1970 Green Bay Packers: 6-8-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 4-3-0 (121 points scored, 154 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (75 points scored, 139 allowed) Head Coach: Phil Bengtson 196 points scored (24th of 26 teams), 293 points allowed (20th) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 177 351 1,814 (24) 4.60 11 24 453 1,595 (16) 3.5 8 3,409 (24) 41 Defense: 177 369 2,226 (13) 5.55 13 20 453 1,829 (19) 4.0 14 4,055 (16) 37
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Frank Patrick QB 1 6'7 225 23 R Nebraska 11 Rick Norton QB 1 6'1 190 26 5 Kentucky 13 Don Horn QB 7 6'2 195 25 4 San Diego State 15 Bart Starr QB 14 6'1 190 36 15 Alabama 21 Bob Jeter DB 14 6'1 205 33 8 Iowa 23 Travis Williams RB 7 6'1 210 24 4 Arizona State 24 Willie Wood DB 14 5'10 190 33 11 Southern California 25 Dave Hampton RB 6 6'0 210 23 2 Wyoming 28 Lee Harden DB 8 5'11 195 23 1 Texas-El Paso 29 Al Matthews DB 14 5'11 190 22 R Texas A&I 30 Larry Krause RB 14 6'0 208 22 R St. Norbert's 31 Perry Williams RB 13 6'2 220 23 2 Purdue 33 Jim Grabowski RB 12 6'2 220 26 5 Illinois 36 Mike Carter WR 2 6'1 210 22 R San Francisco State 37 Dale Livingston K 14 6'0 210 25 3 Western Michigan 43 Doug Hart DB 14 6'0 190 31 7 Texas-Arlington 44 Donny Anderson RB 14 6'3 210 27 5 Texas Tech 45 Ervin Hunt DB 6 6'2 190 23 R Fresno State 48 Ken Ellis DB 13 5'10 190 23 R Southern 50 Jim Carter LB 11 6'3 235 22 R Minnesota 51 Bill Hayhoe OT 13 6'8 258 24 2 Southern California 52 Cleo Walker LB 11 6'3 220 22 R Louisville 53 Fred Carr LB 14 6'5 238 24 3 Texas-El Paso 54 Malcolm Walker C 11 6'4 250 27 5 Rice 55 Jim Flanigan LB 11 6'3 240 25 4 Pittsburgh 57 Ken Bowman C 10 6'3 230 27 7 Wisconsin 59 Rudy Kuechenberg LB 6 6'2 215 27 4 Indiana 61 Dave Bradley OG 4 6'4 245 23 2 Penn State 62 Bill Lueck OG 14 6'3 235 24 3 Arizona 66 Ray Nitschke LB 14 6'3 235 33 13 Illinois 68 Gale Gillingham OG 14 6'3 255 26 5 Minnesota 70 Rich Moore DT 6 6'6 285 23 2 Villanova 71 Francis Peay OT 14 6'5 250 26 5 Missouri 72 Dick Himes OT 11 6'4 244 24 3 Ohio State 73 Kevin Hardy DT 14 6'5 260 25 2 Notre Dame 75 Forrest Gregg OT 14 6'4 250 37 14 Southern Methodist 76 Mike McCoy DT 14 6'5 284 22 R Notre Dame 78 Bob Brown DE 14 6'5 260 31 5 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 80 Jack Clancy WR 14 6'1 195 26 3 Michigan 81 Rich McGeorge TE 14 6'4 235 22 R Elon 82 Lionel Aldridge DE 14 6'4 245 29 8 Utah State 83 Clarence Williams DE 14 6'5 255 24 1 Prairie View A&M 84 Carroll Dale WR 14 6'1 200 32 11 Virginia Tech 85 John Spilis WR 14 6'3 205 23 2 Northern Illinois 86 John Hilton TE 14 6'5 225 28 6 Richmond 87 Marty Amsler DE 12 6'5 255 28 3 Evansville 89 Dave Robinson LB 4 6'3 240 29 8 Penn State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Bart Starr 255 140 54.9 1,645 6.45 11.8 8 3.1 13 5.1 29 252 63.9 Don Horn 76 28 36.8 428 5.63 15.3 2 2.6 10 13.2 6 59 25.4 Frank Patrick 14 6 42.9 59 4.21 9.8 0 0.0 1 7.1 6 55 25.6 Rick Norton 5 3 60.0 64 12.80 21.3 1 20.0 0 0.0 2 16 143.8 Donny Anderson 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Carroll Dale 49 814 16.6 2 Donny Anderson 36 414 11.5 0 John Hilton 25 350 14.0 4 Jim Grabowski 19 83 4.4 0 Jack Clancy 16 244 15.2 2 Travis Williams 12 127 10.6 1 Dave Hampton 7 23 3.3 0 John Spilis 6 76 12.7 0 Perry Williams 3 11 3.7 0 Rich McGeorge 2 32 16.0 2 Larry Krause 2 22 11.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Donny Anderson 222 853 3.8 5 Travis Williams 74 276 3.7 1 Jim Grabowski 67 210 3.1 1 Dave Hampton 48 115 2.4 0 Bart Starr 12 62 5.2 1 Perry Williams 17 44 2.6 0 Larry Krause 2 13 6.5 0 Carroll Dale 2 9 4.5 0 Frank Patrick 2 5 2.5 0 Don Horn 5 4 0.8 0 Rich McGeorge 1 3 3.0 0 Dale Livingston 1 1 1.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Ken Ellis 22 451 20.5 0 Larry Krause 18 513 28.5 1 Travis Williams 10 203 20.3 0 Dave Hampton 6 188 31.3 1 Mike McCoy 3 22 7.3 0 Jim Grabowski 2 21 10.5 0 Perry Williams 1 20 20.0 0 Dick Himes 1 4 4.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Willie Wood 11 58 5.3 18 0 Ken Ellis 7 27 3.9 0 0 Travis Williams 4 20 5.0 2 0 Lee Harden 2 -7 -3.5 0 0 Clarence Williams 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1970 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 2 DT Mike McCoy 132 Notre Dame [pick acquired from CHI] 1 16 TE Rich McGeorge 116 Elon 2 41 DB Al Matthews 99 Texas A&I 3 68 LB Jim Carter 106 Minnesota 4 93 WR Ken Ellis 115 Southern 4 96 K Skip Butler 73 Texas-Arlington [pick acquired from BAL] 5 120 DE Cecil Pryor Michigan 6 145 DB Ervin Hunt 6 Fresno State 7 172 C Cleo Walker 22 Louisville 8 197 RB Tim Mjos North Dakota State 9 224 OG Bob Reinhard Stanford 10 248 DT Russ Melby Weber State 10 251 TE Frank Patrick 4 Nebraska [pick acquired from WAS] 11 276 LB Dan Hook Humboldt State 12 300 WR Frank Foreman Michigan State 13 328 RB Dave Smith 7 Utah 14 353 OG Bob Lints Eastern Michigan 15 380 WR Mike Carter 7 Sacramento State 16 405 DB Jim Heacock Muskingum 17 432 RB Larry Krause 51 St. Norbert
Traded draft picks: none
Transactions:
| 01-21-1970 | traded Lee Roy Caffey, Elijah Pitts and Bob Hyland to Bears for Chicago's #1 pick in the 1970 draft |
| 03-01-1970 | traded John Rowser to Steelers for John Hilton |
| 03-06-1970 | Boyd Dowler retired |
| 04-28-1970 | traded Green Bay's #5 pick in the 1971 draft to Chargers for Jacque MacKinnon |
| 05-04-1970 | traded an undisclosed draft pick to Bills for Joe Runk |
| 05-18-1970 | received Jack Clancy from Dolphins as compensation for Marv Fleming |
| 07-01-1970 | Vikings claimed Zeke Bratkowski on waivers |
| 08-06-1970 | Jacque MacKinnon retired |
| 08-25-1970 | Bears claimed Billy Stevens on waivers |
| 09-01-1970 | traded Herb Adderley to Cowboys for Malcolm Walker and Clarence Williams |
| 09-02-1970 | traded Ron Jones to Falcons for cash |
| 09-02-1970 | Cardinals claimed Jim Weatherwax on waivers |
| 09-03-1970 | Eagles claimed Cecil Pryor on waivers |
| 09-03-1970 | Cardinals returned Jim Weatherwax |
| 09-09-1970 | traded Francis Winkler to Falcons for Ken Mendenhall |
| 09-11-1970 | traded Green Bay's #2 pick in the 1971 draft to 49ers for Kevin Hardy |
1970 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/20/70 vs Detroit Lions L 0-40 0-1-0 09/27/70 vs Atlanta Falcons W 27-24 1-1-0 10/04/70 vs Minnesota Vikings W 13-10 2-1-0 10/12/70 at San Diego Chargers W 22-20 3-1-0 10/18/70 vs Los Angeles Rams L 21-31 3-2-0 10/25/70 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 30-17 4-2-0 11/01/70 at San Francisco 49ers L 10-26 4-3-0 11/09/70 vs Baltimore Colts L 10-13 4-4-0 11/15/70 vs Chicago Bears W 20-19 5-4-0 11/22/70 at Minnesota Vikings L 3-10 5-5-0 11/26/70 at Dallas Cowboys L 3-16 5-6-0 12/06/70 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 20-12 6-6-0 12/13/70 at Chicago Bears L 17-35 6-7-0 12/20/70 at Detroit Lions L 0-20 6-8-0