1947 Green Bay Packers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-5-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Curly Lambeau (6-5-1)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1947 Green Bay Packers RosterTeam Record: 6-5-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Curly Lambeau (6-5-1)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1947 Green Bay Packers Results
The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League ended the 1947 season with a record of 6 wins and 5 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's West Division.
Defensively, the Packers led the league with just 210 points allowed. Green Bay chalked up 274 points. Tony Canadeo carried the ball for a team-best 464 yards, while Walt Schlinkman additionally contributed to the rushing attack.
Jack Jacobs passed for 1,615 yards. Nolan Luhn paced pass catchers, snagging 42 passes for 696 yards. Clyde Goodnight contributed to the receiving game also.
The ball-hawking defense led the way with 51 turnovers, topping in the league. Bob Forte seized 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Jacobs | 242 | 108 | 44.6 | 1615 | 6.7 | 16 | 6.6 | 17 | 7.0 | 69 | 59.8 |
| Tony Canadeo | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 101 | 12.6 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 38 | 85.4 |
| Bob Forte | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 60.4 |
| Irv Comp | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 253 | 112 | 44.3 | 1724 | 6.8 | 17 | 6.7 | 19 | 7.5 | 69 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Canadeo | 103 | 464 | 4.5 | 35 | 2 |
| Walt Schlinkman | 115 | 439 | 3.8 | 20 | 2 |
| Bruce Smith | 47 | 288 | 6.1 | 37 | 1 |
| Ed Cody | 56 | 263 | 4.7 | 51 | 2 |
| Ted Fritsch | 68 | 247 | 3.6 | 48 | 6 |
| Jim Gillette | 50 | 207 | 4.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Bob Forte | 29 | 80 | 2.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Jack Jacobs | 18 | 64 | 3.6 | 15 | 1 |
| Irv Comp | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 34 | 0 |
| Herm Rohrig | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Ken Keuper | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Roy McKay | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Ward Cuff | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Clyde Goodnight | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Gene Wilson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Totals | 510 | 2149 | 4.2 | 51 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nolan Luhn | 42 | 696 | 16.6 | 44 | 7 |
| Clyde Goodnight | 38 | 593 | 15.6 | 69 | 6 |
| Jim Gillette | 12 | 224 | 18.7 | 50 | 1 |
| Bob Forte | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 22 | 2 |
| Bruce Smith | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 36 | 1 |
| Gene Wilson | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Ken Keuper | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Walt Schlinkman | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Larry Craig | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ed Cody | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 112 | 1724 | 15.4 | 69 | 17 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 51 |
| Ted Fritsch | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 20 |
| Roy McKay | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 29 | 13 | 44.8 | 72 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herm Rohrig | 18 | 213 | 11.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Jim Gillette | 11 | 168 | 15.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Tony Canadeo | 10 | 111 | 11.1 | 24 | 0 |
| Ed Cody | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bruce Smith | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Bob Forte | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jack Jacobs | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Irv Comp | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 45 | 563 | 12.5 | 28 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Canadeo | 15 | 312 | 20.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Ed Cody | 10 | 269 | 26.9 | 39 | 0 |
| Ted Fritsch | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Jim Gillette | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Bruce Smith | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Nolan Luhn | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Forte | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Clyde Goodnight | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Paul Lipscomb | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 42 | 874 | 20.8 | 39 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Forte | 9 | 140 | 15.6 | 68 | 1 |
| Irv Comp | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Herm Rohrig | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Jack Jacobs | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Ken Keuper | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Charley Brock | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Flowers | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ted Fritsch | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 428 | 14.3 | 68 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baby Ray | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Wildung | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Herm Rohrig | 0 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aldo Forte | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Forte | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Skoglund | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt Schlinkman | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Irv Comp | 0 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Brock | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les Gatewood | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Canadeo | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Don Wells | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nolan Luhn | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Larry Craig | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Keuper | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Flowers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Cody | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Jacobs | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Lipscomb | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Fritsch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Gillette | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 32 | 17 | 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 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 56 | |||||||
| Ward Cuff | 0 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 51 | |||||||||
| Nolan Luhn | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Clyde Goodnight | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Bob Forte | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Bruce Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |||||
| Walt Schlinkman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Ed Cody | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Tony Canadeo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Jim Gillette | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Ed Neal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jack Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Dick Wildung | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Roy McKay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Totals | 14 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 274 |
