The 1956 Green Bay Packers (4-8)

September 30: Detroit Lions (1-0) 20, Green Bay Packers (0-1) 16

(GREEN BAY) - For the second year in a row, the Packers hosted the Lions in the season opener. Bobby Layne scored 11 of the Lions' 20 points to lead Detroit to the win. Layne, starting his ninth pro season, returned to action in the third quarter after being injured early in the game, to boot a 12-yard field goal and score the deciding touchdowns for the Lions, the Western cellar dwellers last year.

DETROIT - 3 7 0 10 - 20

GREEN BAY - 0 3 6 7 - 16

1st - DET - Jim Martin, 48-yard field goal DETROIT 3-0

2nd - DET - Don McIlhenny, 1-yard run (Bobby Layne kick) DETROIT 10-0

2nd - GB - Cone, 45-yard field goal DETROIT 10-3

3rd - GB - Knafelc, 5-yard pass from Rote (Kick failed) DETROIT 10-9

4th - DET - Layne, 12-yard field goal DETROIT 13-9

4th - DET - Layne, 1-yard run (Layne kick) DETROIT 20-9

4th - GB - Howton, 8-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) DETROIT 20-16

October 7: Chicago Bears (1-1) 37, Green Bay Packers (0-2) 21

(GREEN BAY) - Chicago ran for 278 yards to pace their attack in a 37-21 whipping of the Packers. Ed Brown, completing 11 of 15 tosses for 188 yards, flipped two touchdown passes and scored himself from three yards out with a recovered fumble. George Blanda booted three field goals and added to his league record for extra points with four, giving him 150 without a miss. Green Bay's Al Carmichael ran back the opening kickoff 106 yards to set the NFL record by one yard.

CHICAGO BEARS - 10 10 7 10 - 37

GREEN BAY - 7 7 0 7 - 21

1st - CHI - Rick Casares, 9-yard pass from Ed Brown (George Blanda kick) CHI 7-0

1st - GB - Carmichael, 106-yard kickoff return (Cone kick) TIED 7-7

1st - CHI - Blanda, 29-yard field goal CHICAGO 10-7

2nd - CHI - Blanda, 41-yard field goal CHICAGO 13-7

2nd - GB - Howton, 6-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 14-13

2nd - CHI - Brown, 3-yard fumble return (Blanda kick) CHICAGO 20-14

3rd - CHI - Casares, 14-yard run (Blanda kick) CHICAGO 27-14

4th - GB - Howton, 16-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) CHICAGO 27-21

4th - CHI - Blanda, 11-yard field goal CHICAGO 30-21

4th - CHI - Bill McColl, 9-yard pass from Brown (Blanda kick) CHICAGO 37-21

October 14: Green Bay Packers (1-2) 38, Baltimore Colts (1-2) 33

(MILWAUKEE) - Green Bay, with veteran quarterback Tobin Rote passing for two touchdowns and plunging for two more, shaded the Baltimore Colts 38-33 to crack into the win column for the first time this season. Bobby Dillon scored what proved to be the winning touchdown in the third quarter as he intercepted a pass from George Shaw and ran 42 yards for a touchdown. A near-capacity crowd of 24,214 braved a second-half drizzle to see the win. Rookie RB Lenny Moore scored twice for the Colts.

BALTIMORE - 6 14 6 7 - 33

GREEN BAY - 7 17 14 0 - 38

1st - GB - Rote, 1-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

1st - BALT - Lenny Moore, 9-yard run (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 7-6

2nd - GB - Knafelc, 32-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 14-6

2nd - BALT - L.G. DuPree, 8-yard pass from Moore (Bert Rechichar kick) GB 14-13

2nd - BALT - Moore, 10-yard run (Rechichar kick) BALTIMORE 20-14

2nd - GB - Rote, 1-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 21-20

2nd - GB - Cone, 16-yard field goal GREEN BAY 24-20

3rd - BALT - Carl Taseff, 90-yard punt return (Kick failed) BALTIMORE 26-24

3rd - GB - Knafelc, 9-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 31-26

3rd - GB - Dillon, 42-yard interception return (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 38-26

4th - BALT - Jesse Thomas, 25-yard fumble return (Tom Feamster kick) GB 38-33

October 21: Green Bay Packers (2-2) 42, Los Angeles Rams (1-3) 17

(MILWAUKEE) -The Packers, with Tobin Rote's passes and Billy Howton's record-breaking catches helping to spring the trap, ambushed the Los Angeles Rams 42-17. The Rams, defending champions in the Western Division, took a 7-0 lead in the opening moments of play but couldn't contain the Packers. It was the third straight loss for the once-mighty Rams in four games and the second victory in a row for the Packers after two losses. Rote, the 28-year-old meal ticket of the Packers, passed for three touchdowns and ran for a fourth. On the receiving end of two TD passes, one from Rote and one from rookie Jack Losch, was the 26-year-old Howton, who broke the Packers' old pass receiving record held by the great Don Hutson. Howton accounted for 257 yards on seven receptions. It was the third highest total in NFL history. Hutson's old standard was 237 yards set in 1947 against the now-defunct Brooklyn Dodgers. Tank Younger bulled his way 15 yards in the first quarter and Leon Clarke caught a 26-yard pass from Rudy Bukich in the third to account for the Rams touchdowns. The Packers produced a season-high 498 yards on offense.

LOS ANGELES - 7 3 7 0 - 17

GREEN BAY - 7 14 7 14 - 42

1st - LA - Tank Younger, 1-yard run (Pat Richter kick) LOS ANGELES 7-0

1st - GB - Howton,. 36-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) TIED 7-7

2nd - GB - Knafelc, 14-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 14-7

2nd - GB - Howton, 63-yard pass from Losch (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 21-7

2nd - LA - Richter, 32-yard field goal GREEN BAY 21-10

3rd - GB - Knafelc, 14-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 28-10

3rd - LA - Leon Clarke, 26-yard pass from Rudy Bukich (Richter kick) GB 28-17

4th - GB - Rote, 2-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 35-17

4th - GB - Cone, 2-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 42-17

October 28: Baltimore Colts (2-3) 28, Green Bay Packers (2-3) 21

(BALTIMORE) - Green Bay's first road trip ended badly as Lenny Moore ran for 185 yards, including two long touchdowns and the Colts ripped off 21 points in the second quarter. Moore ran 72 and 79 yards for touchdowns that lifted the Colts to the 23-21 win. The rookie from Penn State caught Green Bay almost flatfooted on a reverse with only 22 seconds to go in the first half and raced 72 yards for a touchdown that gave the Colts a 21-7 lead. After Tobin Rote, who figured in all Green Bay touchdowns, had pitched the Packers to a 21-21 tie in the fourth quarter, Moore broke up the ball game for keeps. Taking off from his own 21, Moore sprang past the line on the pitchout and rambled to the Green Bay 30 where the crowd of 40,086 thought he was hemmed in on the sidelines but the lanky runner alertly slowed down while George Preas threw a block, cut back to the middle of the field and scored. Moore shared Colt honors with John Unitas, who although not technically a rookie, was starting his first league game.

GREEN BAY - 7 0 7 7 - 21

BALTIMORE - 0 21 0 7 - 28

1st - GB - Howton, 66-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

2nd - BALT - Jim Mutscheller, 7-yard pass from Johnny Unitas (Tom Feamster kick) TIED 7-7

2nd - BALT - Raymond Berry, 43-yard pass from Unitas (Feamster kick) BAL 14-7

2nd - BALT - Lenny Moore, 72-yard run (Feamster kick) BALTIMORE 21-7

3rd - GB - Rote, 5-yard run (Cone kick) BALTIMORE 21-14

4th - GB - Howton, 7-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) TIED 21-21

4th - BALT - Moore, 79-yard run (Feamster kick) BALTIMORE 28-21

November 4: Cleveland Browns (2-4) 24, Green Bay Packers (2-4) 7

(MILWAUKEE) - The Cleveland Browns, practically ignoring the forward pass in favor of an old-fashioned ground game used by Preston Carpenter and Ed Modzelewski, bettered the Green Bay Packers, 24-7, before a crowd of 28,590 in chill, damp County Stadium. The fans watched the Browns hold the Packers scoreless for the first three quarters. The Browns, in one of their finest defensive efforts of the season, turned two Packers' fumbles into 10 points - enough to win. Chuck Noll, a 210-pound defensive guard, got the Browns off to a quick, and unexpected lead after a few minutes of play by scooping up a fumble by Al Carmichael, and cruising 39 yards for a touchdown. The ball appeared to squirt out of a pileup right at Noll, who was standing off to one side, watching the play. Ray Renfro caught a 26-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Babe Parilli, one-time Packer property, in the second quarter. In the final period, Lou Groza booted a 13-yard field goal to turn another Packer fumble into points for the Browns. The Browns gained 57 yards passing and 202 rushing.

CLEVELAND - 7 7 0 10 - 24

GREEN BAY - 0 0 0 7 - 7

1st - CLE - Chuck Noll, 39-yard fumble return (Lou Groza kick) CLEVELAND 7-0

2nd - CLE - Ray Renfro, 26-yard pass from Babe Parilli (Groza kick) CLE 14-0

4th - CLE - Groza, 13-yard field goal CLEVELAND 17-0

4th - GB - Howton, 10-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) CLEVELAND 17-7

4th - CLE - Curley Morrison, 1-yard run (Groza kick) CLEVELAND 24-7

November 11: Chicago Bears (6-1) 38, Green Bay Packers (2-5) 14

(CHICAGO) - The Chicago Bears punched out 21 points before Green Bay could make a first down and went on to trample the Packers, 38-14. The Bears took the opening kickoff, covered 72 yards in 12 plays and scored on a five-yard plunge by John Hoffman. Chicago's mighty men sped beyond the Packers' reach in the second quarter with three more touchdowns, added another TD in the third period and a field goal by George Blanda in the final quarter. The Packers had the ball on just six plays in the first period and weren't in the game until the Bears led 21-0 after the first 21 minutes. Tobin Rote maneuvered Green Bay on a six-play touchdown drive, hitting Billy Howton for 34 yards and then passing to Gary Knafelc for 23 yards and a touchdown. Knafelc grabbed the ball just within the end- zone and bumped into the concrete grandstand wall, but wasn't hurt. Rote broke the 28-7 halftime score, passing to Howton on a play that went 49 yards in the third period. Fred Cone kicked his second conversion, and that was all for the Packers. Chicago's Ed Brown, the top passer in the league, replied to Rote's second TD pass with an aerial to Harlan Hill, who sped to the goal line on a 70-yard play. Blanda, who kicked all five Chicago conversions, also passed for two of the Bears' three strikes in the second quarter. He capped a 68-yard march with a heave to Hill for 23 yards and then threw to Bill McColl on a

touchdown play covering 69 yards. After Green Bay's first touchdown, J. C. Caroline snared a Rote aerial and

scampered down the sideline for 52 yards and the Bears' third TD of the quarter. Role, rushed continuously, completed only eight of 23 passes for 137 yards. He lost five passes by interception. Blanda completed five of eight passes and Brown connected eight out of 10 times to build the Bears 299 yards in the air. The Packers intercepted only twice. Green Bay held Rick Casares, the league's foremost ground gainer, to 66 yards in 19 carries, but Hoffman got 107 yards in 17 attempts. Casares and Hoffman carried on all but 10 of the 46 Chicago's ground plays.

GREEN BAY - 0 7 7 0 - 14

CHICAGO BEARS - 7 21 7 3 - 38

1st - CHI - John Hoffman, 5-yard run (George Blanda kick) CHICAGO 7-0

2nd - CHI - Harlon Hill, 23-yard pass from Blanda (Blanda kick) CHICAGO 14-0

2nd - CHI - Bill McColl, 69-yard pass from Blanda (Blanda kick) CHICAGO 21-0

2nd - GB - Knafelc, 23-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) CHICAGO 21-7

2nd - CHI - J.C. Caroline, 52-yard interception return (Blanda kick) CHICAGO 28-7

3rd - GB - Howton, 49-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) CHICAGO 28-14

3rd - CHI - Hill, 70-yard pass from Blanda (Blanda kick) CHICAGO 35-14

4th - CHI - Blanda, 29-yard field goal CHICAGO 38-14

November 18: San Francisco 49ers (2-6) 17, Green Bay Packers (2-6) 16

(GREEN BAY) - Gordie Soltau's 32-yard field goal in the fourth quarter provided the San Francisco 49ers with the cushion they needed to shade the Green Bay Packers, 17-16, and end a five-game losing streak. A chilled crowd of only 17,986 watched the Packers drop their fourth decision in a row in their final appearance at ramshackle City Stadium, 'their "home" for 32 years. A new stadium is under construction. The 49ers, whose only previous victory was an upset over the Los Angeles Rams in their second game of the NFL season, overcame Packer leads of 6-0, 9-0, and 9-7, in posting the victory. The Packers opened the scoring in the first quarter as Billy Howton, the NFL's leading pass receiver, made a leaping, fingertip catch of a pass from rookie Bart Starr and raced over for his 10th of the season. Starr made his first start at quarterback. He completed three of six passes for 63 yards and a touchdown before Tobin Rote relieved him in the second quarter. Al Carmichael, Howie Ferguson and Rote all lost the ball on fumbles in the last six minutes to kill any hopes of a comeback win. Y.A. Tittle didn't get into action until late in the second quarter. When he did the 49ers' attack took on new life. The veteran of nine NFL seasons directed San Francisco to its first touchdown after Dick Moegle intercepted a pass by Starr in the 49ers' end zone to turn back a Packer scoring threat. Green Bay honored former team publicist George Whitney Calhoun at halftime.

SAN FRANCISCO - 0 7 7 3 - 17

GREEN BAY - 6 3 0 7 - 16

1st - GB - Howton, 39-yard pass from Starr (Kick blocked) GREEN BAY 6-0

2nd - GB - Cone, 20-yard field goal GREEN BAY 9-0

2nd - SF - Y.A.Tittle, 1-yard run (Gordie Soltau kick) GREEN BAY 9-7

3rd - SF - Hugh McElhenny, 86-yard run (Soltau kick) SAN FRANCISCO 14-9

4th - SF - Soltau, 32-yard field goal SAN FRANCISCO 17-9

4th - GB - Rote, 1-yard run (Cone kick) SAN FRANCISCO 17-16

November 22: Green Bay Packers (3-6) 24, Detroit Lions (7-2) 20

(DETROIT) - With the Lions in a battle with Chicago for the Western Conference lead, Green Bay, already eliminated from post-season contention, rose up from a 20-10 deficit and defeated Detroit on Thanksgiving Day. Tobin Rote was tremendous as he called the plays and threw the passes that brought the Packers three touchdowns and the victory in the final quarter But the entire team was great - at its best of the season -

as the defense hammered the Detroit line and the offense went over when it couldn't go through the touted Lions' defensive unit. It was almost an entirely aerial show for the Packers as Rote, who called the shots without relief, threw 40 passes and completed 21 to an assortment of hard working receivers. Green Bay ran only 24 ground plays, and on a day far from ideal for football. The temperature was below freezing and a couple of frisky snow squalls ripped across the slippery playing field. The victory lifted Green Bay out of a tie with San Francisco and Los Angeles for last in the Western Conference and gave them fourth place. The loss knocked the Lions out of a tie with the Chicago Bears for first in the conference and trimmed their record to 7-2. Rote, big and rugged, and great when he's on, was on and so was his corps of receivers. Successful tosses went to ends Bill Howton and Gary Knafelc, and backs Fred Cone, Joe Johnson, Jack Losch and Howie Ferguson. And Ferguson was the guy that made the difference. With the Detroit defense leaning on Howton and Knafelc most of the way, Ferguson who is sometimes a fullback and sometimes a halfback, slipped into the middle of the Detroit secondary and grabbed seven tosses from Rote. The Packers started their final drive on their own 18, but almost ran out of gas on their 27. At that point, with fourth down and 10 to go, Rote threw in the flat to Howton for 18 and the Packers were off again. Two passes failed and then Losch got behind the Lion defense and Rote threw at him. The rookie stretched, reached the ball and held on. He was dragged down on the Lion 21 after a 42 yard gain. Rote to Knafelc put the ball on the 13 and then Tobin flipped to Howton who stepped over the goal for the winning score. The Lions, with a little over a minute left, came charging back on the passes of Layne but Bobby Dillion put it away for the Packers when he intercepted a pass on his own 32.

GREEN BAY - 3 0 0 21 - 24

DETROIT - 7 0 6 7 - 20

1st - DET - Leon Hart, 5-yard run (Bobby Layne kick) DETROIT 7-0

1st - GB - Cone, 12-yard field goal DETROIT 7-3

3rd - DET - Layne, 22-yard field goal DETROIT 10-3

3rd - DET - Layne, 15-yard field goal DETROIT 13-3

4th - GB - Rote, 2-yard run (Cone kick) DETROIT 13-10

4th - DET - Dave Middleton, 56-yard pass from Layne (Layne kick) DET 20-10

4th - GB - Cone, 14-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) DETROIT 20-17

4th - GB - Howton, 13-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 24-20

December 2: Green Bay Packers (4-6) 24, Chicago Cardinals (6-4) 21

(CHICAGO) - Finding themselves in a rare battle for the conference title, the Cardinals saw their slim hopes nearly snuffed out as the Packers kept their hopes of a .500 season alive. Tobin Rote, the Green Bay signal caller, scored three times on short sneaks after his passes had riddled the Chicago Cardinals in a 24-20 upset victory. The loss at Chicago all but eliminated the Cards from the Eastern race.

GREEN BAY - 0 3 14 7 - 24

CHICAGO CARDINALS - 7 7 0 7 - 21

1st - CHI - Max Boydston, 16-yard pass from Jim Root (Pat Summerall kick) CHI 7-0

2nd - GB - Cone, 34-yard field goal CHICAGO 7-3

2nd - CHI - Ollie Matson, 8-yard run (Summerall kick) CHICAGO 14-3

3rd - GB - Rote, 2-yard run (Cone kick) CHICAGO 14-10

3rd - GB - Rote, 1-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 17-14

4th - CHI - Matson, 1-yard run (Summerall kick) CHICAGO 21-17

4th - GB - Rote, 2-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 24-21

December 8: San Francisco 49ers (4-6-1) 38, Green Bay Packers (4-7) 20

(SAN FRANCISCO) - San Francisco, doormats of pro football until just three weeks ago, turned in their best offensive battle of the year today to humble Green Bay's Packers 38-20. Sparking the effort were the running of Hugh McElhenny and the passing of Y. A. Tittle. Taking equal billing before the crowd of 32,436 with two veterans was first-year end Clyde Conner, whose pass catching figured in two of the touchdowns. McElhenny started the fireworks with a 25-yard scoring dash in the first period, and set up the final touchdown in the fourth with a gallop of 50 that ended at the 3-yard line. From there, Joe Perry went over. Green Bay led at one point 14-10 and trailed only 17-14 at the end of the third period. Then San Francisco surged ahead. First Tittle and Conner hooked up on passes good for 30 and 49 yards to the Packers 6. Tittle tossed a scoring pitch to Billy Wilson. Dicky Moegle next intercepted a Tobin Rote pass and dipsy-doodled his way to the end zone. McElhenny powered 50 yards to set up San Francisco's final touchdown. Green Bay finally hit a fourth period touchdown when Bart Starr passed to end Bill Howton on an 11-yard play following a pass interception.

GREEN BAY - 7 7 0 6 - 20

SAN FRANCISCO - 10 7 0 21 - 38

1st - SF - Hugh McElhenny, 26-yard run (Gordie Soltau kick) SAN FRANCISCO 7-0

1st - GB - Cone, 69-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) TIED 7-7

1st - SF - Soltau, 31-yard field goal SAN FRANCISCO 10-7

2nd - GB - Rote, 1-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 14-10

2nd - SF - Clyde Conner, 9-yard pass from Y.A.Tittle (Soltau kick) SF 17-14

4th - SF - Billy Wilson, 6-yard pass from Tittle (Soltau kick) SF 24-14

4th - SF - Dicky Moegle, 31-yard interception return (Soltau kick) SF 31-14

4th - SF - Joe Perry, 4-yard run (Soltau kick) SAN FRANCISCO 38-14

4th - GB - Howton, 11-yard pass from Starr (Kick blocked) SF 38-20

December 16: Los Angeles Rams (4-8) 49, Green Bay Packers (4-8) 21

(LOS ANGELES ) - Norm Van Brocklin threw two scoring passes to lead the Los Angeles Rams to a 49-21 victory over the Packers. The Rams managed to tie Green Bay for the bottom spot in the Western Conference thanks to 611 yards in offense, the most ever surrendered by the Packers. A league rushing record fell as Ram halfback Tom Wilson gained 223 yards in 23 carries. Gene Roberts of the Giants had 218 in 1950, for the previous single game record.

GREEN BAY - 7 0 7 7 - 21

LOS ANGELES - 14 21 14 0 - 49

1st - GB - Rote, 1-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

1st - LA - Joe Marconi, 1-yard run (Pat Richter kick) TIED 7-7

1st - LA - Will Sherman, 95-yard interception return (Richter kick) LA 14-7

2nd - LA - Marconi, 3-yard run (Richter kick) LOS ANGELES 21-7

2nd - LA - Bob Boyd, 56-yard pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Richter kick) LA 28-7

2nd - LA - Marconi, 2-yard run (Richter kick) LOS ANGELES 35-7

3rd - GB - Carmichael, 13-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) LOS ANGELES 35-14

3rd - LA - Leon Clarke, 9-yard pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Richter kick) LA 42-14

3rd - LA - Boyd, 56-yard pass from Van Brocklin (Richter kick) LA 49-14

4th - GB - Cone, 5-yard (Cone kick) LOS ANGELES 49-21

NAME NO POS HGT WGT COLLEGE YR PR AG G HOW ACQUIRED

Emery Barnes 85 DE 6- 6 235 Oregon 1 1 26 2 1954 Draft - 18th round

Tom Bettis 65 LB 6- 2 230 Purdue 2 2 23 12 1955 Draft - 1st round

Billy Bookout 20 DB 5-11 180 Austin 2 2 24 7 1955 FA

Nate Borden 87 DE 6- 0 225 Indiana 2 2 24 12 1955 Draft - 25th round

Buddy Brown 62 G 6- 1 225 Arkansas 4 6 29 12 1953 FA - Wash (1952)

Hank Bullough 67 G 6- 0 220 Michigan State 2 2 20 12 1955 Draft - 5th round

Jim Capuzzi 26 DB 6- 0 190 Cincinnati 2 2 24 7 1955 FA

Al Carmichael 48 HB 6- 1 190 USC 4 4 27 12 1953 Draft - 1st round

Fred Cone 31 FB 5-11 200 Clemson 6 6 30 12 1951 Draft - 3rd round

Dick Deschaine 80 P 6- 0 210 No College 2 2 24 12 1955 FA

Bobby Dillon 44 DB 6- 1 180 Texas 5 5 26 12 1952 Draft - 3rd round

Howie Ferguson 37 FB 6- 2 215 No College 4 4 26 11 1953 FA

Bill Forrester 69 DT 6- 3 235 SMU 4 4 24 12 1953 Draft - 3rd round

Ken Gorgal 26 DB 6- 2 210 Purdue 1 5 27 5 1956 FA - Chicago Bears

Forrest Gregg 75 T 6- 4 240 SMU 1 1 22 11 1956 Draft - 2nd round

Hank Gremminger 46 DB 6- 1 195 Baylor 1 1 23 12 1956 Draft - 7th round

Dave Hanner 77 DT 6- 2 255 Arkansas 5 5 26 12 1952 Draft - 5th round

Jerry Helluin 72 DT 6- 2 265 Tulane 3 5 27 12 1954 Trade - Cleveland

Billy Howton 86 E 6- 2 190 Rice 5 5 26 12 1952 Draft - 2nd round

Joe Johnson 40 HB 6- 0 180 Boston College 3 3 26 11 1953 Draft - 11th round

Don King 70 DT 6- 3 265 Kentucky 1 2 27 6 1956 Trade - Cleveland

Gary Knafelc 84 E 6- 4 215 Colorado 3 3 24 12 1954 FA - Chi Cardinals

Gene Knutson 81 E 6- 2 230 Michigan 2 2 23 6 1954 Draft - 10th round

Larry Lauer 58 C 6- 3 265 Alabama 1 1 27 6 1956 Trade - Chi Bears

John Losch 25 HB 6- 1 205 Miami (FL) 1 1 22 12 1956 Draft - 1st round

John Martinkovic 83 DE 6- 3 245 Xavier 6 6 29 12 1951 Trade - Washington

Floyd (Breezy) Reid 24 HB 5-10 190 Georgia 7 7 29 7 1950 FA - Chicago Bears

Jim Ringo 51 C 6- 1 235 Syracuse 4 4 26 12 1953 Draft - 7th round

Bill Roberts 22 HB 6- 0 200 Dartmouth 1 1 27 4 1956 FA

Tobin Rote 18 QB 6- 3 215 Rice 7 7 28 12 1950 Draft - 2nd round

John Sandusky 77 DT 6- 1 250 Villanova 1 7 30 12 1956 Trade - Cleveland

Joe Skibinski 63 G 5-11 230 Purdue 2 3 27 12 1955 Trade - Cleveland

Bob Skoronski 76 T 6- 3 250 Indiana 1 1 22 12 1956 Draft - 5th round

Jerry Smith 61 G 6- 0 230 Wisconsin 1 3 26 3 1956 FA - San Francisco

Jack Spinks 61 G 6- 1 240 Alcorn State 2 4 26 1 1955 FA - Cards (1953)

Bart Starr 15 QB 6- 1 200 Alabama 1 1 22 12 1956 Draft - 17th round

Len Szafaryn 68 G 6- 2 225 North Carolina 5 6 28 12 1950 Trade - Washington

Deral Teteak 66 LB 5-10 210 Wisconsin 5 5 26 12 1952 Draft - 9th round

Val Joe Walker 47 DB 6- 1 180 SMU 4 4 26 12 1953 Trade - New York

Glenn Young 23 DB 6- 2 205 Purdue 1 1 25 4 1956 FA

Roger Zatkoff 74 T 6- 2 215 Michigan 4 4 25 12 1953 Draft - 5th 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 FA - Free Agent

GB – Knafelc, 7-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 14-0

CLE – Lou Groza, 40-yard field goal GREEN BAY 14-3

CLE – Groza, 17-yard field goal GREEN BAY 14-6

CLE – Mo Bassett, 22-yard run (Groza kick) GREEN BAY 14-13

CLE – Junior Wren, 80-yard run with lateral fr Kenny Konz, 20-yard interception ret (Groza kick) CLE 20-14

GB – Rote, 1-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 21-20

September 8: Washington Redskins 17, Green Bay Giants (3-1) 10

(WINSTON-SALEM, NC) - The Redskins, paced by fourth string QB Freddie Wyant, ruined the Packers’ perfect exhibition record here Saturday night in the second annual Piedmont Bowl game. Wyant, left-handed passer who played the entire game, gave the Skins a two touchdown lead in the first half and they held on grimly for the last two periods against the rifle aerials of Tobin Rote. The Packers scored a field gal in the third period on an 18-yard kick by Fred Cone and added a touchdown in the fourth when Rote plunged over from the one. They lost their chance for a tie when Rote's long pass to Joe Johnson fell incomplete on the goal line with two seconds remaining.

GREEN BAY - 0 0 3 7 - 10

WASHINGTON - 0 14 3 0 - 17

WASH – Sam Baker, 7-yard run (Baker kick) WASHINGTON 7-0

WASH – Dick James, 31-yard pass from Fred Wyant (Ralph Felton kick) WASH 14-0

GB – Cone, 18-yard field goal WASHINGTON 14-3

WASH – Baker, 27-yard field goal WASHINGTON 17-3

GB – Rote, 1-yard run (Cone kick) WASHINGTON 17-10

September 15: Green Bay Packers (4-1) 29, Chicago Cardinals 21

(ST. LOUIS) – Led by Tobin Rote and Fred Cone, the Packers came from behind twice to beat the Chicago Cardinals for their fourth exhibition victory in five starts. Cone kicked three field goals and Rote scored twice and passed to Bill Howton for the third touchdown. Lamar McHan passed for two of the Cardinals touchdowns. Behind 14-10 at halftime, the Packers stopped Chicago's attack cold in the third quarter but didn't move ahead until Rote passed 41 yards to Howie Ferguson, who battered his way to the two-yard line. Then Rote sneaked across for a 16-14 lead with two minutes left in the period. Cone's conversion was blocked but early in the last quarter his 35-yard field goal made it 19-11. The crowd of 31,723, an all-time record for any football game in St. Louis, watched the Cardinals suddenly come to life. McHan fired a 54-yard pass to Vern Nagler. Three plays later, he pitched 14 yards to Fran Bernardi in the end rone. Pat Summerall converted for a 21-19 Cardinal lead. It didn't last long. On the first play after the kickoff, Rote found Howton all alone on the sidelines behind the defense

GREEN BAY - 7 3 6 13 - 29

CHI CARDS - 0 14 0 7 - 21

GB – Rote run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

GB – Cone, 41-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-0

CHI – Vern Nagler, 54-yard pass from Lamar McHan (Pat Summerall kick) GB 10-7

CHI – John Crow, 47-yard interception return (Summerall kick) CARDINALS 14-10

GB – Rote, 1-yard run (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 16-14

GB – Cone, 35-yard field goal GREEN BAY 19-14

CHI – Fran Bernardi, 14-yard pass from McHan (Summerall kick) CHICAGO 21-19

GB – Howton, 59-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 26-21

GB – Cone, 24-yard field goal GREEN BAY 29-21

August 18: Green Bay Packers (1-0) 27, Philadelphia Eagles 6

(MILWAUKEE) – HB Joe Johnson scored two touchdowns as the veterans supplied the offensive punch in a Packer victory over the Eagles Saturday night in the annual Midwest Shrine charity football game. Besides Johnson's two touchdowns, QB Tobin Rote ran two yards for a score and FB Fred Cone, who almost had decided to quit the pro game a few weeks ago, provided nine points with three conversions and two field goals. Packer Coach Lisle Blackbourn let his rookies play the final quarter and they came up with a touchdown. Freshman QB Bart Starr and second year man Paul Held completed a series of passes to set up a scoring run by Johnson.

PHILADELPHIA - 3 0 0 3 - 6

GREEN BAY - 0 13 7 7 - 27

PHIL – Bobby Walston, field goal PHILADELPHIA 3-0

GB – Rote, 1-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 7-3

GB – Cone, 14-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-3

GB – Cone, 20-yard field goal GREEN BAY 13-3

GB – Johnson, 1-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 20-3

PHIL – Walston, 32-yard field goal GREEN BAY 20-6

GB – Johnson, 10-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 27-6

August 25: Green Bay Packers (2-0) 17, New York Giants 13

(GREEN BAY) - About 18,000 fans got a good evening of football Saturday night at Green Bay as they watched the Packers edge the Giants. The Giants held a 6-3 lead going into the third quarter, but got left behind when veteran Tobin Rote went eight yards for a touchdown and Bart Starr sneaked for another. FB Mel Triplett got the Giants underway when he went three yards for a touchdown early in the first quarter—but the Packers' started their ball rolling' with an 18-yard field goal in the second period by Fred Cone. Then came touchdowns by Rote and Starr—Cone kicking the extra point each time. With the score 14-6, halfback Alex Webster went over for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. But the clock ran out for the Giants.

NEW YORK - 6 0 0 7 - 13

GREEN BAY - 0 3 14 0 - 17

NY – Mel Triplett, 3-yard run (Kick failed) NEW YORK 6-0

GB – Cone, 18-yard field goal NEW YORK 6-3

GB – Rote, 8-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 10-6

GB – Starr, 1-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 17-6

NY – Alex Webster run (Don Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 17-13

September 1: Green Bay Packers (3-0) 21, Cleveland Browns (0-3) 20

(CLEVELAND) – The Packers withstood a 17-point, third-quarter surge by the Browns that included a 100-yard touchdown on an Intercepted pass and handed the pro football champions their third straight exhibition game loss. The victory was the first for the Packers over the Browns, and they led most of the way. Rainy weather helped keep down the crowd. The touchdown that put Cleveland ahead briefly came in the third period when Green Bay was threatening on the Brown's seven. Halfback Kenny Konz intercepted a pass by Packer QB Tobin Rote on the Cleveland goal line, eluded several tacklers and ran out to the 20. Hemmed in there, he lateraled to rookie Leon (Junior) Wren, who was going full speed when he took the ball and continued down the sideline for a score without a Green Bay tackler touching him.

GREEN BAY - 0 14 0 7 - 21

CLEVELAND - 0 3 17 0 - 20

GB – Ferguson, 2-yard run (Cone kick) GREEN BAY 7-0