1962 Green Bay Packers season

NFL team season (8th championship) August 2023 March 2026 Green Bay Packers 1962 13–1 1st NFL Western Vince Lombardi Vince Lombardi City StadiumMilwaukee County Stadium Won NFL Championship(at Giants) 16–7 Packers seasons The 1962 Green Bay Packers season was their 44th season overall and their 42nd season in the National Football League. The team finished with a 13–1 record under coach Vince Lombardi, earning them a first-place finish in the Western Conference. The Packers ended the season by defeating the New York Giants 16–7 in the NFL Championship Game, the Packers second consecutive defeat of the Giants in the championship game. This marked the Packers' eighth NFL World Championship. In 2007, ESPN.com ranked the 1962 Packers as the fifth-greatest defense in NFL history,The List: Best NFL defense of all-time, 2007 noting, "The great 1962 Packers had a rock-solid defense front to back, with five Hall of Famers: defensive linemen Willie Davis and Henry Jordan, linebacker Ray Nitschke, cornerback Herb Adderley, and safety Willie Wood. (They also had 1962 All-Pro linebackers Dan Currie and Bill Forester.) Green Bay gave up just 10.8 points per game, shutting out opponents three times. The Packers held opposing QBs to a 43.5 rating, due, in part, to Wood's league-leading nine interceptions. The Packers' defense allowed the Giants 291 yards in the NFL championship game, but held the Giants offense scoreless as the Packers won, 16–7 (New York scored on a blocked punt)." The Packers' +267 point differential (points scored vs. points against) in 1962 is the best total of any NFL team in the 1960s.Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1960 to 1969, in the regular season, sorted by descending Points Differential. Cold Hard Football Facts says that the 1962 Packers "may have been the best rushing team in the history of football. And that team etched in historic stone the image of Lombardi's three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust Packers that is still so powerful today."http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/content/40-and-fabulous-praise-passer-rating/14959 Cold Hard Football Facts: 40 and Fabulous: in praise of passer rating 2012-08-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20120817080016/http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/content/40-and-fabulous-praise-passer-rating/14959/ 2012-08-17 dead The 1962 Packers ranked #9 on the 100 greatest teams of all time presented by the NFL on its 100th anniversary, the highest ranking of any Packers team. Other Green Bay teams coached by Vince Lombardi of the 100 greatest were in 1966 at #13 and 1967 at #56.NFL Top 100 Teams https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nfl-top-100-teams.htm Pro Football Reference100 Greatest Teams: Numbers 100-1 SUPERCUT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qzU600OwVc NFL.com Offseason NFL draft 1962 NFL draft RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool114Earl GrosRunning backLSU228Ed BlaineGuardMissouri341Gary BarnesWide receiverClemson456Ron GassertDefensive tackleVirginia565Chuck MorrisBackOle Miss570Jon SchopfGuardMichigan679John SutroTackleSan Jose State684Oscar DonahueEndSan Jose State798Gary CutsingerTackleOklahoma State8112Jim TullisBackFlorida A&M9126Peter SchenckBackWashington State10140Gale WeidnerQuarterbackColorado11154Jim ThrushTackleXavier12158Joe ThorneBackSouth Dakota State12168Tom PenningtonBackGeorgia13182Tom KepnerTackleVillanova14196Ernie GreenBackLouisville15210Roger HoldinskyBackWest Virginia16224Jimmy FieldBackLSU17238Buck BuchananTackleGrambling18252Bob JoinerQuarterbackPresbyterian19266Jerry ScattiniHalfbackCalifornia20280Mike SnodgrassCenterWestern Michigan Yellow indicates a future Pro Bowl selection Personnel Staff 1962 Green Bay Packers #213D30 white #FFCC00 President – Dominic Olejniczak Director of player personnel – Dick Voris Head coach – Vince Lombardi Offensive backs – Red Cochran Offensive ends – Tom Fears Ends – Dick Voris Offensive line – Bill Austin Defensive line – Phil Bengtson Defensive backs – Norb Hecker http://nfl.packers.com/history/all_time_roster/coaches/ All Time Coaches Database Packers.com March 28, 2011 December 27, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131227073313/http://nfl.packers.com/history/all_time_roster/coaches/ dead Roster 1962 Green Bay Packers 10 John Roach 15 Bart Starr 40 Earl Gros  5 Paul Hornung K 25 Tom Moore 22 Elijah Pitts 31 Jim Taylor 80 Gary Barnes 33 Lew Carpenter 86 Boyd Dowler 85 Max McGee 84 Gary Knafelc 88 Ron Kramer 60 Ed Blaine G 75 Forrest Gregg T 64 Jerry Kramer G/K 78 Norm Masters T 51 Jim Ringo C 76 Bob Skoronski T 63 Fuzzy Thurston G 87 Willie Davis DE 71 Ron Gassert DT/DE 79 Dave Hanner DT 74 Henry Jordan DT 77 Ron Kostelnik DT 83 Bill Quinlan DE 58 Dan Currie OLB 71 Bill Forester OLB 53 Ken Iman OLB/C 66 Ray Nitschke MLB 61 Nelson Toburen OLB 26 Herb Adderley CB 46 Hank Gremminger SS 27 John Symank SS 47 Jesse Whittenton CB 24 Willie Wood FS 29 Howie Williams CB/S Preseason Date Opponent Site Result Score Regular season The team was 7–0 at home and 6–1 on the road. It was the first time since 1944 that the club went undefeated at home.NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, 0-7611-2480-2, p. 266 Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources 1 September 16 Minnesota Vikings W 34–7 1–0 City Stadium 38,669 2 September 23 St. Louis Cardinals W 17–0 2–0 Milwaukee County Stadium 44,885 3 September 30 Chicago Bears W 49–0 3–0 City Stadium 38,669 4 October 7 Detroit Lions W 9–7 4–0 City Stadium 38,669 5 October 14 at Minnesota Vikings W 48–21 5–0 Metropolitan Stadium 41,475 6 October 21 San Francisco 49ers W 31–13 6–0 Milwaukee County Stadium 46,010 7 October 28 at Baltimore Colts W 17–6 7–0 Memorial Stadium 57,966 8 November 4 at Chicago Bears W 38–7 8–0 Wrigley Field 48,753 9 November 11 at Philadelphia Eagles W 49–0 9–0 Franklin Field 60,671 10 November 18 Baltimore Colts W 17–13 10–0 City Stadium 38,669 11 November 22 at Detroit Lions L 14–26 10–1 Tiger Stadium 57,598 12 December 2 Los Angeles Rams W 41–10 11–1 Milwaukee County Stadium 46,833 13 December 9 at San Francisco 49ers W 31–21 12–1 Kezar Stadium 53,769 14 December 16 at Los Angeles Rams W 20–17 13–1 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 60,353 Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text. Standings Season summary Week 4 vs. Lions 1962 Detroit Lions season Lions–Packers rivalry Green Bay Packers 1962 2; text-align:center autocollapse Detroit Lions (3–0) at Green Bay Packers (3–0) October 7 Lions 0 7 0 0 Packers 3 0 3 3 City Stadium • Green Bay, Wisconsin 38,669 56 F C • Wind 8 Pro-Football-Reference.com Lions Milt Plum11/26, 107 yards, INT7 rush, 58 yards Jim Gibbons3 rec, 41 yards Packers Bart Starr18/26, 198 yards Jim Taylor20 rush, 95 yards Max McGee5 rec, 69 yards This game provides the backdrop for the Vince Lombardi book Run to Daylight!, which chronicles the week's preparation leading to the contest. DET GB collapsed 1 Packers FG 13 Hornung 0 3 2 Lions RushTD Lewis 6 good Walker run/pass good/failed/incomplete 7 3 3 Packers FG 15 Hornung 7 6 4 Packers FG 26 Hornung 7 9 7 9 Week 11 vs. Lions Green Bay Packers 1962 2; text-align:center collapsed Green Bay Packers (10–0) at Detroit Lions (8–2) November 22 Thursday Packers 0 0 0 14 Lions 7 16 3 0 Tiger Stadium • Detroit, Michigan 57,598 37 F C • Wind 15 Pro-Football-Reference.com Packers Bart Starr11/19, 142 yards, 2 INT Jim Taylor13 rush, 47 yards Ron Kramer4 rec, 62 yards Lions Milt Plum8/16, 137 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT Ken Webb11 rush, 62 yards Gail Cogdill3 rec, 79 yards, 2 TD The Packers suffered their only loss of the season at the hands of a Lions defense that sacked Bart Starr 11 times and intercepted him twice. The game became known as the "Thanksgiving Day Massacre". GB DET collapsed 1 Lions RecTD Cogdill Plum 33 good Walker run/pass good/failed/incomplete 0 7 2 Lions RecTD Cogdill Plum 27 good Walker run/pass good/failed/incomplete 0 14 2 Lions FumbleTD Williams 6 good Walker run/pass good/failed/incomplete 0 21 2 Lions SafetyTackle Starr Brown 0 23 3 Lions FG 47 Plum 0 26 4 Packers Other Fumble recovery in end zone for touchdown by Davis, Kramer kick good 7 26 4 Packers RushTD Taylor 4 good Kramer run/pass good/failed/incomplete 14 26 14 26 Playoffs Round Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance NFL Championship December 30 at New York Giants W 16–7 1-0 Yankee Stadium 64,892 Game summary 1962 NFL Championship Game at New York Packers 3 7 3 3 Giants 0 0 7 0 December 30 Yankee Stadium • Bronx, New York 25 F, wind 27 mph on yes 1 GB Jerry Kramer 26-yard field goal Packers 3–0 2 GB Jim Taylor 7-yard run (Jerry Kramer kick) Packers 10–0 3 NYG Jim Collier recovered fumble in end zone (Don Chandler kick) Packers 10–7 3 GB Jerry Kramer 29-yard field goal Packers 13–7 4 GB Jerry Kramer 30-yard field goal Packers 16–7 yes Source:Pro-Football-Reference.com Awards and records Led NFL, points scored, 415 Bart Starr, NFL leader, passing yards, (2,438 yards) Jim Taylor, NFL rushing leader, (1,474 yards) Willie Wood, NFL leader, interceptions (9) Ray Nitschke, MVP of 1962 NFL Championship Game References 35em External links Sportsencyclopedia.com https://web.archive.org/web/20071216175609/http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nfl/gb/packers.html December 16, 2007 Category:Green Bay Packers seasons Category:NFL championship seasons Green Bay Packers Green