A - from Pittsburgh Steelers as part of Tony Jeter/Lloyd Voss trade B - from Los Angeles Rams for Tom Moore C - from Washington Redskins for Ron Rector D - from Pittsburgh Steelers for Ron Smith E - from Dallas Cowboys for Hank Gremminger F - from New York Giants for Allen Jacobs
Bold - Played for the Green Bay Packers
NAMENOPOSHGTWGTCOLLEGEYRPRAGGHOW ACQUIRED
Herb Adderley 26 CB 6- 1 200 Michigan State 7 7 28 14 1961 Draft - 1st round
Lionel Aldridge 62 DE 6- 4 245 Utah State 5 5 26 12 1963 Draft - 4th round
Jim Weatherwax 73 DT 6- 7 260 Cal State-LA 2 2 24 14 1965 Draft - 11th round
Travis Williams 23 RB 6- 1 210 Arizona State 1 1 21 14 1967 Draft - 4th round
Ben Wilson 36 RB 6- 0 225 USC 1 4 27 14 1967 Trade - L. Angeles
Willie Wood 24 DB 5-10 190 USC 8 8 30 14 1960 FA
Steve Wright 72 T 6- 6 250 Alabama 4 4 25 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 (9-4-1) 28, Los Angeles Rams (11-1-2) 7
(MILWAUKEE) - Jubuliant Green Bay Coach Vince Lombardi said it all after his Packers had whipped Los Angeles 28-7 and captured the Western Conference title in the National Football League. "We were magnificent today," the usually dour Lombardi enthused. "We rose to the occasion. A lot of people said the Packers were dead. But we still have a great nucleus." The aging but peerless Packers gave quarterback Bart Starr almost perfect protection and unleashed a remorseless rush on the Rams' Roman Gabriel to gain a berth in the NFL title game. "Never mind the 'Fearsome Foursome.' We've got our 'Fearsome Onesome,' " shouted Ron Kostelnik in a salute to teammate Henry Jordan, who tormented Gabriel throughout the long, cold afternoon. Jordan dropped Gabriel four times. He shared individual glory with Starr, Ray Nitschke and the phenomenal rookie Travis Williams. Starr and Williams accounted for three of the four Packer touchdowns. Starr passed 17 yards to
September 17: Green Bay Packers (0-0-1) 17, Detroit Lions (0-0-1) 17 (Tie)
(GREEN BAY) - The resurgent Detroit Lions intercepted four Bart Starr passes to build a 17-point first half lead, then fought off a furious Green Bay second-half rally to escape with a 17-17 tie. Starr, the NFL's most valuable player last season, when he had only only three passes intercepted while leading the Packers to the world's professional title, helped bring his reeling team back in the second half. The veteran quarterback's 84-yard completion to Elijah Pitts with less than four minutes to play set the stage for a 18-yard field goal by Don Chandler that gave Green Bay the tie with only 1:43 left. But the repeated Green Bay mistakes in the first half proved too much for the Packers to overcome. Starr, who still finished with 14 pass completions in 23 attempts for 321 yards, at last got the Packers moving in the second half after Donny Anderson gave them a nudge with a 43-yard punt return.
DETROIT - 10 7 0 0 - 17
GREEN BAY - 0 0 7 10 - 17
1st - DET - Lem Barney, 24-yard interception return (Wayne Walker kick) DET 7-0
1st - DET - Walker, 47-yard field goal DETROIT 10-0
2nd - DET - Amos Marsh, 3-yard run (Walker kick) DETROIT 17-0
3rd - GB - Pitts, 3-yard run (Chandler kick) DETROIT 17-7
4th - GB - Pitts, 2-yard run (Chandler kick) DETROIT 17-14
4th - GB - Chandler, 28-yard field goal TIED 17-17
September 24: Green Bay Packers (1-0-1) 13, Chicago Bears (0-2) 10
(GREEN BAY) - Don Chandler saved Green Bay from defeat for the second straight week. Chandler, who booted an 18-yarder with 1:43 left to give Green Bay a 17-17 tie with Detroit in their season opener, kicked a 46-yarder with just 63 seconds remaining, giving the mistake-prone Packers a 13-10 victory over the underdog Chicago Bears. Although Green Bay never could get rolling, as Chicago intercepted five Bart Starr passes and recovered three fumbles, the Packers led 10-0 at halftime on the strength of Jim Grabowski two-yard touchdown run and Chandler's 20-yard field goal. Chicago got a 22-yard three-pointer from Mac Percival in the third quarter and tied it on Gale Sayers' 13-yard TD dash just minutes before Chandler's winning kick.
CHICAGO - 0 0 3 7 - 10
GREEN BAY - 0 10 0 3 - 13
2nd - GB - Grabowski, 2-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
2nd - GB - Chandler, 20-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-0
3rd - CHI - Mac Percival, 22-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-3
3rd - CHI - Gale Sayers, 13-yard run (Percival kick) TIED 10-10
4th - GB - Chandler, 46-yard field goal GREEN BAY 13-10
October 1: Green Bay Packers (2-0-1) 23, Atlanta Falcons (0-3) 0
(MILWAUKEE) - Zeke Bratkowski came on in relief of the injured Bart Starr and fired two scoring passes to Carroll Dale to spark the Packers to a 23-0 win over the winless Atlanta Falcons. The ace backup man connected on passes of five and 50 yards after Starr, who appeared off form for the third consecutive Sunday, was racked on a blitz by the Falcons' Bob Riggle. Starr, who had thrown nine interceptions in the Packers' first two games, suffered what was described as a bruised muscle in his shoulder. The Falcons, their attack stifled by a fierce Green Bay passing rush, netted only four yards in total offense through the first three quarters before the Packers' defense began relenting. Interceptions led to two Green Bay touchdowns. Dave Robinson set up the first by picking off a Randy Johnson pass at the Atlanta 27. Four plays later, Bratkowski found Dale in the end zone from the five.
ATLANTA - 0 0 0 0 - 0
GREEN BAY - 7 9 0 7 - 23
1st - GB - Dale, 5-yard pass from Bratkowski (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
2nd - GB - Dale, 50-yard pass from Bratkowski (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 14-0
2nd - GB - Safety, Davis tackled Randy Johnson in the end zone GREEN BAY 16-0
4th - GB - Wilson, 11-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 23-0
October 8: Green Bay Packers (3-0-1) 27, Detroit Lions (1-2-1) 17
(DETROIT) - The unbeaten Packers battled from behind with a 17-point fourth quarter surge to dump the Detroit Lions 27-17. The Packers, who knotted the score at 10-10 in the third quarter on the second of three field goals by Don Chandler, took command of the rugged defensive game by exploding for 10 points in the first two minutes of the fourth quarter. Green Bay's John Rowser recovered a Packer punt which bounced off Detroit's Tommy Watkins at the Lions' 28 near the end of the third quarter. Six plays later, Chandler booted a 16-yard field goal. Detroit's Milt Plum faded back to pass two plays later and the ball was tipped in the air by Dave Robinson. Ray Nitschke grabbed the loose ball and ran 20 yards for the touchdown. Green Bay's final touchdown, a 13-yard pass from Zeke Bratkowski to Boyd Dowler, was set up after a 44-yard run on a pass interception by Tom Brown. The Lions, held to a net 27 total yards by the tenacious Green Bay defense in the first half, took a 10-0 first quarter lead on a pair of pass interceptions. Darris McCord intercepted a Green Bay pass at midfield early in the game. Detroit moved deep into Green Bay territory before Wayne Walker booted a 38-yard field goal. Early in the second quarter, McCord blocked a Bratkowski pass at the Packer 10. Lions DE Larry Hand intercepted at the four and scored.
GREEN BAY - 0 7 3 17 - 27
DETROIT - 3 7 0 7 - 17
1st - DET - Wayne Walker, 38-yard field goal DETROIT 3-0
2nd - DET - Larry Hand, 4-yard interception return (Walker kick) DETROIT 10-0
2nd - GB - Anderson, 19-yard pass from Bratkowski (Chandler kick) DETROIT 10-7
3rd - GB - Chandler, 32-yard field goal TIED 10-10
4th - GB - Chandler, 16-yard field goal GREEN BAY 13-10
4th - GB - Nitschke, 20-yard interception return (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 20-10
4th - GB - Dowler, 13-yard pass from Bratkowski (Chandler kick) G BAY 27-10
4th - DET - Bill Malinchack, 34-yard pass from Karl Sweetan (Walker kick) GB 27-17
October 15: Minnesota Vikings (1-4) 10, Green Bay Packers (3-1-1) 7
(MILWAUKEE) - The Green Bay Packers remarkable 17-game unbeaten streak faded into a blazing sunset. And with it vanished, at least temporarily, the notion that the Packers are about to walk away with an unprecedented hird consecutive National Football League title. It took two Canadian imports, Bud Grant and Joe Kapp, however, to finally pierce the Green Bay cloak of invincibility. Grant, the new head coach of the Minnesota Vikings and Kapp, the newly installed starting quarterback, engineered an astounding 10-7 upset of the Packers. Kapp, who starred in the Canadian League before taking a crack at the NFL, completed only two passes but set up both Viking scores in the fourth quarter in only his second NFL start. The Packers, who never mounted a sustained drive all day, took a 7-0 lead into the final quarter on Zeke Bratkowski's 86-yard touchdown pass to Carroll Dale in the first half. Bratkowski played the entire game in place of the injured Bart Starr for the second week in a row. Ed Sharockman, however, intercepted a Bratkowski pass early in the fourth period and returned it 37 yards to the Green Bay 37. Kapp piloted the Vikings into the end zone in 10 plays, with Bill Brown punching over from the one with the tying TD. Another interception, this one by Earsell Mackbee, set up the winning field goal by Fred Cox.
MINNESOTA - 0 0 0 10 - 10
GREEN BAY - 0 7 0 0 - 7
2nd - GB - Dale, 86-yard pass from Bratkowski (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
4th - MINN - Bill Brown, 1-yard run (Fred Cox kick) TIED 7-7
4th - MINN - Cox, 12-yard field goal MINNESOTA 10-7
October 22: Green Bay Packers (4-1-1) 48, New York Giants (3-3) 21
(NEW YORK) - Elijah Pitts scored three touchdowns and set up a fourth with an option pass as the Green Bay Packers rallied in the second half for a 48-21 victory over the New York Giants. The usual sellout crowd of 62,585 roared in anticipation of an upset when Fran Tarkenton threw touchdown passes to Homer Jones and Joe Morrison, giving the Giants a 14-10 edge at halftime. Green Bay surged back in the third period in which Dave Robinson intercepted two of Tarkenton's passes and went out on top to stay on Pitts' six-yard touchdown run and a 35-yard field goal by Don Chandler, his second of the day. Pitts, who smashed home from the three for the first score on this warm, sunny afternoon, shot across from the one in the fourth period. Pitts also set up a two-yard scoring plunge by Jim Grabowski with a 21-yard option pass to Boyd Dowler after Bill Triplett fumbled on a kickoff return. Tarkenton hit Jones for a final Giant score midway in the fourth period, but the Packers came right back with two more touchdowns on a 38-yard pass from Bart Starr and a seven-yard run by Donny Anderson.
GREEN BAY - 7 3 10 28 - 48
NEW YORK - 0 14 0 7 - 21
1st - GB - Pitts, 3-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
2nd - NY - Homer Jones, 22-yd pass fr Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) TIED 7-7
2nd - NY - Joe Morrison, 18-yard pass from Tarkenton (Gogolak kick) NY 14-7
2nd - GB - Chandler, 21-yard field goal NEW YORK 14-10
3rd - GB - Pitts, 6-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 17-14
3rd - GB - Chandler, 36-yard field goal GREEN BAY 20-14
4th - GB - Pitts, 1-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 27-14
4th - GB - Grabowski, 2-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 34-14
4th - NY - Jones, 30-yard pass from Tarkenton (Gogolak kick) GREEN BAY 34-21
4th - GB - Grabowski, 38-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 41-21
4th - GB - Anderson, 7-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 48-21
October 30: Green Bay Packers (5-1-1) 31, St. Louis Cardinals (4-3) 23
(ST. LOUIS) - In their first Monday night game since 1964, the Packers were led by Travis Williams, who returned his third kickoff of the night for a touchdown. Green Bay won the football game, but St. Louis quarterback Jim Hart made believers of the Packers. The world champion Packers used two fourth-quarter touchdowns to overcome a brilliant performance by the 23-year-old Hart and whipped the Cardinals 31-23. "We're glad to get out of that one alive," sighed Green Bay halfback Elijah Pitts after the game. Although it rained much of the day in St. Louis, the downpour slowed to a mist during most of the game. Green Bay turned an intercepted pass and a 93-yard kickoff return into touchdowns to offset Hart's performance. The young quarterback passed for two touchdowns and completed 16 of 29 passes for 317 yards. Bart Starr connected on 11 of 26 for 117 yards and one touchdown.
GREEN BAY - 7 7 3 14 - 31
ST. LOUIS - 3 17 0 3 - 23
1st - GB - Adderley, 12-yard interception return (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
1st - STL - Jim Bakken, 12-yard field goal GREEN BAY 7-3
2nd - GB - Pitts, 7-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 14-3
2nd - STL - Dave Williams, 49-yard pass from Jim Hart (Bakken kick) GB 14-10
2nd - STL - Bakken, 22-yard field goal GREEN BAY 14-13
2nd - STL - D.Williams, 48-yard pass from Hart (Bakken kick) ST. LOUIS 20-14
3rd - GB - Chandler, 43-yard field goal ST. LOUIS 20-17
4th - STL - Bakken, 8-yard field goal ST. LOUIS 23-17
4th - GB - T.Williams, 93-yard kickoff return (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 24-23
4th - GB - Dowler, 5-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 31-23
November 5: Baltimore Colts (6-0-2) 13, Green Bay Packers (5-2-1) 10
(BALTIMORE) - Green Bay turned back the clock on Johnny Unitas, but Unitas turned the tables on the Packers. Unitas, who fumbled away Baltimore's last hope for the 1966 National Football League title when the Packers caught him on the run. won a frantic fourth-down foot race in this rematch and then pitched the unbeaten Colts to a 13-10 comeback triumph over the defending NFL champs. With less than two minutes to play and the Colts behind 10-6, Unitas, forced out of his pocket by the Packer rush, scrambled through a patch of daylight and picked up six vital yards for a first down on the Green Bay 23-yard line. On the next play, the magnificent quarterback fired a touchdown strike to Willie Richardson, ending the Colts' five-game losing streak against Green Bay and keeping them perfect. Unitas' second TD pass in the final two minutes, after rookie Rich Volk recovered Lou Michael's onside kick, avenged a 14-10 loss to the Packers at Baltimore last December, a loss that eliminated the Colts from the Western Conference race. The Packers stymied Unitas through three quarters and built a 10-0 lead on Don Chandler's 49-yard field goal and Bart Starr's 31-yard pass to Donny
Anderson. Unitas got the Colts back in the game on a 10-yard payoff pass to Alex Hawkins with 2:19 to go in the final period. Michaels flubbed the extra point conversion, then sliced a short kickoff. Volk fell on the ball at the Green Bay 34 and the Colts put over the winning touchdown with 1:28 on the clock.
GREEN BAY - 0 3 0 7 - 10
BALTIMORE - 0 0 0 13 - 13
2nd - GB - Chandler, 49-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
4th - GB - Anderson, 31-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 10-0
4th - BALT - Alex Hawkins, 10-yard pass from Johnny Unitas (Kick failed) GB 10-6
November 12: Green Bay Packers (6-2-1) 55, Cleveland Browns (5-4) 7
(Milwaukee) - Non-stop Travis Williams has rushed to the rescue of the ailing Green Bay Packers and now the Cleveland Browns are suffering from a severe case of wounded pride. Williams, the Packers' first class traveling man, made the Browns somewhat sorry they ever got off their bus as he returned kickoffs 87 and 85 yards for first period touchdowns. The Packers added three more touchdowns in the same period and went on to hand the Browns the worst defeat in their history, 55-7. "I couldn't believe it was happening," said the 21-year-old rookie from Arizona State after triggering a record National Football League first period scoring spree - 35 points. Neither could the Browns, who played as if thunderstruck after Williams' first ramble on the opening kickoff. "I don't know what happened," said Browns Coach Blanton Collier. 'I saw him run against St. Louis two weeks ago. I knew what he could do. We all knew what he could do." Williams was not the only factor in Cleveland's undoing . Donny Anderson, the bonus baby making his first NFL regular season start, scored four touchdowns, and veteran Ben Wilson, obtained from Los Angeles before the season, gained 100 yards rushing. Anderson and Wilson were filing in for Elijah Pitts and Jim Grabowski, both out with leg injuries suffered in a 13-10 loss to Baltimore last week. Bart Starr also played his best game of the season, completing 14 of 21 passes for 266 yards and two touchdowns to Marv Fleming and Anderson.
CLEVELAND - 7 0 0 0 - 7
GREEN BAY - 35 10 3 7 - 55
1st - GB - Williams, 87-yard kickoff return (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
1st - GB - Fleming, 14-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 14-0
1st - GB - Anderson, 2-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 21-0
1st - GB - Anderson, 27-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 28-0
1st - CLE - Ernie Green, 59-yard run (Lou Groza kick) GREEN BAY 28-7
2nd - GB - Williams, 85-yard kickoff return (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 35-7
2nd - GB - Anderson, 9-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 42-7
2nd - GB - Chandler, 24-yard field goal GREEN BAY 45-7
3rd - GB - Chandler, 30-yard field goal GREEN BAY 48-7
4th - GB - Anderson, 3-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 55-7
November 19: Green Bay Packers (7-2-1) 13, San Francisco 49ers (5-5) 0
(GREEN BAY) - San Francisco quarterback John Brodie couldn't be faulted for liking the NFL's new divisional setup. This way, he only has to face the Green Bay Packers' defense once a year. The million-dollar gambler of the 49ers had his troubles again Sunday and came away stunned with a 13-0 defeat, San Francisco's first shutout in seven years and a loss that eliminated the 49ers from the running for a Coastal Division title in the revamped NFL. Green Bay's victory, which came despite a pair of injuries to quarterback Bart Starr and all-pro linebacker Lee Roy Caffey, left the Packers two and a half games ahead of the Bears in the Central Division and set things up for a possible title clinching next week at Chicago. It was the eighth shutout the Packers have administered since Vince Lombardi came to Green Bay in 1959. Brodie managed only 11 yards on his passes in the first half and unleashed a fourth period assault that saw him finish with 20 completions in 48 attempts, but net just 150 yards. The Packers moved the ball well against the 49er defense with Donny Anderson and Ben Wilson again showing the way. But. except for the closing seconds of the first half, they couldn't punch the ball into the end zone. Zeke Bratkowski, who came in when Starr was knocked groggy early in the second quarter, guided that 80 yard drive that culminated in Anderson's one-yard plunge for a touchdown. Anderson and Wilson, subbing for the injured Elijah Pitts and Jim Grabowski for the second week in a row , piled up 169 yards between them, 89 by Anderson and 80 by Wilson, whose 40-yard gallop set up Don Chandler's first field goal. Bratkowski, making his fourth appearance in relief of the injury-plagued Starr this year, completed nine of 18 passes for 103 yards with six of his throws going to Boyd Dowler. Jeter, Wood and Tommy Crutcher, who came in when Caffey left in the first quarter with an ankle injury, were outstanding on defense. Jeter's interception of a Brodie pass in the second quarter was his sixth this year—a personal high.
SAN FRANCISCO - 0 0 0 0 - 0
GREEN BAY - 3 7 3 0 - 13
1st - GB - Chandler, 41-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
2nd - GB - Anderson, 1-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 10-0
3rd - GB - Chandler, 26-yard field goal GREEN BAY 13-0
November 26: Green Bay Packers (8-2-1) 17, Chicago Bears (5-6) 13
(CHICAGO) - The Packers, who valiantly defended the National Football League's honor in the first Super Bowl game last January, became the first club to qualify for the playoffs this season when they defeated the Chicago Bears 17-13 and captured the Central Division title. Green Bay, seeking an unprecedented third consecutive NFL title, ran its record to 8-2-1 in snapping the Bears' three-game winning streak. It took an inspired defense and a brilliant 69-yard kickoff return by Travis Williams, however, to spring the Packers. Bart Starr, under fierce pressure from a Chicago blitz, completed 11 of 17 passes for 174 yards and threw a five-yard touchdown pass to Boyd Dowler in the first quarter following a Dave Robinson interception of a Jack Concannon pass. The Packers were held to only 71 yards rushing, far below the total of 117 compiled by Gale Sayers.
GREEN BAY - 7 7 3 0 - 17
CHICAGO - 7 3 0 3 - 13
1st - GB - Dowler, 5-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
1st - CHI - Gale Sayers, 43-yard run (Mac Percival kick) TIED 7-7
2nd - GB - Anderson, 1-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 14-7
2nd - CHI - Percival, 10-yard field goal GREEN BAY 14-10
3rd - GB - Chandler, 38-yard field goal GREEN BAY 17-10
4th - CHI - Percival, 15-yard field goal GREEN BAY 17-13
December 3: Green Bay Packers (9-2-1) 30, Minnesota Vikings (3-7-2) 27
(MINNESOTA) - Green Bay's Tom Brown recovered a Minnesota fumble at the Vikings 28-yard line and the Packers turned it into a game winning 19-yard field goal by Don Chandler with eight seconds left to claim a 30-27 victory. The Packers owned a 27-17 lead going into the fourth quarter before the Vikings stormed back to tie. Minnesota then got the football with 3 1/2 minutes to play before Joe Kapp fumbled the snap from center with the Vikings trying to gain a first down at their own 15. The ball was kicked or batted into the Packer secondary where Brown fell on it. Green Bay ran five plays to move to the Minnesota 12 before Chandler kicked his winning field goal. The Vikings' output of 27 points, best against the Packer defense this season, was keyed by Dave Osbom's 155 yards on 21 rushes. Osborn broke the Vikings' team record of 148 yards set by Tommy Mason in 1963.
GREEN BAY - 3 10 14 3 - 30
MINNESOTA - 3 7 7 10 - 27
1st - GB - Chandler, 30-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
1st - MINN - Fred Cox, 24-yard field goal TIED 3-3
2nd - MINN - Dave Osborn, 43-yard run (Cox kick) MINNESOTA 10-3
2nd - GB - Chandler, 34-yard field goal GREEN BAY 13-10
3rd - MINN - John Beasley, 6-yard pass from Joe Kapp (Cox kick) MINN 17-13
3rd - GB - Dale, 34-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 20-17
3rd - GB - Wilson, 1-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 27-17
4th - MINN - Jim Phillips, 7-yard pass from Kapp (Cox kick) GREEN BAY 27-24
4th - MINN - Cox, 27-yard field goal TIED 27-27
4th - GB - Chandler, 19-yard field goal GREEN BAY 30-27
December 9: Los Angeles Rams (10-1-2) 27, Green Bay Packers (9-3-1) 24
(LOS ANGELES) - A blocked punt set up Los Angeles' winning touchdown in an electryfying 27-24 victory over the Green Bay Packers, keeping alive the Rams' hopes in the Coastal Division. The Packers apparently had this thriller wrapped up when reserve back Chuck Mercein ran four yards and Don Chandler's conversion put them ahead 24-20 with less than three minutes left in the game. A fumble by the Rams' Dick Bass was recovered by Jim Weatherwax on the Rams' 43 and paved the way for the final Packer touchdown. The Rams' defense held and on fourth down a punt attempt by Donny Anderson was blocked by Tony Guillory and his teammate, Claude Crabb, scooped up the ball and rambled 20 yards to the Green Bay five. With 54 seconds left, Roman Gabriel's first pass was incomplete. The next one was a direct hit in the end zone to Bernie Casey for the winning touchdown. The Rams, after trailing 10-7 at the half, were in front 17-10 in the third quarter when the complexion of the game changed quickly. Bruce Gossett kicked a 23-yard field goal but on the kickoff to the Packers, rookie halfback Travis Williams, who had run three such kicks back for touchdowns this season, returned the boot 104 yards with a sensational display of speed. Bart Starr completed 10 of 20 passes for 138 yards and a touchdown, with two interceptions. Gabriel connected on 20 of 36 for 227 and three touchdowns, with two interceptions. One of Starr's two interceptions came in the final series of plays as the clock ticked away. But the end came when his pass was picked off by Maxie Vaughan.
GREEN BAY - 7 3 7 7 - 24
LOS ANGELES - 0 7 10 10 - 27
1st - GB - Dale, 30-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
2nd - LA - Jack Snow, 16-yd pass from Roman Gabriel (Bruce Gossett kick) TIED 7-7
2nd - GB - Chandler, 32-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-7
3rd - LA - Snow, 11-yard pass from Gabriel (Gossett kick) LOS ANGELES 14-10
3rd - LA - Gossett, 23-yard field goal LOS ANGELES 17-10
4th - LA - Gossett, 16-yard field goal LOS ANGELES 20-17
4th - GB - Mercein, 4-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 24-20
4th - LA - Bernie Casey, 5-yard pass from Gabriel (Chandler kick) LA 27-24
December 17: Pittsburgh Steelers (4-9-1) 24, Green Bay Packers (9-4-1) 17
(GREEN BAY) - The Pittsburgh Steelers converted a pass interception and two fumble recoveries into scores against a less-than-inspired Green Bay and sent the defending champion Packers down to a 24-17 defeat. The Packers substituted liberally in the game, their final tune-up before Saturday's playoff for the Western Conference title. The Steelers, out to gain some satisfaction from an otherwise grim season, scored on the third play when Ken Kortas deflected a Bart Starr pass to Ben McGee. McGee rambled 21 yards for the touchdown. Chuck Hinton picked up a Zeke Bratkowski fumble and raced 27 yards for a touchdown and Mike Clark kicked a 27-yard field goal after another Packer fumble. The Steelers only untainted tally came when Earl Gros, a former Packer, cut inside tackle for 22 yards and a touchdown to cap a 65-yard march in the second period. Rookie Travis Williams was the Packers' chief offensive threat. Williams ran 29 yards with a pass from rookie Don Horn for a second period touchdown. He scored again in the final period on a 25-yard run. A 25-yard Don Chandler field goal was the only other Packer score. Horn and Bratkowski played most of the game at quarterback, as Starr went to the sidelines after the first period.
PITTSBURGH - 7 7 10 0 - 24
GREEN BAY - 0 10 0 7 - 17
1st - PITT - Ben McGee, 21-yard interception return (Mike Clark kick) PITT 7-0
2nd - GB - Chandler, 25-yard field goal PITTSBURGH 7-3
Green Bay Packers (11-4-1) 33, Oakland Raiders (14-1) 14
(MIAMI) - Having acquired a third consecutive NFL championship just two weeks earlier, the Packers embellished that record-tying parlay by winning the Super Bowl title for the second straight year. This time, they dispatched the AFL champion Raiders 33-14 in a game that drew the first $3-million gate in football history. Bart Starr again was chosen the game's most valuable player as he completed 13 of 24 passes for 202 yards and one touchdown and directed a Packers attack that was in control all the way after building up a 16-7 halftime lead. Don Chandler kicked four field goals (39, 20, 43 and 31 yards), and All-Pro cornerback Herb Adderley highlighted the Green Bay scoring with a 60-yard interception return of a Daryle Lamonica pass. After leading by only 3-0 at the quarter, the Packers padded their margin to 16-7 at halftime by way of three Chandler field goals and a 62-yard scoring pass from Starr to split end Boyd Dowler. They then left the Raiders behind with a 10-point third period, Donny Anderson scoring on a two-yard run and Chandler with his final field goal. The game marked the last for Vince Lombardi as Packers coach, ending nine years at Green Bay in which he won six Western Conference championships, five NFL titles and two Super Bowls, a record unprecedented in pro football history.
OAKLAND - 0 7 0 7 - 14
GREEN BAY - 3 13 10 7 - 33
1st - GB - Chandler, 39-yard field goal (5:07) GREEN BAY 3-0
2nd - GB - Chandler, 20-yard field goal (3:08) GREEN BAY 6-0
4th - OAK - Miller 23 pass from Lamonica (Blanda kick) (5:47) GREEN BAY 33-14
Green Bay Packers (10-4-1) 21, Dallas Cowboys (10-5) 17
(GREEN BAY) - With thermometer shuddering at 13 below zero and a wind chill of minus 46, Bart Starr scores winning touchdown from 1-yard line with 13 seconds remaining, sealing record third straight championship for Packers and their fifth in seven years. Starr's touchdown, on third down with no timeouts remaining, climaxed a 68-yard drive in 12 plays, which had begun with 4:50 on the clock, in front of 50,861 partisans at now-legendary "Ice Bowl" game. As was the case in 1966, Packers grabbed early 14-0 advantage. But this time Cowboys came from behind to take the lead, forcing storybook finish by Green Bay to win contest later voted the greatest game in pro football history. Starr's touchdown passes of eight and 43 yards to Boyd Dowler built the first-quarter bulge, trimmed in the second quarter by George Andrie's seven-yard scoring return of a Starr fumble and a 21-yard Danny Villanueva field goal which also was set up by a Green Bay fumble. Dan Reeves'
1967 IN REVIEW: Despite numerous injuries and an average offense, the Green Bay Packers made NFL history, winning their third straight championship and second straight Super Bowl. The Packers made their history without Jim Taylor (who was traded to New Orleans) and Paul Hornung (who was selected by New Orleans in the expansion draft). FB Jim Grabowski (knee) and Elijah Pitts (torn Achilles tendon) could not last the season, forcing Vince Lombardi to start Chuck Mercein, Ben Wilson, Donny Anderson and Travis Williams at times. The Green Bay defense was tops in the NFL, allowing less than 100 yards passing per game. A sign that a new Dark Age was about to descend on Green Bay could be found in their two losses to end the regular season. No Packer team had done that since Scooter McLean's 1958 (1-10-1) squad. The Green Bay Packer Glory Days were winding down to a sudden conclusion, and the end was much closer than anyone thought.
NOVEMBER (3-1)
5 at Baltimore Colts (5-0-2) L 10-13 5-2-1 60,238 Starr
12 M-CLEVELAND BROWNS (5-3) W 55- 7 6-2-1 50,074 Starr
19 G-SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (5-4) W 13- 0 7-2-1 50,861 Starr
26 at Chicago Bears (5-5) W 17-13 8-2-1 47,513 Starr
DECEMBER (1-2)
3 at Minnesota Vikings (3-6-2) W 30-27 9-2-1 47,693 Starr
9 at Los Angeles Rams (9-1-2) L 24-27 9-3-1 76,637 Starr
17 G-PITTSBURGH STEELERS (3-9-1) L 17-24 9-4-1 50,861 Starr
1967 POST-SEASON RESULTS (3-0)
1967 WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFF - DECEMBER
23 M-LOS ANGELES RAMS (11-1-2) W 28- 7 49,861 Starr
1967 NFL CHAMPIONSHIP
31 G-DALLAS COWBOYS (10-5) W 21-17 50,861 Starr
SUPER BOWL II AT MIAMI - JANUARY
14 Oakland Raiders (14-1) W 33-14 75,546 Starr
1967 PRE-SEASON RESULTS (6-0) - AUGUST
4 College All-Stars at Chicago W 27- 0 1-0-0 70,934
12 G-PITTSBURGH STEELERS W 31-20 2-0-0 50,861
18 M-CHICAGO BEARS W 18- 0 3-0-0 47,126
28 at Dallas Cowboys W 20- 3 4-0-0 78,087
SEPTEMBER
2 at Cleveland Browns W 30-21 5-0-0 84,236
9 G-NEW YORK GIANTS W 31-14 6-0-0 50,861
1967 REGULAR SEASON RESULTS (9-4-1) - SEPTEMBER (1-0-1)
17 G-DETROIT LIONS (0-0) T 17-17 0-0-1 50,861 Starr
24 G-CHICAGO BEARS (0-1) W 13-10 1-0-1 50,861 Starr
OCTOBER (4-1)
1 M-ATLANTA FALCONS (0-2) W 23- 0 2-0-1 49,467 Starr
8 at Detroit Lions (1-1-1) W 27-17 3-0-1 57,877 Bratkowski
15 M-MINNESOTA VIKINGS (0-4) L 7-10 3-1-1 49,601 Bratkowski
22 at New York Giants (3-2) W 48-21 4-1-1 62,585 Starr
30 at St. Louis Cardinals (4-2) W 31-23 5-1-1 49,792 Starr
August 4: Green Bay Packers (1-0) 27, College All-Stars 0
(CHICAGO) - Bart Starr had only a half interest in the 34th college All-Star game Friday night but that's all it took for the Green Bay passing master to cool off a fired-up All-Star defense and pace the professional champions to a 27-0 triumph. Starr, facing a strong collegiate rush, put the Packer running game in cold storage in the first half but chilled the All-Stars with 15 completions for 212 yards and two touchdowns before retiring to the sidelines at the halftime. The lanky Alabaman, who directed the Packers to a Super Bowl victory last season, used six different receivers to flood the collegiate defense, then ignored the long strike and picked apart the shallow secondary. Zeke Bratkowski relieved Starr for the second half, and though he completed eight of 11 passes the All-Stars were able to contain the Packers in the third quarter. But again the Packer defense yielded little to the collegiate attempts. Jim Grabowski, last year's prize rookie from Illinois who was on duty with the National Guard in Milwaukee., joined Green Bay shortly before the game and stamped himself as an appropriate heir to the fullback position where Jim Taylor once reigned. Grabowski sparked the Packers in the second half, gaining 53 yards in seven carries, including a 22-yard touchdown sprint through the middle of the All- Star defense in the final period. He was the game's leading rusher ,with 77 yards in nine carries.
GREEN BAY - 6 14 0 7 - 27
ALL-STARS - 0 0 0 0 - 0
1st - GB - Chandler, 13-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
1st - GB - Chandler, 14-yard field goal GREEN BAY 6-0
2nd - GB - Dowler, 11-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 13-0
2nd - GB - Long, 22-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 20-0
4th - GB - Grabowski, 22-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 27-0
August 12: Green Bay Packers (2-0) 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 20
(GREEN BAY) - Bonus back Donnie Anderson passed 67 yards for one touchdown and raced 50 to set up another as the Packers fought off Pittsburgh, 31-20, last night. Anderson squirted through the line and moved half the distance of the field to the Pittsburgh nine, leading the Packers' last touchdown on a six-yard toss from backup quarterback Zeke Bratkowski to tight end Allen Brown. The second-year halfback for Texas Tech, stepping into the spot vacated by the departed Paul Hornung, executed the option pass for a 67-yard touchdown strike to Carroll Dale on the fourth play of the second half.
PITTSBURGH - 0 6 7 7 - 20
GREEN BAY - 10 0 7 14 - 31
1st - GB - Dowler, 19-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
1st - GB - Chandler, 44-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-0
2nd - PIT - Mike Clark, 45-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-3
2nd - PIT - Clark, 44-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-6
3rd - GB - Dale, 67-yard pass from Anderson (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 17-6
3rd - PIT - Dick Hoak, 4-yard run (Clark kick) GREEN BAY 17-13
4th - GB - Jeter, 88-yard interception return (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 24-13
4th - PIT - Roy Jefferson, 72-yard pass from Kent Nix (Clark kick) GB 24-20
August 18: Green Bay Packers (3-0) 18, Chicago Bears 0
(MILWAUKEE) - The Green Bay Packers, a team that can win without offensive punch, won without it Friday night, burying the Chicago Bears 18-0 on three field goals, a safety and a one-yard run. The victory, the third of the exhibition season for the world champions and the second against an NFL opponent, came despite a lackluster performance by the usually brilliant Bart Starr. The NFL's most valuable player not only missed with the first eight passes he threw, he fumbled three times and was dropped for losses six tunes - five times while attempting to pass. But if Starr, who might have been injured, was bad, the three Chicago quarterbacks, Rudy Bukich, Jack Concannon and Larry Rakestraw, were even worse as the Packer defense made a mockery of their attempts to build a passing game. The Packers held the Bears to a net of 10 yards passing while spilling Chicago quarterbacks eight times for a total loss of 84 yards. Two Chicago passes were intercepted. Jim Grabowski was the leading Packer runner with 25 yards gained in seven carries. Zeke Bratkowski took passing honors with a five for six night. Starr was six for 16. Brian Piccolo was the game's leading rusher with 57 yards on 11 carries.
CHICAGO - 0 0 0 0 - 0
GREEN BAY - 3 3 5 7 - 18
1st - GB - Chandler, 37-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
2nd - GB - Chandler, 45-yard field goal GREEN BAY 6-0
3rd - GB - Chandler, 28-yard field goal GREEN BAY 9-0
3rd - GB - Safety, Concannon fumbled out of end zone GREEN BAY 11-0
4th - GB - Grabowski, 1-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 18-0
August 28: Green Bay Packers (4-0) 20, Dallas Cowboys 3
(DALLAS) - It was only an exhibition but the Green Bay Packers looked as good as they did last January when they won the NFL championship as they whipped the Dallas Cowboys 20-3 Monday night. Dallas had everything back, Green Bay didn't have fullback Jim Taylor. But the Cowboys couldn't even score a touchdown Monday night. Not since 1965 had this occurred to the highpowered Dallas offense. The crowd of 78,087, the second largest in Dallas football history, couldn't understand why Zeke Bratkowski was only a backup quarterback. The big fellow from Georgia, a seven-year veteran, stepped in when the great Bart Starr had to leave in the first period because of a rib injury, and proceeded to pass and run Dallas dizzy. Bratkowski passed for a .611 percentage, he ran for 14 yards to set up a field goal, his passing sent the Packers winging on 73 and 69-yard touchdown drives and, after Herb Adderley had intercepted a pass, his running set up another field goal
GREEN BAY - 0 10 7 3 - 20
DALLAS - 0 3 0 0 - 3
2nd - GB - Chandler, 27-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
2nd - DAL - Harold Deters, 31-yard field goal TIED 3-3
2nd - GB - Pitts, 2-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 10-3
3rd - GB - Grabowski, 1-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 17-3
4th - GB - Chandler, 42-yard field goal GREEN BAY 20-3
September 2: Green Bay Packers (5-0) 30, Cleveland Browns (0-5) 21
(CLEVELAND) - The Packers, spurred by two long touchdown runs by Dave Robinson and Elijah Pitts, defeated the Cleveland Browns, 30-21, in the second game of an exhibition doubleheader last night. Robinson's 62-yard run came after he picked up a blocked field goal, and Pitts ran 85 yards on a punt return. A crowd of 84,236 saw the Packers, playing without the services of quarterback Bart Starr, come to life in the third quarter.
GREEN BAY - 3 10 17 0 - 30
CLEVELAND - 7 7 0 7 - 21
1st - CLE - Gary Collins, 15-yard pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) CLE 7-0
1st - GB - Chandler, 11-yard field goal CLEVELAND 7-3
2nd - CLE - Collins, 20-yard pass from Ryan (Groza kick) CLEVELAND 14-3
2nd - GB - Chandler, 26-yard field goal CLEVELAND 14-13
3rd - GB - Chandler, 21-yard field goal GREEN BAY 16-14
3rd - GB - Robinson, 62-yard run with blocked field goal (Chandler kick) GB 23-14
3rd - GB - Pitts, 85-yard punt return (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 30-14
4th - CLE - Gary Lane, 11-yard run (Groza kick) GREEN BAY 30-21
September 9: Green Bay Packers (6-0) 31, New York Giants 14
(GREEN BAY) - Bart Starr, rebounding from a rib injury, hit 15 of 21 passes as the unbeaten Packers battered New York 31-14 in the final tune-up. Starr, who had been sidelined two weeks with bruised ribs, marked his recovery by passing for two touchdowns and 235 yards before sitting out most of the second half. The NFL's MVP guided the Packers on scoring drives of 80 and 94 yards in the first half. Green Bay struck quickly for two more touchdowns and a 28-0 lead early in the third period after a 54-yard kickoff return by Donny Anderson and a pass interception by Tom Brown. The victory was the 13th straight for the Packers, including six in exhibition play and seven last season, when the NFL champions captured the first Super Bowl crown.
NEW YORK - 0 0 0 14 - 14
GREEN BAY - 7 7 14 3 - 31
1st - GB - Pitts, 5-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
2nd - GB - McGee, 5-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 14-0
3rd - GB - Pitts, 9-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 21-0
3rd - GB - Dale. 38-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 28-0
4th - NY - Allen Jacobs, 1-yard run (Les Murdock kick) GREEN BAY 28-7
4th - GB - Chandler, 27-yard field goal GREEN BAY 31-7
4th - GB - Ernie Koy, 1-yard run (Murdock kick) GREEN BAY 31-14
Carroll Dale for one, and Williams ran 46 and two yards for two more scores. The only Los Angeles touchdown came on a 29-yard pass from Gabriel to Bernie Casey in the first period.
LOS ANGELES - 7 0 0 0 - 7
GREEN BAY - 0 14 7 7 - 28
1st - LA - Bernie Casey, 29-yd pass from Roman Gabriel (Bruce Gossett kick) LA 7-0
2nd - GB - Dale, 17-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 14-7
3rd - GB - Mercein, 6-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 21-7
4th - GB - Williams, 2-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 28-7
50-yard scoring strike to Lance Rentzel on the first play of the fourth quarter triggered the dramatic denouement.
DALLAS - 0 10 0 7 - 17
GREEN BAY - 7 7 0 7 - 21
1st - GB - Dowler, 8-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
2nd - GB - Dowler, 43-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 14-0
2nd - DAL - George Andrie, 7-yard fumble return (Danny Villanueva kick) GB 14-7
2nd - DAL - Villanueva, 21-yard field goal GREEN BAY 14-10
4th - DAL - Lance Rentzel, 50-yd pass from Dan Reeves (Villanueva kick) DAL 17-14
4th - GB - Starr, 1-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 21-17
1967 Packers Yearbook
1967 Packers Press Book
Football News - September
College All-Star Game Program - 4 August
Giants at Packers Program - 9 September
Lions at Packers Program - 17 September
Bears at Packers Program - 18 August
Bears at Packers Program - 24 September
Falcons at Packers Program - 1 October
Packers at Giants Program - 22 October
Packers at Colts Program - 5 November
49ers at Packers Program - 19 November
Packers at Bears Program - 26 November
Vikings at Packers Program - 15 October
Packers at Rams Program - 9 December
Steelers at Packers Program - 16 December
NFL Championship Media Guide
Sports Illustrated - 19 December
Sports Illustrated - 8 January 1968
Sports Illustrated - 22 January 1968
1967 PACKER TRADES - TRANSACTIONS
FEB 10 - Lost RB Paul Hornung, C Bill Curry and LB Phil Vandersea to NEW ORLEANS in the expansion draft.
MAR 14 - Traded 1967 4th-round choice (105th overall) to ST. LOUIS for 1968 3rd-round choice.
JUL 4 - Traded FB Jim Taylor to NEW ORLEANS for a 1968 1st-round draft choice and a player to be named. Traded a 1968 2nd-round draft choice to LOS ANGELES for FB Ben Wilson
JUL 19 - Released T Bob Ziolkowski (7th round) and DT Dick Werner
JUL 21 - Signed LB Dick Capp (Lowell - Atlantic Coast League)
JUL 23 - Released WR Red Mack, WR Sonny Redders, HB Fred Cassidy (16th round), OT John Frechette, LB Eddie King, TE Jeff Elias (17th round) and TE Dick Weeks
JUL 30 - Traded QB Kent Nix to PITTSBURGH for a 1968 5th-round draft choice
AUG 9 - DE Dwight Hood (5th round) claimed on waivers by Minnesota. TE Harland Reed (9th round) claimed on waivers by New Orleans. DE Clarence Miles (8th round) claimed on waivers by Detroit (54 players on roster)
AUG 28 - Released C Jay Bachman (5th round) and K Les Murdock (49 players on roster)
SEPT 5 - Traded DT Dick Arndt to PITTSBURGH for a 1968 4th-round draft choice
SEPT 6 - FB Jim Mankins claimed on waivers by DETROIT. Released G Roy Schmidt, WR Jeff White, WR Dave Dunaway, DB Mike Bass (12th round) and E/K Stan Kemp (43 players)
SEPT 11 - Traded DB Dave Hathcock to NEW YORK GIANTS for a 1968 10th-round draft choice. Released OL Tom Cichowski (1965 3rd round) and OL Leon Crenshaw (40 players)
OCT 1 - Placed LB Dick Capp and WR Claudis James on waivers. Activated DE Lionel Aldridge and WR Bob Long from injured reserve.
NOV 11 - Placed RB Elijah Pitt on injured waiver list. Signed RB Chuck Mercein off WASHINGTON's taxi squad.
