The 1960 Green Bay Packers season was their 42nd season overall and their 40th season in the National Football League. The team finished with an 8–4 record under second-year head coach Vince Lombardi to win the Western Conference and a berth in the NFL championship game. It was the Packers' first appearance in the title game since winning it in 1944. After a Thanksgiving Day loss at Detroit, the Packers won their final three games, all on the road, to win the crown.
The championship game was against the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia Eagles (10–2), played at Franklin Field in Philadelphia on Monday, December 26. Two years earlier in , both teams had been last in their respective conferences, winning a combined three games.
In a close game, the Packers led in the fourth quarter, but lost 17–13. Green Bay returned to the title game the next two seasons and won both.
Offseason
NFL draft
Undrafted free agents
+ 1960 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeLeo BlandCenterFurmanKen ImanCenterSoutheast Missouri StateDick PesonenCornerbackMinnesota DuluthJim PolenTackleWestern ReserveDick PosewitzRunning backMontana StateWillie WoodSafetyUSC
Roster Green Bay Packers roster Quarterbacks Lamar McHan Bart Starr
Running backs Larry Hickman Paul Hornung K Tom Moore Jim Taylor
Wide receivers Lew Carpenter Boyd Dowler P Max McGee P
Tight ends Gary Knafelc Ron Kramer Steve Meilinger Offensive linemen Andy Cvercko G Forrest Gregg T Ken Iman C Jerry Kramer G Norm Masters T Jim Ringo C Bob Skoronski T Fuzzy Thurston G
Defensive linemen Ken Beck DT/DE Willie Davis DE Dave Hanner DT Henry Jordan DT John Miller DT Bill Quinlan DE Jim Temp DE Linebackers Tom Bettis MLB Dan Currie OLB Bill Forester OLB Ray Nitschke MLB
Defensive backs Hank Gremminger CB Dale Hackbart CB/S Dick Pesonen CB/S John Symank FS Emlen Tunnell SS Jesse Whittenton CB Willie Wood FS Reserve Joe Francis QB (IR)
Rookies in italics
Regular season
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 25 Chicago Bears L 14–17 0–1 City Stadium 32,150 2 October 2 Detroit Lions W 28–9 1–1 City Stadium 32,150 3 October 9 Baltimore Colts W 35–21 2–1 City Stadium 32,150 4 Bye 5 October 23 San Francisco 49ers W 41–14 3–1 Milwaukee County Stadium 39,914 6 October 30 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 19–13 4–1 Forbes Field 30,155 7 November 6 Baltimore Colts L 24–38 4–2 Memorial Stadium 57,808 8 November 13 Dallas Cowboys W 41–7 5–2 City Stadium 32,294 9 November 20 Los Angeles Rams L 31–33 5–3 Milwaukee County Stadium 35,763 10 November 24 at Detroit Lions L 10–23 5–4 Tiger Stadium 51,123 11 December 4 at Chicago Bears W 41–13 6–4 Wrigley Field 46,406 12 at San Francisco 49ers W 13–0 7–4 Kezar Stadium 53,612 13 at Los Angeles Rams W 35–21 8–4 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 53,445 Thursday (November 24: Thanksgiving Day), Saturday (December 10 & 17) A bye week was necessary in , as the league expanded to an odd number (13) of teams (Dallas); one team was idle each week.
Game summaries
Week 1 vs Bears
Week 2
Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2013-Dec-27.
Week 3
Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-Dec-25.
Playoffs
Round Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Championship December 26 at Philadelphia Eagles L 13–17 0–1 Franklin Field 67,325
Standings
Postseason
NFL Championship Game
First quarter GB – Paul Hornung 20-yard FG Second quarter GB – Hornung 23-yard FG Phi – Tommy McDonald 35-yard pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Bobby Walston kick) Phi – Walston 15-yard FG Third quarter No scoring Fourth quarter GB – Max McGee 7-yard pass from Bart Starr (Hornung kick) Phi – Ted Dean 5 run (Walston kick)
Awards and records Tom Moore, NFL Kickoff Return Leader Paul Hornung set an NFL record for scoring 176 points, a record that since has been broken
References
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