Jug Girard
Earl Francis Girard
Born: January 25, 1927
Marinette, WI USA
Deceased: January 17, 1997
Rochester Hills, MI
Position: E-HB-QB-DB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 176
College: Wisconsin
High School: Marinette (WI)
Career: 1948-1957
Drafted: 1948 in Round 1, #7 overall by the Green Bay Packers
Jug Girard played from 1948 to 1957 during his career with the Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers. Girard threw for 1,017 yards in his career, completing 67 of 197 passes with 5 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. He also ran for 703 yards in 194 attempts with 3 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 14 | 4 | 28.6 | 117 | 8.4 | 1 | 7.1 | 1 | 7.1 | 40 | 56.0 |
| 1949 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 175 | 62 | 35.4 | 881 | 5.0 | 4 | 2.3 | 12 | 6.9 | 50 | 31.6 |
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 118.8 |
| 1957 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 197 | 67 | 34.0 | 1017 | 5.2 | 5 | 2.5 | 13 | 6.6 | 50 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 13 | 26 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1949 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 45 | 198 | 4.4 | 35 | 1 |
| 1950 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 14 | 39 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 32 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 61 | 222 | 3.6 | 36 | 2 |
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 19 | 73 | 3.8 | 17 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 |
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 17 | 67 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 194 | 703 | 3.6 | 36 | 3 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1949 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 4 | 89 | 22.2 | 55 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 10 | 220 | 22.0 | 75 | 2 |
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 17 | 316 | 18.6 | 39 | 2 |
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 27 | 421 | 15.6 | 41 | 7 |
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 23 | 301 | 13.1 | 34 | 0 |
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 21 | 419 | 20.0 | 46 | 4 |
| Totals | 109 | 1838 | 16.9 | 75 | 15 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 5 |
| Totals | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 5 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 8 | 320 | 40.0 | 49 |
| 1949 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 69 | 2694 | 39.0 | 72 |
| 1950 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 71 | 2715 | 38.2 | 63 |
| 1951 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 52 | 2101 | 40.4 | 66 |
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 63 | 2585 | 41.0 | 65 |
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 56 | 2310 | 41.2 | 65 |
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 10 | 448 | 44.8 | 54 |
| 1957 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 68 | 2754 | 40.5 | 56 |
| Totals | 397 | 15927 | 40.1 | 72 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 11 | 70 | 6.4 | 11 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 9 | 86 | 9.6 | 41 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | 14 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 41 | 219 | 5.3 | 41 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| 1949 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 24 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 17 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 9 | 252 | 28.0 | 85 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 12 | 248 | 20.7 | 34 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 7 | 117 | 16.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 738 | 21.7 | 85 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| 1949 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 8 | 106 | 13.2 | 41 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1949 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1950 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1951 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1957 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1949 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 1951 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||
| 1957 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29 | |||||||
| Totals | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 10 | 0 |
| 1949 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 10 |
| 1950 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 11 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 11 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1956 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 10 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 12 | 0 |
