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1948 Green Bay Packers
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Record: 3-9-0, Finished 4th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 154 points (12.8/g), 10th of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 290 points (24.2/g), 7th.
Differential of -136 points (-11.3/g), 8th.
Expected W-L: 2.2-9.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.3/g), 7th.
Coached by Curly Lambeau (3-9-0)
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1948 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Jack Jacobs | 29 | 6 | 8 | 82 for 184, 848 yards, 5 td, 21 int, & 24 rushes for 73 yards and 1 td | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 12th pick / 1942 |
| FB | Ted Fritsch | 28 | 6 | 11 | 37 rushes for 173 yards, 0 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | |
| FB | Walt Schlinkman | 26 | 2 | 1 | 106 rushes for 441 yards, 4 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 11th pick / 1945 |
| LH | Tony Canadeo | 29 | 7 | 9 | 123 rushes for 589 yards, 4 td, & 9 catches for 81 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 9th / 77th pick / 1941 |
| RH | Bob Forte | 26 | 2 | 9 | 12 rushes for 30 yards, 0 td, & 6 catches for 63 yards and 1 td | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 98th pick / 1943 |
| LE | Larry Craig | 32 | 9 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 49th pick / 1939 |
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| LE | Ted Cook | 26 | 1 | 5 | 13 catches for 156 yards, 0 td | Brooklyn Tigers / 22nd / 221st pick / 1944 |
| LE | Clyde Goodnight | 24 | 3 | 5 | 28 catches for 448 yards, 3 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 27th pick / 1945 |
| LT | Dick Wildung | 27 | 2 | 11 | 2 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 8th pick / 1943 |
| LG | Evan Vogds | 25 | 2 | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| C | Jay Rhodemyre | 26 | Rook | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 51st pick / 1948 |
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| C | Bob Flowers | 31 | 6 | 5 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RG | Damon Tassos | 25 | 3 | 9 | Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers / 3rd / 20th pick / 1945 |
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| RT | Paul Lipscomb | 25 | 3 | 11 | 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RE | Nolan Luhn | 27 | 3 | 8 | 17 catches for 285 yards, 2 td | Green Bay Packers / 25th / 263rd pick / 1945 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Ted Fritsch | 28 | 6 | 11 | 6 of 16 field goals & 5 of 6 extra points | |
| P | Jack Jacobs | 29 | 6 | 8 | 69 punts for a 40.3 average, 1 blocked | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 12th pick / 1942 |
| PR | Fred Provo | 26 | Rook | 0 | 18 punt returns for a 11.6 average and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 14th / 121st pick / 1948 |
| KR | Ed Smith | 25 | Rook | 1 | 12 kick returns for a 23.9 average and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 19th pick / 1948 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Baxter | 25 | C | 11 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Louisiana Tech,SMU | 1/18/1923 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 24th / 252nd pick / 1945 |
| Ed Bell | 27 | G-T | 12 | 0 | 227 | 6-1 | Indiana | 9/20/1921 | 2 | |
| Tony Canadeo | 29 | HB-TB-FB-DB | 12 | 9 | 190 | 5-11 | Gonzaga | 5/5/1919 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 9th / 77th pick / 1941 |
| Ed Cody | 25 | FB | 10 | 0 | 191 | 5-10 | Boston College,Purdue | 2/27/1923 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 36th pick / 1946 |
| Irv Comp | 29 | B | 11 | 1 | 204 | 6-2 | Benedictine | 5/17/1919 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1943 |
| Ted Cook | 26 | E-DB | 12 | 5 | 195 | 6-2 | Alabama | 2/6/1922 | 1 | Brooklyn Tigers / 22nd / 221st pick / 1944 |
| Larry Craig | 32 | B-E | 12 | 5 | 211 | 6-1 | South Carolina | 6/27/1916 | 9 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 49th pick / 1939 |
| Ted Cremer | 29 | E-DE | 3 | 0 | 209 | 6-2 | Auburn | 3/16/1919 | 2 | |
| Ralph Davis | 26 | G | 11 | 2 | 205 | 5-11 | Wisconsin | 5/30/1922 | 1 | |
| Don Deeks | 25 | T-G | 8 | 1 | 238 | 6-4 | Washington | 2/10/1923 | 3 | Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers / 4th / 31st pick / 1945 |
| Ralph Earhart | 25 | HB | 12 | 2 | 165 | 5-10 | Pittsburg State,Texas Tech | 3/29/1923 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 32nd / 296th pick / 1948 |
| Bob Flowers | 31 | C-LB | 11 | 5 | 210 | 6-1 | Texas,Texas Tech | 8/6/1917 | 6 | |
| Bob Forte | 26 | HB-LB-DB | 12 | 9 | 199 | 6-0 | Arkansas | 7/15/1922 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 98th pick / 1943 |
| Ted Fritsch | 28 | FB | 12 | 11 | 210 | 5-10 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10/31/1920 | 6 | |
| Jug Girard | 21 | E-HB-QB-DB | 10 | 0 | 176 | 5-11 | Wisconsin | 1/25/1927 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1948 |
| Clyde Goodnight | 24 | E | 8 | 5 | 196 | 6-1 | Tulsa | 3/3/1924 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 27th pick / 1945 |
| Jack Jacobs | 29 | QB-TB-HB | 12 | 8 | 186 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 8/7/1919 | 6 | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 12th pick / 1942 |
| Jim Kekeris | 25 | T | 5 | 0 | 257 | 6-1 | Missouri | 10/17/1923 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 14th pick / 1947 |
| Paul Lipscomb | 25 | T-DT | 12 | 11 | 246 | 6-5 | Tennessee | 1/13/1923 | 3 | |
| Nolan Luhn | 27 | E | 12 | 8 | 200 | 6-3 | Tulsa | 7/27/1921 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 25th / 263rd pick / 1945 |
| Perry Moss | 22 | QB | 6 | 1 | 170 | 5-10 | Illinois,Tulsa | 8/4/1926 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 13th / 111th pick / 1948 |
| Ed Neal | 30 | MG-C-G-T | 12 | 0 | 285 | 6-4 | LSU,Ouachita Baptist,Tulane | 12/31/1918 | 3 | |
| Urban Odson | 30 | T | 12 | 0 | 251 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 11/17/1918 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 9th pick / 1942 |
| Larry Olsonoski | 23 | G | 12 | 2 | 214 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 9/10/1925 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 41st pick / 1948 |
| Fred Provo | 26 | HB | 9 | 0 | 185 | 5-9 | Washington | 4/17/1922 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 14th / 121st pick / 1948 |
| Baby Ray | 34 | T | 12 | 0 | 249 | 6-6 | Vanderbilt | 9/30/1914 | 10 | |
| Jay Rhodemyre | 26 | C-LB | 9 | 7 | 210 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 12/16/1922 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 51st pick / 1948 |
| Ken Roskie | 28 | FB | 6 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | South Carolina | 11/29/1920 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 32nd / 298th pick / 1943 |
| Walt Schlinkman | 26 | FB | 11 | 1 | 205 | 5-9 | Texas Tech | 5/2/1922 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 11th pick / 1945 |
| Bruce Smith | 28 | HB-DB-TB | 4 | 1 | 197 | 6-0 | Minnesota | 2/8/1920 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 13th / 119th pick / 1942 |
| Ed Smith | 25 | HB-DB | 12 | 1 | 185 | 6-3 | Texas-El Paso | 7/20/1923 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 19th pick / 1948 |
| Damon Tassos | 25 | G | 11 | 9 | 225 | 6-1 | Texas A&M | 12/5/1923 | 3 | Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers / 3rd / 20th pick / 1945 |
| Evan Vogds | 25 | G | 12 | 12 | 210 | 5-10 | Wisconsin | 2/10/1923 | 2 | |
| Don Wells | 26 | DE-E | 12 | 1 | 200 | 6-2 | Georgia,North Carolina,Wake Forest | 7/12/1922 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 54th pick / 1945 |
| Pat West | 25 | FB | 3 | 0 | 201 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh,USC | 2/21/1923 | 3 | Cleveland Rams / 28th / 290th pick / 1945 |
| Dick Wildung | 27 | T-DT-G | 12 | 11 | 221 | 6-0 | Minnesota | 8/16/1921 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 8th pick / 1943 |
| Gene Wilson | 22 | E | 12 | 3 | 177 | 5-10 | SMU | 6/24/1926 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 40th pick / 1947 |
| Team Total | 26.5 | 12 | 208.9 | 6-0.8 | 2.6 |