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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.
Coached by Vince Lombardi (11-3-0)
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1961 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 | Bart Starr* | 27 | 5 | 14 | 172 for 295, 2,418 yards, 16 td, 16 int, & 12 rushes for 56 yards and 1 td | Green Bay Packers / 17th / 200th pick / 1956 |
| HB | Paul Hornung+ | 26 | 4 | 0 | 127 rushes for 597 yards, 8 td, & 15 catches for 145 yards and 2 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 1st pick / 1957 |
| FB | Jim Taylor* | 26 | 3 | 0 | 243 rushes for 1,307 yards, 15 td, & 25 catches for 175 yards and 1 td | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1958 |
| FL | Boyd Dowler | 24 | 2 | 0 | 36 catches for 633 yards, 3 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 25th pick / 1959 |
| SE | Max McGee* | 29 | 7 | 0 | 51 catches for 883 yards, 7 td | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 51st pick / 1954 |
| TE | Ron Kramer | 26 | 4 | 0 | 35 catches for 559 yards, 4 td, & 5 rushes for 13 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1957 |
| LT | Bob Skoronski | 27 | 5 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 56th pick / 1956 |
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| LG | Fuzzy Thurston+ | 28 | 3 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 54th pick / 1956 |
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| C | Jim Ringo*+ | 30 | 8 | 14 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 79th pick / 1953 |
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| RG | Jerry Kramer | 25 | 3 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 39th pick / 1958 |
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| RG | Forrest Gregg* | 28 | 5 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 20th pick / 1956 |
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| RT | Forrest Gregg* | 28 | 5 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 20th pick / 1956 |
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| RT | Norm Masters | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 18th pick / 1956 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Willie Davis | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 15th / 181st pick / 1956 |
| LDT | Dave Hanner | 31 | 9 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 52nd pick / 1952 |
| RDT | Henry Jordan*+ | 26 | 4 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 52nd pick / 1957 |
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| RDE | Bill Quinlan | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 37th pick / 1956 |
| LLB | Dan Currie | 26 | 3 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1958 |
| MLB | Ray Nitschke | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 36th pick / 1958 |
| RLB | Bill Forester*+ | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 31st pick / 1953 |
| LCB | Herb Adderley | 22 | Rook | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 12th pick / 1961 |
| RCB | Jesse Whittenton*+ | 27 | 5 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 60th pick / 1956 |
| LS | Hank Gremminger | 28 | 5 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 80th pick / 1956 |
| RS | Willie Wood | 25 | 1 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 5 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Paul Hornung+ | 26 | 4 | 0 | 15 of 22 field goals & 41 of 41 extra points | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 1st pick / 1957 |
| P | Boyd Dowler | 24 | 2 | 0 | 38 punts for a 44.1 average, 0 blocked | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 25th pick / 1959 |
| PR | Willie Wood | 25 | 1 | 0 | 14 punt returns for a 16.1 average and 2 td | |
| KR | Herb Adderley | 22 | Rook | 0 | 18 kick returns for a 26.6 average and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 12th pick / 1961 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Herb Adderley | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Michigan State | 6/8/1939 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 12th pick / 1961 |
| Ben Agajanian | 42 | K | 3 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | New Mexico | 8/28/1919 | 16 | |
| Tom Bettis | 28 | LB | 12 | 0 | 228 | 6-2 | Purdue | 3/17/1933 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 5th pick / 1955 |
| Lew Carpenter | 29 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Arkansas | 1/12/1932 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 97th pick / 1953 |
| Dan Currie | 26 | LB | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 6/27/1935 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1958 |
| Ben Davidson | 21 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 275 | 6-8 | Washington | 6/14/1940 | Rook | New York Giants / 4th / 46th pick / 1961 |
| Willie Davis | 27 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 243 | 6-3 | Grambling State | 7/24/1934 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 15th / 181st pick / 1956 |
| Boyd Dowler | 24 | FL-SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 224 | 6-5 | Colorado | 10/18/1937 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 25th pick / 1959 |
| Lee Folkins | 22 | TE-DE | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-5 | Washington | 7/4/1939 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 82nd pick / 1961 |
| Bill Forester*+ | 29 | LB-MG-DT | 14 | 0 | 237 | 6-3 | SMU | 8/9/1932 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 31st pick / 1953 |
| Forrest Gregg* | 28 | T-G-DT | 14 | 0 | 249 | 6-4 | SMU | 10/18/1933 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 20th pick / 1956 |
| Hank Gremminger | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 201 | 6-1 | Baylor | 9/1/1933 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 80th pick / 1956 |
| Dale Hackbart | 23 | DB | 2 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 7/21/1938 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 51st pick / 1960 |
| Dave Hanner | 31 | DT | 13 | 0 | 257 | 6-2 | Arkansas | 5/22/1930 | 9 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 52nd pick / 1952 |
| Paul Hornung+ | 26 | HB-FB-QB | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 12/23/1935 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 1st pick / 1957 |
| Ken Iman | 22 | C | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | Southeast Missouri State | 2/8/1939 | 1 | |
| Henry Jordan*+ | 26 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | Virginia | 1/26/1935 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 52nd pick / 1957 |
| Gary Knafelc | 29 | E | 13 | 0 | 217 | 6-4 | Colorado | 1/2/1932 | 7 | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 14th pick / 1954 |
| Ron Kostelnik | 21 | DT | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Cincinnati | 1/14/1940 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 26th pick / 1961 |
| Jerry Kramer | 25 | G | 8 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Idaho | 1/23/1936 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 39th pick / 1958 |
| Ron Kramer | 26 | E-TE | 14 | 0 | 234 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/24/1935 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1957 |
| Norm Masters | 28 | T | 14 | 0 | 249 | 6-2 | Michigan State | 9/19/1933 | 4 | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 18th pick / 1956 |
| Max McGee* | 29 | E | 13 | 0 | 205 | 6-3 | Tulane | 7/16/1932 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 51st pick / 1954 |
| Tom Moore | 23 | HB-FB | 13 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Vanderbilt | 7/17/1938 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 5th pick / 1960 |
| Ray Nitschke | 25 | LB | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Illinois | 12/29/1936 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 36th pick / 1958 |
| Elijah Pitts | 23 | HB | 14 | 0 | 204 | 6-1 | Philander Smith | 2/3/1938 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 13th / 180th pick / 1961 |
| Bill Quinlan | 29 | DE | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 6/19/1932 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 37th pick / 1956 |
| Jim Ringo*+ | 30 | C | 14 | 14 | 232 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 11/21/1931 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 79th pick / 1953 |
| John Roach | 28 | QB-DB | 7 | 0 | 197 | 6-4 | SMU | 3/26/1933 | 5 | Chicago Cardinals / 3rd / 31st pick / 1956 |
| Bob Skoronski | 27 | T-C | 13 | 0 | 249 | 6-3 | Indiana | 3/5/1934 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 56th pick / 1956 |
| Bart Starr* | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 197 | 6-1 | Alabama | 1/9/1934 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 17th / 200th pick / 1956 |
| John Symank | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Florida | 8/31/1935 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 23rd / 268th pick / 1957 |
| Jim Taylor* | 26 | FB | 14 | 0 | 214 | 6-0 | LSU | 9/20/1935 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1958 |
| Fuzzy Thurston+ | 28 | G | 14 | 0 | 247 | 6-1 | Valparaiso | 12/29/1933 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 54th pick / 1956 |
| Nelson Toburen | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Wichita State | 11/24/1938 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 14th / 194th pick / 1961 |
| Emlen Tunnell | 36 | DB | 12 | 0 | 187 | 6-1 | Iowa,Toledo | 3/29/1925 | 13 | |
| Jesse Whittenton*+ | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 193 | 6-0 | Texas-El Paso | 5/9/1934 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 60th pick / 1956 |
| Willie Wood | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | USC | 12/23/1936 | 1 | |
| Team Total | 26.7 | 14 | 225.0 | 6-2.2 | 4.2 |