1971 Green Bay Packers: 4-8-2
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Home record: 3-3-1 (173 points scored, 149 allowed) Road record: 1-5-1 (101 points scored, 149 allowed) Head Coach: Dan Devine
274 points scored (13th of 26 teams), 298 points allowed (18th) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 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: 121 254 1,685 (24) 6.19 12 24 500 2,229 ( 4) 4.5 18 3,914 (16) 44
Defense: 186 353 2,301 (17) 6.19 21 16 489 1,707 (10) 3.5 7 4,008 (13) 32
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Frank Patrick QB 1 6'7 225 24 2 Nebraska 12 Zeke Bratkowski QB 6 6'2 215 40 14 Georgia 15 Bart Starr QB 4 6'1 190 37 16 Alabama 16 Scott Hunter QB 13 6'2 205 23 R Alabama 18 Ken Duncan P 2 6'2 210 25 R Tulsa 21 Charlie Hall DB 14 6'1 195 23 R Pittsburgh 22 Elijah Pitts RB 6 6'1 210 33 11 Philander Smith 24 Willie Wood DB 14 5'10 190 34 12 Southern California 25 Dave Hampton RB 13 6'0 210 24 3 Wyoming 27 Al Randolph DB 14 6'2 196 27 6 Iowa 29 Al Matthews DB 14 5'11 190 23 2 Texas A&I 30 Larry Krause RB 9 6'0 208 23 2 St. Norbert's 31 Perry Williams RB 14 6'2 220 24 3 Purdue 35 Dave Conway K 1 6'0 195 26 1 Texas 38 Tim Webster K 4 6'0 195 22 R Arkansas 42 John Brockington RB 14 6'0 225 23 R Ohio State 43 Doug Hart DB 14 6'0 190 32 8 Texas-Arlington 44 Donny Anderson RB 14 6'3 210 28 6 Texas Tech 47 Dave Davis WR 14 6'0 175 23 R Tennessee State 48 Ken Ellis DB 14 5'10 190 24 2 Southern 50 Jim Carter LB 13 6'3 235 23 2 Minnesota 51 Bill Hayhoe OT 14 6'8 258 25 3 Southern California 53 Fred Carr LB 14 6'5 238 25 4 Texas-El Paso 54 Wimpy Winther C 11 6'4 260 24 R Mississippi 56 Tommy Crutcher LB 12 6'3 235 30 7 Texas Christian 57 Ken Bowman C 14 6'3 230 28 8 Wisconsin 61 Dave Bradley OG 7 6'4 245 24 3 Penn State 62 Bill Lueck OG 14 6'3 235 25 4 Arizona 63 Randy Winkler OG 7 6'5 260 28 3 Tarleton State 66 Ray Nitschke LB 9 6'3 235 34 14 Illinois 68 Gale Gillingham OG 14 6'3 255 27 6 Minnesota 71 Francis Peay OT 14 6'5 250 27 6 Missouri 72 Dick Himes OT 14 6'4 244 25 4 Ohio State 74 Cal Withrow C 14 6'0 240 26 2 Kentucky 74 Donnell Smith DE 4 6'4 245 22 R Southern 75 Lou Michaels K 10 6'2 250 36 13 Kentucky 76 Mike McCoy DT 12 6'5 284 23 2 Notre Dame 78 Bob Brown DT 14 6'5 260 32 6 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 79 Jim DeLisle DT 9 6'4 254 22 R Wisconsin 81 Rich McGeorge TE 14 6'4 235 23 2 Elon 82 Lionel Aldridge DE 14 6'4 245 30 9 Utah State 83 Clarence Williams DE 14 6'5 255 25 2 Prairie View A&M 84 Carroll Dale WR 14 6'1 200 33 12 Virginia Tech 85 John Spilis WR 14 6'3 205 24 3 Northern Illinois 87 Alden Roche DE 14 6'4 255 26 2 Southern 88 Len Garrett TE 14 6'3 230 23 R New Mexico Highlands 89 Dave Robinson LB 14 6'3 245 30 9 Penn State
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Scott Hunter 163 75 46.0 1,210 7.42 16.1 7 4.3 17 10.4 11 81 46.1
Bart Starr 45 24 53.3 286 6.36 11.9 0 0.0 3 6.7 6 64 45.2
Zeke Bratkowski 37 19 51.4 298 8.05 15.7 4 10.8 3 8.1 1 12 80.7
Frank Patrick 5 1 20.0 39 7.80 39.0 0 0.0 1 20.0 0 0 20.0
Donny Anderson 4 2 50.0 9 2.25 4.5 1 25.0 0 0.0 0 0 95.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Carroll Dale 31 598 19.3 4 Rich McGeorge 27 463 17.1 4 Donny Anderson 26 306 11.8 1 John Spilis 14 281 20.1 1 John Brockington 14 98 7.0 1 Dave Davis 6 59 9.8 0 Dave Hampton 3 37 12.3 1 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD John Brockington 216 1,105 5.1 4 Donny Anderson 186 757 4.1 5 Dave Hampton 67 307 4.6 3 Scott Hunter 21 50 2.4 4 Bart Starr 3 11 3.7 1 Perry Williams 3 4 1.3 0 Zeke Bratkowski 1 1 1.0 1 Larry Krause 3 -6 -2.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Dave Hampton 46 1,314 28.6 1 Larry Krause 5 101 20.2 0 Elijah Pitts 2 41 20.5 0 Perry Williams 2 41 20.5 0 Dave Davis 1 22 22.0 0 Ken Ellis 1 22 22.0 0 Jim Carter 1 5 5.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Ken Ellis 22 107 4.9 1 0 Dave Davis 6 36 6.0 0 0 Elijah Pitts 5 13 2.6 2 0 Willie Wood 4 21 5.2 2 0 Al Randolph 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1971 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 9 RB John Brockington 95 Ohio State [pick acquired from DEN] 2 46 RB Virgil Robinson 14 Grambling [pick acquired from LA] 3 62 DB Charlie Hall 83 Pittsburgh 5 116 DE Donnell Smith 25 Southern [pick acquired from WAS] 5 124 LB Jim Stillwagon Ohio State [pick acquired from LA via WAS] 6 140 QB Scott Hunter 64 Alabama 7 168 WR Dave Davis 33 Tennessee State 7 175 WR James Johnson Bishop [pick acquired from OAK] 8 193 C Win Headley Wake Forest 9 218 RB Barry Mayer Minnesota 10 246 OT Kevin Hunt 70 Doane 11 271 RB John Lanier Parsons 12 296 OG Greg Hendren California 13 324 RB Jack Martin Angelo State 14 348 DE LeRoy Spears Morehead State 15 374 TE Len Garrett 55 New Mexico Highlands 16 402 OG Jack O'Donnell Central Oklahoma 17 427 DB Monty Johnson Oklahoma
Traded draft picks: #1 to DEN (Marv Montgomery), #2 to SF (Ernie Janet), #4 to LA (Steve Worster), #5 to SD (Bryant Salter)
Transactions:
| 01-28-1971 | traded Travis Williams and Green Bay's #4 pick in the 1971 draft to Rams for Los Angeles' #2 pick in the 1971 draft and #6 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 01-28-1971 | traded Don Horn and Green Bay's #1 pick in the 1971 draft to Broncos for Alden Roche and Denver's #1 pick in the 1971 draft |
| 01-28-1971 | traded Green Bay's #3 pick in the 1972 draft to Vikings for Zeke Bratkowski |
| 01-29-1971 | traded the rights to Boyd Dowler to Redskins for Los Angeles' #5 pick in the 1971 draft |
| 03-29-1971 | traded Green Bay's #17 pick in the 1972 draft to Chargers for Cal Withrow |
| 06-24-1971 | traded Kevin Hardy to Chargers for San Diego's #1 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 07-01-1971 | claimed Jon Staggers on waivers from Steelers |
| 07-22-1971 | traded Bob Jeter to Bears for Ross Montgomery and Chicago's #6 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 07-31-1971 | traded Rich Moore to Patriots for John Bramlett |
| 08-1971 | traded Green Bay's #4 pick in the 1973 draft to Rams for Tommy Joe Crutcher |
| 08-18-1971 | sent Green Bay's #9 pick in the 1972 draft to Colts as compensation for Colts' withdrawing their claim of Jim DeLisle |
| 08-18-1971 | claimed Dave Conway on waivers from Cowboys |
| 08-19-1971 | claimed Ken Duncan on waivers from Vikings |
| 08-20-1971 | traded Green Bay's #5 pick in the 1972 draft to Saints for Wimpy Winther |
| 08-26-1971 | claimed Dan Crooks on waivers from Falcons |
| 08-26-1971 | claimed Mike Savoy on waivers from Cardinals |
| 08-30-1971 | Cowboys claimed Forrest Gregg on waivers |
| 09-08-1971 | traded Green Bay's #4 pick in the 1974 draft to 49ers for Al Randolph |
| 09-15-1971 | Saints claimed Virgil Robinson on waivers |
| 09-16-1971 | placed Kevin Hunt on injured reserve |
1971 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/19/71 vs New York Giants L 40-42 0-1-0 09/26/71 vs Denver Broncos W 34-13 1-1-0 10/03/71 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 20-17 2-1-0 10/10/71 at Detroit Lions L 28-31 2-2-0 10/17/71 vs Minnesota Vikings L 13-24 2-3-0 10/24/71 at Los Angeles Rams L 13-30 2-4-0 11/01/71 vs Detroit Lions T 14-14 2-4-1 11/07/71 at Chicago Bears W 17-14 3-4-1 11/14/71 at Minnesota Vikings L 0-3 3-5-1 11/22/71 at Atlanta Falcons L 21-28 3-6-1 11/28/71 vs New Orleans Saints L 21-29 3-7-1 12/05/71 at St. Louis Cardinals T 16-16 3-7-2 12/12/71 vs Chicago Bears W 31-10 4-7-2 12/19/71 at Miami Dolphins L 6-27 4-8-2
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