA - Ben Wilson, 1-yard run (Bruce Gossett kick) LOS ANGELES 7-3
2nd - LA - Gossett, 26-yard field goal LOS ANGELES 10-3
2nd - LA - Gossett, 49-yard field goal LOS ANGELES 13-3
4th - LA - Gossett, 43-yard field goal LOS ANGELES 16-3
4th - LA - Safety, Deacon Jones sacked Bratkowski in the end zone LA 18-3
4ht - GB - Pitts, 80-yard pass from Bratkowski (Chandler kick) LA 18-10
4th - LA - Gossett, 41-yard field goal LOS ANGELES 21-10
December 5: Green Bay Packers (9-3) 24, Minnesota Vikings (5-7) 19
(GREEN BAY) - Veteran Bill Anderson made a brilliant catch of a Zeke Bratkowski pass and danced down the sidelines for the decisive touchdown Sunday as the Green Bay Packers kept their title hope alive with a 24-19 victory over the slumping Minnesota Vikings. Anderson was traded to the Packers by the Washington Redskins for a future draft pick before the season started. A former Tennessee star, he had retired from football last year, but decided to make a comeback attempt. The Packers' victory kept them on the heels of the Baltimore Colts in the Western Conference race. The Colts, who lost to Chicago, had the Packers by one-half game. Anderson, hit as he grabbed the pass on about the Minnesota 20, fought free from a defender. Then treading near the sidelines he broke for the end zone. The play covered 27 yards and pulled the Packers back from a 19-14 deficit created by Fred Cox's fourth field goal of the game.Don Chandler added a 25-yard field goal to give the Packers some breathing room. The field goal, which was partially blocked and actually brushed the crossbar, was crucial. The Vikings drove back to within field goal range with time running out but had to go for the touchdown.
MINNESOTA - 7 9 3 0 - 19
GREEN BAY - 7 7 7 3 - 24
1st - GB - Dowler, 27-pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
1st - MINN - Tommy Mason, 1-yard run (Fred Cox kick) TIED 7-7
2nd - MINN - Cox, 25-yard field goal MINNESOTA 10-7
2nd - MINN - Cox, 36-yard field goal MINNESOTA 13-7
2nd - MINN - Cox, 53-yard field goal MINNESOTA 16-7
4th - GB - Chandler, 25-yard field goal GREEN BAY 24-19
December 12: Green Bay Packers (10-3) 42, Baltimore Colts (9-3-1) 27
(BALTIMORE) - Paul Hornung ran for three touchdowns and scored two others on passes from Bart Starr to give Green Bay a 42-27 victory over tha Baltimore Colts and boost the Packers into first place in the West. The triumph gave the Packers a half-game lead over second place Baltimore. Each team has one game to play. Hornung set a club record for touchdowns in the pea-soup fog, scoring on dashes of two, nine and three yards and on 50 and 65-yard pass plays from Starr. Starr also threw a 10-yard touchdown past to Boyd Dowler. Hornung had scored only three touchdowns in 12 previous games this season, the worst of his eight-year pro career. Gary Cuozzo, subbing for injured quarterback Johnny Unitas, guided Baltimore to two last-period touchdown as the Colts valiantly tried to pull out a victory. Hornung ended any Baltimore hope when he took a 65-yard pass from Starr late in the final period. Cuozzo hit Ray Berry with a five-yard touchdown pass and fullback Jerry Hill rammed over from the one in the game's dying minutes. Lenny Moore ran three yards for Baltimore's other touchdown and Lou Michaels added two field goals to complete the Colts' scoring.
2nd - GB - Dowler, 10-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 21-17
3rd - GB - Hornung, 9-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 28-17
3rd - GB - Hornung, 3-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 35-17
4th - BALT - Jerry Hill, 1-yard run (Michaels kick) GREEN BAY 35-20
4th - BALT - Raymond Berry, 5-yd pass fr Gary Cuozzo (Michaels kick) GB 35-27
4th - GB - Hornung, 65-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 42-27
December 19: Green Bay Packers (10-3-1) 24, San Francisco 49ers (7-6-1) 24 (T)
(SAN FRANCISCO) - Green Bay ended in a tie with the 49ers, and a tie with Baltimore for the Western Conference title. Green Bay had a seven-point lead — and the division title apparently sewn up — with less than two minutes to go. But the 49ers surged back. John Brodie's third scoring pass of the day, a 27-yarder to Vern Burke, with 1:07 to play, and Tommy Davis' conversion kick tied it at San Francisco. Each team led twice, with the Packers taking a 21-17 advantage in the final period on Jim Taylor's five-yard run and going ahead 24-17 when Don Chandler kicked a 31-yard field goal with 1:48 left. But in 41 seconds the 49ers got even on Kermit Alexander's kickoff return to the 29, a 15-yard penalty, four Brodie passes, and Davis' kick. The 49ers' quarterback star, in his ninth NFL season, clicked on 26 of 34 passes for an amazing 76.5 percent and 295 yards, and wound up with 30 TDs.
GREEN BAY - 0 7 7 10 - 24
SAN FRANCISCO - 0 3 7 14 - 24
2nd - SF - Tommy Davis, 21-yard field goal SAN FRANCISCO 3-0
2nd - GB - Dowler, 43-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-3
3rd - GB - Adderley, 13-yard interception return (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 14-3
3rd - SF - John David Crow, 32-yard pass from John Brodie (Davis kick) GB 14-10
4th - SF - Dave Parks, 12-yard pass from Brodie (Davis kick) SAN FRAN 17-14
4th - GB - Taylor, 5-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 21-17
4th - GB - Chandler, 31-yard field goal GREEN BAY 24-17
4th - SF - Vern Burke, 27-yard pass from Brodie (Davis kick) TIED 24-24
Green Bay Packers (11-3-1) 23, Cleveland Browns (11-3) 12
(Green Bay) - With the field softened by four-inch snow, the conditions made the Packer backs only run harder as Lambeau Field crowd of 50,777 celebrated team's third title in five years. Jim Taylor (27-96) and Paul Hornung (18-105) amassed 201 yards rushing in rally that overcame Browns' early 9-7 lead. Packers defenders, meanwhile, collared Jim Brown, the NFL's leading rusher during the regular season with 1,544 yards, and held him to but 50 yards. The game was a see-saw battle throughout and saw kickers Don Chandler and Lou Groza boot a total of five field goals. Bart Starr finally settled the issue in the third quarter, escorting the Packers on a 90-yard, 11-play scoring drive climaxed by Hornung's 13-yard sweep of Browns' right perimeter.
CLEVELAND - 9 3 0 0 - 12
GREEN BAY - 7 6 7 3 - 23
1965 IN REVIEW: Despite the offense being no better than 12th in the NFL, Green Bay won its first title in three years, thanks to its third-ranked defense. Jim Taylor failed to crack the 1,000-yard mark in rushing for the first time since 1959, and Green Bay's 3.4 yards per rush average was the worst since 1946. In nine games, Green Bay was outrushed by its opponent, but managed to win five of those contests. The Packer defense recorded 44 sacks (3rd best in the NFL) and an NFL-best 27 interceptions. Don Chandler replaced Paul Hornung as kicker. Chandler connected on 17 of 26 attempts, while Hornung had missed an NFL-record 26 field goals the previous year. One sad note came in June, when Packer founder Curly Lambeau died of a heart attack, leading to the renaming of City Stadium before the first pre-season game. Lombardi also signed a contract extension through 1974 in November.
1965 PRE-SEASON RESULTS (3-2) - AUGUST
14 G-NEW YORK GIANTS W 44- 7 1-0-0 50,837
21 M-CHICAGO BEARS W 31-14 2-0-0 47,066
28 at Dallas Cowboys L 12-21 2-1-0 67,954
SEPTEMBER
4 at Cleveland Browns W 30-14 3-1-0 83,118
11 G-ST. LOUIS CARDINALS W 31-13 4-1-0 50,858
1965 REGULAR SEASON RESULTS (10-3-1) - SEPTEMBER (2-0)
19 at Pittsburgh Steelers (0-0) W 41- 9 1-0-0 38,383 Starr
26 M-BALTIMORE COLTS (1-0) W 20-17 2-0-0 48,130 Starr
OCTOBER (4-1)
3 G-CHICAGO BEARS (0-2) W 23-14 3-0-0 50,852 Starr
10 G-SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (2-1) W 27-10 4-0-0 50,852 Starr
17 at Detroit Lions (3-1) W 31-21 5-0-0 56,712 Starr
24 M-DALLAS COWBOYS (2-3) W 13- 3 6-0-0 48,311 Starr
31 at Chicago Bears (3-3) L 10-31 6-1-0 45,664 Starr
NOVEMBER (2-2)
7 G-DETROIT LIONS (4-3) L 7-12 6-2-0 50,852 Starr
14 M-LOS ANGELES RAMS (1-7) W 6- 3 7-2-0 48,485 Starr
21 at Minnesota Vikings (5-4) W 38-13 8-2-0 47,426 Starr
28 at Los Angeles Rams (1-9) L 10-21 8-3-0 39,733 Starr
DECEMBER (2-0-1)
5 G-MINNESOTA VIKINGS (5-6) W 24-19 9-3-0 50,852 Bart Starr
12 at Baltimore Colts (9-2-1) W 42-27 10-3-0 60,238 Bart Starr
19 at San Francisco 49ers (7-6) T 24-24 10-3-1 45,710 Bart Starr
1965 POST-SEASON RESULTS (2-0)
1965 WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFF - DECEMBER (1-0)
26 G-BALTIMORE COLTS (10-3-1) W 13-10 50,484 Starr
1965 NFL CHAMPIONSHIP - JANUARY (1-0)
2 G-CLEVELAND BROWNS (11-3) W 23-12 50,777 Starr
August 14: Green Bay Packers (1-0) 44, New York Giants 7
(GREEN BAY) - The Green Bay Packers, led by Bart Starr's passing and a bruising defense, hammered the New York Giants 44-7 Saturday night in the exhibition opener for both teams before a crowd of 50,837. Starr completed 10 of 12 passes for 153 yards and two touchdowns, including a 51-yard strike to Carroll Dale and a eight-yard bullet to Bob Long to account for the first two Packer scores. Tom Brown, a second-year man from Maryland, got off the longest run of the night, an electrifying 92-yard punt return for the Packers' sixth touchdown.
NEW YORK - 0 0 0 7 - 7
GREEN BAY - 7 13 10 14 - 44
1st - GB - Dale, 51-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
2nd - GB - Long, 8-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 14-0
2nd - GB - Ron Heller, 1-yard run (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 20-0
3rd - GB - Hornung, 2-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 27-0
3rd - GB - Chandler, 36-yard field goal GREEN BAY 30-0
4th - GB - Coffey, 1-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 37-0
4th - GB - Brown, 92-yard punt return (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 44-0
4th - NY - Tucker Frederickson, 3-yard run (Gary Timberlake kick) GB 44-7
August 21: Green Bay Packers (2-0) 31, Chicago Bears 14
(MILWAUKEE) - The Packers scored three touchdowns in the second quarter Saturday and went on to bury the Bears 31-14 for their second exhibition victory. A sell-out crowd of 47,006, a record for the Midwest Shrine game, watched the two teams match bruising defenses through the first period before the Packers marched 43 yards for their first touchdown. Quarterback Bart Starr, Paul Hornung and Jim Taylor led the Packer offensive drive. Green Bay scored twice more before the half ended, on short runs by Tom Moore and Elijah Pitts. Green Bay added a 41-yard field goal by Don Chandler in the fourth period and scored again on an 80-yard pass from Zeke Bratkowski to Bob Long. The Bears got two consolation touchdowns in the closing minutes of play with second-year quarterback Larry Rakestraw guiding both drives. The Packers so dominated things in the first half that the Bears were able to get only two first downs and 34 yards passing and rushing. Green Bay, in that same time, picked up 191 yards in 15 first downs. Starr, who completed 12 of 21 passes, was named the game's most valuable player on offense. Willie Wood ,who intercepted one Bears pass and returned a punt 24 yards to set up the Packers' first touchdown, was named the game's outstanding defensive player.
CHICAGO - 0 0 0 14 - 14
GREEN BAY - 0 21 0 10 - 31
2nd - GB - Taylor, 1-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
2nd - GB - Moore, 1-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 14-0
2nd - GB - Pitts, 2-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 21-0
4th - GB - Chandler, 41-yard field goal GREEN BAY 24-0
4th - CH - Dick Gordon, 9-yd pass fr Larry Rakestraw (Mike Eischeid kick) GB 24-7
4th - GB - Long, 80-yard pass from Bratkowski (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 31-7
4th - CHI - Ronnie Bull, 3-yard run (Eischeid kick) GREEN BAY 31-14
August 28: Dallas Cowboys 21, Green Bay Packers (2-1) 12
(DALLAS) - The Dallas Cowboys spotted the Packers three field goals and then roared back for a 21-12 exhibition victory Saturday night before almost 68,000 in the Cotton Bowl. Cowboy quarterback Don Meredith engineered three second half touchdowns as Dallas scored its first victory in history over Green Bay in regular season or exhibition play.
GREEN BAY - 3 6 0 3 - 12
DALLAS - 0 0 14 7 - 21
1st - GB - Hornung, 18-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
2nd - GB - Chandler, 22-yard field goal GREEN BAY 6-0
2nd - GB - Chandler, 48-yard field goal GREEN BAY 9-0
3rd - DA - Buddy Dial, 46-yd pass fr Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) GB 9-7
3rd - DAL - Don Perkins, 4-yard run (Villanueva kick) DALLAS 14-9
4th - GB - Chandler, 12-yard field goal DALLAS 14-12
4th - DAL - Amos Marsh, 1-yard run (Villanueva kick) DALLAS 21-12
September 4: Green Bay Packers (3-1) 30, Cleveland Browns 14
(CLEVELAND) - The Packers stopped the champion Cleveland Browns 30-14 Saturday night in the second game of an exhibition doubleheader. Bart Starr threw a short touchdown pass and Elijah Pitts and Paul Hornung cracked for short yardage scores. The Detroit Lions came from behind with two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to edge the New York Giants 25-21 in the first game before a standing room crowd of 83,118, largest to watch a National Football League pre-season game this year. The Packers snapped the Browns' eight-game exhibition victory string set over two years with Starr's precision passing and a blitzing defense against Cleveland quarterback Frank Ryan.
GREEN BAY - 7 7 10 6 - 30
CLEVELAND - 0 7 0 7 - 14
1st - GB - Hornung, 5-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
2nd - CLE - Gary Collins, 10-yard pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) TIED 7-7
2nd - GB - Pitts, 1-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 14-7
3rd - GB - Chandler, 19-yard field goal GREEN BAY 17-7
3rd - GB - Dowler, 10-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 24-7
4th - CLE - Jim Brown, 7-yard run (Groza kick) GREEN BAY 24-14
4th - GB - Chandler, 32-yard field goal GREEN BAY 27-14
4th - GB - Chandler, 14-yard field goal GREEN BAY 30-14
September 11: Green Bay Packers (4-1) 31, St. Louis Cardinals (1-3-1) 13
(GREEN BAY) - Bart Starr and Paul Homung provided the offensive thrust as the Green Bay Packers won their fourth exhibition in five outings, downing the St. Louis Cardinals 31-13 before a record home crowd of 50,858 Saturday night. Starr passed for three touchdowns, one of them to Hornung, who also threw a touchdown strike. Don Chandler added a 15-yard field goal for the Packers. Meanwhile, the Packer defense held the Cardinals without a touchdown until the final period when Charley Johnson hit Sonny Randle on a 19-yard scoring pass. Jim Bakken contributed the other Cardinal scores with two 15-yard field goals.
ST. LOUIS - 3 3 0 7 - 13
GREEN BAY - 10 7 7 7 - 31
1st - STL - Jim Bakken, 15-yard field goal ST. LOUIS 3-0
1st - GB - Chandler, 15-yard field goal TIED 3-3
1st - GB - Fleming, 30-yard pass from Hornung (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 10-3
2nd - GB - Dowler, 8-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 17-3
2nd - STL - Bakken, 15-yard field goal GREEN BAY 17-6
3rd - GB - Hornung, 5-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 24-6
4th - STL - Sonny Randle, 19-yard from Charley Johnson (Bakken kick) GB 24-13
4th - GB - McGee, 17-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 31-6
1965 PACKERS DRAFT (November 28, 1964)
RND-PICKNAMEPOSCOLLEGE
1a - 7 *-Donny Anderson (A) HB Texas Tech
1b - 10 Larry Elkins WR Baylor
2 - 24 Alphonse Dotson T Grambling
3 - 38 Allen Brown E Mississippi
4 - 52 Wally Mahle HB Syracuse
5a - 59 *-James Harvey (B) T Mississippi
5b - 66 Doug Goodwin FB Maryland State
6a - 74 Rick Koeper (B) T Oregon State
6b - 80 Bill Symons HB Colorado
7a - 85 Jerry Roberts (C) E Baldwin-Wallace
7b - 86 Roger Jacobazzi (D) T Wisconsin
7c - 94 Junior Coffey HB Washington
8 - 108 *-Mike Shinn E Kansas
9 - 122 Larry Bulaich HB TCU
10 - 136 Rich Marshall T Stephen Austin
11 - 150 *-Jim Weatherwax T Cal State-LA
12 - 164 Gene Jeter HB Ark-Pine Bluff
13 - 178 *-Roy Schmidt G Long Beach St
14 - 192 John Putman FB Drake
15 - 206 Chuck Hurston T Auburn
16 - 220 *Phil Vandersea FB Massachusetts
17 - 234 Steve Clark K Oregon State
18 - 248 *-Jeff White E Texas Tech
19 - 262 *-Len Sears T South Carolina
20 - 276 James Chandler HB Benedictine
A - from Philadelphia Eagles as part of Jim Ringo, Earl Gros, Lee Roy Caffey trade - B - from Pittsburgh Steelers - C - from New York Giants for Turnley Todd - D - from San Francisco 49ers * - Juniors
Bold - Played for the Green Bay Packers
1965 Packers Yearbook
1965 Packers Media Guide
Sports Illustrated - 10 January 1966
Packers at Browns Program - 4 September
Cardinals at Packers Program - 11 September
Packers at Steelers Program - 19 September
Bears at Packers Program - 3 October
Packers at Lions Program - 17 October
Packers at Bears Program - 31 October
Lions at Packers Program - 7 November
Rams at Packers Program - 14 November
49ers at Packers Program - 10 October
Anderson fumble and went 25 yards for a touchdown. Packers quarterback Bart Starr injured his ribs on the play, Green Bay's first from scrimmage, when he tried to get to Shinnick. Zeke Bratkowski replaced Starr for the balance of the afternoon, completing 22 of 39 passes for 248 yards. The Packers moved to within 10-7 in the third quarter when Paul Hornung scored on a one-yard run, setting the stage for Chandler's heroics.
2nd - GB - Chandler, 15-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-9
2nd - GB - Chandler, 23-yard field goal GREEN BAY 13-9
2nd - CLE - Groza, 28-yard field goal GREEN BAY 13-12
3rd - GB - Hornung, 13-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 20-12
4th - GB - Chandler, 29-yard field goal GREEN BAY 23-12
Vikings at Packers Program - 5 December
Packers at Colts Program - 12 December
Packers at 49ers Program - 19 December
1965 PACKER TRADES - TRANSACTIONS
JAN - WR Larry Elkins (1st round) signed with HOUSTON (AFL). T Alphonse Doston (2nd round) signed with KANSAS CITY (AFL). FB Doug Goodwin (5th round) signed with BUFFALO (AFL).
JAN 12 - Acquired K Don Chandler from NEW YORK for a future undisclosed draft choice
APRIL 13 - Acquired E Carroll Dale from LOS ANGELES for LB Dan Currie
JULY 25 - Waived QB Tom Singleton, QB Jim Van Gordon, HB Tellis Ellis, FB John Putman (14th round), K Steve Clark (17th round), G Ken Burke and T Ernie Smith on waivers (66 players on roster).
AUG 4 - Traded E Ron Kramer to DETROIT for a 1966 1st-round draft choice. Placed HB James Chandler on waivers.
AUG 17 - Placed T Roger Jacobazzi, DT Dick Herzing and HB Ron Heller on waivers (50 players on roster)
AUG 18 - Traded a 1966 6th-round choice to WASHINGTON for TE Bill Anderson
AUG 30 - Traded DE John McDowell to NEW YORK GIANTS for undisclosed terms. Placed HB Wally Mahle, HB Bill Symons and DB Donnie Davis on waivers (46 players on roster)
SEPT 7 - Placed E Jerry Robert, OT Rich Koeper and TE Jim Thilbert on waivers.
