1969 Green Bay Packers season
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The 1969 Green Bay Packers
season was their 49th season in the National Football League
. The club posted a 8-6 record under coach Phil Bengston, earning them a 3rd place finish in the NFC Central
division.
steering the Packers for the first time in a decade, Green Bay started the season strong at 5-2, but stumbled down the stretch. Plagued by injuries and inconsistent play, the team clawed their way to their 10th winning season in the last 11 years.
Regardless of the winning record, by season's end several future Hall of Famers departed or retired (among those who retired or departed that year were the likes of Willie Davis and Herb Adderley
.), leaving the team scrambling to rebuild its depleted roster. As eager as Packer fans were to recapture the winning ways of Lombardi, it was obvious Titletown would have to wait to regain its luster.
and Ron Johnson, quarterback Terry Hanratty
, and defensive lineman Dave Foley, Ted Hendricks
and Fred Dryer
were still available. The selection of Moore was made by Phil Bengtson. The Packers Personnel Director Pat Peppler and Lombardi both disagreed with the selection. After the draft, Lombardi announced that he was leaving the club to coach the Washington Redskins.
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...
season was their 49th season in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
. The club posted a 8-6 record under coach Phil Bengston, earning them a 3rd place finish in the NFC Central
NFC North
The NFC North is a division of the National Football League's National Football Conference, based in the Upper Midwest region of the United States...
division.
The Glory Was Gone
Without the disciplined guidance of Vince LombardiVince Lombardi
Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi was an American football coach. He is best known as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers during the 1960s, where he led the team to three straight league championships and five in seven years, including winning the first two Super Bowls following the 1966 and...
steering the Packers for the first time in a decade, Green Bay started the season strong at 5-2, but stumbled down the stretch. Plagued by injuries and inconsistent play, the team clawed their way to their 10th winning season in the last 11 years.
Regardless of the winning record, by season's end several future Hall of Famers departed or retired (among those who retired or departed that year were the likes of Willie Davis and Herb Adderley
Herb Adderley
Herbert Allen Adderley is a former American football cornerback who played for the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League....
.), leaving the team scrambling to rebuild its depleted roster. As eager as Packer fans were to recapture the winning ways of Lombardi, it was obvious Titletown would have to wait to regain its luster.
NFL Draft
The NFL Draft was held on Tuesday, January 28, 1969. The Packers had the 12th pick overall and selected Rich Moore, a Defensive Tackle from Villanova. At this stage of the draft, several high profile players, such as running backs Calvin HillCalvin Hill
Calvin G. Hill is a retired American football running back who had a 12-year NFL career from 1969 to 1981. He played for the Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins and Cleveland Browns...
and Ron Johnson, quarterback Terry Hanratty
Terry Hanratty
Terrence Hugh "Terry" Hanratty was a former professional American football quarterback in the NFL during the 1960s and 1970s, he earned two Super Bowl rings as the backup quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, his hometown team....
, and defensive lineman Dave Foley, Ted Hendricks
Ted Hendricks
Theodore Paul Hendricks is a Hall of Fame former American football linebacker who logged 15 seasons for the Baltimore Colts , the Green Bay Packers and the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders in the National Football League...
and Fred Dryer
Fred Dryer
John Frederick "Fred" Dryer is an American actor and former football defensive end in the National Football League . Dryer played 13 years in the NFL, playing 176 games, starting 166, and recording 104 career sacks with the New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams...
were still available. The selection of Moore was made by Phil Bengtson. The Packers Personnel Director Pat Peppler and Lombardi both disagreed with the selection. After the draft, Lombardi announced that he was leaving the club to coach the Washington Redskins.
| Pick # | |Player | |College | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions... NFL |
Rich Moore Rich Moore (American football) Rich Moore is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League who played 20 games for the Green Bay Packers. In 1969, the Green Bay Packers used the 12th pick in the 1st round of the 1969 NFL Draft to sign Moore out of Villanova University... |
Defensive Tackle | Villanova Villanova University Villanova University is a private university located in Radnor Township, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States... |
| 38 | Green Bay Packers NFL | Dave Bradley Dave Bradley Dave Bradley is a former guard in the National Football League.-Biography:Bradley was born David Earl Bradley on February 13, 1947 in Burnham, Pennsylvania. He passed away on October 1, 2010.-Career:... |
Tackle | Penn State Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service... |
| 64 | Green Bay Packers NFL | John Spilis John Spilis Joe Spilis is a former wide receiver in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the third round of the 1969 NFL Draft and played three seasons with the team.-References:... |
Wide Receiver | Northern Illinois Northern Illinois University Northern Illinois University is a state university and research institution located in DeKalb, Illinois, with satellite centers in Hoffman Estates, Naperville, Rockford, and Oregon. It was originally founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School on May 22, 1895 by Illinois Governor John P... |
| 90 | Green Bay Packers NFL | Perry Williams Perry Williams (running back) Perry Andrew Williams is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 1974 NFL Draft. He played college football at Purdue.Williams also played for the Chicago Bears.-External links:*... |
Running Back | Purdue Purdue University Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and... |
| 116 | Green Bay Packers NFL | Bill Hayhoe Bill Hayhoe William J. Hayhoe II is a former American footballoffensive tackle in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers. Hayhoe played collegiate ball for Los Angeles Valley College and the University of Southern California before being drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 5th... |
Defensive Tackle | USC University of Southern California The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university... |
| 142 | Green Bay Packers NFL | Ken Vinyard Ken Vinyard Ken Vinyard is a former placekicker in the National Football League. Vinyard was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 1969 NFL Draft and would play the following season with the Atlanta Falcons.... |
Placekicker | Texas Tech Texas Tech University Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the... |
| 168 | Green Bay Packers NFL | Larry Agajanian | Defensive Tackle | UCLA University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses... |
| 194 | Green Bay Packers NFL | Doug Gosnell | Defensive Tackle | Utah State Utah State University Utah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.... |
| 220 | Green Bay Packers NFL | Dave Hampton Dave Hampton David Hampton is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers, Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles.-College career:... |
Running Back | Wyoming University of Wyoming The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet , between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains. It is known as UW to people close to the university... |
| 246 | Green Bay Packers NFL | Bruce Nelson | Tackle | North Dakota State North Dakota State University North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, more commonly known as North Dakota State University , is a public university in Fargo, North Dakota. NDSU has about 14,000 students and it is the largest university in North Dakota based on full time students and land size... |
| 272 | Green Bay Packers NFL | Leon Harden Leon Harden -Biography:Harden was born Leon Maurice Harden Jr. on August 17, 1947 in Kansas City, Missouri.-Career:Harden was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the eleventh round of the 1969 NFL Draft and played that seasons with the team. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Texas at El... |
Defensive Back | UTEP University of Texas at El Paso The University of Texas at El Paso is a four-year state university, and is a component institution of the University of Texas System. Its campus is located on the bank of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas. The school was founded in 1914 as The Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy,... |
| 298 | Green Bay Packers NFL | Tom Buckman Tom Buckman -Career:Buckman played with the Denver Broncos of the American Football League during the 1969 AFL season. He had also previously been drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the twelfth round of the 1969 NFL Draft.... |
Tight End | Texas A&M Texas A&M University Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school... |
| 324 | Green Bay Packers NFL | Craig Koinzan | Linebacker | Doane Doane College Doane College is a private liberal arts college in Crete, Nebraska, United States, with additional campuses located in Lincoln and Grand Island.-History:... |
| 350 | Green Bay Packers NFL | Rich Voltzke | Running Back | Minnesota-Duluth University of Minnesota Duluth The University of Minnesota Duluth is a regional branch of the University of Minnesota system located in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. As Duluth's public research university, UMD offers 13 bachelor's degrees in 74 majors, graduate programs in 24 different fields, a two-year program at the School of... |
| 376 | Green Bay Packers NFL | Dan Eckstein | Defensive Back | Presbyterian Presbyterian College Presbyterian College is a private liberal arts college in Clinton, South Carolina, USA. Presbyterian College, or PC, is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church USA. PC was founded in 1880 by William Plumer Jacobs, a prominent Presbyterian minister who also founded the nearby Thornwell Home and... |
| 402 | Green Bay Packers NFL | Dick Hewins | Wide Receiver | Drake Drake University Drake University is a private, co-educational university located in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. The institution offers a number of undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and pharmacy. Today, Drake is one of the twenty-five oldest law schools in the country.... |
| 428 | Green Bay Packers NFL | John Mack | Running Back | Central Missouri State University of Central Missouri The University of Central Missouri is a four-year public institution in Warrensburg, Missouri.- History :... |
Preseason
On August 30, a crowd of 85,532 fans viewed a doubleheader at Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium. In the first contest, the Chicago Bears played the AFL’s Buffalo Bills, while the Cleveland Browns hosted the Green Bay Packers in the second match.Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 21, 1969 | Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
W 17-0 |
| 2 | September 28, 1969 | San Francisco 49ers San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and... |
W 14-7 |
| 3 | October 5, 1969 | at Minnesota Vikings Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960... |
L 19-7 |
| 4 | October 12, 1969 | at Detroit Lions Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and... |
W 28-17 |
| 5 | October 19, 1969 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 34-21 |
| 6 | October 26, 1969 | Atlanta Falcons Atlanta Falcons The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
W 28-10 |
| 7 | November 2, 1969 | at Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC... |
W 38-34 |
| 8 | November 9, 1969 | at Baltimore Colts | L 14-6 |
| 9 | November 16, 1969 | Minnesota Vikings Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960... |
L 9-7 |
| 10 | November 23, 1969 | Detroit Lions Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and... |
L 16-10 |
| 11 | November 30, 1969 | New York Giants New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
W 20-10 |
| 12 | December 7, 1969 | at Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... |
L 20-7 |
| 13 | December 14, 1969 | at Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
W 21-3 |
| 14 | December 21, 1969 | St. Louis Cardinals Arizona Cardinals The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
W 45-28 |
Standings
| Western Conference | ||||||
| Central Division | ||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings 1969 Minnesota Vikings season 1969 was the ninth year of season play for the Minnesota Vikings and the 50th regular season of the National Football League. The Vikings again won the NFL Central Division title, as finished with a record of 12 wins and two losses, plus playoff wins over the Los Angeles Rams in the Western... |
12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 379 | 133 |
| Detroit Lions 1969 Detroit Lions season The 1969 Detroit Lions season was the 40th season in franchise history.-NFL Draft:-Schedule:-Standings:-Roster:-References:***... |
9 | 4 | 1 | .692 | 259 | 188 |
| Green Bay Packers | 8 | 6 | 0 | .571 | 269 | 221 |
| Chicago Bears 1969 Chicago Bears season The 1969 Chicago Bears season was their 50th regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 1-13 record, the worst in franchise history.... |
1 | 13 | 0 | .071 | 210 | 339 |