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1949 Green Bay Packers season

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1949 Green Bay Packers season
Head coachCurly Lambeau
Home fieldCity Stadium
Wisconsin State Fair Park
Local radioWTMJ
Results
Record2–10
Division place5th NFL Western
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1949 Green Bay Packers season was their 31st season overall and their 29th season in the National Football League. The team finished with a 2–10 record under coach Curly Lambeau for a fifth-place finish in the Western Conference. This was the 31st and final season the Packers played under Lambeau, who resigned and then coached the Chicago Cardinals in 1950 and 1951 and the Washington Redskins in 1952 and 1953.

The 1949 season was also the final year for blue and gold jerseys, as the Packers switched to kelly green and yellow in 1950 under new coach Gene Ronzani, a graduate of Marquette University.

Offseason

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NFL draft

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Round Pick Player Position School/club team
1 5 Stan Heath Quarterback Nevada
2 15 Dan Dworsky Center Michigan
3 25 Lou Ferry Defensive tackle Villanova
4 24 Bob Summerhays Linebacker Utah
5 43 Glenn Lewis Back Texas Tech
6 54 Joe Ethridge Tackle SMU
8 74 Dan Orlich Defensive end Nevada
9 83 Everett Faunce Back Minnesota
11 103 Harry Larche Tackle Arkansas State
12 114 Rebel Steiner Defensive back Alabama
13 123 Al Mastrangeli Center Illinois
14 134 Bobby Williams Center Texas Tech
15 143 Ken Cooper Guard Vanderbilt
16 154 Gene Remenar Tackle West Virginia
17 163 Paul Devine Back Heidelberg
18 174 Floyd Lewis Guard SMU
19 183 Bobby Folsom End SMU
20 194 Larry Cooney Back Penn State
21 203 Ken Kranz Defensive back Wisconsin-Milwaukee
22 214 John Kordich Back USC
23 223 Bill Kelley Tight end Texas Tech
24 234 Jimmy Ford Back Tulsa
25 243 Frank Lambright Guard Arkansas

Regular season

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Schedule

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Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue
1 September 25 Chicago Bears L 0–17 0–1 City Stadium
2 October 2 Los Angeles Rams L 7–48 0–2 City Stadium
3 October 7 at New York Bulldogs W 19–0 1–2 Polo Grounds
4 October 16 Chicago Cardinals L 14–39 1–3 Wisconsin State Fair Park
5 October 23 at Los Angeles Rams L 7–35 1–4 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
6 October 30 Detroit Lions W 16–14 2–4 Wisconsin State Fair Park
7 November 6 at Chicago Bears L 3–24 2–5 Wrigley Field
8 November 13 New York Giants L 10–30 2–6 City Stadium
9 November 20 Pittsburgh Steelers L 7–30 2–7 Wisconsin State Fair Park
10 November 27 at Chicago Cardinals L 21–41 2–8 Comiskey Park
11 December 4 at Washington Redskins L 0–30 2–9 Griffith Stadium
12 December 11 at Detroit Lions L 7–21 2–10 Briggs Stadium
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

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NFL Western Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Los Angeles Rams 8 2 2 .800 6–1–1 360 239 W1
Chicago Bears 9 3 0 .750 6–2 332 218 W6
Chicago Cardinals 6 5 1 .545 4–3–1 360 301 L1
Detroit Lions 4 8 0 .333 2–6 237 259 W2
Green Bay Packers 2 10 0 .167 1–7 114 329 L6

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

Roster

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Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Rookies and first-year players in italics

References

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