1950 Green Bay Packers season

1950 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Gene Ronzani
Home field	City Stadium Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record	3–9
Division place	5th National
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1950 Green Bay Packers season was their 31st season in the National Football League. The club posted a 3–9 record under first-year head coach Gene Ronzani for a fifth-place finish in the National Conference.

Offseason

To get the franchise on a firm financial footing, the club started selling stocks publicly for the first time. The stock drive netted $118,000. To replace Curly Lambeau, the Packers named Gene Ronzani as their new head coach and Vice President. The year also saw another change as the team changed its colors to green and yellow; from the navy that the club had been wearing.^[1]

NFL Draft

Main article: 1950 NFL Draft

Incomplete list

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	4	Clayton Tonnemaker	Center	Minnesota
2	17	Tobin Rote	Quarterback	Rice
3	27	Gordy Soltau	Wide receiver	Minnesota
4	43	Larry Coutre	Halfback	Notre Dame
6	69	Jack Cloud	Fullback	William & Mary
7	82	Leon Manley	Guard	Oklahoma
13	160	Carlton Elliott	Defensive end	Virginia
18	225	Arnold Galiffa	Quarterback	Army
25	316	Frank Waters	Fullback	Michigan State
30	381	Ray Mallouf	Quarterback	Southern Methodist

Yellow indicates a future Pro Bowl selection

Regular season

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Packers points	Opponents	First Downs	Record	Streak	Venue	Attendance
1	September 17	Detroit Lions	Loss	7	45	11	0–1	Lost 1	City Stadium	22,096
2	September 24	Washington Redskins	Win	35	21	21	1–1	Won 1	State Fair Park	14,109
3	Oct 1	Chicago Bears	Win	31	21	8	2–1	Won 2	City Stadium	24,893
4	Oct 8	New York Yanks	Loss	31	44	23	2–2	Lost 1	City Stadium	23,871
5	Oct 15	at Chicago Bears	Loss	14	28	11	2–3	Lost 2	Wrigley Field	51,065
6	Oct 19	at New York Yanks	Loss	17	35	14	2–4	Lost 3	Yankee Stadium	13,661
7	Nov 5	at Baltimore Colts	Loss	21	41	13	2–5	Lost 4	Memorial Stadium	12,971
8	Nov 12	Los Angeles Rams	Loss	14	45	17	2–6	Lost 5	State Fair Park	20,456
9	Nov 19	at Detroit Lions	Loss	21	24	16	2–7	Lost 6	Briggs Stadium	17,752
10	Nov 26	San Francisco 49ers	Win	25	21	13	3–7	Won 1	City Stadium	13,196
11	Dec 3	at Los Angeles Rams	Loss	14	51	13	3–8	Lost 1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	39,323
12	Dec 10	at San Francisco 49ers	Loss	14	30	14	3–9	Lost 2	Kezar Stadium	20,797

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Standings

NFL National Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Los Angeles Rams	9	3	0	.750	9–2	466	309	W1
Chicago Bears	9	3	0	.750	8–2	279	207	W1
New York Yanks	7	5	0	.583	7–4	366	367	W1
Detroit Lions	6	6	0	.500	5–6	321	285	L1
San Francisco 49ers	3	9	0	.250	3–8	213	300	W1
Green Bay Packers	3	9	0	.250	2–9	244	406	L2
Baltimore Colts	1	11	0	.083	1–4	213	462	L5

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

Passing

Player	Games	Games Started	Completions	Attempts	Comp. %	Yards	Touchdowns	Interceptions
Tobin Rote	12	12	83	224	37.1%	1231	7	24
Paul Christman	11	1 (on def.)	51	126	40.5%	545	7	7
Tom O'Malley	1	0	4	15	26.7%	31	0	6
Bob Forte	12	0	2	2	100.0%	24	0	0

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Roster

Green Bay Packers roster

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

44 Clarence McGeary
49 Dan Orlich
34 Joe Spencer
63 Don Stansauk
16 Abner Wimberly

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

74 Rebel Steiner
25 Alex Wizbicki

Special Teams

36 Earl Girard

Rookies and first-year players in italics

References

Green Bay Packers seasons

1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

Green Bay Packers

Founded in 1919 Based and headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin

Franchise	Franchise Team history Green Bay Packers, Inc. Board of Directors

Records	Seasons Coaches Players A–D E–K L–R S–Z Starting quarterbacks Pro Football Hall of Famers Retired numbers First-round draft picks Records Pro Bowlers Stadiums

Stadiums	Hagemeister Park Bellevue Park City Stadium Borchert Field Wisconsin State Fair Park Marquette Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium Lambeau Field

Training Facilities	Don Hutson Center Clarke Hinkle Field Ray Nitschke Field St. Norbert College (training camp) Rockwood Lodge (former)

Culture	Cheesehead Lambeau Leap Hall of Fame Packers Fan Hall of Fame "Bang the Drum All Day" Cheerleaders Fight song Lumberjack Band Pigskin Champions Vernon Biever Hungry Five George Whitney Calhoun The Dope Sheet Curly Lambeau Vince Lombardi Ron Wolf Lombardi Pitch Perfect 2 Packers Heritage Trail Packers Pro Shop

Lore	Dolly Gray impostor The Ice Bowl The Snow Bowl Instant Replay Game 4th and 26 Fail Mary Miracle in Motown

Division championships (22)	1936 1938 1939 1944 1960 1961 1962 1965 1966 1967 1972 1995 1996 1997 2002 2003 2004 2007 2011 2012 2013 2014

Conference championships (9)	1960 1961 1962 1965 1966 1967 1996 1997 2010

League championships (13^†)	1929 1930 1931 1936 1939 1944 1961 1962 1965 1966 (I) 1967 (II) 1996 (XXXI) 2010 (XLV) ^† does not include 1966 or 1967 NFL championships

Retired numbers	3 4 14 15 66 92

Rivalries	Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Minnesota Vikings

Broadcasters	Radio: Packers Radio Network WTMJ WKTI-HD2 WIXX WTAQ Television (pre-season & official in-season team programming): WGBA-TV WTMJ-TV Personnel: Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play) Larry McCarren (color/analysis)

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League (1921–present) Conference: National Football Conference Division: North Division

Seasons (97)	1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

1950 NFL season

American Conference	CHI Cardinals	Philadelphia	Baltimore	Green Bay	National Conference
	Cleveland	Pittsburgh	CHI Bears	Los Angeles
	NY Giants	Washington	Detroit	NY Yanks
			San Francisco

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