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1955 Green Bay Packers season
Head Coach Lisle Blackbourn
Home Field City Stadium
Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record 6-6
Place 3rd NFL Western
Playoff Finish did not qualify
Timeline
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1954 1956

The 1955 Green Bay Packers season was their 35th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 6-6 record under coach Lisle Blackbourn, earning them a third-place finish in the Western Conference.

Offseason[]

NFL Draft[]

Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
1 5 Tom Bettis Linebacker Purdue
2 17 Jim Temp Defensive End Wisconsin
3 29 Buddy Leake Back Oklahoma
5 53 Hank Bullough Guard Michigan State
6 65 Norm Amundsen Guard Wisconsin
7 77 Bob Clemens Fullback Georgia
8 89 Johnny Crouch End TCU
9 101 Ed Culpepper Tackle Alabama
10 113 George Rogers Tackle Auburn
11 125 Ron Clark Back Nebraska
12 137 Art Walker Tackle Michigan
13 149 Ed Adams Back South Carolina
14 161 Fred Baer Fullback Michigan
15 173 George Machoukas Center Toledo
16 185 Charlie Brackins Quarterback Prairie View A&M
17 197 Lynn Beightol Back Maryland
18 209 Doyle Nix Defensive Back SMU
19 221 Bob Carter Tackle Grambling
20 233 Carl Bolt Back Southern Miss
20 236 Bob Antkowiak End Bucknell
21 245 Lavell Isbell Tackle Houston
22 257 Bill Brunner Back Arkansas Tech
23 269 Elton Shaw Tackle LSU
24 281 Charley Bryant Guard Nebraska
25 293 Nate Borden Defensive End Indiana
26 305 Jim Jennings End Missouri
27 317 Bob Peringer End Washington State
28 329 Jack Spears Tackle Chattanooga
29 341 Sam Pino Back Boston U
30 352 Bob Saia Back Tulane

Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Att.
1 Sep. 25 Detroit W 20-17 1-0 City Stadium
22,217
2 Oct. 2 Chi. Bears W 24-3 2-0 City Stadium
24,662
3 Oct. 8 (Sat) Baltimore L 24-20 2-1 Milwaukee
40,199
4 Oct. 16 Los Angeles W 30-28 3-1 Milwaukee
26,960
5 Oct. 23 at Cleveland L 41-10 3-2 Cleveland Stadium
51,482
6 Oct. 29 (Sat) at Baltimore L 14-10 3-3 Memorial Stadium
34,411
7 Nov. 6 at Chi. Bears L 52-31 3-4 Wrigley Field
48,890
8 Nov. 13 Chi. Cardinals W 31-14 4-4 City Stadium
20,104
9 Nov. 20 San Francisco W 27-21 5-4 Milwaukee
19,099
10 Nov. 24 (Thu) at Detroit L 24-10 5-5 Briggs Stadium
51,685
11 Dec. 4 at San Francisco W 28-7 6-5 Kezar Stadium
32,897
12 Dec. 11 at Los Angeles L 31-17 6-6 LA Coliseum
90,535

Game Summaries[]

Week 9 vs San Francisco[]

Week 9: San Francisco 49ers 21 (3-6)    at    Green Bay Packers 27 (5-4)    – Game summary
1 2 3 4 Total
49ers 7 7 7 0 21
Packers 0 13 0 14 27

at Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

  • Date: Sunday, November 20, 1955
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m. CST/10:00 a.m. PST
  • Game attendance: 19,099
  • Recap and Stats
Game information
1st
2nd
  • Packers – Joe Johnson 30 yard pass from Tobin Rote (Fred Cone kick)     Tied 7 – 7
  • Packers – Fred Cone 17 yard field goal     Packers 10 – 7
  • 49ers – Carroll Hardy 33 yard pass from Y. A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick)     49ers 14 – 10
  • Packers – Fred Cone 29 yard field goal     49ers 14 – 13
3rd
  • 49ers – Carroll Hardy 58 yard pass from Y. A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick)     49ers 21 – 13
4th
  • Packers – Gary Knafelc 34 yard pass from Tobin Rote (Fred Cone kick)     49ers 21 – 20
  • Packers – Howie Ferguson 6 yard rush (Fred Cone kick)     Packers 27 – 21


Week 11 @ San Francisco[]

Week 11: Green Bay Packers 28 (6-5)    at    San Francisco 49ers 7 (3-8)    – Game summary
1 2 3 4 Total
Packers 0 21 7 0 28
49ers 7 0 0 0 7

at Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, California

  • Date: Sunday, December 4, 1955
  • Game time: 3:00 p.m. CST/1:00 p.m. PST
  • Game attendance: 34,527
  • Recap and Stats
Game information
1st
2nd
  • Packers – Tobin Rote 1 yard rush (Fred Cone kick)     Tied 7 – 7
  • Packers – Len Szafaryn 28 yard blocked punt return (Fred Cone kick)     Packers 14 – 7
  • Packers – Breezy Reid 1 yard rush (Fred Cone kick)     Packers 21 – 7
3rd
  • Packers – Breezy Reid 60 yard pass from Tobin Rote (Fred Cone kick)     Packers 28 – 7
4th
  • No Scoring


Standings[]

NFL Western
W L T PCT PF PA STK
Los Angeles Rams 8 3 1 .727 260 231 W-3
Chicago Bears 8 4 0 .667 294 251 W-2
Green Bay Packers 6 6 0 .500 258 276 L-1
Baltimore Colts 5 6 1 .455 214 239 L-2
San Francisco 49ers 4 8 0 .333 216 298 W-1
Detroit Lions 3 9 0 .250 230 275 L-2

Roster[]

Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks
  • 15 Charlie Brackins
  • 15 Paul Held
  • 18 Tobin Rote

Running Backs

  • 48 Al Carmichael
  • 33 Bob Clemens
  • 31 Fred Cone
  • 37 Howie Ferguson
  • 40 Joe Johnson
  • 24 Floyd Reid
  • 61 Jack Spinks
  • 27 Veryl Switzer

Wide Receivers

  • 86 Billy Howton
  • 84 Gary Knafelc
Offensive Linemen
  • 62 Buddy Brown
  • 67 Hank Bullough
  • 78 Tom Dahms
  • 51 Jim Ringo
  • 63 Joe Skibinski
  • 53 Dave Stephenson
  • 68 Len Szafaryn

Defensive Linemen

  • 87 Nate Borden
  • 77 Dave Hanner
  • 72 Jerry Helluin
  • 85 Jim Jennings
  • 71 Bill Lucky
  • 83 John Martinkovic
  • 81 Pat O'Donahue
Linebackers
  • 58 Tom Bettis
  • 69 Bill Forester
  • 66 Deral Teteak
  • 53 George Timberlake
  • 74 Roger Zatkoff

Defensive Backs

  • 20 Billy Bookout
  • 44 Bobby Dillon
  • 41 Doyle Nix
  • 23 Al Romine
  • 28 Clarence Self
  • 47 Val Joe Walker

Special Teams

  • 80 Dick Deschaine

Rookies and first-year players in italics

Awards, records, and honors[]

  • Tobin Rote, NFL Leader, Touchdown Passes, (17)

Milestones[]

References[]