1936_Green_Bay_Packers_season

1936 Green Bay Packers season

1936 Green Bay Packers season

NFL team season

The 1936 Green Bay Packers season was the franchise 's 18th season overall, 16th season in the National Football League, and the 18th under head coach Curly Lambeau. The team improved on their 8–4 record from 1935 and finished with a 10–1–1 record, [1] first in the NFL's Western Division.

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The Packers met the Eastern Division champion Boston Redskins (7–5) in the NFL Championship Game, held at the Polo Grounds in New York City.[1][2][3][4] The favored Packers had won the two regular season meetings with Boston and won 21–6 for their fourth NFL Championship,[5][6][7] first earned by playoff victory, and first since the three-championship streak of 1929–1931.

The Packers' 1936 schedule began with six consecutive home games, with the remainder of the season on the road.

Offseason

NFL draft

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Regular season

Schedule

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Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Playoffs

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Standings

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

Awards and records

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    1936 Green Bay Packers on databaseFootball.com
  2. [2]
    "Play-off game is definitely set at Polo Grounds". Milwaukee Journal. December 7, 1936. p. 6, part 2.
  3. [3]
    "Bays, Boston play for crown in N.Y. Sunday". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. December 8, 1936. p. 14.
  4. [4]
    McGrath, John (January 10, 2006). "Redskins history lesson". Lakeland Ledger. Florida. McClatchy News Service. p. C1.
  5. [5]
    "Packers beat Boston 21-6, for pro crown". Milwaukee Sentinel. December 14, 1936. p. 11.
  6. [6]
    Keuchle, Oliver E. (December 14, 1936). "Packers win pro championship; passes beat Boston, 21 to 6". Milwaukee Journal. p. 4, part 2.
  7. [7]
    "Arnold Herber's arm hurls Green Bay Packers into pro championship". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. December 14, 1936. p. 9.
  8. [8]
    "1936 Green Bay Packers Draftees". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
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