1940 Green Bay Packers season

1940 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Curly Lambeau
Home field	City Stadium Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record	6–4–1
Division place	2nd NFL Western
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

The 1940 Green Bay Packers season was their 22nd season overall and their 20th season in the National Football League. The defending NFL champions, Green Bay finished with a 6–4–1 record under founder and head coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a second-place finish in the Western Conference.

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1940 NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/club team
1	9	Hal Van Every	Halfback	Minnesota
3	24	Lou Brock	Back	Purdue
5	39	Esco Sarkkinen	End	Ohio State
6	49	Dick Cassiano	Back	Pittsburgh
7	59	Millard White	Tackle	Tulane
8	69	George Seeman	End	Nebraska
9	79	J. R. Manley	Guard	Oklahoma
10	89	Jack Brown	Back	Purdue
11	99	Don Guritz	Guard	Northwestern
12	109	Phil Gaspar	Tackle	USC
13	119	Ambrose Schindler	Quarterback	USC
14	129	Bill Kerr	End	Notre Dame
15	139	Mel Brewer	Guard	Illinois
16	149	Ray Andrus	Back	Vanderbilt
17	159	Archie Kodros	Center	Michigan
18	169	Jim Gillette	Halfback	Virginia
19	179	Al Matuza	Center	Georgetown
20	189	Jim Reeder	Tackle	Illinois
21	194	Vince Eichler	Back	Cornell
22	199	Henry Luebcke	Tackle	Iowa

Regular season

Main article: 1940 NFL season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue
1	Bye
2	September 15	Philadelphia Eagles	W 27–20	1–0	City Stadium
3	September 22	Chicago Bears	L 10–41	1–1	City Stadium
4	September 29	Chicago Cardinals	W 31–6	2–1	Wisconsin State Fair Park
5	Bye
6	October 13	Cleveland Rams	W 31–14	3–1	City Stadium
7	October 20	Detroit Lions	L 14–23	3–2	City Stadium
8	October 27	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 24–3	4–2	Wisconsin State Fair Park
9	November 3	at Chicago Bears	L 7–14	4–3	Wrigley Field
10	November 10	at Chicago Cardinals	W 28–7	5–3	Comiskey Park
11	November 17	at New York Giants	L 3–7	5–4	Polo Grounds
12	November 24	at Detroit Lions	W 50–7	6–4	Briggs Stadium
13	December 1	at Cleveland Rams	T 13–13	6–4–1	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Western Division
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Bears	8	3	0	.727	6–2	238	152	W2
Green Bay Packers	6	4	1	.600	4–3–1	238	155	T1
Detroit Lions	5	5	1	.500	4–3–1	138	153	L1
Cleveland Rams	4	6	1	.400	2–5–1	171	191	T1
Chicago Cardinals	2	7	2	.222	2–5–1	139	222	L3

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks Bob Adkins Larry Craig Dick Weisgerber Running backs Frank Balasz Lou Brock Larry Buhler Beattie Feathers Arnie Herber Clarke Hinkle Cecil Isbell Ed Jankowski Joe Laws Andy Uram Hal Van Every Wide receivers Connie Mack Berry Dick Evans Milt Gantenbein Don Hutson Carl Mulleneaux Ray Riddick George Seeman		Offensive linemen Charley Brock Paul Engebretsen Charles Goldenberg Tom Greenfield Howard Johnson Bill Lee Russ Letlow Lou Midler Baby Ray Charles Schultz Champ Seibold George Svendsen Pete Tinsley Bobby Wood Gust Zarnas Defensive linemen Leo Disend Paul Kell Fred Shirey Rookies and first-year players in italics

References

Further reading

• Cliff Christl, The Greatest Story in Sports: Green Bay Packers, 1919–2019. 4 volumes. Stevens Point, WI: KCI Sports Publishing, 2021.

External links

• Sportsencyclopedia.com