1962 Green Bay Packers season


The 1962 Green Bay Packers season was their 44th season overall and their 42nd season in the National Football League. The club posted a 13–1 record under coach Vince Lombardi, earning them a first-place finish in the Western Conference. The Packers ended the season by defeating the New York Giants 16–7 in the NFL Championship Game, the Packers second consecutive defeat of the Giants in the championship game. This marked the Packers' eighth NFL World Championship.
In 2007, ESPN.com ranked the 1962 Packers as the fifth-greatest defense in NFL history, noting, "The great 1962 Packers had a rock-solid defense front to back, with five Hall of Famers: defensive linemen Willie Davis and Henry Jordan, linebacker Ray Nitschke, cornerback Herb Adderley, and safety Willie Wood. Green Bay gave up just 10.8 points per game, shutting out opponents three times. The Packers held opposing QBs to a 43.5 rating, due, in part, to Wood's league-leading nine interceptions. The Packers' defense allowed the Giants 291 yards in the NFL championship game, but held the Giants offense scoreless as the Packers won, 16–7."
The Packers' +267 point differential in 1962 is the best total of any NFL team in the 1960s. Cold Hard Football Facts says that the 1962 Packers "may have been the best rushing team in the history of football. And that team etched in historic stone the image of Lombardi's three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust Packers that is still so powerful today."

Offseason

NFL Draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool
114Earl GrosRunning BackLSU
228Ed BlaineGuardMissouri
341Gary BarnesWide ReceiverClemson
456Ron GassertDefensive TackleVirginia
565Chuck MorrisBackOle Miss
570Jon SchopfGuardMichigan
679John SutroTackleSan Jose State
684Oscar DonahueEndSan Jose State
798Gary CutsingerTackleOklahoma State
8112Jim TullisBackFlorida A&M
9126Peter SchenckBackWashington State
10140Gale WeidnerQuarterbackColorado
11154Jim ThrushTackleXavier
12158Joe ThorneBackSouth Dakota State
12168Tom PenningtonBackGeorgia
13182Tom KepnerTackleVillanova
14196Ernie GreenBackLouisville
15210Roger HoldinskyBackWest Virginia
16224Jimmy FieldBackLSU
17238Buck BuchananTackleGrambling
18252Bob JoinerQuarterbackPresbyterian
19266Jerry ScattiniHalfbackCalifornia
20280Mike SnodgrassCenterWestern Michigan

Staff

Roster

Preseason

Regular season

The team was 7–0 at home and 6–1 on the road. It was the first time since 1944 that the club went undefeated at home.

Schedule

Week 4 vs. Lions

Week 11 vs. Lions

Thanksgiving Day game

Playoffs

All times are CENTRAL time

Game summary

[1962 NFL Championship Game] at [1962 [New York Giants season|New York]]

Standings

Awards and records