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1962 Green Bay Packers
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Record: 13-1-0, Finished 1st in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
1962 NFL Champions
Scored 415 points (29.6/g), 1st of 14 in the NFL.
Allowed 148 points (10.6/g), 1st.
Differential of 267 points (19.1/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 12.9-1.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +22 (1.6/g), 1st.
Coached by Vince Lombardi (13-1-0)
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1962 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* | 28 | 6 | 14 | 178 for 285, 2,438 yards, 12 td, 9 int, & 21 rushes for 72 yards and 1 td | Green Bay Packers / 17th / 200th pick / 1956 |
| HB | Paul Hornung | 27 | 5 | 0 | 57 rushes for 219 yards, 5 td, & 9 catches for 168 yards and 2 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 1st pick / 1957 |
| FB | Jim Taylor*+ | 27 | 4 | 0 | 272 rushes for 1,474 yards, 19 td, & 22 catches for 106 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1958 |
| FL | Boyd Dowler | 25 | 3 | 0 | 49 catches for 724 yards, 2 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 25th pick / 1959 |
| SE | Max McGee | 30 | 8 | 0 | 49 catches for 820 yards, 3 td, & 3 rushes for 52 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 51st pick / 1954 |
| TE | Ron Kramer*+ | 27 | 5 | 0 | 37 catches for 555 yards, 7 td, & 1 rush for -4 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1957 |
| LT | Bob Skoronski | 28 | 6 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 56th pick / 1956 |
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| LG | Fuzzy Thurston | 29 | 4 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 54th pick / 1956 |
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| C | Jim Ringo*+ | 31 | 9 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 79th pick / 1953 |
| RG | Jerry Kramer*+ | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 39th pick / 1958 |
| RT | Forrest Gregg*+ | 29 | 6 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 20th pick / 1956 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Willie Davis+ | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 15th / 181st pick / 1956 |
| LDT | Dave Hanner | 32 | 10 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 52nd pick / 1952 |
| RDT | Henry Jordan+ | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 52nd pick / 1957 |
| RDE | Bill Quinlan | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 37th pick / 1956 |
| LLB | Dan Currie+ | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1958 |
| MLB | Ray Nitschke | 26 | 4 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 36th pick / 1958 |
| RLB | Bill Forester*+ | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 31st pick / 1953 |
| LCB | Herb Adderley+ | 23 | 1 | 0 | 7 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 12th pick / 1961 |
| RCB | Jesse Whittenton | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 60th pick / 1956 |
| LS | Hank Gremminger | 29 | 6 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 80th pick / 1956 |
| RS | Willie Wood* | 26 | 2 | 0 | 9 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jerry Kramer*+ | 26 | 4 | 0 | 9 of 11 field goals & 38 of 39 extra points | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 39th pick / 1958 |
| P | Boyd Dowler | 25 | 3 | 0 | 36 punts for a 43.1 average, 0 blocked | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 25th pick / 1959 |
| PR | Willie Wood* | 26 | 2 | 0 | 23 punt returns for a 11.9 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Herb Adderley+ | 23 | 1 | 0 | 15 kick returns for a 27.9 average and 1 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+ | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Michigan State | 6/8/1939 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 12th pick / 1961 |
| Gary Barnes | 23 | WR | 13 | 0 | 200 | 6-4 | Clemson | 9/13/1939 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 41st pick / 1962 |
| Ed Blaine | 22 | G | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | Missouri | 1/30/1940 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 28th pick / 1962 |
| Lew Carpenter | 30 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Arkansas | 1/12/1932 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 97th pick / 1953 |
| Dan Currie+ | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 6/27/1935 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1958 |
| Willie Davis+ | 28 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 243 | 6-3 | Grambling State | 7/24/1934 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 15th / 181st pick / 1956 |
| Boyd Dowler | 25 | FL-SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 224 | 6-5 | Colorado | 10/18/1937 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 25th pick / 1959 |
| Bill Forester*+ | 30 | LB-MG-DT | 14 | 0 | 237 | 6-3 | SMU | 8/9/1932 | 9 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 31st pick / 1953 |
| Ron Gassert | 22 | DT | 10 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Virginia | 7/22/1940 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 56th pick / 1962 |
| Forrest Gregg*+ | 29 | T-G-DT | 14 | 0 | 249 | 6-4 | SMU | 10/18/1933 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 20th pick / 1956 |
| Hank Gremminger | 29 | DB | 14 | 0 | 201 | 6-1 | Baylor | 9/1/1933 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 80th pick / 1956 |
| Earl Gros | 22 | FB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | LSU | 8/29/1940 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 14th pick / 1962 |
| Dave Hanner | 32 | DT | 14 | 0 | 257 | 6-2 | Arkansas | 5/22/1930 | 10 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 52nd pick / 1952 |
| Paul Hornung | 27 | HB-FB-QB | 9 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 12/23/1935 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 1st pick / 1957 |
| Ken Iman | 23 | C | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | Southeast Missouri State | 2/8/1939 | 2 | |
| Henry Jordan+ | 27 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | Virginia | 1/26/1935 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 52nd pick / 1957 |
| Gary Knafelc | 30 | E | 11 | 0 | 217 | 6-4 | Colorado | 1/2/1932 | 8 | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 14th pick / 1954 |
| Ron Kostelnik | 22 | DT | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Cincinnati | 1/14/1940 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 26th pick / 1961 |
| Jerry Kramer*+ | 26 | G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Idaho | 1/23/1936 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 39th pick / 1958 |
| Ron Kramer*+ | 27 | E-TE | 14 | 0 | 234 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/24/1935 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1957 |
| Norm Masters | 29 | T | 14 | 0 | 249 | 6-2 | Michigan State | 9/19/1933 | 5 | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 18th pick / 1956 |
| Max McGee | 30 | E | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-3 | Tulane | 7/16/1932 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 51st pick / 1954 |
| Tom Moore* | 24 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Vanderbilt | 7/17/1938 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 5th pick / 1960 |
| Ray Nitschke | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Illinois | 12/29/1936 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 36th pick / 1958 |
| Elijah Pitts | 24 | HB | 14 | 0 | 204 | 6-1 | Philander Smith | 2/3/1938 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 13th / 180th pick / 1961 |
| Bill Quinlan | 30 | DE | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 6/19/1932 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 37th pick / 1956 |
| Jim Ringo*+ | 31 | C | 14 | 14 | 232 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 11/21/1931 | 9 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 79th pick / 1953 |
| John Roach | 29 | QB-DB | 8 | 0 | 197 | 6-4 | SMU | 3/26/1933 | 6 | Chicago Cardinals / 3rd / 31st pick / 1956 |
| Bob Skoronski | 28 | T-C | 13 | 0 | 249 | 6-3 | Indiana | 3/5/1934 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 56th pick / 1956 |
| Bart Starr* | 28 | QB | 14 | 14 | 197 | 6-1 | Alabama | 1/9/1934 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 17th / 200th pick / 1956 |
| John Symank | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Florida | 8/31/1935 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 23rd / 268th pick / 1957 |
| Jim Taylor*+ | 27 | FB | 14 | 0 | 214 | 6-0 | LSU | 9/20/1935 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1958 |
| Fuzzy Thurston | 29 | G | 14 | 0 | 247 | 6-1 | Valparaiso | 12/29/1933 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 54th pick / 1956 |
| Nelson Toburen | 24 | LB | 10 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Wichita State | 11/24/1938 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 14th / 194th pick / 1961 |
| Jesse Whittenton | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 193 | 6-0 | Texas-El Paso | 5/9/1934 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 60th pick / 1956 |
| Howie Williams | 26 | DB | 1 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Howard | 12/4/1936 | Rook | |
| Willie Wood* | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | USC | 12/23/1936 | 2 | |
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 225.1 | 6-2.1 | 4.2 |