1964 Green Bay Packers season

rdf:langString 1964 Green Bay Packers season

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rdf:langString Ken Coleman and Earl Gillespie , Warren Lahr and Tony Canadeo

rdf:langString Vince Lombardi

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rdf:langString First quarter *GB – Max McGee 11-yard pass from Bart Starr . Packers 7–0. Drive: Second quarter *CHI – Bob Jencks 8-yard field goal. Packers 7–3. Drive: *GB – Tom Moore 33-yard pass from Bart Starr . Packers 14–3. Drive: *GB – Paul Hornung 52-yard field goal. Packers 17–3. Drive: Third quarter *CHI – Bob Jencks 36-yard field goal. Packers 17–6. Drive: *CHI – Mike Ditka 13-yard pass from Rudy Bukich . Packers 17–12. Drive: *GB – Paul Hornung 29-yard field goal. Packers 20–12. Drive: Fourth quarter *GB – Paul Hornung 20-yard field goal. Packers 23–12. Drive:

rdf:langString First quarter *BAL – Lenny Moore 52-yard pass from Johnny Unitas . Colts 7–0. Drive: *GB – Paul Hornung 20-yard run . Tie 7–7. Drive: Second quarter *BAL – Lenny Moore 4-yard run . Colts 14–7. Drive: *GB – Paul Hornung 4-yard run . Colts 14–13. Drive: *BAL – John Mackey 40-yard pass from Johnny Unitas . Colts 21–13. Drive: Third quarter *GB – Jim Taylor 23-yard run . Colts 21–20. Drive: Fourth quarter *No scoring

rdf:langString ;First quarter * CLE – Paul Warfield 48-yard pass from Frank Ryan , CLE 7–0 * GB – Elijah Pitts 19-yard rush , tied 7–7 * CLE – Jim Brown 1-yard rush , CLE 14–7 ;Second quarter *no scoring ;Third quarter * GB – Jim Taylor 1-yard rush – , tied 14–14 * GB – Bart Starr 4-yard rush , GB 21–14 ;Fourth quarter * GB – Taylor 5-yard rush , GB 28–14 * CLE – Warfield 19-yard pass from Ryan , GB 28–21

rdf:langString Milwaukee County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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rdf:langString Week One: Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers

rdf:langString Baltimore Colts at Green Bay Packers

rdf:langString Green Bay Packers 28, Cleveland Browns 21

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rdf:langString * Bart Starr * Zeke Bratkowski

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rdf:langString Lost NFL Playoff Bowl 17–24

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rdf:langString ;Top passers *CHI – Rudy Bukich – 7/16, 83 yards, TD, 2 INT *GB – Bart Starr – 8/16, 127 yards, 2 TD ;Top rushers *CHI – Ronnie Bull – 8 rushes, 25 yards *GB – Jim Taylor – 16 rushes, 79 yards ;Top receivers *CHI – Mike Ditka – 7 receptions, 74 yards, TD *GB – Ron Kramer – 3 receptions, 48 yards

rdf:langString ;Top passers *BAL – Johnny Unitas – 7/12, 154 yards, 2 TD *GB – Bart Starr – 16/21, 175 yards, 3 INT ;Top rushers *BAL – Jerry Hill – 15 rushes, 49 yards *GB – Jim Taylor – 18 rushes, 98 yards, TD ;Top receivers *BAL – Lenny Moore – 1 reception, 52 yards, TD *GB – Boyd Dowler – 7 receptions, 66 yards

rdf:langString The 1964 Green Bay Packers season was their 46th season overall and their 44th season in the National Football League. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Vince Lombardi, and tied for second place in the Western Conference at 8–5–1. The Packers opened the season in Green Bay with a promising win over the rival Chicago Bears, the defending NFL champions. They then lost four of six, including three home games, and were 3–4 midway through the season, falling twice to the Baltimore Colts. The first three losses were by a total of five points, but the fourth on October 25, to the Los Angeles Rams in Milwaukee, was by ten and came after building a 17–0 lead. In the season's latter half, Green Bay won five of six and tied the Rams in the finale to end 3½ games behind the Colts (12–2) in the West, tied for second with Minnesota. Baltimore clinched the Western title on November 22, with three games remaining. Based on point differential in the season split with the Vikings, the Packers were awarded the runner-up slot in the Playoff Bowl, the consolation third place game in Miami played three weeks after the regular season, on January 3. Green Bay had played in the previous season's Playoff Bowl and won decisively, which followed consecutive league titles in 1961 and 1962, and three straight appearances in the championship game. In the 1964 season's third-place game, the St. Louis Cardinals prevailed over the unmotivated Packers, 24–17. The 1964 season was arguably the most disappointing for Lombardi as a head coach. Consecutive appearances in the consolation Playoff Bowl, and the loss, keyed Lombardi and the Packers to win three consecutive NFL titles; the latter two followed by victories in the first two Super Bowls. Since the playoff era began 89 years ago in 1933, no other team was won three straight NFL titles. For the first time since 1950, the Packers did not play on Thanksgiving Day. In the previous thirteen seasons they had played the Detroit Lions at Tiger Stadium, and went 3–9–1 (.269); with Lombardi as head coach, the record was 2–2–1 (.500), which included the sole loss in 1962. Green Bay next played on Thanksgiving in 1970 at the Cotton Bowl, which was the franchise's first-ever loss to the Dallas Cowboys. Hall of Fame right guard Jerry Kramer missed most of the season due to an intestinal condition. After multiple surgeries, it was rectified in May 1965 after sizable wood fragments from a teenage accident a dozen years earlier were removed.

rdf:langString * Herb Adderley CB * Hank Gremminger * Doug Hart SS/CB * Bob Jeter CB * Jesse Whittenton * Willie Wood SS/PR

rdf:langString * Lionel Aldridge DE * Willie Davis DE * Henry Jordan DT

rdf:langString * Lee Roy Caffey OLB * Dan Currie * Ray Nitschke ILB * Dave Robinson OLB

rdf:langString * Ken Bowman C * Forrest Gregg T * Dan Grimm G * Bob Skoronski T * Fuzzy Thurston G

rdf:langString * Paul Hornung * Tom Moore * Elijah Pitts * Jim Taylor

rdf:langString * Marv Fleming * Ron Kramer

rdf:langString * Boyd Dowler * Max McGee