1971 Green Bay Packers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-8-2
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Dan Devine (4-8-2)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1971 Green Bay Packers RosterTeam Record: 4-8-2
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Dan Devine (4-8-2)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1971 Green Bay Packers Results
The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 4 wins and 8 losses and 2 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
The Packers chalked up 274 points, but the defense conceded 298. John Brockington carried the ball for a team-best 1,105 yards for Green Bay.
Scott Hunter tossed for 1,210 yards. Carroll Dale paced the receiving corps, snagging 31 passes for 598 yards. Rich McGeorge and Donny Anderson contributed to the receiving game, too.
Ken Ellis seized 6 opponent throws.
Dan Devine coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Scott Hunter | 163 | 75 | 46.0 | 1210 | 7.4 | 7 | 4.3 | 17 | 10.4 | 77 | 11 | 81 | 46.1 | Zeke Bratkowski | 37 | 19 | 51.4 | 298 | 8.1 | 4 | 10.8 | 3 | 8.1 | 50 | 1 | 12 | 80.7 | Bart Starr | 45 | 24 | 53.3 | 286 | 6.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 6.7 | 31 | 6 | 64 | 45.2 | Frank Patrick | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 39 | 7.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | Donny Anderson | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 9 | 2.2 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 95.8 |
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| Totals | 254 | 121 | 47.6 | 1842 | 7.3 | 12 | 4.7 | 24 | 9.4 | 77 | 18 | 157 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | John Brockington | 216 | 1105 | 5.1 | 52 | 4 | Donny Anderson | 186 | 757 | 4.1 | 31 | 5 | Dave Hampton | 67 | 307 | 4.6 | 41 | 3 | Scott Hunter | 21 | 50 | 2.4 | 16 | 4 | Bart Starr | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 9 | 1 | Perry Williams | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 | Zeke Bratkowski | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | Larry Krause | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | 2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 500 | 2229 | 4.5 | 52 | 18 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Carroll Dale | 31 | 598 | 19.3 | 77 | 4 | Rich McGeorge | 27 | 463 | 17.1 | 50 | 4 | Donny Anderson | 26 | 306 | 11.8 | 39 | 1 | John Spilis | 14 | 281 | 20.1 | 39 | 1 | John Brockington | 14 | 98 | 7.0 | 29 | 1 | Dave Davis | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 20 | 0 | Dave Hampton | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 19 | 1 |
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| Totals | 121 | 1842 | 15.2 | 77 | 12 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Lou Michaels | 20 | 19 | 95.0 | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 43 | Tim Webster | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 26 | Dave Conway | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 33 | 32 | 97.0 | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 74 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Donny Anderson | 50 | 2022 | 40.4 | 58 | Ken Duncan | 6 | 216 | 36.0 | 47 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 56 | 2238 | 40.0 | 58 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ken Ellis | 22 | 107 | 4.9 | 30 | 0 | Dave Davis | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 19 | 0 | Willie Wood | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 9 | 0 | Elijah Pitts | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 5 | 0 | Al Randolph | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 38 | 177 | 4.7 | 30 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dave Hampton | 46 | 1314 | 28.6 | 90 | 1 | Larry Krause | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 29 | 0 | Perry Williams | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 | Elijah Pitts | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 22 | 0 | Ken Ellis | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | Dave Davis | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | Jim Carter | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
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| Totals | 58 | 1546 | 26.7 | 90 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ken Ellis | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 | Dave Robinson | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 23 | 0 | Doug Hart | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 69 | 0 | Al Randolph | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | Al Matthews | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | Jim Carter | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | Willie Wood | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Ray Nitschke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 16 | 205 | 12.8 | 69 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Mike McCoy | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | Alden Roche | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sweeny Williams | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fred Carr | 0 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | Al Randolph | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Brockington | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Carter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Krause | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rich McGeorge | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Willie Wood | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Scott Hunter | 7 | 1 | -11 | 0 | 0 | Donny Anderson | 6 | 1 | -5 | 0 | 0 | Dave Davis | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | Dave Hampton | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lionel Aldridge | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Robinson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Nitschke | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Zeke Bratkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bart Starr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Spilis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 23 | 56 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Lou Michaels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 43 | Donny Anderson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | John Brockington | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Dave Hampton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Tim Webster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 26 | Rich McGeorge | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Scott Hunter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Carroll Dale | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Doug Hart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | John Spilis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bart Starr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ken Ellis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Zeke Bratkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Dave Conway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Totals | 18 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 274 |
