1986 Green Bay Packers season

1986 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Forrest Gregg
Home field	Lambeau Field Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record	4–12
Division place	4th NFC Central
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1986 Green Bay Packers season was their 67th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 4–12 record under coach Forrest Gregg, earning them 4th-place finish in the NFC Central division.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Pick #	Round	Player	Position	College
41	Round 2	Kenneth Davis	Running Back	Texas Christian
72	Round 3	Robbie Bosco	Quarterback	Brigham Young
84	Round 4	Tim Harris	Defensive End	Memphis State
98	Round 4	Dan Knight	Tackle	San Diego State
125	Round 5	Matt Koart	Defensive tackle	USC
145	Round 6	Burnell Dent	Linebacker	Tulane
183	Round 7	Ed Berry	Defensive back	Utah State
210	Round 8	Micheal Cline	Defensive tackle	Arkansas State
236	Round 9	Brent Moore	Defensive tackle	USC
263	Round 10	Gary Spann	Linebacker	Texas Christian

= Pro Bowler

Personnel

Staff

1986 Green Bay Packers staff
	Front office President – Robert J. Parins Corporate Assistant to the President – Bob Harlan Director of Player Personnel – Dick Corrick Director of Player Procurement – Chuck Hutchison Head coaches Head Coach – Forrest Gregg Offensive coaches Quarterbacks – George Sefcik Offensive Backs – John Hilton Receivers/Passing Game – Tom Coughlin Offensive Line – Virgil Knight Offensive Line – Jerry Wampfler			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line – Dick Modzelewski Linebackers – Dale Lindsey Defensive Backs – Dick Jauron Special teams coaches Special Teams – John Hilton Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Virgil Knight

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Roster

1986 Green Bay Packers roster
	Quarterbacks  5 Vince Ferragamo  4 Chuck Fusina 18 Joe Shield 16 Randy Wright Running Backs 30 Paul Ott Carruth 36 Kenneth Davis 40 Eddie Lee Ivery 33 Jessie Clark 42 Gary Ellerson 31 Gerry Ellis Wide Receivers 85 Phil Epps 84 Nolan Franz 80 James Lofton 88 Phil McConkey 82 Mike Moffitt 87 Walter Stanley Tight Ends 89 Mark Lewis 81 Dan Ross 86 Ed West		Offensive Linemen 58 Mark Cannon C 69 Bill Cherry C 77 Greg Feasel T 65 Ron Hallstrom G 62 Ruben Mendoza G 57 Rich Moran G 72 Tom Neville T/G 75 Ken Ruettgers T 67 Karl Swanke T/C 73 Alan Veingrad T Defensive Linemen 61 Jerry Boyarsky NT 93 Robert Brown DE 76 Alphonso Carreker DE 79 Donnie Humphrey DE 90 Ezra Johnson DE 92 Matt Koart DE 94 Charles Martin DE 71 Kurt Ploeger DE 92 Ben Thomas DE		Linebackers 56 Burnell Dent 99 John Dorsey 97 Tim Harris 53 Bobby Leopold 91 Brian Noble 54 Jeff Schuh 55 Randy Scott 53 Miles Turpin 52 Mike Weddington Defensive Backs 20 Ed Berry 24 Mossy Cade 41 Tom Flynn S 23 Tiger Greene S 49 David Greenwood S 27 Gary Hayes 22 Mark Lee CB 26 Tim Lewis CB 32 John Simmons 29 Ken Stills S 38 John Sullivan 28 Elbert Watts Special Teams 17 Don Bracken P 10 Al Del Greco K 13 Bill Renner P Rookies in italics

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Regular season

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Notes	Venue	Attendance
1	9-7-1986	Houston Oilers	L,3–31	0–1		Lambeau Field	54,065
2	9-14-1986	at New Orleans Saints	L,10–24	0–2		Louisiana Superdome	46,383
3	9-22-1986	Chicago Bears	L,12–25	0–3	Monday Night Football, Tim Lewis suffers career-ending injury	Lambeau Field	55,527
4	9-28-1986	at Minnesota Vikings	L,7–42	0–4		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	60,478
5	10-5-1986	Cincinnati Bengals	L,28–34	0–5		Milwaukee County Stadium	51,230
6	10-12-1986	Detroit Lions	L,14–21	0–6		Lambeau Field	52,290
7	10-19-1986	at Cleveland Browns	W,17–14	1–6		Cleveland Stadium	76,438
8	10-26-1986	San Francisco 49ers	L,17–31	1–7		Milwaukee County Stadium	50,557
9	11-2-1986	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L,3–27	1–8		Three Rivers Stadium	52,831
10	11-9-1986	Washington Redskins	L,7–16	1–9		Lambeau Field	47,728
11	11-16-1986	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W,31–7	2–9		Milwaukee County Stadium	48,271
12	11-23-1986	at Chicago Bears	L,10–12	2–10		Soldier Field	59,291
13	11-27-1986	at Detroit Lions	W,44–40	3–10	Thanksgiving Game	Pontiac Silverdome	61,199
14	12-7-1986	Minnesota Vikings	L,6–32	3–11		Lambeau Field	47,637
15	12-14-1986	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W,21–7	4–11		Tampa Stadium	30,099
16	12-20-1986	at New York Giants	L,24–55	4–12	Saturday game	Giants Stadium	71,351

Standings

NFC Central
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Bears^(2)	14	2	0	.875	7–1	10–2	352	187	W7
Minnesota Vikings	9	7	0	.563	6–2	8–4	398	273	W1
Detroit Lions	5	11	0	.313	3–5	4–8	277	326	L4
Green Bay Packers	4	12	0	.250	3–5	3–9	254	418	L1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2	14	0	.125	1–7	1–13	239	473	L7

Statistics

Passing

Player	Attempts	Completion	Percentage	Yards	Avg	Long	TD	Int	Sacks	Rating
Randy Wright	492	263	53.5	3247	6.60	62	17	23	33	66.2
Vince Ferragamo	40	23	57.5	283	7.08	50	1	5	3	56.6
Chuck Fusina	32	19	59.4	178	5.56	42	0	1	1	61.7

Receiving

Player	Receptions	Yards	Average	TD	Long
James Lofton	64	840	13.1	4	36
Phil Epps	49	612	12.5	4	53t
Walter Stanley	35	723	20.7	2	62
Eddie Lee Ivery	31	385	12.4	1	42
Gerry Ellis	24	258	10.8	0	29
Paul Ott Carruth	24	134	5.6	2	19
Kenneth Davis	21	142	6.8	1	18
Dan Ross	17	143	8.4	1	16
Ed West	15	199	13.3	1	46t
Gary Ellerson	12	130	10.8	0	32
Jessie Clark	6	41	6.8	0	12
Mike Moffitt	4	87	21.8	0	34
Nolan Franz	1	16	16	0	16
TOTALS	305	3708	12.2	18	62

Awards and milestones

Hall of Fame Inductions

In 1986 Packer great Paul Hornung was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame

• The Following were inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in February 1986,

Lee Roy Caffey, LB, 1964–69

Irv Comp, B, 1943–49

References

1. "All Time Coaches Database". Packers.com. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
2. "All Time All Players Database". Packers.com. Retrieved February 22, 2011.