1940 Green Bay Packers season

The 1940 Green Bay Packers season marked the franchise's 22nd season overall and their 20th year in the National Football League (NFL). In a scheduling idiosyncrasy, the Packers began 1940 playing six consecutive home games before finishing on the road for the last five contests of the season. The defending NFL champions, Green Bay finished with a 6–4–1 record under founder and head coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a second-place finish in the Western Conference.

1940 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Curly Lambeau
Home stadium	City Stadium Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record	6–4–1
Division place	2nd NFL Western
Playoffs	Did not qualify
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Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1940 NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/club team
1	9	Hal Van Every	Halfback	Minnesota
3	24	Lou Brock	Back	Purdue
5	39	Esco Sarkkinen	End	Ohio State
6	49	Dick Cassiano	Back	Pittsburgh
7	59	Millard White	Tackle	Tulane
8	69	George Seeman	End	Nebraska
9	79	J. R. Manley	Guard	Oklahoma
10	89	Jack Brown	Back	Purdue
11	99	Don Guritz	Guard	Northwestern
12	109	Phil Gaspar	Tackle	USC
13	119	Ambrose Schindler	Quarterback	USC
14	129	Bill Kerr	End	Notre Dame
15	139	Mel Brewer	Guard	Illinois
16	149	Ray Andrus	Back	Vanderbilt
17	159	Archie Kodros	Center	Michigan
18	169	Jim Gillette	Halfback	Virginia
19	179	Al Matuza	Center	Georgetown
20	189	Jim Reeder	Tackle	Illinois
21	194	Vince Eichler	Back	Cornell
22	199	Henry Luebcke	Tackle	Iowa

Regular season

Main article: 1940 NFL season

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap	Sources
1	September 15	Philadelphia Eagles	W 27–20	1–0	City Stadium	11,657	Recap
2	September 22	Chicago Bears	L 10–41	1–1	City Stadium	22,557	Recap
3	September 29	Chicago Cardinals	W 31–6	2–1	Wisconsin State Fair Park	20,234	Recap
—	Bye
4	October 13	Cleveland Rams	W 31–14	3–1	City Stadium	16,299	Recap
5	October 20	Detroit Lions	L 14–23	3–2	City Stadium	21,001	Recap
6	October 27	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 24–3	4–2	Wisconsin State Fair Park	13,703	Recap
7	November 3	at Chicago Bears	L 7–14	4–3	Wrigley Field	45,434	Recap
8	November 10	at Chicago Cardinals	W 28–7	5–3	Comiskey Park	11,364	Recap
9	November 17	at New York Giants	L 3–7	5–4	Polo Grounds	28,262	Recap
10	November 24	at Detroit Lions	W 50–7	6–4	University of Detroit Stadium	26,019	Recap
11	December 1	at Cleveland Rams	T 13–13	6–4–1	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	16,249	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Western Division
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Bears	8	3	0	.727	6–2	238	152	W2
Green Bay Packers	6	4	1	.600	4–3–1	238	155	T1
Detroit Lions	5	5	1	.500	4–3–1	138	153	L1
Cleveland Rams	4	6	1	.400	2–5–1	171	191	T1
Chicago Cardinals	2	7	2	.222	2–5–1	139	222	L3

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

NFL Eastern Division
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Washington Redskins	9	2	0	.818	6–2	245	142	W1
Brooklyn Dodgers	8	3	0	.727	6–2	186	120	W4
New York Giants	6	4	1	.600	5–2–1	131	133	L1
Pittsburgh Steelers	2	7	2	.222	1–6–1	60	178	L1
Philadelphia Eagles	1	10	0	.091	1–7	111	211	L1

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

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks Bob Adkins Larry Craig Dick Weisgerber Running backs Frank Balasz Lou Brock Larry Buhler Beattie Feathers Arnie Herber Clarke Hinkle Cecil Isbell Ed Jankowski Joe Laws Andy Uram Hal Van Every Wide receivers Connie Mack Berry Dick Evans Milt Gantenbein Don Hutson Carl Mulleneaux Ray Riddick George Seeman		Offensive linemen Charley Brock Paul Engebretsen Charles Goldenberg Tom Greenfield Howard Johnson Bill Lee Russ Letlow Lou Midler Baby Ray Charles Schultz Champ Seibold George Svendsen Pete Tinsley Bobby Wood Gust Zarnas Defensive linemen Leo Disend Paul Kell Fred Shirey Rookies and first-year players in italics