Bruce Van Dyke 61 G 6- 2 255 Missouri 2 10 31 14 1974 Trade - Pittsburgh
Charley Wade 89 WR 5-10 163 Tennessee State 1 2 25 2 1975 FA - Chi (1974)
Gary Weaver 52 LB 6- 1 225 Fresno State 1 3 26 14 1975 FA - Oak (1974)
Terry Wells 37 RB 5-11 195 S. Mississippi 1 2 24 13 1975 FA - Hou (1974)
Clarence Williams 83 DE 6- 5 255 Prairie View 6 6 28 14 1970 Trade - Dallas
Keith Wortman 65 G 6- 2 250 Nebraska 4 4 25 14 1972 Draft - 10th 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
1975 PACKERS DRAFT (January 28-29, 1975)
RND-PCKNAMEPOSCOLLEGE
1 9 Traded to Los Angeles in John Hadl trade
2a 28 Traded to Los Angeles in John Hadl trade (A)
2b 36 Traded to Miami for Jim Del Gaizo
2c 47 Bill Bain (B) OG USC
3a 58 Wlliard Harrell (C) RB Pacific
3b 61 Traded to Los Angeles in John Hadl trade
4 88 Steve Luke S Ohio State
5 113 Traded to Dallas in Jack Concannon trade
6 140 Traded to Los Angeles in Harry Schuh trade
September 21: Detroit Lions (1-0) 30, Green Bay Packers (0-1) 16
(MILWAUKEE) - The Detroit Lions, converting two blocked punts by Levi Johnson and one by Ben Davis into three touchdowns, wore down Green Bay's offensive line and won their opener 30-16. The Lions, one of five teams which lost practice time last week because of the NFL Players' Association strike, used a smothering defense to storm to a 17-0 second- quarter lead, all they needed to ruin Bart Starr's debut as head coach of the Packers. Johnson batted Steve Broussard's punt near the Packer goal and outraced Broussard to the ball in the end zone for a touchdown and a 10-0 lead midway in the first quarter. The Lion CB blocked another punt early in the second quarter and linebacker Larry Ball rambled 34 yards with the recovery to the Packers' end zone. Davis, a reserve CB, blocked a punt and Broussard recovered at the Packers' seven late in the third period, setting up a one-yard scoring run by Dexter Bussey and a 24-10 spread. Chester Marcol saw his season end with a torn quadriceps muscle.
DETROIT - 10 7 7 6 - 30
GREEN BAY - 0 3 7 6 - 16
1st - DT - Errol Mann, 28-yard field goal DETROIT 3-0
1st - DT - Levi Johnson, recovery of a bl punt in the endzone (Mann kick) DET 10-0
2nd - DET - Larry Ball, 34-yard return of a blocked punt (Mann kick) DET 17-0
2nd - GB - Marcol, 21-yard field goal DETROIT 17-3
3rd - GB - Brockington, 5-yard run (Pureifory kick) DETROIT 17-10
3rd - DET - Dexter Bussey, 1-yard run (Mann kick) DETROIT 24-10
4th - DET - Mann, 18-yard field goal DETROIT 27-10
4th - GB - Brockington, 2-yard run (Kick blocked) DETROIT 27-16
4th - DET - Mann, 47-yard field goal DETROIT 30-16
September 29: Denver Broncos (2-0) 23, Green Bay Packers (0-2) 13
(DENVER) - The heralded duel between Green Bay quarterback John Hadl and Denver's Charlie Johnson never came off, nor did the running battle between John Brockington and Otis Armstrong. Both Johnson and Armstrong were sidelined early in Monday night's game, leaving it up to reserve quarterback Steve Ramsey and an alert Denver defense to star in the Broncos' 23-13 victory. Ramsey, thrust into.action late in the second quarter after Johnson suffered a split nail on the index finger of his throwing hand, passed 10 yards to Jack Dolbin for a touchdown and guided the Broncos into position for the clinching score, Jim Turner's third field goal of the game. The TD pass was made possible by LB Jim O'Malley's interception near midfield and return to the Packer 12-yard line. After Hadl passed the Packers to within 16-13 late in the game, LB Randy Gradishar came up with another defensive gem, picking off a Hadl pass and running 44 yards for a score with 40 seconds remaining. It was Hadl who almost singlehandedly made a game of it in the late stages. His aerial wizardry helped atone for a meager Packer ground game that accounted for just 71 yards in the face of a surprisingly sound Denver defense. Although he finished with 23 completions in 36 attempts for 273 yards, Hadl had to endure a frustrating first half in which he was sacked four times for losses of 31 yards. The Packers also lost CB Willie Buchanon for the season with a broken leg.
GREEN BAY - 0 0 0 13 - 13
DENVER - 0 6 7 10 - 23
2nd - DEN - Jim Turner, 35-yard field goal DENVER 3-0
2nd - DEN - Turner, 39-yard field goal DENVER 6-0
3rd - DEN - Jack Dolbin, 10-yard pass from Steve Ramsey (Turner kick) DEN 13-0
4th - DEN - Randy Gradishar, 44-yard interception (Turner kick) DENVER 23-13
October 5: Miami Dolphins (2-1) 31, Green Bay Packers (0-3) 7
(GREEN BAY) - Mercury Morris rushed for 125 yards and Don Nottingham gained 102 and scored three times to lead the Miami Dolphins to a 31-7 victory over the Green Bay Packers. Miami took command on the opening kickoff and never let up as the Dolphins dominated things both offensively and defensively, scoring in every quarter except the fourth. Miami marched 80 yards following the opening kickoff with Nottingham getting the final 11. He scored again midway through the second quarter on a one yard run and added his third tally early in the second half on another one-yarder. Miami's other touchdown came on a 58 yard pass from Bob Griese to Freddie Solomon with 1:21 left in the first half and the Dolphins added their final three points on a 31 yard field goal by GaroYepremian. Griese, who finished with seven completions in 13 attempts for 133 yards, also set up Miami's second touchdown with a 23 yard pass to Nat Moore. That put the ball on the Green Bay l. The Packers' only offense came from John Hadl and even that didn't get going until midway through the final quarter. Hadl hit Rich McGeorge for 53 yards and a first down on the Miami 22 and Barty Smith, subbing for the injured John Brockington, went the final two yards for the touchdown.
MIAMI - 7 14 10 0 - 31
GREEN BAY - 0 0 0 7 - 7
1st - MIA - Don Nottingham, 11-yard run (Garo Yepremian kick) MIAMI 7-0
2nd - MIA - Nottingham, 1-yard run (Yepremian kick) MIAMI 14-0
2nd - MIA - Fred Solomon, 58-yd pass from Bob Griese (Yepremian kick) MIA 21-0
3rd - MIA - Nottingham, 11-yard run (Yepremian kick) MIAMI 28-0
3rd - MIA - Yepremian, 31-yard field goal MIAMI 31-0
4th - GB - Barry Smith, 2-yard run (Danelo kick) MIAMI 31-7
October 12: New Orleans Saints (1-3) 20, Green Bay Packers (0-4) 19
(NEW ORLEANS) - Rich Szaro, playing his first game in the NFL, kicked a 20-yard field goal with with 22 seconds left to give the New Orleans a 20-19 victory over the Green Bay Packers for the Saints' first victory of the season. The Saints spotted Green Bay 16 points, including two Packer touchdowns in the first 1:05 of play, then came from behind to win it. Archie Manning engineered the first two offensive touchdown drives the Saints have managed this season, one for 80 yards and the other for 31 yards. Mike Strachan, who rushed 24 times for 105 yards, capped the 80-yard drive in the second quarter with a two-yard scoring dive, and Joel Parker caught an 11-yard scoring pass from Manning for the other Saints touchdown in the third quarter. Szaro's first field goal, from 36 yards out, came with 8:15 left in the game and put the Saints ahead for the first time, 17-16, but Joe Danelo kicked a 45-yard field goal with two minutes left to regain the lead for Green Bay, 19-17. Szaro, who played college ball at Harvard and played with the Philadelphia Bell of the World Football League, was signed four days ago to replace ousted kicker Bill McClard. The Packers, whose record is now 0-4, jumped to an early lead on Steve Odom's 93-yard touchdown runback on the opening kickoff. Three plays later Mike McCoy recovered a Manning fumble and scampered 19 yards into the end zone. Early in the second quarter, Saints P Mike Blanchard got a bouncing snap from center while trying to punt near his own 10 yard line and had to run into his own end zone where he was downed by Tom Toner for a Green Bay safety. New Orleans overwhelmed Green Bay in first downs, 26-8, and outgained the Packers in total yardage, 393-161. Manning completed 17 out of 39 passes for 191 yards. Saints RB Alvin Maxson ran 17 times for 89 yards. Packers QB John Hadl completed 11 of 20 passes for 66 yards. The Packers played most of the game without the services of their top running back John Brockington.
GREEN BAY - 14 2 0 3 - 19
NEW ORLEANS - 0 7 7 6 - 20
1st - GB - Odom, 93-yard kickoff return (Danelo kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
1st - GB - McCoy, 19-yard fumble recovery (Danelo kick) GREEN BAY 14-0
2nd - GB - Safety, Toner tackled Tom Blanchard in the end zone GREEN BAY 16-0
2nd - NO - Mike Strachan, 2-yard run (Richie Szaro kick) GREEN BAY 16-7
3rd - NO - Joel Parker, 11-yard pass from Archie Manning (Szaro kick) GB 16-14
4th - NO - Szaro, 36-yard field goal NEW ORLEANS 17-16
4th - GB - Danelo, 45-yard field goal GREEN BAY 19-17
4th - NO - Szaro, 20-yard field goal NEW ORLEANS 20-19
October 19: Green Bay Packers (1-4) 19, Dallas Cowboys (4-1) 17
(DALLAS) - Bart Starr no longer wears pads and a helmet, but the new Green Bay coach can still work his black magic on the Dallas Cowboys. The Packers, apparently on the way to their fifth consecutive loss under Starr, stung the previously unbeaten Dallas Cowboys in the final two minutes on a 26-yard touchdown pass from John Hadl to Rich McGeorge. The 19-17 victory lifted the Packers out of the doldrums of their worst start since 1922. Starr, who beat Dallas seven out of eight times as a quarterback, has suffered during his "fresh start with Bart" rookie season. But a Dallas fumble of a punt and Hadl's touchdown pass with 1:52 left to play finally put Starr in
the win column. Rookie Steve Luke gave the Packers the opportunity to win when he recovered Golden Richards' fumble of a punt at the Dallas 31. Hadl ran five yards and on the next play found McGeorge alone in the Dallas secondary. McGeorge outraced Cowboy LB Lee Roy Jordan to the flag for the touchown. Dallas had apparently
clinched the game on Tony Fritsch's 24-yard field goal which put the Packers behind 17-9. Joe Danelo's 29-yard field goal brought the Packers to within 17-12 with 9:38 left to play. Green Bay beat back a desperate last-second drive with DB Perry Smith breaking up a pass on fourth down and eight at the Dallas 44 to secure the victory with 57 seconds left. Green Bay jumped to a 3-0 first-period lead on Danelo's 24-yard field goal. Dallas stormed back behind the running Preston Pearson and Robert Newhouse to take a 7-3 lead. Pearson returned the second half kickoff 42 yards and dashed 32 yards to set up Newhouse's one-yard scoring run. Willard Harrell's 26-yard touchdown got the Packers back in the game and leading 9-7. Dallas went 73 yards in 10 plays to regain the lead 14-9 on Doug Dennison's three-yard touchdown bolt up the middle. Jordan recovered Harrrel's fumble on the Green Bay 11 to put Dallas in position for Fritsch's 24-yard field goal with 12:36 left.
GREEN BAY - 3 0 6 10 - 19
DALLAS - 0 0 14 3 - 17
1st - GB - Danelo, 24-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
3rd - DALL - Robert Newhouse, 1-yard run (Toni Fritsch kick) DALLAS 7-3
3rd - GB - Harrell, 26-yard run (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 9-7
3rd - DALL - Doug Dennison, 3-yard run (Fritsch kick) DALLAS 14-9
4th - DALL - Fritsch, 24-yard field goal DALLAS 17-9
4th - GB - Danelo, 29-yard field goal DALLAS 17-12
4th - GB - McGeorge, 26-yard pass from Hadl (Danelo kick) GREEN BAY 19-17
October 26: Pittsburgh Steelers (5-1) 16, Green Bay Packers (1-5) 13
(MILWAUKEE) - Rocky Bleier rushed for 162 yards on the best day of his career, but it took a 29-yard field goal by Roy Gerela with 64 seconds left in the game to lift the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 16-13 victory over the Green Bay Packers. The Super Bowl champion Steelers were heavily favored, but had to scramble against the Packers, who took advantage of penalties and three Pittsburgh fumbles. The Packer defense held the Steelers offense without a touchdown, although Pittsburgh moved the ball well. Twice the Steelers drove to the Green Bay one-yard-line, but each time they had to settle for field goals of 19 yards by Gerela. Pittsburgh's only touchdown came on a 94-yard kickoff return by Mike Collier midway through the second period. Collier's runback came moments after John Brockington had plunged two yards to give Green Bay a 6-3 lead. It was the first touchdown the Steeler defense had allowed in 10 quarters and came after a 66-yard drive helped by four penalties against Pittsburgh and two key passes from John Hadl to Steve Odom. Green Bay tied the game, 13- 13, with 1:08 remaining in the third quarter when Hadl passed five yards to Brockington. Odom had the key play in the drive, going 27 yards to the Steelers' five on a reverse to set up the score. Bleier carried the ball 34 times in racing to his first 100-yard regular season game ever. The former Notre Dame star had 110 yards in the first half and Pittsburgh built a 13-6 lead. Steeler QB Terry Bradshaw was injured on the drive to the winning field goal when Fred Carr turned him head over heels on a sideline tackle. Bradshaw tried to continue, but was helped from the field and Joe Gilliam came in to complete the drive. The Steelers had the best of the statistics, 248 yards rushing and 84 passing. Green Bay managed only 63 yards rushing.
PITTSBURGH - 3 10 0 3 - 16
GREEN BAY - 0 6 7 0 - 13
1st - PITT - Roy Gerela, 19-yard field goal PITTSBURGH 3-0
2nd - GB - Brockington, 2-yard run (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 6-3
4th - PITT - Gerela, 29-yard field goal PITTSBURGH 16-13
November 2: Minnesota Vikings (7-0) 28, Green Bay Packers (1-6) 17
(GREEN BAY) - Fran Tarkenton passed for 285 yards and three touchdowns, including a 19-yard strike to
John Gilliam for the go-ahead score with 10:44 left, rallying the unbeaten Minnesota Vikings to a 28-17 win over Green Bay. Tarkenton completed 24 of 30 passes, seven to Gilliam for 98 yards. Gilliam beat cornerback Ken Ellis to grab Tarkenton's pass in the left corner of the Packer end zone as the Vikings, 7-0, took a 21-17 lead early in the final period. Viking S Paul Krause intercepted a John Hadl pass three plays later and returned 14 yards to the Packer 47. Tarkenton then directed the Vikings to an insurance touchdown score, passing 10 yards to Chuck Foreman with 4:54 left. Krause intercepted the 69th pass of his career, good for second place on the all-time NFL list, and returned 22 yards to the Minnesota 30 with two minutes left in the game. Green Bay, 1-6, took a 17-14 lead early in the third quarter as Barty Smith wrestled a seven-yard pass from Hadl away from LB Floyd Simpson and plunged into the Viking end zone. Smith rushed 16 times for 88 yards in relief of injured John Brockington. Smith gained 38 yards in five carries, including the final three, as the Packers drove 57 yards on their first series for a 7-7 tie. The Vikings marched 83 yards in 13 plays after the opening kickoff, scoring on a five-yard pass from Tarkenton to Stu Voigt. The Packers took a 10-7 lead early in the second quarter on Joe Danelo's 23-yard field goal, but a two-yard scoring run by Ed Marinaro gave the Vikings a 14-10 lead less than two minutes before halftime.
MINNESOTA - 7 7 0 14 - 28
GREEN BAY - 7 3 7 0 - 17
1st - MIN - Stu Voight, 5-yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) MINN 7-0
2nd - GB - Danelo, 23-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-7
2nd - MINN - Ed Marinaro, 2-yard run (Cox run) MINNESOTA 14-10
3rd - GB - Barty Smith, 7-yard pass (Danelo kick) GREEN BAY 17-14
4th - MIN - John Gilliam, 19-yard pass from Tarkenton (Cox kick) MINN 21-17
4th - MIN - Chuck Foreman, 10-yard pass from Tarkenton (Cox kick) MINN 28-17
November 9: Chicago Bears (2-6) 27, Green Bay Packers (1-7) 14
(CHICAGO) - Craig Clemens' 76-yard interception return for a touchdown and the first-half passing of Gary Huff spurred the Chicago Bears to a 27-14 upset of Green Bay in the 112th renewal of the National Football League's oldest rivalry. Clemons picked off a Don Milan pass early in the third quarter and raced down the sidelines untouched for the Bears' first touchdown on an interception in six years. Huff, completing all nine of his 15 pass attempts in the first half for 119 yards, hit Bob Parsons with a 12-yard scoring toss in the first quarter and also set up a five-yard touchdown run by Walter Payton in the second period. Milan, starting in place of the injured John Hadl, connected on a 42-yard touchdown pass to Steve Odom in the second quarter. Earlier Milan and Odom combined for a 56-yard pass for Green Bay's longest gain from scrimmage this season, but the play did not result in a Packer score because Green Bay later missed a 32-yard field-goal attempt.
GREEN BAY - 0 7 0 7 - 14
CHICAGO - 10 7 10 0 - 27
1st - CHI - Bob Thomas, 34-yard field goal CHICAGO 3-0
1st - CHI - Bob Parsons, 12-yard pass from Gary Huff (Thomas kick) CHI 10-0
2nd - GB - Odom, 42-yard pass from Milan (Danelo kick) CHICAGO 10-7
2nd - CHI - Walter Payton, 5-yard run (Thomas kick) CHICAGO 17-7
3rd - CHI - Thomas, 48-yard field goal CHICAGO 20-7
3rd - CHI - Craig Clemons, 76-yard interception return (Thomas kick) CHI 27-7
4th - GB - Barry Smith, 18-yard pass from Brown (Danelo kick) CHICAGO 27-14
November 16: Detroit Lions (6-3) 13, Green Bay Packers (1-8) 10
(DETROIT) - Errol Mann's 23-yard field goal with 13 seconds remaining gave the Detroit Lions a 13-10 win over the fired-up Green Bay Packers. It had appeared that the game would go into overtime, but the Lions struck in the closing minutes. A 48-yard pass from Joe Reed to Ray Jarvis to the Packers' seven with 54 seconds left set up the winning points. Green Bay had come back earlier on a stunning 24-yard halfback pass from Willard Harrell to Steve Odom for a touchdown with 4:32 gone in the final period, pulling the Packers into the 10-10 tie. Detroit, now 6-3 to the Packers' 1-8 record, seemed like it would have an easy time. The Lions moved in for a touchdown on their first possession, with Reed hitting tight end Charlie Sanders with a nine-yard scoring pass. That was the only score in the first half Joe Danelo put the
Packers on the board with a 28-yard field goal in the third quarter and Mann booted a 28-yarder on the first play of the final period for the Lions.
GREEN BAY - 0 0 3 7 - 10
DETROIT - 7 0 0 6 - 13
1st - DET - Charlie Sanders, 9-yard pass from Joe Reed (Errol Mann kick) DET 7-0
4th - DET - Mann, 23-yard field goal DETROIT 13-10
November 23: Green Bay Packers (2-8) 40, New York Giants (3-7) 14
(MILWAUKEE) - Rookie Willard Harrell caught one touchdown pass and threw for another while Green Bay smothered two threats with fumble recoveries and held of'f a New York rally for a 40-14 victory over the Giants. John Hadl passed for 275 yards, including 36 to Harrell for a first-quarter touchdown as the Packers took the lead to stay and held on to break a four-game losing streak. Hadl passed 30 yards to reserve Gerald Tinker for the Packers' final score with 6:23 to play.
NEW YORK - 0 0 14 0 - 14
GREEN BAY - 14 10 0 16 - 40
1st - GB - Harrell, 36-yard pass from Hadl (Danelo kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
1st - GB - Torkelson, 2-yard run (Danelo kick) GREEN BAY 14-0
2nd - GB - Danelo, 28-yard field goal GREEN BAY 17-0
2nd - GB - Odom, 23-yard pass from Harrell (Danelo kick) GREEN BAY 24-0
3rd - NYG - Doug Kotar, 10-yard run (Hunt kick) GREEN BAY 24-14
4th - GB - Safety, Giants P Doug Jennings stepped out of the end zone GB 26-14
4th - GB - Barty Smith, 3-yard run (Danelo kick) GREEN BAY 33-14
4th - GB - Tinker, 35-yard pass from Hadl (Danelo kick) GREEN BAY 40-14
November 30: Green Bay Packers (3-8) 28, Chicago Bears (2-9) 7
(GREEN BAY) - John Brockington rushed for 111 yards and scored three touchdowns and John Hadl passed for 127 more yards in a swirling snow, leading the Packers to a rout of the hapless Chicago Bears. DT Dave Pureifory, who led a fierce rush on Chicago rookie QB Bob Avellini, recovered one fumble and forced another to set up two touchdowns as the Packers, 3-8, shoved the Bears, 2-9, into the cellar of the Central Division. Will Harrell passed 14 yards to Steve Odom for a touchdown - the rookie halfback's third scoring strike on an option play in the last three games - as the Packers rolled up 16 first downs to the Bears three to storm to a 28-0 first half lead. Brockington scored from a yard out to cap an 84-yard march, the Packers' longest scoring drive of the season, on their first series. Mike McCoy stripped the ball from rookie Walter Payton moments later and Pureifory lumbered 11 yards with the recovery to the Bear 11, setting up Brockington's second TD.
CHICAGO - 0 0 7 0 - 7
GREEN BAY - 7 21 0 0 - 28
1st - GB - Brockington, 1-yard run (Danelo kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
2nd - GB - Brockington, 1-yard run (Danelo kick) GREEN BAY 14-0
2nd - GB - Odom, 14-yard pass from Harrell (Danelo kick) GREEN BAY 21-0
2nd - GB - Brockington, 8-yard run (Danelo kick) GREEN BAY 28-0
3rd - CHI - Walter Payton, 1-yard run (Bob Thomas kick) GREEN BAY 28-7
December 7: Minnesota Vikings (11-1) 24, Green Bay Packers (3-9) 3
(MINNESOTA) - The ageless Merlin of the National Football League, Sir Francis Tarkenton, continues to work his magic and the Minnesota Vikings march to music with their seventh division championship in eight years already tucked away. "Tarkenton is just a brilliant quarterback," said Green Bay LB Jim Carter following the Vikings 24-3 victory over the Packers. Green Bay played Minnesota WR John Gilliam man-to-man and played strong against the pass to running backs Chuck Foreman and Ed Marinaro, but Tarkenton needed little time to exploit the Packer strategy. Tarkenton went to work on Packer CB Perry Smith, who was assigned to cover the speedy Gilliam. "I don't think anyone can handle Gilliam one-on- one," said the 35 year-old Tarkenton, who completed 20 of 30 pass attempts for 211 yards and 3 touchdowns, including two to Gilliam. "I don't know why they didn't give him (Smith) any help," said Gilliam, who caught TD passes covering 18 and 37 yards. "It was stupid " Gilliam caught 7 passes for 83 yards and his sixth and seventh touchdowns of the season. Green Bay's only score came on a 22-yard field goal by Joe Danelo in the first period after a Packer drive bogged down after reaching the Minnesota 4.
GREEN BAY - 3 0 0 0 - 3
MINNESOTA - 14 10 0 0 - 24
1st - MIN - John Gilliam, 18-yd pass fr Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) MINN 7-0
1st - MIN - Chuck Foreman, 32-yard pass from Tarkenton (Cox kick) MINN 14-0
1st - GB - Danelo, 22-yard field goal MINNESOTA 14-3
2nd - MINN - Gilliam, 37-yard pass from Tarkenton (Cox kick) MINNESOTA 21-3
2nd - MINN - Cox, 37-yard field goal MINNESOTA 24-3
December 14: Los Angeles Rams (11-2) 22, Green Bay Packers (3-10) 5
(LOS ANGELES) - Veteran Tom Dempsey booted field goals of 40, 39 and 38 yards as the injury-battered Los Angeles Rams called on reserves Ron Jaworski and Rob Scribner for mostof their offense in a 22-5 victory over the Green Bay Packers. With starting QB James Harris out with a shoulder injury after the first three minutes, Jaworski directed the Rams the rest of the way in the battle. Scribner took over when Jim Bertelsen injured a knee and led all rushers with 82 yards in 12 carries. He scored a touchdown on a three-yard smash and his 23-yard run set up Dempsey's first field goal.
GREEN BAY - 2 3 0 0 - 5
LOS ANGELES - 0 9 3 10 - 22
1st - GB - Safety, Pureifory tackled Ron Jaworski in the end zone GREEN BAY 2-0
2nd - GB - Danelo, 48-yard field goal GREEN B AY 5-0
2nd - LA - Tom Dempsey, 40-yard field goal GREEN BAY 5-3
2nd - LA - Rob Scribner, 3-yard run (Kick failed) LOS ANGELES 9-5
3rd - LA - Dempsey, 39-yard field goal LOS ANGELES 12-5
4th - LA - Dempsey, 38-yard field goal LOS ANGELES 15-5
4th - LA - John Cappelletti, 2-yard run (Dempsey kick) LOS ANGELES 22-5
December 21: Green Bay Packers (4-10) 22, Atlanta Falcons (4-10) 13
(GREEN BAY) - Eric Torkelson and Barty Smith found plenty of running room, which raises the question whether the Green Bay Packers think they still have room for John Brockington. Brockington hopes so, but the one-time premier fullback doubts it. "We have to make changes, let's face it. I guess I'm trade bait," Brockington said after the Packers, sparked by 86 yards in 22 carries by Torkelson and 60 in 14 by Barty Smith, had closed their otherwise bleak season by defeating the Atlanta Falcons 22-13. Torkelson scored from 15 yards out after a 61-yard interception return by Perry Smith as the Packers took the lead to stay at 9-6 early in the second quarter. Barty Smith's one-yard touchdown run and three Joe Danelo field goals boosted the margin to 22-6 midway through the third quarter. An end zone interception by Al Matthews and a fumble recovery by Alden Roche blunted a Falcon rally led by rookie QB Steve Bartkowski, as both teams finished with 4-10 records. Another hero was John Hadl, who connected on 16 of 32 passes for 181 yards to set a Packer record for completions in a season with 191. And ex-Packer Dave Hampton was a hero in defeat for the Falcons, rushing for 61 yards for a season total of 1,002. That abundance of heroes left Brockington out in the cold - the 12 degree chill that benumbed he and most of his teammates who spent much of the day on the sidelines. Brockington, who had rushed lor 4,159 yards in his four previous NFL seasons, carried eight times for 12 yards Sunday for season totals of 434 yards in 144 tries. After the game, Packer fans tore down the goal posts.
ATLANTA - 6 0 0 7 - 13
GREEN BAY - 3 9 10 0 - 22
1st - GB - Danelo, 34-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
1st - ATL - Dave Hampton, 1-yard run (Kick failed) ATLANTA 6-3
2nd - GB - Torkelson, 15-yard run (Kick blocked) GREEN BAY 9-6
2nd - GB - Danelo, 30-yard field goal GREEN BAY 12-6
3rd - GB - Danelo, 19-yard field goal GREEN BAY 15-6
3rd - GB - Barty Smith, 1-yard run (Danelo kick) GREEN BAY 22-6
4th - ATL - Alfred Jenkins, 52-yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) GR BAY 22-13
1975 IN REVIEW: On Christmas Eve, 1974, Bart Starr, a five-time NFL champion as a player, was named Packers head coach and general manager with the hope he could lead the team to additional titles in his new role. Starr faced a number of challenges. Dan Devine had traded away many of the team's top draft choices. All-Pro linebacker Ted Hendricks became a free agent after contract talks broke off in July. Four days later, cornerback Ken Ellis walked out of camp in a contract dispute. In August, offensive lineman Bill Lueck asked to be traded. Hendricks was sent to Oakland in return for two first-round draft choices (1976 and 1977). Ellis was fined and suspended for a weel. Lueck was shipped to Philadelphia for a fourth-round pick in 1976.In Starr's first trek as coach the Packers struggled early and got off to an 0-4 start after stunning the Cowboys for Bart Starr's first coaching win the Pack continued to struggle eventually going 1-8. However, the Packers would end the season winning 3 of their final 5.
1975 PRE-SEASON RESULTS (2-4) - AUGUST
9 G-BUFFALO BILLS W 23- 6 1-0-0 56,267
16 M-CHICAGO BEARS W 13- 9 2-0-0 52,051
23 at Cincinnati Bengals L 10-27 2-1-0 49,752
30 M-NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS L 17-20(OT) 2-2-0 51,769
SEPTEMBER
6 at Kansas City Chiefs L 3-31 2-3-0 35,543
13 G-SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS L 3-24 2-4-0 56,267
1975 REGULAR SEASON RESULTS (4-10) - SEPTEMBER (0-2)
21 M-DETROIT LIONS (0-0) L 16-30 0- 1-0 50,781 Hadl
29 at Denver Broncos (1-0) L 13-23 0- 2-0 52,491 Hadl
OCTOBER (1-3)
5 G-MIAMI DOLPHINS (1-1) L 7-31 0- 3-0 55,396 Hadl
12 at New Orleans Saints (0-3) L 19-20 0- 4-0 51,371 Hadl
19 at Dallas Cowboys (4-0) W 19-17 1- 4-0 64,189 Hadl
26 M-PITTSBURGH STEELERS (4-1) L 13-16 1 -5-0 52,258 Hadl
NOVEMBER (2-3)
2 G-MINNESOTA VIKINGS (6-0) L 17-28 1- 6-0 55,378 Hadl
9 at Chicago Bears (1-6) L 14-27 1- 7-0 48,738 Milan
16 at Detroit Lions (5-3) L 10-13 1- 8-0 76,356 Hadl
23 M-NEW YORK GIANTS (3-6) W 40-14 2- 8-0 50,150 Hadl
7 at Minnesota Vikings (10-1) L 3-24 3- 9-0 46,147 Hadl
14 at Los Angeles Rams (10-2) L 5-22 3-10-0 59,312 Hadl
21 G-ATLANTA FALCONS (4-9) W 22-13 4-10-0 38,565 Hadl
August 9 : Green Bay (1-0) 23, Buffalo 6
(GREEN BAY) - It could have been a task fit for the "Mission-Impossible" television team: Outshine former all-pro quarterback Bart Starr as he made his pro football coaching debut in the city he helped name Titletown USA. But little Willard Harrell, a rookie, did just that. "You would have to start with Harrell," Starr, the Green Bay Packers' brilliant quarterback of the 1960s, said of his coaching debut, Saturday's 23-6 victory over Buffalo. Harrell, Green Bay's third round draft choice, returned a punt 82 yards for a touchdown, caught a 30-yard scoring pass from rookie Carlos Brown, and collected 224 yards total offense. Eric Torkelson contributed a one-yard scoring run, and rookie Alfred Knapp a 19-yard field goal. Green Bay's defense shut off O. J. Simpson and the rest of the Bills' vaunted ground game, but Starr was quick to note that it was just an exhibition game. John Hadl predicted Green Bay will be hard on lots of teams. "We will be pretty good, we really will," he said. "We have a long way to go offensively, but it is a lot better than it was. We have a better organized and more experienced staff, for one thing, and we have Bart Starr," he said.
BUFFALO - 0 6 0 0 - 6
GREEN BAY - 7 3 7 6 - 23
1st - GB - Harrell, 82-yard punt return (Knapp kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
2nd - GB - Knapp, 19-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-0
2nd - BUF - Gary Hayman, 1-yard run (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 10-6
3rd - GB - Torkelson, 1-yard run (Knapp kick) GREEN BAY 17-6
4th - GB - Harrell, 30-yard pass from Brown (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 23-6
August 16 : Green Bay (2-0) 13, Chicago 9
(MILWAUKEE) - Barry Smith caught a 12-yard touchdown pass from John Hadl and set up another score with a 34-yard reception Saturday night to spark the Packers over the Chicago Bears in the preseason Midwest Shrine football game. The triumph was the second in a row for the Packers under new head Coach Bart Starr. The Bears, now l-l under new Coach Jack Pardee, dominated play early in the game and it wasn't until
the closing seconds of the 1st half that the momentum changed as Ken Ellis intercepted a Bobby Douglass pass in the end zone to start Green Bay's first scoring drive.
CHICAGO - 0 0 0 0 - 9
GREEN BAY - 0 0 3 7 - 13
2nd - CHI - Bo Rather, 51-yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Kick failed) CHI 6-0
2nd - GB - Barty Smity, 12-yard pass from Hadl (Marcol kick) GREEN BAY 7-6
4th - GB - Torkelson, 1-yard pass from Tagge (Kick blocked) GREEN BAY 13-6
4th - CHI - Bob Thomas, 45-yard field goal GREEN BAY 13-9
August 23: Cincinnati 27, Green Bay (2-1) 10
(CINCINNATI) - Exhibition game or not, the Cincinnati Bengals were elated after not
only defeating the Green Bay Packers, but actually dominating them. "In the past games we always more or less tied them both on offense and defense," said veteran defensive tackle Ron Carpenter. "But this is the first time we ever really beat them. I mean the offense was biting off five and eight yards a play and the defense really bottled them up. "You learn more in a loss," Bart Starr said after losing 27-10 Saturday night. "It points out some of your weaknesses and we had quite a few pointed out. I was hoping that Steve Odom's run would turn the game around but it didn't." Odom took the second half kickoff on the goal line and streaked for a 100-yard touchdown. Green Bay veteran quarterback John Hadl hit nine passes for 90 yards before giving way to rookie Carlos Brown who hit on only two for 19 yards. Starr said he was deeply disappointed in the Packers defense. "They simply beat the heck out of us."
GREEN BAY - 0 3 7 0 - 10
CINCINNATI - 7 13 0 7 - 27
1st - CIN - Essex Johnson, 13-yd pass from Ken Anderson (Dave Green kick) CIN 7-0
2nd - CIN- Lenvil Elliott, 20-yard pass from Anderson (Kick failed) CIN 13-0
2nd - CIN - Bob Trumpy, 16-yard pass from Anderson (Green kick) CIN 20-0
2nd - GB - Marcol, 52-yard field goal CINCINNATI 20-3
August 30: New England 20, Green Bay (2-2) 17 (OT)
(MILWAUKEE) - John Smith, who missed four field goals in the fourth period, connected from 31 yards out midway in a sudden death overtime period to give the New England Patriots a win over the Packers. New England drove 64 yards to the winning field goal, with the big plays a 16-yard run by Joe Wilson, a 21-yard run by Leon McQuay and an interference penalty on Ken Ellis that put the ball into Packer territory. Green Bay had grabbed its lead on the passing of John Hadl, but Hadl left the game midway through the second quarter.
NEW ENGLAND - 7 0 10 0 3 - 20
GREEN BAY - 7 7 3 0 0 - 17
1st - GB - Payne, 36-yard pass from Hadl (Marcol kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
1st - NE - Darryl Stingley, 42-yd pass from Jim Plunkett (John Smith kick) TIED 7-7
2nd - GB - Brockington, 1-yard run (Marcol kick) GREEN BAY 14-7
3rd - NE - Sam Cunningham, 7-yard run (Smith kick) TIED 14-14
3rd - NE - Smith, 21-yard field goal NEW ENGLAND 17-14
3rd - GB - Marcol, 19-yard field goal TIED 17-17
OT - NE - Smith, 31-yard field goal NEW ENGLAND 20-17
September 6: Kansas City 31, Green Bay (2-3) 3
(KANSAS CITY) - Ken Avery capped a 21-play first period by romping 36 yards
with an intercepted pass and Ed Podolak contributed two touchdowns as the Kansas City Chiefs rolled to an easy victory over the Packers Saturday night. A crowd of 39,543 watched the game. Avery deflected the pass, thrown by John Hadl, grabbed it out of the air and bulled it into the end zone. The Chiefs scored their first touchdown in the game's first four minutes by driving 24 yards after Morris LeGrand recovered Steve Odom's fumble after a 22-yard return with the opening kickoff. Podolak used Tom Condon's block as the springboard for a three-yard touchdown run. Less than seven minutes later, the Chiefs marched 57 yards on 10 plays for another touchdown, the big gainer Mike Livingston's 20-yard pass to Podolak. Jeff Kinney stabbed over from the one. Except for Jan Stenerud's 28-yard field goal, Kansas City couldn't score again until the closing moments, moving 66 yards with Podolak going over from the three. Chester Marcol kicked a 23-yard field goal for Green Bay in the second period.
GREEN BAY - 0 3 0 0 - 3
KANSAS CITY - 21 0 0 10 - 31
1st - KC - Ed Podolak, 3-yard run (Jan Stenerud kick) KANSAS CITY 7-0
1st - KC - Jeff Kinney, 1-yard run (Stenerud kick) KANSAS CITY 14-0
1st - KC - Ken Avery, 36-yard interception return (Stenerud kick) KAN CITY 21-0
2nd - GB - Marcol, 23-yard field goal KANSAS CITY 21-3
4th - KC - Stenerud, 28-yard field goal KANSAS CITY 24-3
4th - KC - Podolak, 3-yard run (Stenerud kick) KANSAS CITY 31-3
September 13: San Francisco 24, Green Bay (2-4) 3
(GREEN BAY) - The Green Bay Packers concluded their exhibition schedule with a fourth straight loss Saturday night, bowing to the San Francisco 49ers. The defeat in the 15th Annual Bishop's Charities Game left the Packers with a 2-4 record, while the 49ers finished out 3-3 going into next weekends openers. San Francisco opened a 7-0 lead 3:46 into the second quarter on a three-yard blast up the middle by Larry Schreiber and conversion kick by Steve Mike-Mayer. The drive started late in the first quarter, covered 76 yards and took eleven plays. Wide receiver Barry Smith was named the Packer's most valuable offensive player of the Charities Game, catching four passes for 74 yards prior to being injured. Defensive end Alden Roche was named defensive player of the game after getting two sacks.
SAN FRANCISCO - 3 0 7 14 - 24
GREEN BAY - 7 9 7 3 - 3
2nd - SF - Larry Schreiber, 3-yard run (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) SAN FRAN 7-0
2nd - GB - Marcol, 38-yard field goal SAN FRANCISCO 7-3
3rd - SF - Wilbur Jackson, 1-yard run (Mike-Mayer kick) SAN FRANCISCO 14-3
3rd - SF - Mike-Mayer, 29-yard field goal SAN FRANCISCO 17-3
4th - SF - Manfred Moore, 1-yard run (Mike-Mayer kick) SAN FRANCISCO 24-3
7 165 Tony Giaquinto WR Central Conneticut
8 192 Traded to Baltimore
9 217 Jay Lynn Hodgin RB South Carolina
10 244 William Cooke DE Massachusetts
11 269 Bob Martin DE Washington
12 296 Carlos Brown QB Pacific
13 321 Bob Fuhrman S Utah State
14 348 Stan Blackmon TE North Texas State
15 373 Randy Allen WR Southern
16 400 Bob McCaffrey C USC
17 425 Tom Ray DB Central Michigan
A - From Baltimore in Tom McLeod trade (1974) B - From Washington in Dave Robinson trade (1973) C - From San Diego Chargers in Bob Brown trade (1974) Bold - Played for the Green Bay Packers
1975 Packers Yearbook
1975 Packers Media Guide
1975 Packers Prospectus
Sports Illustrated - 25 August
Bears at Packers Program - 16 August
Patriots at Packers Program - 30 August
49ers at Packers Program - 13 September
Dolphins at Packers Program - 5 October
Packers at Rams Program - 14 December
1975 PACKER TRADES - TRANSACTIONS
FEB 3 - Signed P Spike Jones (BUFFALO)
MAY 24 - Acquired C Bill Curry from LOS ANGELES for a conditional draft choice.
JUL 2 - Traded a 1976 6th-round choice to HOUSTON for RB Paul Robinson
JUL 8 - Traded RB MacArthur Lane to KANSAS CITY for a 1976 3rd-round draft choice
JUL 18 - Waived P Ron Widby and RB Jay Lynn Hodgin (9th round) after they failed physicals. WR Tony Giaquinto (7th round) and S Bob Fuhrman (13th round) left camp (88 players)
JUL 21 - Released DE Aaron Brown and OT Harry Schuh after they failed physicals. Released DB Dave Mason, DB McKinney Evans, TE Stan Blackmon (14th round), DB Tom Raye (17th round), DT Charlie Ullmer and WR Ernie DeChellis.
AUG 6 - LB Ted Hendricks signed with OAKLAND.
AUG 8 - Acquired OG Daryl White from DETROIT for a conditional draft choice.
AUG 14 - Claimed RB Terry Wells on waivers from HOUSTON
AUG 19 - Claimed OL Randy Jackson off waivers from CHICAGO
AUG 20 - Acquired LB Ron Hornsby from NEW YORK GIANTS for a conditional draft choice. Acquired DT Paul Linford from BALTIMORE for a conditional draft choice (59 players)
AUG 21 - Waived LB VanEss DeCree. Placed OT Bill Hayhoe and S Norm Hodgins on injured reserve (55 players)
AUG 26 - Waived OG Daryl White (53 players)
AUG 27 - Acquired TE Ron Mayo on waivers from BUFFALO (55 players)
AUG 28 - Traded OG Bill Lueck to PHILADELPHIA for a 1976 4th-round draft choice
AUG 29 - Signed P Damien Nygaard (55 players - 3 All-Stars)
SEPT 1 - OG Gale Gillingham retired. Waived P Randy Walker, TE Mike Donohoe and LB Ron Hornsby. Claimed OG Ralph Peretta off waivers from SAN DIEGO (52 players - 3 All-Stars)
SEPT 2 - Claimed LB Ken Bernich off waivers from SAN DIEGO. Released WR Jeff Baker and DT Paul Linford. Placed DE Mike Fanucci on injured reserve (50 players - 3 All-Stars)
SEPT 4 - Claimed OL Chuck Brandon on waivers from SAN DIEGO. Released P Spike Jones, WR Randy Allen and QB Jerry Tagge (48 players - 3 All-Stars)
SEPT 6 - Claimed QB Don Milan off waivers from LOS ANGELES (52 players - 3 All-Stars)
SEPT 9 - Traded a 1976 7th-round draft choice to CINCINNATI for OG Pat Matson. Traded a conditional draft choice to ST. LOUIS for RB Jim Germany. C Bill Curry retired. Released OG Ralph Peretta, LB Ken Bernich, DE Bob Martin (11th round), WR Ron Mayo and P Damien Nygaard. Placed OG Chuck Brandon on injured reserve (47 players)
SEPT 10 - Claimed OL Ernie Janet off waivers from CHICAGO. Released OL Lee Nystrom. Placed RB Larry Krause on injured reserve (47 players)
SEPT 11 - Released WR Jon Staggers. Acquired WR Charlie Wade off waivers from CHICAGO (47 players)
SEPT 12 - Green Bay was awarded a 1976 1st-round draft choice and a 1977 1st-round draft choice from OAKLAND for signing LB Ted Hendricks.
SEPT 14 - Released S Jim Hill. Signed P Spike Jones (47 players)
SEPT 15 - Placed OT Randy Jackscon on injured reserve. Released QB Jack Concannon, RB Jim Germany and DE Mike Fanucci (off injured reserve) (43 players)
SEPT 17 - Released P Spike Jones and LB Joe Carroll. Signed P Steve Broussard off waivers from NEW ORLEANS. Signed LB Gary Weaver off waivers from OAKLAND (43 players)
SEPT 25 - Released DE Bill Cooke (10th round). Claimed LB Tom Hull off waivers from SAN FRANCISCO (43 players)
SEPT 26 - Released RB Larry Krause and OT Bill Hayhoe off injured reserve. Placed OG Ernie Janet on injured reserve. Claimed OT Ernie McMillan off waivers from ST. LOUIS (43 players)
OCT 2 - Placed CB Willie Buchanon and WR Charlie Wade on injured reserve. Claimed WR Kent Gaydos off waivers (PHILADELPHIA) (42 players)
OCT 3 - Signed K Joe Danelo off waiver from MIAMI (43 players)
OCT 8 - Waived LB Joe Carroll and OL Chuck Brandon from injured reserve.
OCT 14 - Placed LB Larry Hefner on injured reserve. Signed DE Bill Cooke
OCT 17 - Released P Steve Broussard. Signed P David Beverly off waivers from HOUSTON (43 players)
OCT 23 - Placed K Chester Marcol on injured reserve.
OCT 29 - Claimed DB Hurles Scales off waivers from ST. LOUIS (43 players)
NOV 13 - Signed DE Dave Roller (S.CALIFORNIA-WFL). Claimed WR Gerald Tinker off waivers from ATLANTA. Placed DE Bill Cooke and WR Kent Gaydos on injured reserve (43 players)
JOHN BROCKINGTON - WHAT WENT WRONG?
For three glorious years, John Brockington was one of the premier running backs in the NFL. He was the first NFL player to ever rush for 1,000 or more yards in each of his first three seasons. In 1971 Brockington was named AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. Brockington was also selected to 3 consecutive Pro Bowls (1971-1973). Then, in 1974, Brockington ran for "just" 883 yards. The following year was even worse, with 434 yards, followed by 406 yards in 1976. On September 21, 1977, the Packers cut their former workhorse, three days after he passed the 5,000-yard rushing mark for his career, leaving fans to wonder what went wrong:
WEAR AND TEAR - Brockington was the featured running back at Ohio State in his senior year and finished with 1,142 rushing yards, which was at the time an Ohio State single-season record. In his first four years in Green Bay, he carried the ball 1,021 times, leaving many to believe his body simply gave out similar to what happened to Earl Campbell.
MACARTHUR LANE - Prior to the 1975 season, the Packers traded Lane to Kansas City for a draft choice. At the time, there were indications the Packers thought the clock had run out on the brusing back, but he put in four productive years with the Chiefs, including a NFL-leading 66 receptions in 1976. Without Lane, Brockington lost the one compliment he needed to succeed.
OFFENSIVE LINE/QUARTERBACK - Trouble at these positions spelled disaster for Brockington. Opposing defenses knew that the Packers had little to no passing game in the final years of Brockington's tenure, and he openly complained about the poor offensive line play in his last few seasons.
WFL - The Chicago Fire drafted Brockington in 1974, and Dan Devine panicked. He signed Brockington to a 3-year, no-cut contract worth $150-200,000 per year. The size of the deal made it virtually impossible to trade Brockington, even when he asked for one in 1975.
