1975 Green Bay Packers season

1975 Green Bay Packers season
1975 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Bart Starr
Home field	Lambeau Field; Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record	4–10
Division place	4th NFC Central
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	← 1974; Packers seasons; 1976 →;

The 1975 Green Bay Packers season was their 57th season overall and their 55th season in the National Football League. Under new head coach Bart Starr, they finished at 4–10, last in the four-team NFC Central division.

The Packers opened with four losses, then beat the Super Bowl-bound Dallas Cowboys on the road for Starr's first coaching win. After a 1–8 start, Green Bay ended the season on a positive note, winning three of their final five games.

Offseason

NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1975 Green Bay Packers draft
2	47	Bill Bain	Guard	USC
3	58	Willard Harrell	Running back	Pacific
4	88	Steve Luke	Safety	Ohio State
7	165	Tony Giaquinto	Wide receiver	Central Connecticut State
9	217	Jay Hodgin	Running back	South Carolina
10	244	Bill Cooke	Defensive end	UMass
11	269	Bob Martin	Defensive end	Washington
12	296	Alan Autry	Quarterback	Pacific
13	321	Bob Fuhriman	Defensive back	Utah State
14	348	Stan Blackmon	Tight end	North Texas State
15	373	Randy Allen	Wide receiver	Southern
16	400	Bob McCaffrey	Center	USC
17	425	Tom Ray	Defensive back	Central Michigan
Made roster

Undrafted free agents

1975 Undrafted Free Agents of note
Player	Position	College
Johnnie Gray	Safety	Cal State Fullerton
Bill Kairit	Defensive tackle	Brown
Steve Lainhart	Quarterback	Vanderbilt
Charlie Uillimer	Defensive tackle	Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Dave Wehmeyer	Fullback	Texas Lutheran

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

88 Bert Askson
81 Rich McGeorge

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

48 Ken Ellis CB
24 Johnnie Gray FS
44 Charlie Hall CB
46 Steve Luke SS
29 Al Matthews SS
38 Hurles Scales CB
45 Perry Smith CB

Special teams

11 David Beverly P
18 Joe Danelo K

Reserve lists

28 Willie Buchanon CB (IR)
51 Larry Hefner LB (IR)
13 Chester Marcol K (IR)
64 Bart Purvis T (IR)

Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

In week 5, the Packers defeated the Dallas Cowboys on the road, improving their all-time record to 8–1 over the Cowboys; the sole loss was in 1970. Dallas was the eventual NFC champion and advanced to Super Bowl X.

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 21	Detroit Lions	L 16–30	0–1	Milwaukee County Stadium	52,613
2	September 29	at Denver Broncos	L 13–23	0–2	Mile High Stadium	52,621
3	October 5	Miami Dolphins	L 7–31	0–3	Lambeau Field	56,267
4	October 12	at New Orleans Saints	L 19–20	0–4	Louisiana Superdome	51,371
5	October 19	at Dallas Cowboys	W 19–17	1–4	Texas Stadium	64,189
6	October 26	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 13–16	1–5	Milwaukee County Stadium	52,815
7	November 2	Minnesota Vikings	L 17–28	1–6	Lambeau Field	56,267
8	November 9	at Chicago Bears	L 14–27	1–7	Soldier Field	48,738
9	November 16	at Detroit Lions	L 10–13	1–8	Pontiac Silverdome	76,946
10	November 23	New York Giants	W 40–14	2–8	Milwaukee County Stadium	50,150
11	November 30	Chicago Bears	W 28–7	3–8	Lambeau Field	56,267
12	December 7	at Minnesota Vikings	L 3–24	3–9	Metropolitan Stadium	46,147
13	December 14	at Los Angeles Rams	L 5–22	3–10	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	66,496
14	December 21	Atlanta Falcons	W 22–13	4–10	Lambeau Field	56,267

Monday (September 29)

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 10

	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	0	0	14	0	14
• Packers	14	10	0	16	40

Date: November 23
Location: Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Game start: 1:00 p.m. CST
Game weather: Clear, 29 °F (−2 °C), wind 7 mph (11 km/h)

Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

Week 11

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	7	0	7
• Packers	7	21	0	0	28

Date: November 30
Location: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 39 °F (4 °C), wind 18 mph (29 km/h)

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Standings

NFC Central
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Minnesota Vikings⁽¹⁾	12	2	0	.857	5–1	8–2	377	180	W1
Detroit Lions	7	7	0	.500	4–2	6–5	245	262	L1
Chicago Bears	4	10	0	.286	2–4	4–7	191	379	W1
Green Bay Packers	4	10	0	.286	1–5	4–7	226	285	W1

Awards and records

References

^ Pro-Football-Reference.com

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