1971 Green Bay Packers

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Record: 4-8-2, Finished 4th in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 274 points (19.6/g), 13th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 298 points (21.3/g), 18th.
Differential of -24 points (-1.7/g), 14th.
Expected W-L: 6.3-7.7.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -12 (-0.9/g), 21st.

Coached by Dan Devine (4-8-2)

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1971 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 19	box	L	0-1		New York Giants	40	42	17	348	224	124	5	12	323	221	102	1
2	Sun	September 26	box	W	1-1		Denver Broncos	34	13	15	303	89	214	4	19	327	246	81	7
3	Sun	October 3	box	W	2-1		Cincinnati Bengals	20	17	18	318	62	256	3	10	178	88	90	2
4	Sun	October 10	box	L	2-2	@	Detroit Lions	28	31	14	263	137	126	2	26	465	287	178	4
5	Sun	October 17	box	L	2-3		Minnesota Vikings	13	24	19	342	221	121	5	17	270	172	98	1
6	Sun	October 24	box	L	2-4	@	Los Angeles Rams	13	30	14	237	144	93	4	20	331	167	164	1
7	Mon	November 1	box	T	2-4-1		Detroit Lions	14	14	13	218		218	1	18	291	101	190	4
8	Sun	November 7	box	W	3-4-1	@	Chicago Bears	17	14	13	304	133	171	2	16	280	205	75	4
9	Sun	November 14	box	L	3-5-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	0	3	15	301	56	245	4	5	87	21	66	1
10	Mon	November 22	box	L	3-6-1	@	Atlanta Falcons	21	28	7	143	40	103	1	27	386	182	204	2
11	Sun	November 28	box	L	3-7-1		New Orleans Saints	21	29	15	262	167	95	6	18	273	110	163
12	Sun	December 5	box	T	3-7-2	@	St. Louis Cardinals	16	16	19	357	146	211	3	12	305	225	80	1
13	Sun	December 12	box	W	4-7-2		Chicago Bears	31	10	15	295	180	115	2	13	247	186	61	3
14	Sun	December 19	box	L	4-8-2	@	Miami Dolphins	6	27	14	223	86	137	2	17	245	90	155	1

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	274	3914	772	5.1	208	121	254	1685	12	24	6.2	87	500	2229	18	4.5	115	44	20	6
Team Defense	298	4008	861	4.7	356	186	353	2301	21	16	6.2	110	489	1707	7	3.5	230	32	16	16
Lg Rank Offense	13	16			19		26	24	19	15	8		5	4	5	6		20	22
Lg Rank Defense	18	13			13		12	17	25	21	24		20	10	3	5		19	10

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
Scott Hunter	24	QB	13	10	75	163	46.0	1210	7	4.3	17	10.4	77	7.4	3.2	16.1	93.1	46.1	11	81	6.5	2.5	6.3
Bart Starr	37		4	3	24	45	53.3	286	0	0.0	3	6.7	31	6.4	3.4	11.9	71.5	45.2	6	64	4.4	1.7	11.8
Zeke Bratkowski	40		6	1	19	37	51.4	298	4	10.8	3	8.1	50	8.1	5.5	15.7	49.7	80.7	1	12	7.5	5.0	2.6
Frank Patrick	24		1	0	1	5	20.0	39	0	0.0	1	20.0	39	7.8	-1.2	39.0	39.0	20.0	0	0	7.8	-1.2	0.0
Donny Anderson	28	RB	14	0	2	4	50.0	9	1	25.0	0	0.0	5	2.3	4.8	4.5	0.6	95.8	0	0	2.3	4.8	0.0
Team Total	26.9		14		121	254	47.6	1842	12	4.7	24	9.4	77	7.3	3.5	15.2	131.6	48.4	18	157	6.2	2.7	6.6
Opp Total			14		186	353	52.7	2301	21	5.9	16	4.5		6.5	5.1	12.4	164.4	74.1	19	168	6.2	4.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Rushing							Receiving
	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
John Brockington*+	23	FB	14	0	216	1105	4	52	5.1	78.9	15.4	14	98	7.0	1	29	1.0	7.0	1203	5	4
Donny Anderson	28	RB	14	0	186	757	5	31	4.1	54.1	13.3	26	306	11.8	1	39	1.9	21.9	1063	6	6
Dave Hampton	24	RET	13	0	67	307	3	41	4.6	23.6	5.2	3	37	12.3	1	19	0.2	2.8	344	4	7
Scott Hunter	24	QB	13	10	21	50	4	16	2.4	3.8	1.6								50	4	7
Larry Krause	23		9	0	3	-6	0	2	-2.0	-0.7	0.3								-6	0	0
Bart Starr	37		4	3	3	11	1	9	3.7	2.8	0.8								11	1	1
Perry Williams	25		14	0	3	4	0	3	1.3	0.3	0.2								4	0	0
Zeke Bratkowski	40		6	1	1	1	1	1	1.0	0.2	0.2								1	1	1
Carroll Dale	33	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	31	598	19.3	4	77	2.2	42.7	598	4	0
Rich McGeorge	23	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	27	463	17.1	4	50	1.9	33.1	463	4	0
John Spilis	24	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	14	281	20.1	1	39	1.0	20.1	281	1	1
Dave Davis	23		14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	6	59	9.8	0	20	0.4	4.2	59	0	1
Team Total	26.9		14		500	2229	18	52	4.5	159.2	35.7	121	1842	15.2	12	77	8.6	131.6	4071	30	29
Opp Total			14		489	1707	7		3.5	121.9	34.9	186	2301	12.4	21		13.3	164.4	4008	28	33

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Dave Hampton	24	RET	13	0						46	1314	1	90	28.6	1658
Ken Ellis	24	LCB	14	14	22	107	0	30	4.9	1	22	0	22	22.0	129
Dave Davis	23		14	0	6	36	0	19	6.0	1	22	0	22	22.0	117
Elijah Pitts	33		6	0	5	13	0	5	2.6	2	41	0	22	20.5	54
Larry Krause	23		9	0						5	101	0	29	20.2	95
Willie Wood	35	FS	14	0	4	21	0	9	5.3						21
Perry Williams	25		14	0						2	41	0	21	20.5	45
Jim Carter	23	MLB	13	0						1	5	0	5	5.0	5
Al Randolph	27	ss	14	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
Team Total	26.9		14		38	177	0	30	4.7	58	1546	1	90	26.7	5794
Opp Total			14		23		0			56	1248	0		22.3

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					0--19		20--29		30--39		40--49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
	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
Donny Anderson	28	RB	14	0																	50	2022	58	0	40.4
Lou Michaels	36	K	10	0											14	8	57.1%	20	19	95.0%
Tim Webster	22		4	0	2	2	5	4	1		2		1		11	6	54.5%	8	8	100.0%
Dave Conway	26		1	0							1				1		0.0%	5	5	100.0%
Ken Duncan	25		2	0																	6	216	47	0	36.0
Team Total	26.9		14		2	2	5	4	1		3		1		26	14	53.8%	33	32	97.0%	56	2238	58	0	40.0
Opp Total			14												37	20	54.1%	34	32	94.1%	61	2446			40.1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Lionel Aldridge	30	RDE	14	0								0	1	0	0
Donny Anderson	28	RB	14	0								6	1	-5	0
Zeke Bratkowski	40		6	1								1	0	0	0
John Brockington*+	23	FB	14	0								4	2	0	0
Fred Carr	25	RLB	14	14								0	2	34	0
Jim Carter	23	MLB	13	0		1	16	0	16			0	1	0	0
Dave Davis	23		14	0								1	1	18	0
Ken Ellis	24	LCB	14	14		6	10	0	5
Dave Hampton	24	RET	13	0								7	1	0	0
Doug Hart	32	SS	14	0		2	73	0	69									1
Scott Hunter	24	QB	13	10								7	1	-11	0
Larry Krause	23		9	0								0	1	0	0
Al Matthews	24	RCB	14	0		1	20	0	20
Mike McCoy	23	LDT	12	12								0	2	17	0
Rich McGeorge	23	TE	14	0								0	1	0	0
Ray Nitschke	35		9	0		1	0	0	0			0	1	0	0
Al Randolph	27	ss	14	0		1	34	0	34			1	2	0	0
Dave Robinson	30	LLB	14	0		3	44	0	23			0	1	0	0
Alden Roche	26		14	0								0	2	0	0
John Spilis	24	WR	14	0								1	0	0	0
Bart Starr	37		4	3								1	0	0	0
Sweeny Williams	25	LDE	14	14								0	2	0	0
Willie Wood	35	FS	14	0		1	8	0	8			0	1	3	0
Team Total	26.9		14			16	205	0	69			29	23	56	0			1
Opp Total			14		18							33	17					1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	OthTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
Lou Michaels	36	K	10	0					19	8		43
Donny Anderson	28	RB	14	0	5	1						36
John Brockington*+	23	FB	14	0	4	1						30
Dave Hampton	24	RET	13	0	3	1	1					30
Tim Webster	22		4	0					8	6		26
Carroll Dale	33	WR	14	0		4						24
Scott Hunter	24	QB	13	10	4							24
Rich McGeorge	23	TE	14	0		4						24
Doug Hart	32	SS	14	0				1			1	8
Zeke Bratkowski	40		6	1	1							6
Ken Ellis	24	LCB	14	14				1				6
John Spilis	24	WR	14	0		1						6
Bart Starr	37		4	3	1							6
Dave Conway	26		1	0					5			5
Team Total	26.9		14		18	12	1	2	32	14	1	274
Opp Total			14		7	21			32	20	1	298

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