The 1946 Green Bay Packers season was their 28th season overall and their 26th season in the National Football League. The team finished with a 6–5 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a third-place finish in the Western Conference.
Offseason
NFL draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool/Club Team16Johnny StrzykalskiBackMarquette321Bob NussbaumerHalfbackMichigan536Ed CodyBackPurdue646John FerraroTackleUSC756Art RennerEndMichigan866Bert ColeTackleOklahoma State976Grant DarnellGuardTexas A&M1086Joe McAfeeBackHoly Cross1196Steve ConroyBackHoly Cross12106Billy HildebrandEndMississippi State13116Tom HandCenterIowa14126George HillGuardGeorgia Tech15136Jim HoughBackClemson16146Dean GainesTackleGeorgia Tech17156J. P. MillerGuardGeorgia18166Boyd MorseEndArizona19176Joe BradfordCenterUSC20186Bill DeRosaBackBoston College21196Ralph GrantBackBucknell22206Howie BrownGuardIndiana23216Andy KosmacCenterLSU24226Maurice StacyBackWashington25236Chick DavidsonTackleCornell26246John NortonBackWashington27256Ed HoltsingerBackGeorgia Tech28266Joe CampbellEndHoly Cross29276Francis SaundersTackleClemson30286Al SparlisGuardUCLA31291Ralph ClymerGuardPurdue32296Joervin HendersonCenterMissouri Yellow indicates a future Pro Bowl selection
Regular season
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record 1 September 29 Chicago Bears L 7–30 0–1 2 October 6 Los Angeles Rams L 17–21 0–2 3 October 13 at Philadelphia Eagles W 19–7 1–2 4 October 20 Pittsburgh Steelers W 17–7 2–2 5 October 27 Detroit Lions W 10–7 3–2 6 November 3 at Chicago Bears L 7–10 3–3 7 November 10 at Chicago Cardinals W 19–7 4–3 8 November 17 at Detroit Lions W 9–0 5–3 9 November 24 Chicago Cardinals L 6–24 5–4 10 December 1 at Washington Redskins W 20–7 6-4 11 December 8 at Los Angeles Rams L 17–38 6-5
Standings
Roster 1946 Green Bay Packers final rosterBacks 78 Cliff Aberson DB/RB 3 Tony Canadeo RB/DB 51 Irv Comp DB/RB 8 Bob Forte DB/RB 64 Ted Fritsch LB/FB/K 18 Ken Keuper DB/RB 22 Roy McKay FB/DB/P 16 Charlie Mitchell DB 48 Bob Nussbaumer DB/RB 80 Herm Rohrig RB/DB 7 Walt Schlinkman FB 42 Bruce Smith RB 25 Al Zupek FB/LBLinemen/Linebackers 29 Charley Brock C/LB 75 Tiny Croft DT/T 35 Bob Flowers C/LB 33 Lester Gatewood C/LB 52 Bill Kuusisto G 40 Bill Lee T/DT 46 Russ Letlow G 47 Paul Lipscomb T/G/DG 58 Ed Neal DT/G/T 63 Urban Odson DT/T 17 Merv Pregulman G/LB 44 Baby Ray DG/T/G 21 Al Sparlis G 45 Dick Wildung G/DGEnds/Receivers 54 Larry Craig FB 23 Clyde Goodnight 38 Nolan Luhn 76 Tom Miller 43 Don Wells
Rookies in italics
References
Further reading Cliff Christl, The Greatest Story in Sports: Green Bay Packers, 1919–2019. 4 volumes. Stevens Point, WI: KCI Sports Publishing, 2021.
External links Sportsencyclopedia.com