1976 Green Bay Packers: 5-9-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 4-3-0 (145 points scored, 133 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (73 points scored, 166 allowed) Head Coach: Bart Starr 218 points scored (23rd of 28 teams), 299 points allowed (21st) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 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: 164 357 1,730 (21) 4.35 10 22 485 1,722 (24) 3.6 15 3,452 (26) 45 Defense: 196 354 1,835 ( 5) 4.62 13 11 546 2,288 (21) 4.2 17 4,123 (14) 26
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Lynn Dickey QB 10 6'4 220 27 5 Kansas State 11 David Beverly P 14 6'2 180 26 3 Auburn 13 Chester Marcol K 14 6'0 190 27 5 Hillsdale 16 Randy Johnson QB 3 6'3 205 32 10 Texas A&I 19 Carlos Brown QB 13 6'3 210 24 2 Pacific 21 Steve Wagner DB 11 6'2 198 22 R Wisconsin 24 Johnnie Gray DB 14 5'11 185 22 2 Cal State-Fullerton 26 Eric Torkelson RB 14 6'2 194 24 3 Connecticut 27 Clifton Taylor RB 7 6'0 195 24 2 Memphis 28 Willie Buchanon DB 14 6'0 190 25 5 San Diego State 29 Mike McCoy DB 14 5'11 183 23 R Colorado 32 Ken Starch RB 6 5'11 210 22 R Wisconsin 33 Barty Smith RB 8 6'4 240 24 3 Richmond 40 Willard Harrell RB 13 5'9 182 24 2 Pacific 41 Jim Burrow DB 3 5'11 181 22 R Nebraska 41 Dave Osborn RB 6 6'0 208 33 12 North Dakota 42 John Brockington RB 14 6'1 225 28 6 Ohio State 44 Charlie Hall DB 14 6'1 190 28 6 Pittsburgh 45 Perry Smith DB 13 6'1 195 25 4 Colorado State 46 Steve Luke DB 14 6'2 205 23 2 Ohio State 51 Jim Gueno LB 14 6'2 220 22 R Tulane 52 Gary Weaver LB 14 6'1 225 27 4 Fresno State 53 Fred Carr LB 14 6'5 240 30 9 Texas-El Paso 54 Larry McCarren C 14 6'3 248 24 4 Illinois 55 Bob Hyland C 14 6'5 255 31 10 Boston College 56 Tom Perko LB 14 6'3 233 22 R Pittsburgh 57 Ron Acks LB 13 6'2 225 32 7 Illinois 58 Bob Lally LB 2 6'2 230 24 1 Cornell 58 Don Hansen LB 12 6'3 228 32 10 Illinois 59 Tom Toner LB 11 6'3 235 26 3 Idaho State 60 Steve Knutson OG 12 6'3 254 25 1 Southern California 61 Bruce Van Dyke OG 14 6'2 255 32 11 Missouri 67 Dick Enderle OG 3 6'1 250 28 8 Minnesota 68 Gale Gillingham OG 14 6'3 265 32 10 Minnesota 70 Bob Barber DE 14 6'3 240 24 1 Grambling 71 Melvin Jackson OG 13 6'1 267 22 R Southern California 72 Dick Himes OT 14 6'4 260 30 9 Ohio State 74 Dave Roller DT 13 6'2 270 27 3 Kentucky 75 Dave Pureifory DE 12 6'1 255 27 5 Eastern Michigan 76 Mike McCoy DT 14 6'5 275 28 7 Notre Dame 79 Mark Koncar OT 14 6'5 271 23 R Colorado 80 Don Zimmerman WR 2 6'3 195 26 4 Northeast Louisiana 81 Rich McGeorge TE 14 6'4 230 28 7 Elon 83 Clarence Williams DE 14 6'5 255 30 7 Prairie View A&M 84 Steve Odom WR 12 5'8 174 24 3 Utah 85 Ken Payne WR 14 6'1 185 26 3 Langston 86 Jessie Green WR 1 6'3 185 22 R Tulsa 87 Alden Roche DE 14 6'4 255 31 7 Southern 88 Bert Askson TE 14 6'3 225 30 4 Texas Southern 89 Ollie Smith WR 13 6'2 200 27 3 Tennessee State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Lynn Dickey 243 115 47.3 1,465 6.03 12.7 7 2.9 14 5.8 28 279 52.2 Carlos Brown 74 26 35.1 333 4.50 12.8 2 2.7 6 8.1 10 66 25.3 Randy Johnson 35 21 60.0 249 7.11 11.9 0 0.0 1 2.9 2 23 69.8 Willard Harrell 4 1 25.0 40 10.00 40.0 1 25.0 1 25.0 1 7 68.8 David Beverly 1 1 100.0 18 18.00 18.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Ken Payne 33 467 14.2 4 Rich McGeorge 24 278 11.6 1 Steve Odom 23 456 19.8 2 Ollie Smith 20 364 18.2 1 Eric Torkelson 19 140 7.4 0 Willard Harrell 17 201 11.8 1 Barty Smith 11 88 8.0 0 John Brockington 11 49 4.5 0 Clifton Taylor 2 21 10.5 0 Charlie Hall 1 18 18.0 0 Don Zimmerman 1 13 13.0 0 Melvin Jackson 1 8 8.0 0 Bert Askson 1 2 2.0 1 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Willard Harrell 130 435 3.3 3 John Brockington 117 406 3.5 2 Barty Smith 97 355 3.7 5 Eric Torkelson 88 289 3.3 2 Steve Odom 4 78 19.5 0 Carlos Brown 12 49 4.1 0 Clifton Taylor 14 47 3.4 1 Randy Johnson 5 25 5.0 1 Lynn Dickey 11 19 1.7 1 Dave Osborn 6 16 2.7 0 Don Zimmerman 1 3 3.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Steve Odom 29 610 21.0 0 Mike McCoy 18 457 25.4 0 Eric Torkelson 6 123 20.5 0 Clifton Taylor 3 59 19.7 0 Bob Hyland 3 31 10.3 0 Dave Osborn 3 19 6.3 0 Steve Wagner 1 27 27.0 0 Johnnie Gray 1 23 23.0 0 Ollie Smith 1 12 12.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Johnnie Gray 37 307 8.3 7 0 Willard Harrell 3 -7 -2.3 1 0 |
1976 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 23 OT Mark Koncar 58 Colorado [pick acquired from OAK] 3 72 DB Mike McCoy 110 Colorado [pick acquired from KC] 4 101 LB Tom Perko 14 Pittsburgh 5 132 RB Aundra Thompson 83 East Texas State 8 218 DB Jim Burrow 3 Nebraska 9 245 LB Jim Gueno 75 Tulane 10 274 WR Jessie Green 24 Tulsa 11 301 WR Curtis Leak Johnson C. Smith 12 328 OG Melvin Jackson 64 USC 13 355 DB Bradley Bowman Southern Mississippi 14 386 RB John Henson Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo 15 413 LB Jerry Dandridge Memphis 16 440 OG Mike Timmermans Northern Iowa 17 467 TE Ray Hall Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
Traded draft picks: #1 to CHI via LA, DET (Dennis Lick), #2 to LA (Pat Thomas), #3 to PIT (Ron Coder), #6 to KC via HOU (Steve Taylor), #7 to CIN (Pete Rome)
Transactions:
| 03-30-1976 | Buccaneers selected Barry Smith in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Al Matthews in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Ken Hutcherson in expansion draft |
| 04-02-1976 | traded John Hadl, Ken Ellis, Los Angeles' #4 pick in the 1976 draft, Green Bay's #3 pick in the 1977 draft and cash to Oilers for Lynn Dickey |
| 08-18-1976 | traded Green Bay's #4 pick in the 1977 draft to Steelers for Bob Barber |
| 08-26-1976 | traded a #4 pick in the 1977 draft to Raiders for Ollie Smith |
| 08-31-1976 | traded Bill Bain to Broncos for Denver's #3 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 09-06-1976 | traded Joe Danelo to Giants for the Giants' #10 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 09-21-1976 | traded cash to Seahawks for Don Hansen |
1976 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/12/76 vs San Francisco 49ers L 14-26 0-1-0 09/19/76 at St. Louis Cardinals L 0-29 0-2-0 09/26/76 at Cincinnati Bengals L 7-28 0-3-0 10/03/76 vs Detroit Lions W 24-14 1-3-0 10/10/76 vs Seattle Seahawks W 27-20 2-3-0 10/17/76 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 28-13 3-3-0 10/24/76 at Oakland Raiders L 14-18 3-4-0 10/31/76 at Detroit Lions L 6-27 3-5-0 11/07/76 vs New Orleans Saints W 32-27 4-5-0 11/14/76 at Chicago Bears L 13-24 4-6-0 11/21/76 vs Minnesota Vikings L 10-17 4-7-0 11/28/76 vs Chicago Bears L 10-16 4-8-0 12/05/76 at Minnesota Vikings L 9-20 4-9-0 12/12/76 at Atlanta Falcons W 24-20 5-9-0