1947 Green Bay Packers season

The 1947 Green Bay Packers season was their 29th season overall and their 27th season in the National Football League. The team finished with a 6–5–1 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning a third-place finish in the Western Conference.

1947 Green Bay Packers season
Head coachCurly Lambeau
Home fieldCity Stadium
Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record6–5–1
Division place3rd NFL Western
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Offseason

Draft
Main article: 1947 NFL draft
1947 Green Bay Packers draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 6 Ernie Case  QB UCLA Signed with Baltimore Colts (AAFC)
3 20 Burr Baldwin  E UCLA Signed with Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)
5 31 Buddy Burris  G Oklahoma Returned to college
6 40 Gene Wilson  E SMU
7 52 Dick Connors  B Northwestern
8 62 Monte Moncrief  T Texas A&M
9 72 Bob McDougal  FB Miami (FL)
10 81 Bob Kelly  HB Navy Signed with Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)
11 92 Tom Moulton  C Oklahoma A&M
12 100 George Hills  G Georgia Tech
13 111 Bob Skoglund  DE Notre Dame
14 122 Jack Mitchell  B Oklahoma Returned to college
15 130 Denny Crawford  G Tennessee
16 141 Jim Callanan  E USC
17 151 Ted Scalissi  HB Ripon
18 160 Jim Goodman  T Indiana
19 172 Dick Miller  G Lawrence
20 181 Brad Ecklund *  C Oregon
21 190 Bob West  B Colorado
22 202 Maurice "Tex" Reilly  B Colorado
23 211 Ron Sockolov  T California
24 220 Herbert St. John  G Georgia Returned to college
25 232 Fred Redeker  B Cincinnati
26 241 Herm Lubker  E Arkansas
27 250 Bob Palladino  B Notre Dame
28 262 Jerrell Baxter  T North Carolina
29 271 Ray Sellers  E Georgia
30 280 Jerry Carle  B Northwestern Returned to college
31 290 Bill Hogan  B Kansas
32 297 Ralph Olsen  DE Utah Played with Packers in 1949
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Regular season

Schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Game
recap
1 Bye
2 September 28 Chicago Bears W 29–20 1–0 City Stadium Recap
3 October 5 Los Angeles Rams W 17–14 2–0 Wisconsin State Fair Park Recap
4 October 12 Chicago Cardinals L 10–14 2–1 City Stadium Recap
5 October 19 Washington Redskins W 27–10 3–1 Wisconsin State Fair Park Recap
6 October 26 Detroit Lions W 34–17 4–1 City Stadium Recap
7 November 2 Pittsburgh Steelers L 17–18 4–2 Wisconsin State Fair Park Recap
8 November 9 at Chicago Bears L 17–20 4–3 Wrigley Field Recap
9 November 16 at Chicago Cardinals L 20–21 4–4 Comiskey Park Recap
10 November 23 at New York Giants T 24–24 4–4–1 Polo Grounds Recap
11 November 30 at Los Angeles Rams W 30–10 5–4–1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Recap
12 December 7 at Detroit Lions W 35–14 6–4–1 Briggs Stadium Recap
13 December 14 at Philadelphia Eagles L 14–28 6–5–1 Shibe Park Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings
NFL Western Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Chicago Cardinals 9 3 0 .750 7–1 306 231 W2
Chicago Bears 8 4 0 .667 4–4 363 241 L2
Green Bay Packers 6 5 1 .545 5–3 274 210 L1
Los Angeles Rams 6 6 0 .500 4–4 259 214 W2
Detroit Lions 3 9 0 .250 0–8 231 305 L3

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

Roster
Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Defensive backs

Special teams

Rookies and first-year players in italics

References
  1. "1947 Green Bay Packers Draftees". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
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