September 25: Chicago Bears (1-0) 17, Green Bay Packers (0-1) 0
(GREEN BAY) - The opener between the two oldtime foes was a demonstration by Johnny Lujack on how it should be done and by the Packers on how it shouldn't. Lujack produced all of the Bears' points by passing for two touchdowns and kicking a field goal and both extra points, while Green Bay failed to complete one of its 13 passing attempts. Jug Girard, Jack Jacobs and Stan Heath did throw four passes to Chicago defenders, though. The game was scoreless until late in the third quarter when Lujack booted a 16-yard field goal. Green Bay never threatened seriously, not getting beyond the Bears' 24-yard line. That particular drive was stopped by an interception. Girard, a surprise starter, did the majority of the Green Bay passing. He threw seven passes and had three intercepted, Jacobs tried four passes, and Heath, Green Bay's top draft pick, tried three passes with one interception.
CHI BEARS - 0 0 3 14 - 17
GREEN BAY - 0 0 0 0 - 0
3rd - CHI - Johnny Lujack, 16-yard field goal CHICAGO BEARS 3-0
4th - CHI - J.R. Boone, 37-yard pass from Lujack (Lujack kick) BEARS 10-0
4th - CHI - Ken Kavanaugh, 27-yard pass from Lujack (Lujack kick) BEARS 17-0
October 2: Los Angeles Rams (2-0) 48, Green Bay Packers (0-2) 7
(GREEN BAY) - The Los Angeles Rams trampled Green Bay, 48-7, for the worst defeat the Packers ever have felt in their home town. But for Stan Heath's last minute touchdown, it would have been the worst defeat in Packer history. The Packers were playing their first game without Curly Lambeau as head coach. Following their loss to the Bears, the only head coach the Packers had ever known announced he was going to concentrate on rebuilding the team, and turned over the on-the-field coaching duties to his assistants - Charley Brock, Bob Snyder and Tom Stidham. Six Rams scored seven touchdowns and quarterback Bob Waterfield booted two field goals and five extra points. Fred Gehrke added the other conversion. One week after failing to complete a pass, Green Bay's three quarterbacks tried 21 passes, and completed only four. Three were intercepted.
LOS ANGELES - 10 7 14 17 - 48
GREEN BAY - 0 0 0 7 - 7
1st - LA - Frank Hubbell, 21-yard interception return (Bob Waterfield kick) LA 7-0
1st - LA - Waterfield, 30-yard field goal LOS ANGELES 10-0
2nd - LA - Dick Hoerner, 2-yard run (Waterfield kick) LOS ANGELES 17-0
3rd - LA - Fred Gehrke, 11-yard lateral from Hoerner (Waterfield kick) LA 24-0
3rd - LA - Gerry Cowhig, 20-yard interception return (Waterfield kick) LA 31-0
4th - LA - Jerry Williams, 8-yard run (Waterfield kick) LOS ANGELES 38-0
4th - LA - Waterfield, 37-yard field goal LOS ANGELES 41-0
4th - LA - Tommy Kalmanir, 45-yard run (Gehrke kick) LOS ANGELES 48-0
4th - GB - Heath, 1-yard run (Fritsch kick) LOS ANGELES 48-7
October 7: Green Bay Packers (1-2) 19, New York Bulldogs (0-3) 0
(NEW YORK) - The once-powerful Green Bay Packers notched their first victory of the season when they turned back the New York Bulldogs, 19-0, in a Friday night game at the Polo Grounds. The Bulldogs battered the Green Bay line in vain at the start, then resorted to an aerial game, with Bobby Layne in the pitching role. Layne, rushed all the way, completed a few passes, but gained little yardage. The Packers, meanwhile, were not too effective themselves. They could not score in the first period, and when they finally did break the ice, it was via a field goal kicked by Ted Fntsch. A few minutes later, they recorded one of their two touchdowns. The Packers scored suddenly when Jug Girard, who handled most of the passing, flipped to Nolan Luhn, in the end zone. No sooner had the third period started than the Packers, rather than buck the Bulldog line decided again to try for a field goal, which Fntsch made. With about a minute to play, Tony Canadeo, who rushed for 100 yards, climaxed a long march by dashing around end for the final touchdown. Green Bay as a team ran for 385 yards, their best mark of the season. The win ended Green Bay's longest losing streak ever - 9 games (1948-1949).
GREEN BAY - 0 9 3 7 - 19
NY BULLDOGS - 0 0 0 0 - 0
2nd - GB - Fritsch, 45-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
2nd - GB - Luhn, 14-yard pass from Girard (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 9-0
3rd - GB - Fritsch, 14-yard field goal GREEN BAY 12-0
4th - GB - Canadeo, 15-yard run (Fritsch kick) GREEN BAY 19-0
October 16: Chicago Cardinals (2-2) 39, Green Bay Packers (1-3) 17
(MILWAUKEE) - The Green Bay Packers found themselves buried in fourth place in the Western Division after being buried by the Chicago Cardinals, 39-17. The Cards scored on the second play of the game when Vince Banonis intercepted Jack Jacobs' one and only pass and raced 27 yards. After that, Chicago tallied in every quarter and in every possible way. Vinnie Yablonski tied the a ten-year old league record by booting three field goals. Pat Harder tallied on a 16-yard burst and kicked four extra points. Paul Christman passed 18 yards to Vic Schwall for a touchdown. Tom Wham zipped 46 yards for a tally with an interception of one of Stan Heath's tosses. Buster Ramsey wound it up in the final period by trapping Bob Cifers, in the end zone after a fumbled punt for a safety. Green Bay outdistanced the Cardinals 311 to 244 yards, but not in the right places.
2nd - CHI - Yablonski, 27-yard field goal CHICAGO CARDINALS 20-3
2nd - CHI - Yablonski, 34-yard field goal CHICAGO CARDINALS 23-3
3rd - CHI - Harder, 16-yard run (Harder kick) CHICAGO CARDINALS 30-3
3rd - CHI - Tom Wham, 46-yard interception return (Harder kick) CARDINALS 37-3
4th - GB - Canadeo, 5-yard run (Fritsch kick) CHICAGO CARDINALS 37-10
4th - CH - Safety, Bob Cifers recovered a fumbled punt in the end zone CARDS 39-10
October 23: Los Angeles Rams (5-0) 35, Green Bay Packers (1-4) 7
(LOS ANGELES) - The Rams, who remained the only perfect team in the NFL, were in front, 28-0, by the time the Green Bay offense clicked. The Packers scored in the third quarter when the running and passing of Jug Girard, Tony Canadeo and Ted Fritsch carried 71 yards in seven plays. On the other hand, there were three Green Bay fumbles—on the four, the seven and the 25-yard lines—which led to Los Angeles scores. Then, too, the stubborn Packer defense couldn't cope with the charging Ram line or the wizardry of Bob Waterfield.
GREEN BAY - 0 0 7 0 - 7
LOS ANGELES - 14 0 14 7 - 35
1st - LA - Fred Gehrke, 4-yard pass from Bob Waterfield (Waterfield kick) LA 7-0
1st - LA - Tommy Kalmanir, 62-yard punt return (Waterfield kick) LA 14-0
3rd - LA - Dick Hoerner, 2-yard run (Waterfield kick) LOS ANGELES 21-0
3rd - LA - Jerry Williams, 4-yard run (Waterfield kick) LOS ANGELES 28-0
3rd - GB - Fritsch, 8-yard run (Fritsch kick) LOS ANGELES 28-7
4th - LA - Williams, 6-yard run (Waterfield kick) LOS ANGELES 35-7
October 30: Green Bay Packers (2-4) 16, Detroit Lions (1-5) 14
(MILWAUKEE) - With Tony Canadeo doing most of the work, the Packers dug out of the division cellar with a 16-14 victory over Detroit. Canadeo, who was leading the NFL in rushing, carried 21 times for 117 yards and one TD. Only 10,855 attended Green Bay's second victory of the season. The Packers were tops on the ground, gaining 248 yards to Detroit's 215. But the Lions had it in the air, completing 16 of 33 tosses for 197 yards, while the Packers hit on five of 15 for 61 yards. The Lions threatened to score three times in the second period, but each move ended in an attempted field goal. Dudley missed from the Packer 43, 34 and 44 yard lines. Early in the second half, Jack Jacobs intercepted a pass on his own two and the Packers started off. With Canadeo and Fritsch doing most of the lugging and Jug Girard aiding with passes, Green Bay moved to Detroit's nine. Canadeo went over from there to give the Packers a 9-7 lead. A Detroit gamble in the fourth quarter tightened the score. Wally Triplett was sent around end on fourth down to pick up the yard that the Lions needed for a first down. He didn't stop until he crossed the goal line. The Lions, still trailing by two, then tried an onside kick. Dudley recovered and Detroit shot to the Packer 29 in five plays. Again the Packers, held and Dudley tried another field goal, which failed. Green Bay took possession with three minutes to go and froze the ball.
DETROIT - 7 0 0 7 - 14
GREEN BAY - 3 0 6 7 - 16
1st - DET - Bill Dudley, 6-yard run (Dudley kick) DETROIT 7-0
1st - GB - Fritsch, 46-yard field goal DETROIT 7-3
3rd - GB - Canadeo, 9-yard run (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 9-7
4th - GB - Cook, 25-yard pass from Girard (Fritsch kick) GREEN BAY 16-7
4th - DET - Wally Triplett, 80-yard run (Dudley kick) GREEN BAY 16-14
November 6: Chicago Bears (4-3) 24, Green Bay Packers (2-5) 3
(CHICAGO) - After three periods of erratic play, the Chicago Bears were fanned to life by Johnny Lujack's passes for a pair of final quarter touchdowns to take a 24-3 win over the Packers. The victory, accomplished before 47,218 fans in Wngley Field, was the Bears' fifth in a row over their ancient rivals. In 63 meetings with Green Bay, the Bears now have a record of 36 wins against 22 defeats. Five games were tied. It was the Bears' fourth league win of the season in seven starts and kept alive their hopes for at least a share of the western
division title. For Green Bay, it marked the beginning of a season-ending tailspin.
GREEN BAY - 0 0 3 0 - 3
CHI BEARS - 3 7 0 14 - 24
1st - CHI - George Blanda, 28-yard field goal CHICAGO BEARS 3-0
2nd - CHI - Julie Rykovich, 1-yard run (Johnny Lujack kick) BEARS 10-0
3rd - GB - Ethridge, 22-yard field goal CHICAGO BEARS 10-3
4th - CHI - Lujack, 20-yard run (Lujack kick) CHICAGO BEARS 17-3
4th - CHI - Rykovich, 5-yard run (Lujack kick) CHICAGO BEARS 24-3
November 13: New York Giants (5-3) 30, Green Bay Packers (2-6) 10
(GREEN BAY) - Charley Conerly put on a one-man show at City Stadium. He threw four touchdown passes and had fifteen completions in 29 tosses for a huge gain of 345 yards, more than the Packers gained in the air and on the ground together. The Packers, dropping their sixth game in eight tries, got 127 yards on the ground and 161 in the air. The Giants totaled 94 yards rushing and 347 yards passing. Seventy-one yards of the Packers' rushing gains were marked up by Tony Canadeo in 14 carries. Green Bay had 12 completions in 35 tosses. Conerly's favorite target was halfback Choo-Choo Roberts who took in three of Conerly's scoring tosses. The Packers, making their last home stand of the season, trailed 10-0 at the end of the first quarter. They got into the game in the second period on Ted Fritch's 27-yard field goal, but faded in the third when the Giants scored 14 points.
NY GIANTS - 10 0 14 6 - 30
GREEN BAY - 0 3 0 7 - 10
1st - NY - Choo-Choo Roberts, 45-yard pass from Charley Conerly (Ben Agajanian kick) NY 7-0
1st - NY - Agajanian, 41-yard field goal NEW YORK GIANTS 10-0
2nd - GB - Fritsch, 27-yard field goal NEW YORK GIANTS 10-3
3rd - NY - Roberts, 44-yard pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick) NY GIANTS 17-3
3rd - NY - Roberts, 10-yard pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick) NY 24-3
4th - GB - Earhart, 57-yard punt return (Fritsch kick) NEW YORK GIANTS 24-10
4th - NY - Bill Swiacki, 24-yard pass from Conerly (Kick failed) NY GIANTS 30-10
November 20: Pittsburgh Steelers (5-3-1) 30, Green Bay Packers (2-7) 7
(MILWAUKEE) - The Green Bay Packers dropped their final Wisconsin home game game of the season, 30-7, to Pittsburgh. Only 5,483 fans turned out - the smallest crowd in modern Packer home history. Pittsburgh's single wing power and freshmen backs, Joe Geri and Bobby Gage, crushed the Packers. Geri completed six of nine passes, wo of them for touchdowns, and Gage connected on both passes he tried and also added a touchdown on a three yard end around. Tony Canadeo of the Packers, the NFL's top rusher, did his usual fine job by getting 116 yards in 21 carries. But Jerry Nuzum of the Steelers outshone him with 168 yards in 20 caries. The Steelers' first score was late in the second quarter on a 47-yard pass from Geri to Val Jasante. In the third period, Nuzum galloped 64 yards on a reverse. Then the Packers got in the game for awhile. They marched 11 plays with Jug Girard taking it over on a one-yard quarterback sneak. Green Bay faded fast in the final period as Carl Samuelson blocked Girard's punt for a safety, then Geri tossed eight yards to Nuzum in the end zone and Gage made his touchdown to wind things up.
PITTSBURGH - 0 7 7 16 - 30
GREEN BAY - 0 0 7 0 - 7
2nd - PITT - Val Jasante, 47-yard pass from Joe Geri (Geri kick) PITTSBURGH 7-0
3rd - PITT - Jerry Nuzum, 64-yard run (Geri kick) PITTSBURGH 14-0
4th - P - Safety, Carl Samuelson blocked Girard's punt out of the end zone PITT 16-7
4th - PITT - Nuzum, 8-yard pass from Geri (Geri kick) PITTSBURGH 23-7
4th - PITT - Bobby Gage, 3-yard run (Geri kick) PITTSBURGH 30-7
November 27: Chicago Cardinals (5-4-1) 41, Green Bay Packers (2-8) 21
(CHICAGO) - Green Bay found themselves sharing the cellar spot with Detroit in the Western Division, despite the efforts of Tony Canadeo. Despite a fine aerial rally which netted three scores in the second quarter, the Packers were defeated by the Chicago Cardinals, 41-21. Canadeo sparkled in defeat by personally accounting for 122 of the 163 yards gained on the ground by Green Bay. That ran his ground gaining total yardage to 953 in ten games. Steve Van Buren of the Philadelphia Eagles rushed 205 yards to take over the league lead. Van Buren now is 12 yards short of his own record. The Cardinals racked up 27 points in the first quarter and seven more in the second before the Packers could score. Until the second period, it appeared that the Packers were not in the game but then Jug Girard made some fine connections with his passing. Two of his tosses to end Steve Pritko were for touchdowns and another—a 28 yard pass to Bob Forte—set the Packers up on the one yard line from where Canadeo plowed over. Green Bay, trailing 34-21 at halftime, kept the Cards from scoring in the third quarter, but in the final period Chicago put the game away with their sixth touchdown. Elmer Angsman shot over from the five after a 27-yard pass from Jim Hardy to Mal Kutner.
GREEN BAY - 0 21 0 0 - 21
CHI CARDS - 27 7 0 7 - 41
1st - CHI - Bob Ravensberg, 48-yd pass fr Jim Hardy (Pat Harder kick) CARDS 7-0
1st - CHI - Mal Kutner, 11-yard pass from Hardy (Kick failed) CARDINALS 13-0
1st - CHI - Red Cochran, 71-yard punt return (Harder kick) CARDINALS 20-0
1st - CHI - Harder, 10-yard run (Harder kick) CHICAGO CARDINALS 27-0
2nd - CHI - Ravensberg, 40-yd pass from Paul Christman (Harder kick) CARDS 34-0
2nd - GB - Canadeo, 1-yard run (Fritsch kick) CHICAGO CARDINALS 34-7
4th - CHI - Elmer Angsman, 5-yard run (Harder kick) CARDINALS 41-21
December 4: Washington Redskins (4-6-1) 30, Green Bay Packers (2-9) 0
(WASHINGTON) - The Washington Redskins played their best game of the season, adding to some of the Green Bay Packers' misery with a 30-0 pummeling. The Packers now sat all alone in the cellar of the Western Division. Washington scored all its points in the second and the third quarters. The rest of the time the Redskins were busy knocking the Packer offense out of whack. They rushed Green Bay passers and kickers, intercepted four tosses, and even bottled up Tony Canadeo so completely that the Packers' top ground gainer could pick up only 29 yards in 15 tries. The shutout, Washington's first since 1945, almost wasn't. The final gun found Green Bay on the Redskins four yard line with three downs left. Curly Lambeau, Packer general manager, had a net loss of 15 yards in the contest. He rushed onto the field to complain that it was an illegal play when the Redskins quickly lined up without a huddle, and Dick Poillon booted a field goal. After considerable wordage, Lambeau retired and the Packers lost 15 in yardage for the "unsportsmanlike conduct of their coaches." Following the game, the Packers asked waivers on end Ted Cook, who came to Green Bay from Detroit two years ago. This cuts the Packer squad to 27—its lowest level in years. The Packers also announced that fullback Walt Schlinkman, injured against Washington, was being sent home and would miss the Green Bay finale at Detroit Sunday.
GREEN BAY - 0 0 0 0 - 0
WASHINGTON - 0 13 17 0 - 30
2nd - WASH - Ed Quirk, 1-yard run (Dick Poillon kick) WASHINGTON 7-0
2nd - WASH - Poillon, 29-yard field goal WASHINGTON 10-0
2nd - WASH - Poillon, 21-yard field goal WASHINGTON 13-0
3rd - WASH - Sammy Baugh, 8-yard run (Poillon kick) WASHINGTON 20-0
3rd - WASH - John Hollar, 1-yard run (Poillon kick) WASHINGTON 27-0
3rd - WASH - Poillon, 30-yard field goal WASHINGTON 30-0
December 11: Detroit Lions (4-8) 21, Green Bay Packers (2-10) 7
(DETROIT) - The Green Bay Packers, NFL kingpins for so many years, again offered evidence of how the mighty have fallen. They lost their finale to Detroit 21-7, winding up the campaign with a 2-10 record, their worst in franchise history. It also marked the last game for Curly Lambeau at the helm of the team. He would resign on Janaury 31, 1950 to become the head coach of the Chicago Cardinals.
GREEN BAY - 0 7 0 0 - 7
DETROIT - 7 0 0 14 - 21
1st - DET - Bob Mann, 64-yd pass from Frank Tripucka (Bill Dudley kick) DET 7-0
2nd - GB - Johnson recovered a blocked punt in the end zone (Fritsch kick) TIED 7-7
4th - DET - Mann, 41-yard pass from Tripucka (Dudley kick) DETROIT 14-7
4th - DET - Dudley, 67-yard punt return (Dudley kick) DETROIT 21-7
The End of the Curly Lambeau Era - February 1, 1950
(CHICAGO) - Curly Lambeau, coach of the Green Bay Packers for 31 years, today was named coach of the Chicago Cardinals of the National-American Football League. Lambeau, 51, signed a two-year contract. Ray C. Bennigsen, president of the Cardinals, said Lambeau, would also serve as vice president of the club and would be in complete charge of player personnel. Lambeau, faced with organizational difficulties at Green Bay, did not sign a contract to continue as head coach of Green Bay Packers, although it was awaiting his signature. The new change marks the fourth Cardinal shakeup in a year. Jimmy Conzelman resigned a year ago. Buddy Parker and Phil Handler were named co-coaches. After five games last fall, Parker became head coach and Handler was made vice president in charge of scouting and signing players. Parker resigned—later signing as backfield coach of the Detroit Lions — after the Cards were trounced by their crosstown rivals, the Bears, in the last game for the two teams.
Don Wells 43 E 6- 2 200 Georgia 4 4 27 2 1945 Draft - 6th round
Dick Wildung 45 G 6- 0 220 Minnesota 4 4 28 12 1943 Draft - 1st round
NO - Jersey Number POS - Position HGT - Height WGT - Weight YR - Years with Packers PR - Years of Professional Football AGE - Age at Start of Season G - Games Played
1949 IN REVIEW: With the wolves howling for Curly Lambeau's head, the Packers ran the gauntlet of their worst season in history. Outside of Tony Canadeo, Green Bay fielded a pitiful team which won only two games. In addition, the Packers organization teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, relying on a new sale of stock to replenish the team's treasury. The governing board wanted a larger voice in running the club, while Lambeau still insisted on concentrating power in his own hands. When the coach and governing board reached an impasse over the issue, Lambeau read the handwriting on the wall and resigned on February 1, 1950. Some of the executives heaved a sigh of relief, but former player Buckets Goldenberg summed up the popular opinion - "I don't see how the Packers can last without him. He was the Packers."
16 M-CHICAGO CARDINALS (1-2-0) L 17-39 1-3-0 18,464
23 at Los Angeles Rams (4-0-0) L 7-35 1-4-0 37,546
30 M-DETROIT LIONS (1-4-0) W 16-14 2-4-0 10,855
NOVEMBER (0-4)
6 at Chicago Bears (3-3-0) L 3-24 2-5-0 47,218
13 G-NEW YORK GIANTS (4-3-0) L 10-30 2-6-0 20,151
20 M-PITTSBURGH STEELERS (4-3-1) L 7-30 2-7-0 5,483
27 at Chicago Cardinals (4-4-1) L 21-41 2-8-0 16,787
DECEMBER (0-2)
4 at Washington Redskins (3-6-1) L 0-30 2-9-0 23,200
11 at Detroit Lions (3-8-0) L 7-21 2-10-0 12,576
1949 PRE-SEASON RESULTS (2-3) - AUGUST
20 G-PHILADELPHIA EAGLES L 0-35 0-1-0 18,785
24 New York Giants at Syracuse, NY W 14- 7 1-1-0 20,000
28 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 3- 9 1-2-0 13,578
SEPTEMBER
11 New York Bulldogs at Rock Island, IL W 7- 3 2-2-0 N/A
18 M-WASHINGTON REDSKINS L 24-35 2-3-0 12,873
1949 REGULAR SEASON RESULTS (2-10) - SEPTEMBER (0-1)
25 G-CHICAGO BEARS (0-0-0) L 0-17 0-1-0 25,571
OCTOBER (2-3)
2 G-LOS ANGELES RAMS (1-0-0) L 7-48 0-2-0 24,308
7 at New York Bulldogs (0-2-0) W 19- 0 1-2-0 5,099
August 20: Philadelphia Eagles 35, Green Bay Packers 0
(GREEN BAY) - Mudville couldn't have been much unhappier after Casey struck out than this town was today. That's because, of course, the Green Bay Packers got off to what was, putting it mildly, an extremely sorry start on the 1949 football season Saturday night losing an exhibition game to the Philadelphia Eagles 35-0. Nearly 19,000 fans turned out to see what Coach E. L. (Curly) Lambeau had done with the club that floundered through its worst year in history last fall. What they saw didn't please them. It wasn't precisely the fact that the league champions beat the Packers. Even the most optimistic might have expected that, but the size of the score, plus the ease with which the Eagles handled their opponents, was not. All told, the Eagles rolled up 408 yards gained, 335 of them on the ground. In the process they counted 26 first downs. The Packers made 167 yards, 49 by rushing and the rest on passes, good for nine first downs, Once the Lambeaumen got as far as the Eagles' 16-yard line, but three passes failed to click. Another time they got to the 3, but again they failed. That was just about the whole offensive. The Eagles scored twice in the first quarter and one in each of the others. Steven Van Buren ,was the big noise with well over 100 yards gained personally. He scored jone touchdown. Others went to Noble Doss, Frank Ziegler, Jim Farmer and Russ Craft, Cliff Fatten place-kicked all five extra points. prior to departure by air tomorrow for Syracuse.
PHILADELPHIA - 14 7 7 7 - 35
GREEN BAY - 0 0 0 0 - 0
PHIL TD: Steve Van Buren, Nobel Doss, Frank Ziegler, Jim Farmer, Russ Craft
PHIL XP: Cliff Fatten 5
August 24: Green Bay Packers 14, New York Giants 7
(SYRACUSE) - They still pay off in touchdowns, so the outplayed Green Bay Packers prepared to head for Pittsburgh today with their first 1949 football victory in the satchel. The Packers, despite a poor showing on the statistics chart, scored twice to the New York Giants' once in an exhibition game last night for a 14-7 victory. The triumph gave them a 50-50 record for the young season as they readied for Sunday game with the Steelers on the latter's field. Veteran Ted Fritsch scored the Packers' first touchdown with a short plunge in the second quarter to cap a 33-yard, seven-play ground assault. The lead lasted until midway of the final period, when Cletus Fischer tied it up with a 36-yard sprint. But the Bays weren't through. Another veteran, Irv Comp, recovered a Giant fumble on the New Yorkers' 35-yard line with two minutes to play. Jack Jacobs pitched a strike to Nolan Luhn, but he dropped it on the 15. Jacobs wound up again and hurled to rookie Bill Kelley on the 10 and he sprinted across for the winning tally. Statistically, it was all New York. The Giants piled up 18 first downs to the Packers' five and gained 176 yards passing to 61 for the Bays. Rushing yardage was about even.
GREEN BAY - 0 7 0 7 - 14
NY GIANTS - 0 0 0 7 - 7
2nd - GB - Fritsch, 1-yard run (Fritsch kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
4th - NY - Cletus Fischer, 36-yard run (Ray Poole kick) TIED 7-7
4th - GB - Kelley pass from Jacobs, 35-yard pass (Fritsch kick) GREEN BAY 14-7
August 28: Pittsburgh Steelers 9, Green Bay Packers 3
(PITTSBURGH) - There was plenty of work on the docket today as the Green Bay Packers returned from their first road trip of the young football season. Coach E. L. (Curly) Lambeau announced a complete overhaul job for both offense and defense on the heels of yesterday's 9-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in an exhibition game. The size of the score was no indication of how the game went. The Packers were outplayed completely,
as they were in both previous pre-season tilts. For instance, take the total yards gained yesterday. Green Bay had 75, 44 rushing and 31 passing. The Steelers, not counted on for too much trouble when the National league race gets underway, had 232. Passing netted 160 and rushing 72. The first downs were about the same. The Steelers rolled up 17 and the Packers four, all of them in the first half. The Packers did score first. Ted Fritsch booted a field goal from the 39-yard line, but that was all. George Papich scored for the Steelers in the final period on the end of a six-yard screen pass from Joe Glamp, who converted the extra point. Then, with two minutes to play, Carl Samuelson and John Hollingsworth nailed the Packers' Irv Comp in the end zone for a safety.
GREEN BAY - 3 0 0 0 - 3
PITTSBURGH - 0 0 0 9 - 9
1st - GB - Fritsch, 39-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
4th - PITT - George Papich, 6-yard pass from Joe Glamp (Glamp kick) PITT 7-3
4th - PITT - Team safety, Comp sacked in end zone PITTSBURGH 9-7
September 11: Green Bay Packers 7, New York Bulldogs 3
(ROCK ISLAND) - A 42-yard touchdown run by Ralph Earhart brought the Green Bay Packers a 7-3 victory over the New York Bulldogs in an exhibition game before 5,000 fans here Sunday. The touchdown run came with less than five minutes to go. After a scoreless first half, in which neither of the pro squads showed any sustained offensive power, Nick Collard booted a field goal for the New Yorkers in the third. The boot covered 55 yards and split the cross bars. The tremendous place kick would be a league record except that the game was an exhibition contest. The league mark is now held by Glenn Pressnell of the Detroit Lions, who booted a 53- yard goal in 1930. Stan Heath, Nevada's touted passing star, saw little action, as Indian Jack Jacobs for the Packers and Bobby Layne for the Bulldogs hooked up in an aerial dual. Purdue's Bob DeMoss relieved Layne in the final period.
NY BULLDOGS - 0 0 3 0 - 3
GREEN BAY - 0 0 0 7 - 7
3rd - NY - Nick Collard, 55-yard field goal NEW YORK 3-0
4th - GB - Earhart, 42-yard run (Fritsch kick) GREEN BAY 7-3
September 18: Washington Redskisn 35, Green Bay Packers 24
(MILWAUKEE) - Harry Gilmer proved to be too reasonable a facsimile of Sammy Baugh yesterday as the Washington Redskins defeated the Green Bay Packers, 35-24 in an exhibition game. The former Alabama tosser took over the Washington Redskin quarterback slot, while the veteran Baugh sat it out with injuries, and stoned the Packers with four touchdown passes. Gilmer in the air and on the ground, he picked up 84 yards in five carries, made the 12,873 spectators forget there was a highly touted Packer rookie named Stan Heath on the field. Heath, last year's top college passer in the nation, tried 20 passes during his first real test with Green Bay but completed only five for 57 yards. Oldtimers Ted Fritsch and Tony Canadeo took care of the Packer scoring. Fritsch plunged for one tally, booted a 43-yard field goal and made three extra points, while Canadeo went over twice on short sprints.
WASHINGTON - 7 14 0 14 - 35
GREEN BAY - 7 7 3 7 - 24
Washington scoring: Touchdowns; Taylor, Dowda, Poillon, Sandifer, Goode. PAT: Poillon (5) Green Bay scoring: Touchdowns: Fritsch, Canadeo (2). Points after touchdown: Fritsch (3) (placement). Field goal: Fritsch (placement)
1949 PACKERS DRAFT (December 21, 1948)
RNDSELNAMEPOSCOLLEGE
1 5 Stan Heath B Nevada-Reno
2 15 Dan Dworsky C Michigan
3 25 Louis Ferry T Villanova
4 34 Bob Summerhays B Utah
5 43 Glenn Lewis B Texas Tech
6 54 Joe Ethridge T Southern Methodist
7 63 to Los Angeles Rams
8 74 Dan Orlich E Nevada-Reno
9 83 Everett Faunce B Minnesota
10 94 to Los Angeles Rams through Detroit Lions
11 103 Harry Larche T Arkansas State
12 114 Rebel Steiner E Alabama
13 123 Al Mastrangeli C Illinois
14 134 Bobby Williams C Texas Tech
15 143 Ken Cooper G Vanderbilt
16 154 Gene Remenar T West Virginia
17 163 Paul Devine B Heidelberg
18 174 Floyd Lewis G Southern Methodist
19 183 Bobby Folsom E Southern Methodist
20 194 Larry Cooney B Penn State
21 203 Kenneth Kranz B Milwaukee Teachers
22 214 John Kordick B Southern California
23 223 Bill Kelley E Texas Tech
24 234 Jimmy Ford B Tulsa
25 243 Frank Lambright G Arkansas
NOTE - Stan Heath had been drafted in the 1948 draft (25th round) by the Packers.
