1962 Green Bay Packers Statistics
Team Record: 13-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: Vince Lombardi (13-1)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1962 Green Bay Packers Results
The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League ended the 1962 season with a record of 13 wins and 1 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-0.
The defense proved to be a force, as the Packers paced the circuit with just 148 points allowed. Green Bay piled up points with 415 points. Jim Taylor piled up yardage, accumulating a 1,474 yards.
Bart Starr threw for 2,438 yards. Boyd Dowler snagged 49 passes, while Max McGee accumulated 820 receiving yards. Ron Kramer was targeted regularly, too.
The ball-hawking defense created 50 turnovers. Willie Wood picked off 9 errant tosses from the opposition.
Vince Lombardi coached the team. The 1962 Green Bay Packers won the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bart Starr | 285 | 178 | 62.5 | 2438 | 8.6 | 12 | 4.2 | 9 | 3.2 | 83 | 90.7 |
| Paul Hornung | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 80 | 13.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 41 | 70.1 |
| Tom Moore | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 70 | 14.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 45 | 87.5 |
| John Roach | 12 | 3 | 25.0 | 33 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 39.6 |
| Elijah Pitts | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Max McGee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 311 | 187 | 60.1 | 2621 | 8.4 | 14 | 4.5 | 13 | 4.2 | 83 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Taylor | 272 | 1474 | 5.4 | 51 | 19 |
| Tom Moore | 112 | 377 | 3.4 | 32 | 7 |
| Paul Hornung | 57 | 219 | 3.8 | 37 | 5 |
| Earl Gros | 29 | 155 | 5.3 | 56 | 2 |
| Elijah Pitts | 22 | 110 | 5.0 | 26 | 2 |
| Bart Starr | 21 | 72 | 3.4 | 18 | 1 |
| Max McGee | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 36 | 0 |
| John Roach | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ron Kramer | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Totals | 518 | 2460 | 4.7 | 56 | 36 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max McGee | 49 | 820 | 16.7 | 64 | 3 |
| Boyd Dowler | 49 | 724 | 14.8 | 41 | 2 |
| Ron Kramer | 37 | 555 | 15.0 | 54 | 7 |
| Jim Taylor | 22 | 106 | 4.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Tom Moore | 11 | 100 | 9.1 | 34 | 0 |
| Paul Hornung | 9 | 168 | 18.7 | 83 | 2 |
| Lew Carpenter | 7 | 104 | 14.9 | 22 | 0 |
| Elijah Pitts | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Totals | 187 | 2621 | 14.0 | 83 | 14 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Kramer | 39 | 38 | 97.4 | 11 | 9 | 81.8 | 65 |
| Paul Hornung | 14 | 14 | 100.0 | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 32 |
| Totals | 53 | 52 | 98.1 | 21 | 15 | 71.4 | 97 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Wood | 23 | 273 | 11.9 | 65 | 0 |
| Elijah Pitts | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Ron Kostelnik | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 290 | 9.4 | 65 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herb Adderley | 15 | 418 | 27.9 | 103 | 1 |
| Tom Moore | 13 | 284 | 21.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Ray Nitschke | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Earl Gros | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 716 | 23.9 | 103 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Wood | 9 | 132 | 14.7 | 37 | 0 |
| Herb Adderley | 7 | 132 | 18.9 | 50 | 1 |
| Hank Gremminger | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 35 | 0 |
| Ray Nitschke | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Jesse Whittenton | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Bill Quinlan | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dave Hanner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 452 | 14.6 | 50 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herb Adderley | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Ray Nitschke | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Max McGee | 2 | 3 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Willie Davis | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Forester | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Whittenton | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Kramer | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Tom Moore | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Henry Jordan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lew Carpenter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Currie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Quinlan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Taylor | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Hanner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Iman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bart Starr | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Earl Gros | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hank Gremminger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Ringo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Roach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elijah Pitts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Hornung | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Boyd Dowler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 33 | 51 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Jim Taylor | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | ||||||||
| Paul Hornung | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 74 | ||||||||
| Jerry Kramer | 9 | 38 | 0 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Tom Moore | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| Ron Kramer | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Max McGee | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Earl Gros | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Boyd Dowler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Elijah Pitts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Herb Adderley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Willie Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bart Starr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 36 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 415 |
