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1961 Green Bay Packers

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Record: 11-3-0, Finished 1st in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

1961 NFL Champions

Scored 391 points (27.9/g), 1st of 14 in the NFL.
 Allowed 223 points (15.9/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 168 points (12.0/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 11.1-2.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +20 (1.4/g), 1st.

Simple Rating System: Total 13.6, Offense: 7.1, Defense: 6.5, SoS: 1.6, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Vince Lombardi

Training Camp: St. Norbert College (De Pere, Wisconsin)


League Champion

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 391 4714 797 5.9 274 177 306 2364 18 16 7.3 115 474 2350 27 5.0 142 26 10 17
Team Defense 223 4051 860 4.7 245 218 414 2357 13 29 5.3 117 412 1694 12 4.1 110 46 17 18
Lg Rank Offense 1 4 2 14 9 9 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1
Lg Rank Defense 2 6 9 13 4 2 2 3 4 7 6 7 2 7

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 17 boxscore L 0-1 Detroit Lions 13 17 17 294 162 132 2 15 266 138 128 1
2 Sun September 24 boxscore W 1-1 San Francisco 49ers 30 10 19 275 151 124 1 15 233 96 137 3
3 Sun October 1 boxscore W 2-1 Chicago Bears 24 0 18 281 83 198 3 16 255 131 124 4
4 Sun October 8 boxscore W 3-1 Baltimore Colts 45 7 25 357 146 211 1 18 289 136 153 8
5 Sun October 15 boxscore W 4-1 @ Cleveland Browns 49 17 23 482 266 216 2 20 290 165 125 3
6 Sun October 22 boxscore W 5-1 @ Minnesota Vikings 33 7 22 467 226 241 1 18 328 179 149 7
7 Sun October 29 boxscore W 6-1 Minnesota Vikings 28 10 24 467 310 157 3 13 263 121 142 2
8 Sun November 5 boxscore L 6-2 @ Baltimore Colts 21 45 10 225 64 161 1 29 407 218 189 3
9 Sun November 12 boxscore W 7-2 @ Chicago Bears 31 28 20 322 160 162 1 15 242 169 73 2
10 Sun November 19 boxscore W 8-2 Los Angeles Rams 35 17 17 249 173 76 1 19 312 201 111 1
11 Thu November 23 boxscore W 9-2 @ Detroit Lions 17 9 13 277 151 126 2 18 279 172 107 5
12 Sun December 3 boxscore W 10-2 New York Giants 20 17 25 404 134 270 3 18 262 193 69 3
13 Sun December 10 boxscore L 10-3 @ San Francisco 49ers 21 22 20 330 177 153 2 17 396 328 68 2
14 Sun December 17 boxscore W 11-3 @ Los Angeles Rams 24 17 21 284 161 123 3 14 229 110 119 2
Playoffs
Championship Sun December 31 boxscore W 12-3 New York Giants 37 0 19 345 164 181 6 130 99 31 5

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
15 Bart Starr* 27 QB 14 14 11-3-0 172 295 58.3 2418 16 5.4 16 5.4 78 8.2 6.8 14.1 172.7 80.3 3 3
5 Paul Hornung+ 26 HB/K 12 0 3 5 60.0 42 1 20.0 0 0.0 20 8.4 12.4 14.0 3.5 126.7
10 John Roach 28 7 0 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
25 Tom Moore 23 13 0 2 2 100.0 42 1 50.0 0 0.0 22 21.0 31.0 21.0 3.2 158.3
Team Total 26.7 14 11-3-0 177 306 57.8 2502 18 5.9 16 5.2 78 8.2 7.0 14.1 178.7 82.2 3 3
Opp Total 14 218 414 52.7 2630 13 3.1 29 7.0 6.4 3.83 12.1 187.9 53.7 34 273 5.3 2.9 7.6

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
31 Jim Taylor* 26 FB 14 0 243 1307 15 53 5.4 93.4 17.4 25 175 7.0 1 18 1.8 12.5 1482 16 2
5 Paul Hornung+ 26 HB/K 12 0 127 597 8 54 4.7 49.8 10.6 15 145 9.7 2 34 1.3 12.1 742 10 1
25 Tom Moore 23 13 0 61 302 1 69 5.0 23.2 4.7 8 41 5.1 1 11 0.6 3.2 343 2 2
22 Elijah Pitts 23 14 0 23 75 1 17 3.3 5.4 1.6 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.4 80 1 0
15 Bart Starr* 27 QB 14 14 12 56 1 21 4.7 4.0 0.9 56 1 8
88 Ron Kramer 26 TE 14 0 5 13 0 12 2.6 0.9 0.4 35 559 16.0 4 53 2.5 39.9 572 4 0
10 John Roach 28 7 0 2 -5 1 1 -2.5 -0.7 0.3 -5 1 1
33 Lew Carpenter 29 14 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.4 0.1 3 29 9.7 0 16 0.2 2.1 34 0 0
85 Max McGee* 29 SE 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 51 883 17.3 7 53 3.9 67.9 883 7 1
86 Boyd Dowler 24 FL/P 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 36 633 17.6 3 78 2.6 45.2 633 3 0
84 Gary Knafelc 29 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 32 10.7 0 13 0.2 2.5 32 0 0
Team Total 26.7 14 474 2350 27 69 5.0 167.9 33.9 177 2502 14.1 18 78 12.6 178.7 4852 45 18
Opp Total 14 412 1694 12 4.1 121.0 29.4 218 2357 10.8 13 15.6 168.4 4051 25 30

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
26 Herb Adderley 22 KR/LCB 14 0 18 478 0 61 26.6 478
25 Tom Moore 23 13 0 15 409 0 60 27.3 752
24 Willie Wood 25 PR/RS 14 0 14 225 2 72 16.1 225
33 Lew Carpenter 29 14 0 6 130 0 48 21.7 164
27 John Symank 26 14 0 4 121 0 38 30.3 121
71 Bill Forester*+ 29 RLB 14 0 3 55 0 20 18.3 55
22 Elijah Pitts 23 14 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 94
Team Total 26.7 14 20 355 2 72 17.8 41 1077 0 61 26.3 6284
Opp Total 14 25 1 69 1597 0 23.1

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
5 Paul Hornung+ 26 HB/K 12 0 9 8 4 3 4 2 1 1 4 1 22 15 68.2% 41 41 100.0%
86 Boyd Dowler 24 FL/P 14 0 38 1674 75 0 44.1
85 Max McGee* 29 SE 13 0 13 520 51 0 40.0
3 Ben Agajanian 42 k 3 0 1 1 1 2 1 50.0% 8 8 100.0%
Team Total 26.7 14 9 8 5 4 5 2 1 1 4 1 24 16 66.7% 49 49 100.0% 51 2194 75 0 43.0
Opp Total 14 21 13 61.9% 26 26 100.0% 49 1852 37.8

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
24 Willie Wood 25 PR/RS 14 0 5 52 0 21 0 0 1 5 0 0
15 Bart Starr* 27 QB 14 14 0 8 2 0 0
27 John Symank 26 14 0 5 99 0 41 0 0 1 2 0 0
46 Hank Gremminger 28 LS 14 0 5 54 0 41 0 0 0 1 0 0
47 Jesse Whittenton*+ 27 RCB 14 0 5 98 1 41 0 0 0 1 0 0
58 Dan Currie 26 LLB 12 0 3 59 1 21 0 0 0 2 0 0
87 Willie Davis 27 LDE 14 0 0 0 3 0 0
79 Dave Hanner 31 LDT 13 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
25 Tom Moore 23 13 0 0 2 1 2 0
66 Ray Nitschke 25 MLB 12 0 2 41 0 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
31 Jim Taylor* 26 FB 14 0 0 2 1 0 0
26 Herb Adderley 22 KR/LCB 14 0 1 9 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 0
71 Bill Forester*+ 29 RLB 14 0 2 33 0 33 0
78 Norm Masters 28 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
5 Paul Hornung+ 26 HB/K 12 0 0 1 0 0 0
85 Max McGee* 29 SE 13 0 0 1 0 0 0
83 Bill Quinlan 29 RDE 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
10 John Roach 28 7 0 0 1 0 0 0
61 Nelson Toburen 23 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.7 14 29 446 2 41 0 0 18 25 2 0
Opp Total 14 17 30 13 1

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
5 Paul Hornung+ 26 HB/K 12 0 8 2 10 41 15 146
31 Jim Taylor* 26 FB 14 0 15 1 16 96
85 Max McGee* 29 SE 13 0 7 7 42
88 Ron Kramer 26 TE 14 0 4 4 24
86 Boyd Dowler 24 FL/P 14 0 3 3 18
25 Tom Moore 23 13 0 1 1 2 12
24 Willie Wood 25 PR/RS 14 0 2 2 12
3 Ben Agajanian 42 k 3 0 8 1 11
58 Dan Currie 26 LLB 12 0 1 1 6
22 Elijah Pitts 23 14 0 1 1 6
10 John Roach 28 7 0 1 1 6
15 Bart Starr* 27 QB 14 14 1 1 6
47 Jesse Whittenton*+ 27 RCB 14 0 1 1 6
Team Total 26.7 14 27 18 2 2 49 49 16 391
Opp Total 14 12 13 1 26 13 1 223