1954 Green Bay Packers season

1954 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach Lisle Blackbourn
Home field City Stadium
Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record 4-8
Division Place 5th NFL Western
Playoff finish did not qualify
Timeline
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The 1954 Green Bay Packers season was their 34th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 4-8 record under new head-coach Lisle Blackbourn, earning them a fifth place finish in the Western Conference.

Contents

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1954 NFL Draft
Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
1 2 Art Hunter Offensive Tackle Notre Dame
2 15 Bob Fleck Tackle Syracuse
3 27 George Timberlake Linebacker USC
4 40 Tommy Allman Back West Virginia
5 51 Max McGee Wide Receiver Tulane
7 75 Sam Marshall Tackle Florida A&M
8 87 Jimmie Williams Tackle Texas Tech
9 99 Dave Davis End Georgia Tech
10 111 Gene Knutson Defensive End Michigan
11 123 Ken Hall End North Texas State
12 135 Bill Oliver Back Alabama
13 147 Mike Takacs Guard Ohio State
14 159 Dave Johnson Back Rice
16 183 Des Koch Back USC
17 195 J. D. Roberts Guard Oklahoma
18 207 Emery Barnes Defensive End Oregon
19 219 Ken Hall Center Springfield
20 231 Lowell Herbert Guard Pacific
21 243 Art Liebscher Back Pacifc
22 255 Willie Buford Tackle Morgan State
23 267 Clint Sathrum Back St. Olaf
24 279 Marv Tennefoss End Stanford
25 291 John Smalley Tackle Alabama
26 303 Ralph Baierl Tackle Maryland
27 315 Hosea Sims End Marquette
28 327 Evan Slonac Back Michigan State
29 339 Jerry Dufek Tackle St. Norbert
30 351 Terry Campbell Back Washington State

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Venue Attendance
1 September 26, 1954 Pittsburgh Steelers L 21-20 City Stadium
20,675
2 October 3, 1954 Chicago Bears L 10-3 City Stadium
24,414
3 October 10, 1954 San Francisco 49ers L 23-17 Milwaukee County Stadium
15,571
4 October 17, 1954 Los Angeles Rams W 35-17 Milwaukee County Stadium
17,455
5 October 24, 1954 at Baltimore Colts W 7-6 Memorial Stadium
28,680
6 October 30, 1954 at Philadelphia Eagles W 37-14 Connie Mack Stadium
25,378
7 November 7, 1954 at Chicago Bears L 28-23 Wrigley Field
47,038
8 November 13, 1954 Baltimore Colts W 24-13 Milwaukee County Stadium
19,786
9 November 21, 1954 Detroit Lions L 21-17 City Stadium
20,767
10 November 25, 1954 at Detroit Lions L 28-24 Briggs Stadium
55,532
11 December 5, 1954 at San Francisco 49ers L 35-0 Kezar Stadium
32,012
12 December 12, 1954 at Los Angeles Rams L 35-27 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
38,839

Standings

NFL Western
W L T PCT PF PA STK
Detroit Lions 9 2 1 .818 337 189 W-1
Chicago Bears 8 4 0 .667 301 279 W-4
San Francisco 49ers 7 4 1 .636 313 251 W-2
Los Angeles Rams 6 5 1 .545 314 285 W-1
Green Bay Packers 4 8 0 .333 234 251 L-4
Baltimore Colts 3 9 0 .250 131 279 L-1

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

 Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Rookies and first-year players in italics

Awards, records, and honors

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