1962 Green Bay Packers season
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| Lions |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
| • Packers
|
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
9 |
|
|
| Scoring summary |
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| 1 |
|
GB |
Paul Hornung 13-yard field goal |
Packers 3–0 |
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| 2 |
|
DET |
Dan Lewis 6-yard run (Wayne Walker kick) |
Lions 7–3 |
|
| 3 |
|
GB |
Paul Hornung 15-yard field goal |
Lions 7–6 |
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| 4 |
|
GB |
Paul Hornung 26-yard field goal |
Packers 9–7 |
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| Scoring summary |
|
| 1 |
|
GB |
Paul Hornung 13-yard field goal |
Packers 3–0 |
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| 2 |
|
DET |
Dan Lewis 6-yard run (Wayne Walker kick) |
Lions 7–3 |
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| 3 |
|
GB |
Paul Hornung 15-yard field goal |
Lions 7–6 |
|
| 4 |
|
GB |
Paul Hornung 26-yard field goal |
Packers 9–7 |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| • Packers
|
3 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
16 |
| Giants |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
|
|
| Scoring summary |
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| 1 |
|
GB |
Jerry Kramer 26-yard field goal |
Packers 3–0 |
|
| 2 |
|
GB |
Jim Taylor 7-yard run (Jerry Kramer kick) |
Packers 10–0 |
|
| 3 |
|
NYG |
Jim Collier recovered fumble in end zone (Don Chandler kick) |
Packers 10–7 |
|
| 3 |
|
GB |
Jerry Kramer 29-yard field goal |
Packers 13–7 |
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| 4 |
|
GB |
Jerry Kramer 30-yard field goal |
Packers 16–7 |
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| Scoring summary |
|
| 1 |
|
GB |
Jerry Kramer 26-yard field goal |
Packers 3–0 |
|
| 2 |
|
GB |
Jim Taylor 7-yard run (Jerry Kramer kick) |
Packers 10–0 |
|
| 3 |
|
NYG |
Jim Collier recovered fumble in end zone (Don Chandler kick) |
Packers 10–7 |
|
| 3 |
|
GB |
Jerry Kramer 29-yard field goal |
Packers 13–7 |
|
| 4 |
|
GB |
Jerry Kramer 30-yard field goal |
Packers 16–7 |
The 1962 Green Bay Packers season was their 43rd season in the National Football League. The club posted a 13–1 record under coach Vince Lombardi, earning them a first-place finish in the Western Conference. The Packers ended the season by defeating the New York Giants 16–7 in the NFL Championship Game, the Packers second consecutive defeat of the Giants in the championship game. This marked the Packers' eighth NFL World Championship.
In 2007, ESPN.com ranked the 1962 Packers as the fifth-greatest defense in NFL history, noting, "The great 1962 Packers had a rock-solid defense front to back, with five Hall of Famers: defensive linemen Willie Davis and Henry Jordan, linebacker Ray Nitschke, cornerback Herb Adderley, and safety Willie Wood. (They also had 1962 All-Pro linebackers Dan Currie and Bill Forester.) Green Bay gave up just 10.8 points per game, shutting out opponents three times. The Packers held opposing QBs to a 43.5 rating, due, in part, to Wood's league-leading nine interceptions. The Packers' defense allowed the Giants 291 yards in the NFL championship game, but held the Giants offense scoreless as the Packers won, 16–7 (New York scored on a blocked punt)."
The Packers' +267 point differential (points scored vs. points against) in 1962 is the best total of any NFL team in the 1960s.Cold Hard Football Facts says that the 1962 Packers "may have been the best rushing team in the history of football. And that team etched in historic stone the image of Lombardi's three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust Packers that is still so powerful today."
The team was 7–0 at home and 6–1 on the road. It was the first time since 1944 that the club went undefeated at home.
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