1954 Green Bay Packers season

The 1954 Green Bay Packers season was their 36th season overall and their 34th season in the National Football League. The team finished with a 4–8 record under new head coach Lisle Blackbourn and finished fifth in the Western Conference.

1954 Green Bay Packers season
General manager	Verne Lewellen
Head coach	Lisle Blackbourn
Home field	City Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record	4–8
Division place	5th NFL Western
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
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In a season of streaks for the Packers, they lost their first three games, all at home, climbed back to .500 at 4–4, then lost their final four.

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1954 NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	3	Art Hunter	Offensive tackle	Notre Dame
1	4	Veryl Switzer	Back	Kansas State
2	15	Bob Fleck	Tackle	Syracuse
3	27	George Timberlake	Linebacker	USC
4	40	Tommy Allman	Back	West Virginia
5	51	Max McGee	Wide receiver	Tulane
7	75	Sam Marshall	Tackle	Florida A&M
8	87	Jimmie Williams	Tackle	Texas Tech
9	99	Dave Davis	End	Georgia Tech
10	111	Gene Knutson	Defensive end	Michigan
11	123	Ken Hall	End	North Texas State
12	135	Bill Oliver	Back	Alabama
13	147	Mike Takacs	Guard	Ohio State
14	159	Dave Johnson	Back	Rice
16	183	Des Koch	Back	USC
17	195	J. D. Roberts	Guard	Oklahoma
18	207	Emery Barnes	Defensive end	Oregon
19	219	Ken Hall	Center	Springfield
20	231	Lowell Herbert	Guard	Pacific
21	243	Art Liebscher	Back	Pacific
22	255	Willie Buford	Tackle	Morgan State
23	267	Clint Sathrum	Back	St. Olaf
24	279	Marv Tennefoss	End	Stanford
25	291	John Smalley	Tackle	Alabama
26	303	Ralph Baierl	Tackle	Maryland
27	315	Hosea Sims	End	Marquette
28	327	Evan Slonac	Back	Michigan State
29	339	Jerry Dufek	Tackle	St. Norbert
30	351	Terry Campbell	Back	Washington State

• Yellow indicates a future Pro Bowl selection

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 26	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 20–21	0–1	City Stadium	20,675
2	October 3	Chicago Bears	L 3–10	0–2	City Stadium	24,414
3	October 10	San Francisco 49ers	L 17–23	0–3	Milwaukee County Stadium	15,571
4	October 17	Los Angeles Rams	W 35–17	1–3	Milwaukee County Stadium	17,455
5	October 24	at Baltimore Colts	W 7–6	2–3	Memorial Stadium	28,680
6	October 30	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 37–14	3–3	Connie Mack Stadium	25,378
7	November 7	at Chicago Bears	L 23–28	3–4	Wrigley Field	47,038
8	November 13	Baltimore Colts	W 24–13	4–4	Milwaukee County Stadium	19,786
9	November 21	Detroit Lions	L 17–21	4–5	City Stadium	20,767
10	November 25	at Detroit Lions	L 24–28	4–6	Briggs Stadium	55,532
11	December 5	at San Francisco 49ers	L 0–35	4–7	Kezar Stadium	32,012
12	December 12	at Los Angeles Rams	L 27–35	4–8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	38,839

Standings

NFL Western Conference
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Detroit Lions	9	2	1	.818	8–2	337	189	W1
Chicago Bears	8	4	0	.667	7–3	301	279	W4
San Francisco 49ers	7	4	1	.636	5–4–1	313	251	W2
Los Angeles Rams	6	5	1	.545	4–5–1	314	285	W1
Green Bay Packers	4	8	0	.333	3–7	234	251	L4
Baltimore Colts	3	9	0	.250	2–8	131	279	L1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks 15 Bobby Garrett 18 Tobin Rote Running backs 42 Al Carmichael 31 Fred Cone 37 Howie Ferguson 40 Joe Johnson 20 Don Miller 24 Floyd Reid 27 Veryl Switzer Wide receivers 86 Billy Howton 84 Gary Knafelc 87 Bob Mann 85 Max McGee		Offensive linemen 75 William Afflis 63 Al Barry 62 Buddy Brown 70 Art Hunter 51 Jim Ringo 61 Steve Ruzich 53 Dave Stephenson 68 Len Szafaryn Defensive linemen 80 Carlton Elliott 77 Dave Hanner 72 Jerry Helluin 83 John Martinkovic 41 Lou Mihajlovich		Linebackers 69 Bill Forester 66 Deral Teteak 58 Clayton Tonnemaker 74 Roger Zatkoff Defensive backs 44 Bobby Dillon 48 Jim Psaltis 28 Clarence Self 47 Val Joe Walker 88 Gene White Rookies and first-year players in italics

Awards, records, and honors

Main article: 1954 NFL season § Awards

References

• Sportsencyclopedia.com