1955 Green Bay Packers season

1955 Green Bay Packers season
General manager	Verne Lewellen
Head coach	Lisle Blackbourn
Home field	City Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record	6–6
Division place	3rd NFL Western
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

The 1955 Green Bay Packers season was their 37th season overall and their 35th season in the National Football League. The team finished with a 6–6 record under second-year head coach Lisle Blackbourn, earning them a third-place finish in the Western Conference.

Program welcoming home former Wisconsin All-American Don Ameche, fullback of the Baltimore Colts.

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1955 NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/club team
1	5	Tom Bettis	Linebacker	Purdue
2	17	Jim Temp	Defensive end	Wisconsin
3	29	Buddy Leake	Back	Oklahoma
5	53	Hank Bullough	Guard	Michigan State
6	65	Norm Amundsen	Guard	Wisconsin
7	77	Bob Clemens	Fullback	Georgia
8	89	Johnny Crouch	End	TCU
9	101	Ed Culpepper	Tackle	Alabama
10	113	George Rogers	Tackle	Auburn
11	125	Ron Clark	Back	Nebraska
12	137	Art Walker	Tackle	Michigan
13	149	Ed Adams	Back	South Carolina
14	161	Fred Baer	Fullback	Michigan
15	173	George Machoukas	Center	Toledo
16	185	Charlie Brackins	Quarterback	Prairie View A&M
17	197	Lynn Beightol	Back	Maryland
18	209	Doyle Nix	Defensive back	SMU
19	221	Bob Carter	Tackle	Grambling
20	233	Carl Bolt	Back	Southern Miss
20	236	Bob Antkowiak	End	Bucknell
21	245	Lavell Isbell	Tackle	Houston
22	257	Bill Brunner	Back	Arkansas Tech
23	269	Elton Shaw	Tackle	LSU
24	281	Charley Bryant	Guard	Nebraska
25	293	Nate Borden	Defensive end	Indiana
26	305	Jim Jennings	End	Missouri
27	317	Bob Peringer	End	Washington State
28	329	Jack Spears	Tackle	Chattanooga
29	341	Sam Pino	Back	Boston University
30	352	Bob Saia	Back	Tulane

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 25	Detroit Lions	W 20–17	1–0	City Stadium	22,217	Recap
2	October 2	Chicago Bears	W 31–52	2-0	City Stadium	24,662	Recap
3	October 8	Baltimore Colts	L 20–24	2-1	Milwaukee County Stadium	40,199	Recap
4	October 16	Los Angeles Rams	W 30–28	3-1	Milwaukee County Stadium	26,960	Recap
5	October 23	at Cleveland Browns	L 10–41	3-2	Cleveland Stadium	51,482	Recap
6	October 29	at Baltimore Colts	L 10–14	3-3	Memorial Stadium	34,411	Recap
7	November 6	Chicago Bears	L 52-31	3-4	Wrigley Field	48,890	Recap
8	November 13	Chicago Cardinals	W 31–14	4–4	City Stadium	20,104	Recap
9	November 20	San Francisco 49ers	W 27–21	5–4	Milwaukee County Stadium	19,099	Recap
10	November 24	at Detroit Lions	L 10–24	5–5	Briggs Stadium	51,685	Recap
11	December 4	at San Francisco 49ers	W 28–7	6–5	Kezar Stadium	32,897	Recap
12	December 11	at Los Angeles Rams	L 17–31	6–6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	90,535	Recap
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Western Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Los Angeles Rams	8	3	1	.727	6–3–1	260	231	W3
Chicago Bears	8	4	0	.667	7–3	294	251	W2
Green Bay Packers	6	6	0	.500	5–5	258	276	L1
Baltimore Colts	5	6	1	.455	5–4–1	214	239	L2
San Francisco 49ers	4	8	0	.333	4–6	216	298	W1
Detroit Lions	3	9	0	.250	2–8	230	275	L2

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

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks 15 Charlie Brackins 15 Paul Held 18 Tobin Rote Running backs 48 Al Carmichael 33 Bob Clemens 31 Fred Cone 37 Howie Ferguson 40 Joe Johnson 24 Floyd Reid 61 Jack Spinks 27 Veryl Switzer Wide receivers 86 Billy Howton 84 Gary Knafelc		Offensive linemen 62 Buddy Brown 67 Hank Bullough 78 Tom Dahms 51 Jim Ringo 63 Joe Skibinski 53 Dave Stephenson 68 Len Szafaryn Defensive linemen 87 Nate Borden 77 Dave Hanner 72 Jerry Helluin 85 Jim Jennings 71 Bill Lucky 83 John Martinkovic 81 Pat O'Donahue		Linebackers 58 Tom Bettis 69 Bill Forester 66 Deral Teteak 53 George Timberlake 74 Roger Zatkoff Defensive backs 20 Billy Bookout 44 Bobby Dillon 41 Doyle Nix 23 Al Romine 28 Clarence Self 47 Val Joe Walker Special teams 80 Dick Deschaine Rookies and first-year players in italics

Awards, records, and honors

• Tobin Rote, NFL Leader, Touchdown Passes, (17)

References

• Sportsencyclopedia.com