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1976 Green Bay Packers

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Record: 5-9-0, Finished 4th in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 218 points (15.6/g), 23rd of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 299 points (21.4/g), 21st.
 Differential of -81 points (-5.8/g), 20th.
 Expected W-L: 4.5-9.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -19 (-1.4/g), 26th.

Coached by Bart Starr (5-9-0)

1976 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 12 box L 0-1 San Francisco 49ers 14 26 17 227 102 125 3 17 314 104 210 1
2 Sun September 19 box L 0-2 @ St. Louis Cardinals 0 29 7 131 69 62 7 22 420 212 208
3 Sun September 26 box L 0-3 @ Cincinnati Bengals 7 28 7 36 -35 71 4 19 286 64 222 1
4 Sun October 3 box W 1-3 Detroit Lions 24 14 15 247 35 212 1 20 216 61 155 2
5 Sun October 10 box W 2-3 Seattle Seahawks 27 20 24 380 193 187 3 17 227 169 58 2
6 Sun October 17 box W 3-3 Philadelphia Eagles 28 13 17 356 226 130 2 16 239 143 96 1
7 Sun October 24 box L 3-4 @ Oakland Raiders 14 18 21 372 264 108 4 15 276 161 115 2
8 Sun October 31 box L 3-5 @ Detroit Lions 6 27 11 163 76 87 5 21 409 187 222 3
9 Sun November 7 box W 4-5 New Orleans Saints 32 27 19 298 123 175 3 21 297 161 136 3
10 Sun November 14 box L 4-6 @ Chicago Bears 13 24 16 261 179 82 4 16 249 47 202 2
11 Sun November 21 box L 4-7 Minnesota Vikings 10 17 13 228 82 146 4 17 251 151 100 2
12 Sun November 28 box L 4-8 Chicago Bears 10 16 11 259 177 82 4 16 273 72 201 3
13 Sun December 5 box L 4-9 @ Minnesota Vikings 9 20 8 144 85 59 29 413 195 218 3
14 Sun December 12 box W 5-9 @ Atlanta Falcons 24 20 24 350 154 196 1 16 253 108 145 1

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 218 3452 883 3.9 210 164 357 1730 10 22 4.3 94 485 1722 15 3.6 99 45 23 17
Team Defense 299 4123 943 4.4 262 196 354 1835 13 11 4.6 107 546 2288 17 4.2 132 26 15 23
Lg Rank Offense 23 26 24 18 21 21 23 24 20 24 11 27 26 24
Lg Rank Defense 21 14 20 10 5 9 22 7 20 20 20 19 24 17

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec 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%
10 Lynn Dickey 27 QB 10 10 4-6-0 115 243 47.3 1465 7 2.9 14 5.8 69 6.0 4.0 12.7 146.5 52.2 28 279 4.4 2.6 10.3
19 Carlos Brown 24 13 3 0-3-0 26 74 35.1 333 2 2.7 6 8.1 47 4.5 1.4 12.8 25.6 25.3 10 66 3.2 0.4 11.9
16 Randy Johnson 32 3 1 1-0-0 21 35 60.0 249 0 0.0 1 2.9 45 7.1 5.8 11.9 83.0 69.8 2 23 6.1 4.9 5.4
40 Willard Harrell 24 RB 13 8 1 4 25.0 40 1 25.0 1 25.0 40 10.0 3.8 40.0 3.1 68.7 1 7 6.6 1.6 20.0
11 David Beverly 26 P 14 0 1 1 100.0 18 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 18.0 18.0 18.0 1.3 118.7 0 0 18.0 18.0 0.0
Team Total 26.5 14 5-9-0 164 357 45.9 2105 10 2.8 22 6.2 69 5.9 3.7 12.8 150.4 48.6 41 375 4.3 2.4 10.3
Opp Total 14 196 354 55.4 2192 13 3.7 11 3.1 6.2 5.5 11.2 156.6 73.3 43 357 4.6 4.0

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
40 Willard Harrell 24 RB 13 8 130 435 3 56 3.3 33.5 10.0 17 201 11.8 1 69 1.3 15.5 636 4 9
42 John Brockington 28 FB 14 9 117 406 2 29 3.5 29.0 8.4 11 49 4.5 0 20 0.8 3.5 455 2 3
33 Barty Smith 24 rb 8 5 97 355 5 16 3.7 44.4 12.1 11 88 8.0 0 35 1.4 11.0 443 5 4
26 Eric Torkelson 24 rb 14 6 88 289 2 15 3.3 20.6 6.3 19 140 7.4 0 31 1.4 10.0 429 2 3
27 Cliff Taylor 24 7 0 14 47 1 17 3.4 6.7 2.0 2 21 10.5 0 18 0.3 3.0 68 1 0
19 Carlos Brown 24 13 3 12 49 0 21 4.1 3.8 0.9 49 0 2
10 Lynn Dickey 27 QB 10 10 11 19 1 12 1.7 1.9 1.1 19 1 7
41 Dave Osborn 33 6 0 6 16 0 6 2.7 2.7 1.0 16 0 0
16 Randy Johnson 32 3 1 5 25 1 11 5.0 8.3 1.7 25 1 2
84 Steve Odom 24 WR 12 0 4 78 0 28 19.5 6.5 0.3 23 456 19.8 2 66 1.9 38.0 534 2 2
80 Don Zimmerman 27 2 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 1.5 0.5 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.5 6.5 16 0 0
85 Ken Payne 26 WR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 33 467 14.2 4 57 2.4 33.4 467 4 1
81 Rich McGeorge 28 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 278 11.6 1 28 1.7 19.9 278 1 0
89 Ollie Smith 27 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 364 18.2 1 47 1.5 28.0 364 1 2
88 Bert Askson 31 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 2 2.0 1 2 0.1 0.1 2 1 0
44 Charlie V. Hall 28 14 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 18 18.0 0 18 0.1 1.3 18 0 0
71 Melvin Jackson 22 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 0.6 8 0 0
Team Total 26.5 14 485 1722 15 56 3.6 123.0 34.6 164 2105 12.8 10 69 11.7 150.4 3827 25 37
Opp Total 14 546 2288 17 4.2 163.4 39.0 196 1835 9.4 13 14.0 131.1 4123 30 27

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
24 Johnnie Gray 23 FS 14 14 37 307 0 27 8.3 1 23 0 23 23.0 330
84 Steve Odom 24 WR 12 0 29 610 0 88 21.0 1144
29 Mike C. McCoy 23 14 1 18 457 0 65 25.4 457
26 Eric Torkelson 24 rb 14 6 6 123 0 29 20.5 552
40 Willard Harrell 24 RB 13 8 3 -7 0 1 -2.3 629
55 Bob Hyland 31 14 0 3 31 0 11 10.3 31
41 Dave Osborn 33 6 0 3 19 0 10 6.3 35
27 Cliff Taylor 24 7 0 3 59 0 23 19.7 127
89 Ollie Smith 27 13 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 376
21 Steve Wagner 22 11 0 1 27 0 27 27.0 27
Team Total 26.5 14 40 300 0 27 7.5 65 1361 0 88 20.9 5488
Opp Total 14 48 0 44 784 0 17.8

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
11 David Beverly 26 P 14 0 83 3074 60 1 37.0
13 Chester Marcol 27 K 14 0 1 1 3 3 8 4 5 2 2 19 10 52.6% 27 24 88.9%
Team Total 26.5 14 1 1 3 3 8 4 5 2 2 19 10 52.6% 27 24 88.9% 83 3074 60 1 37.0
Opp Total 14 33 22 66.7% 34 29 85.3% 77 2964 38.5

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
42 John Brockington 28 FB 14 9 3 0 0 0
19 Carlos Brown 24 13 3 2 2 0 0
28 Willie Buchanon 26 LCB 14 14 2 28 0 22
53 Fred Carr 30 RLB 14 14 1 10 1 10 0 1 0 0
10 Lynn Dickey 27 QB 10 10 7 3 -8 0
24 Johnnie Gray 23 FS 14 14 4 101 1 67 0 4 0 0
51 Jim Gueno 22 14 0 0 2 0 0
40 Willard Harrell 24 RB 13 8 9 0 0 0
55 Bob Hyland 31 14 0 1 0 0 0
16 Randy Johnson 32 3 1 2 1 -4 0
46 Steve Luke 23 SS 14 13 2 30 0 15
76 Mike McCoy 28 LDT 14 0 0 3 0 0
29 Mike C. McCoy 23 14 1 1 0 0 0
81 Rich McGeorge 28 TE 14 0 0 1 0 0
84 Steve Odom 24 WR 12 0 2 1 0 0
85 Ken Payne 26 WR 14 0 1 1 0 0
75 Dave Pureifory 27 RDT 12 8 0 1 0 0
74 Dave Roller 27 rdt 13 6 0 2 -2 0
33 Barty Smith 24 rb 8 5 4 1 0 0
89 Ollie Smith 27 13 0 2 0 0 0
45 Perry Smith 25 RCB 13 13 1 0 0 0
59 Tom Toner 26 11 0 1 28 0 28
26 Eric Torkelson 24 rb 14 6 3 2 0 0
61 Bruce Van Dyke 32 LG 14 0 0 1 0 0
21 Steve Wagner 22 11 0 0 2 0 0
52 Gary Weaver 27 LLB 14 14 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.5 14 11 197 2 67 37 29 -14 0
Opp Total 14 41 27 12

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
13 Chester Marcol 27 K 14 0 24 10 54
33 Barty Smith 24 rb 8 5 5 5 30
40 Willard Harrell 24 RB 13 8 3 1 4 24
85 Ken Payne 26 WR 14 0 4 4 24
42 John Brockington 28 FB 14 9 2 2 12
84 Steve Odom 24 WR 12 0 2 2 12
26 Eric Torkelson 24 rb 14 6 2 2 12
88 Bert Askson 31 14 0 1 1 6
53 Fred Carr 30 RLB 14 14 1 1 6
10 Lynn Dickey 27 QB 10 10 1 1 6
24 Johnnie Gray 23 FS 14 14 1 1 6
16 Randy Johnson 32 3 1 1 1 6
81 Rich McGeorge 28 TE 14 0 1 1 6
89 Ollie Smith 27 13 0 1 1 6
27 Cliff Taylor 24 7 0 1 1 6
Team Total 26.5 14 15 10 2 27 24 10 216
Opp Total 14 17 13 29 22 299