1949 Green Bay Packers season

1949 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Curly Lambeau
Home field	City Stadium Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record	2–10
Division place	5th NFL Western
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1949 Green Bay Packers season was their 30th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 2–10 record under coach Curly Lambeau for a fifth-place finish in the Western Conference. This was the 31st and final season the Packers played under Lambeau, who resigned and then coached the Chicago Cardinals in 1950 and 1951 and the Washington Redskins in 1952 and 1953.

The 1949 season was also the final year for blue and gold jerseys, as the Packers switched to kelly green and yellow in 1950 under new coach Gene Ronzani, a graduate of Marquette University.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1949 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	5	Stan Heath	Quarterback	Nevada
2	15	Dan Dworsky	Center	Michigan
3	25	Lou Ferry	Defensive Tackle	Villanova
4	24	Bob Summerhays	Linebacker	Utah
5	43	Glenn Lewis	Back	Texas Tech
6	54	Joe Ethridge	Tackle	SMU
8	74	Dan Orlich	Defensive End	Nevada
9	83	Everett Faunce	Back	Minnesota
11	103	Harry Larche	Tackle	Arkansas State
12	114	Rebel Steiner	Defensive Back	Alabama
13	123	Al Mastrangeli	Center	Illinois
14	134	Bobby Williams	Center	Texas Tech
15	143	Ken Cooper	Guard	Vanderbilt
16	154	Gene Remenar	Tackle	West Virginia
17	163	Paul Devine	Back	Heidelberg
18	174	Floyd Lewis	Guard	SMU
19	183	Bobby Folsom	End	SMU
20	194	Larry Cooney	Back	Penn State
21	203	Ken Kranz	Defensive Back	Wisconsin-Milwaukee
22	214	John Kordick	Back	USC
23	223	Bill Kelley	Tight End	Texas Tech
24	234	Jimmy Ford	Back	Tulsa
25	243	Frank Lambright	Guard	Arkansas

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1	September 25, 1949	Chicago Bears	L 17–0
2	October 2, 1949	Los Angeles Rams	L 48–7
3	October 7, 1949	at New York Bulldogs	W 19–0
4	October 16, 1949	Chicago Cardinals	L 39–14
5	October 23, 1949	at Los Angeles Rams	L 35–7
6	October 30, 1949	Detroit Lions	W 16–14
7	November 6, 1949	at Chicago Bears	L 24–3
8	November 13, 1949	New York Giants	L 30–10
9	November 20, 1949	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 30–7
10	November 27, 1949	at Chicago Cardinals	L 41–21
11	December 4, 1949	at Washington Redskins	L 30–0
12	December 11, 1949	at Detroit Lions	L 21–7

Standings

NFL Western Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Los Angeles Rams	8	2	2	.800	6–1–1	360	239	W1
Chicago Bears	9	3	0	.750	6–2	332	218	W6
Chicago Cardinals	6	5	1	.545	4–3–1	360	301	L1
Detroit Lions	4	8	0	.333	2–6	237	259	W2
Green Bay Packers	2	10	0	.167	1–7	114	329	L6

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks Stan Heath Jack Jacobs Running Backs Tony Canadeo Bob Cifers Ralph Earhart Bob Forte Ted Fritsch Jack Kirby Walt Schlinkman Ed Smith Wide Receivers Ted Cook Larry Craig Clyde Goodnight Bill Kelley Nolan Luhn Steve Pritko		Offensive Linemen Ed Bell Roger Eason Joe Ethridge Bob Flowers Roger Harding Glenn Johnson Urban Odson Larry Olsonoski Jay Rhodemyre Damon Tassos Evan Vogds Dick Wildung Defensive Linemen Lou Ferry Paul Lipscomb Ed Neal Ralph Olsen Dan Orlich Don Wells		Linebackers Buddy Burris Bob Summerhays Defensive Backs Ken Kranz Special Teams Earl Girard Rookies and first-year players in italics

References

• Sportsencyclopedia.com