The 1969 Green Bay Packers - 8-6 (3RD - Central Division)
Head Coach: Phil Bengtson
1969 PRE-SEASON RESULTS (4-2)
OFF DEF
AUGUST (2-2) RESULT RECORD ATT RSH PSS RSH PSS STARTING QB LEADING RUSHER LEADING PASSER LEADING RECEIVER
9 G-NEW YORK GIANTS W 22-21 1- 0-0 50,861 Bart Starr Dave Hampton (75) Bart Starr (85) Carroll Dale (6-83)
16 M-CHICAGO BEARS L 9-19 1- 1-0 47,014 Bart Starr Jim Grabowski (41) Bart Starr (133) Boyd Dowler (4-41)
23 at Dallas Cowboys L 13-31 1- 2-0 73,764 Bart Starr Dave Hampton (39) Don Horn (166) Spilis/P.Williams (3-52)
30 at Cleveland Browns W 27-17 2- 2-0 85,532 Bart Starr Travis Williams (65) Bart Starr (160) Boyd Dowler (3-43)
SEPTEMBER (1-0)
6 G-PITTSBURGH STEELERS W 31-19 3- 2-0 50,861 Bart Starr Travis Williams (78) Bart Starr (215) Carroll Dale (4-108)
13 Atlanta Falcons at Canton, OH W 38-24 4- 2-0 17,411 Bart Starr Travis Williams (130) Bart Starr (184) Boyd Dowler (4-91)
1969 REGULAR SEASON RESULTS
SEPTEMBER (2-0)
21 G-CHICAGO BEARS (0-0) W 17- 0 1- 0-0 50,861 196 90 90 114 Bart Starr Jim Grabowski (85) Bart Starr (106) Dave Hampton (2-33)
28 M-SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (0-1) W 14- 7 2- 0-0 48,184 135 134 112 264 Bart Starr Travis Williams (97) Bart Starr (160) Travis Williams (4-36)
OCTOBER (2-2)
5 at Minnesota Vikings (1-1) L 7-19 2- 1-0 60,740 108 65 157 73 Bart Starr Bart Starr (31) Bart Starr (128) Dave Hampton (4-29)
12 at Detroit Lions (2-1) W 28-17 3- 1-0 58,384 121 187 145 82 Bart Starr Travis Williams (38) Bart Starr (234) Carroll Dale (7-167)
19 at Los Angeles Rams (4-0) L 21-34 3- 2-0 78,947 38 151 137 175 Bart Starr Travis Williams (23) Don Horn (118) Boyd Dowler (6-100)
26 G-ATLANTA FALCONS (2-3) W 28-10 4- 2-0 50,861 241 96 164 55 Bart Starr Donny Anderson (114) Bart Starr (107) Marv Fleming (3-41)
NOVEMBER (2-3)
2 at Pittsburgh Steelers (1-5) W 38-34 5- 2-0 46,403 82 236 42 204 Don Horn Travis Williams (48) Bart Starr (168) Carroll Dale (7-134)
9 at Baltimore Colts (4-3) L 6-14 5- 3-0 60,238 93 205 120 131 Don Horn Jim Grabowski (40) Don Horn (205) Jim Grabowski (3-50)
16 M-MINNESOTA VIKINGS (7-1) L 7- 9 5- 4-0 48,321 87 138 156 114 Bart Starr Dave Hampton (39) Bart Starr (151) Dave Hampton (4-37)
23 G-DETROIT LIONS (6-3) L 10-16 5- 5-0 50,861 70 210 188 97 Bart Starr Travis Williams (39) Don Horn (243) Travis Williams (6-54)
30 M-NEW YORK GIANTS (3-7) W 20-10 6- 5-0 48,156 141 133 143 182 Don Horn Travis Williams (46) Don Horn (149) Donny Anderson (3-61)
DECEMBER (1-2)
7 at Cleveland Browns (8-2-1) L 7-20 6- 6-0 82,137 99 119 210 137 Don Horn Travis Williams (47) Don Horn (122) Dave Hampton (3-38)
14 at Chicago Bears (1-11) W 21- 3 7- 6-0 45,216 173 190 158 38 Don Horn Dave Hampton (94) Don Horn (190) Travis Williams (3-71)
21 G-ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (4-8-1) W 45-28 8- 6-0 50,861 108 422 60 179 Don Horn Travis Williams (38) Don Horn (410) Carroll Dale (9-195)
G - Green Bay M - Milwaukee
1969 IN REVIEW
Green Bay went into the 1969 campaign with a theme - The Pack Will Be Back. Bumper stickers and a media campaign highlighted the new theme. For half the season, the dream looked real as the Packers sat at 5-2, a game behind Minnesota. Three straight losses in November put an end to any playoff hopes. By winning three of their last four, Green Bay managed to finish third for the second straight season. More and more players from the championship days were leaving the scene - Jerry Kramer, Forrest Gregg, Zeke Bratkowski and Bob Skoronski retired, Ron Kostelnik and Tom Brown were traded. Gregg would come out of retirement, but the exodus was underway. Vince Lombardi also left the stage, as he became the head coach and GM of the Washington Redskins in February. Head Coach Phil Bengtson was named general manager in March.
RICH MOORE - 1ST-ROUND BUST FOR THE AGES
As the glory days of the Lombardi era continued to fade more and more into the rearview mirror, the Packers continued to struggle with finding replacements for their aging stars. Along the defensive line, Willie Davis (34) and Henry Jordan (34) were showing their age, while Lionel Aldridge, Bob Brown and Jim Weatherwax were showing no signs of being of similar talent or were battling nagging, consistent injuries. The search for another replacement set the stage for one of the worst draft moves in franchise history. Out of Villanova University, Rich Moore was a 6-foot-6, 280-pound giant, and head coach Phil Bengtson pictured him as another Merlin Olsen. Green Bay took him with the 12th pick in the '69 draft over the objections of the scouting staff. They passed on such future stars as Fred Dwyer, Gene Washington and Ted Hendricks. "Rich Moore was a disaster," said Pat Peppler, the team's director of player personnel at the time. "Phil Bengtson fell in love with his size." After joining the Packers, he lasted only 20 games over two years. He never started one game, and never recorded a sack. By the summer of 1971, it was clear Moore would never live up to his pre-draft billing, even when the team tried to move him to the offensive line. He suffered strained knee ligaments, and the Packers were lucky to find one team willing to deal with. They sent him to New England for LB John Bramlett, who had been the Patriots' defensive player of the year in 1970 and was a two-time AFL All-Star. In a sad ending to the story, Moore never played for the Pats, after being placed on their injured reserve, and Bramlett was cut five weeks after being acquired by Green Bay.
NAME NO POS HGT WGT COLLEGE YR PR AG G HOW ACQUIRED
Herb Adderley 26 CB 6- 1 200 Michigan State 9 9 30 14 1961 Draft-1st
Lionel Aldridge 62 DE 6- 4 245 Utah State 7 7 28 14 1963 Draft-4th
Donny Anderson 44 RB 6- 3 210 Texas Tech 4 4 26 14 1965 Draft-1st
Ken Bowman 57 C 6- 3 230 Wisconsin 6 6 26 14 1964 Draft-8th
Dave Bradley 61 G 6- 4 245 Penn State 1 1 22 4 1969 Draft-2nd
Bob Brown 78 DE 6- 5 260 Ark-Pine Bluff 4 4 29 14 1966 FA
Lee Roy Caffey 60 LB 6- 3 250 Texas A&M 6 7 28 14 1964 Trade-Phil
Fred Carr 53 LB 6- 5 238 Texas-El Paso 2 2 23 14 1968 Draft-1st
Carroll Dale 84 WR 6- 2 200 Virginia Tech 5 10 31 14 1965 Trade-LA
Willie Davis 87 DE 6- 3 245 Grambling 10 12 35 14 1960 Trade-Cleve
Boyd Dowler 86 WR 6- 5 225 Colorado 11 11 31 14 1959 Draft-3rd
Jim Flanigan 55 LB 6- 3 240 Pittsburgh 3 3 24 4 1967 Draft-2nd
Marv Fleming 81 TE 6- 4 235 Utah 7 7 27 12 1963 Draft-11th
Gale Gillingham 68 G 6- 3 255 Minnesota 4 4 25 14 1966 Draft-1st
Jim Grabowski 33 RB 6- 2 220 Illinois 4 4 24 14 1966 Draft-1st
Forrest Gregg 75 G 6- 4 250 SMU 13 13 35 14 1956 Draft-2nd
Dave Hampton 25 RB 6- 0 210 Wyoming 1 1 22 14 1969 Draft-9th
Doug Hart 43 DB 6- 0 190 Arlington State 6 6 30 14 1964 FA-St. Louis
Bill Hayhoe 77 T 6- 8 258 USC 1 1 22 14 1969 Draft-5th
Dick Himes 72 T 6- 4 244 Ohio State 2 2 23 14 1968 Draft-3rd
Don Horn 13 QB 6- 2 195 San Diego State 3 3 24 9 1967 Draft-1st
Bob Hyland 50 C-G 6- 5 250 Boston College 3 3 24 14 1967 Draft-1st
Bob Jeter 21 DB 6- 1 205 Iowa 7 7 32 14 1960 Draft-2nd
Ron Jones 88 TE 6- 3 220 Texas-El Paso 1 1 22 6 1969 Draft-6th
Henry Jordan 74 DT 6- 3 250 Virginia 11 13 34 5 1959 Trade-Cleve
Bill Lueck 62 G 6- 3 235 Arizona 2 2 23 14 1968 Draft-1st
Booth Lusteg 32 K 5-11 190 Connecticut 1 4 30 4 1969 FA-Pitt (68)
Chuck Mercein 30 RB 6- 3 230 Yale 3 5 26 5 1967 FA-NY Giants
Mike Mercer 38 K 6- 0 217 Arizona State 2 9 33 10 1968 FA-Buffalo
Rich Moore 70 DT 6- 6 285 Villanova 1 1 22 14 1969 Draft-1st
Ray Nitschke 66 LB 6- 3 235 Illinois 12 12 32 14 1958 Draft-3rd
Francis Peay 71 T 6- 5 250 Missouri 2 4 25 14 1968 Trade-NYG
Elijah Pitts 22 HB 6- 1 205 Philander Smith 9 9 30 14 1961 Draft-13th
Dave Robinson 89 LB 6- 3 240 Penn State 7 7 28 14 1963 Draft-1st
John Rowser 45 DB 6- 1 180 Michigan 3 3 25 14 1967 Draft-3rd
NAME NO POS HGT WGT COLLEGE YR PR AG G HOW ACQUIRED
Gordon Rule 47 S 6- 2 180 Dartmouth 2 2 23 14 1968 Draft-11th
John Spilis 85 WR 6- 3 205 Northern Ill 1 1 21 12 1969 Draft-3rd
Bart Starr 15 QB 6- 1 190 Alabama 14 14 35 12 1956 Draft-17th
Bill Stevens 10 QB 6- 3 195 Texas-El Paso 2 2 24 1 1968 Draft-3rd
Phil Vandersea 83 LB 6- 3 235 Massachusetts 3 4 26 14 1968 FA-NO (1967)
Jim Weatherwax 73 DT 60 7 260 Cal State-LA 3 3 26 6 1965 Draft-11th
Perry Williams 31 RB 6- 2 219 Purdue 1 1 22 14 1969 Draft-4th
Travis Williams 23 RB 6- 1 210 Arizona State 3 3 23 13 1967 Draft-4th
Francis Winkler 58 DE 6- 3 230 Memphis State 2 2 22 14 1968 Draft-5th
Willie Wood 24 DB 5-10 190 USC 10 10 32 14 1960 FA
NO - Jersey Number POS - Position HGT - Height WGT - Weight YR - Years with Packers PR - Years of Professional Football AGE - Age on September 1 G - Games Played FA - Free Agent
1969 PACKERS DRAFT (January 28-29, 1969)
RND-PICK NAME COLLEGE
1 - 12 DT Rich Moore Villanova
2 - 38 T Dave Bradley Penn State
3 - 64 WR John Spilis N. Illinois
4 - 90 FB Perry Williams Purdue
5 - 116 T Bill Hayhoe USC
6a - 134 TE Ron Jones (A) TX-El Paso
6b - 142 K Ken Vinyard Texas Tech
7 - 168 DT Larry Agajanian UCLA
8 - 194 DT Doug Gosnell Utah State
9 - 220 RB Dave Hampton Wyoming
10 - 246 T Bruce Nelson N. Dakota St
11 - 272 DB Leon Harden TX-El Paso
12 - 298 TE Tom Buckman Texas A&M
13 - 324 LB Craig Koinzan Doane
14 - 350 HB Rich Voltzke Minnesota
15 - 376 S Dan Eckstein Presbyterian
16 - 402 WR Dick Hewins Drake
17 - 248 RB John Mack C. Missouri
A - from Pittsburgh Steelers in Dick Capp trade
1969 PACKER TRADES - TRANSACTIONS
FEB 27 - Traded S Tom Brown to WASHINGTON for a 1971 fifth-round draft choice.
JUL 7 - Traded WR Claudis James to LOS ANGELES for undisclosed draft choice.
JUL 20 - Placed C Bruce Nelson (10th round), HB Roch Voltzke (14th round) and WR Dick Hewins (16th round) on waivers. WR Claudis James returned by LOS ANGELES after failing physical
JUL 28 - Released DT Doug Gosnell (8th round), RB Merlin Walet and RB Larry Gasney
AUG 1 - Waived QB Ron Skosnik and DB John June. Placed WR Claudis James on injured reserve (60 players)
AUG 10 - Waived DT Leon Crenshaw, G Don Bliss, DB Chuck Detwiler, LB John Mack and DE Jim Sullivan (54 players)
AUG 19 - Traded DT Ron Kostelnik to BALTIMORE for a 1970 fourth-round draft choice.
AUG 27 - Released K Joe Runk and WR Terry Fredenberg (49 players)
AUG 28 - Waived WR Bucky Pope.
SEPT 1 - Traded DE Leo Carroll to WASHINGTON for a 1970 10th-round draft choice. OG Forrest Gregg came out of retirement (48 players)
SEPT 3 - Placed DT Jim Weatherwax and TE Ron Jones (6th round) on waived injured list (46 players)
SEPT 9 - K Ken Vinyard (6th round) claimed off waivers by ATLANTA (45 players)
SEPT 16 - Waived QB Zeke Bratkowski, DT Larry Agajanian (7th round) and WR Dan Eckstein (15th round) (40 players)
OCT 27 - Activated DT Jim Weatherwax from injured list. Placed DT Henry Jordan on move list.
NOV 2 - Waived RB Chuck Mercein. Activated QB Billy Stevens from taxi squad.
NOV 13 - Signed K Rick Duncan to a futures contract and assigned him to the taxi squad.
NOV 30 - Released K Mike Mercer. Signed K Booth Lusteg. Placed DT Henry Jordan on injured reserve.
