1946 Green Bay Packers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-5
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Curly Lambeau (6-5)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1946 Green Bay Packers RosterTeam Record: 6-5
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Curly Lambeau (6-5)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1946 Green Bay Packers Results
The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League ended the 1946 season with a record of 6 wins and 5 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division.
The Packers netted 148 points, while the solid defense conceded 158. Tony Canadeo carried the ball for a team-best 476 yards for Green Bay, while Walt Schlinkman and Ted Fritsch also contributed to the rushing attack.
Irv Comp passed for 333 yards. Clyde Goodnight snagged 16 passes for 308 yards.
The ball-hawking defense created 52 turnovers. Herm Rohrig picked off 5 opponent throws.
Curly Lambeau coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irv Comp | 94 | 27 | 28.7 | 333 | 3.5 | 1 | 1.1 | 8 | 8.5 | 35 | 9.9 |
| Tony Canadeo | 27 | 7 | 25.9 | 189 | 7.0 | 1 | 3.7 | 3 | 11.1 | 51 | 29.0 |
| Cliff Aberson | 41 | 14 | 34.1 | 184 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 12.2 | 30 | 9.7 |
| Herm Rohrig | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 97 | 12.1 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 65 | 77.6 |
| Bob Forte | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 28 | 4.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 14.3 | 15 | 54.5 |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 108.3 |
| Totals | 178 | 54 | 30.3 | 841 | 4.7 | 4 | 2.2 | 18 | 10.1 | 65 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Canadeo | 122 | 476 | 3.9 | 27 | 0 |
| Ted Fritsch | 128 | 444 | 3.5 | 32 | 9 |
| Walt Schlinkman | 97 | 379 | 3.9 | 44 | 2 |
| Cliff Aberson | 48 | 161 | 3.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Bruce Smith | 22 | 119 | 5.4 | 36 | 0 |
| Bob Forte | 17 | 73 | 4.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Irv Comp | 61 | 62 | 1.0 | 29 | 1 |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 29 | 43 | 1.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Roy McKay | 21 | 34 | 1.6 | 9 | 1 |
| Larry Craig | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Herm Rohrig | 14 | -23 | -1.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 560 | 1765 | 3.2 | 44 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde Goodnight | 16 | 308 | 19.2 | 51 | 1 |
| Nolan Luhn | 16 | 224 | 14.0 | 36 | 2 |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 10 | 143 | 14.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Don Wells | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 65 | 0 |
| Herm Rohrig | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Tony Canadeo | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Ted Fritsch | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Bob Forte | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Hal Prescott | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Walt Schlinkman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 54 | 841 | 15.6 | 65 | 4 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Fritsch | 15 | 13 | 86.7 | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 40 |
| Roy McKay | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 17 | 15 | 88.2 | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 42 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herm Rohrig | 8 | 98 | 12.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 12 | 98 | 8.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Tony Canadeo | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Bruce Smith | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 28 | 284 | 10.1 | 22 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Canadeo | 6 | 163 | 27.2 | 38 | 0 |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 6 | 148 | 24.7 | 44 | 0 |
| Herm Rohrig | 5 | 106 | 21.2 | 27 | 0 |
| Cliff Aberson | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Ted Fritsch | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 37 | 0 |
| Walt Schlinkman | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Roy McKay | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Irv Comp | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Nolan Luhn | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bruce Smith | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Larry Craig | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ken Keuper | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 740 | 21.8 | 44 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herm Rohrig | 5 | 134 | 26.8 | 51 | 0 |
| Cliff Aberson | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 33 | 0 |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Ken Keuper | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Irv Comp | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Forte | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Tony Canadeo | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Roy McKay | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Russ Mosley | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ted Fritsch | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Baby Ray | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 24 | 399 | 16.6 | 51 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Brock | 0 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Craig | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Lipscomb | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Irv Comp | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tiny Croft | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Wells | 0 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Fritsch | 0 | 3 | 3 | -9 | 0 | ||
| Baby Ray | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cliff Aberson | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Forte | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Keuper | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Schlinkman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Wildung | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Urban Odson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Herm Rohrig | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy McKay | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Nussbaumer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Canadeo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nolan Luhn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bruce Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 42 | 86 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Ted Fritsch | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 100 | ||||||
| Nolan Luhn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |||||||
| Walt Schlinkman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Roy McKay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
| Clyde Goodnight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Irv Comp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Urban Odson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 148 |
