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NFL team season

1979 Green Bay Packers season
Head coachBart Starr
Home fieldLambeau Field
Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record5–11
Division place4th NFC Central
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1979 Green Bay Packers season was their 61st season overall and their 59th in the National Football League. The team posted a 5–11 record under coach Bart Starr, earning them a fourth-place finish in the NFC Central division. The offense was still one of the worst in the NFL and the defense could not pick up the slack finishing dead last against the run.

The only notable win the Packers had was a 27–14 victory on a Monday night against the New England Patriots, the first night game at Lambeau Field (previous night games had to be played at Milwaukee County Stadium, since Lambeau Field's original light standards were insufficient for night broadcasts). The Packers also defeated the archrival Minnesota Vikings at home for the first time since 1970.

Offseason

Draft

Main article: 1979 NFL draft
1979 Green Bay Packers draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 15 Eddie Lee Ivery  Running back Georgia Tech
2 44 Steve Atkins  Running back Maryland
3 71 Charles Johnson  Defensive tackle Maryland
6 153 Dave Simmons  Linebacker North Carolina
7 184 Rich Wingo  Linebacker Alabama
8 193 Ron Cassidy  Wide receiver Utah State
9 235 John Thompson  Tight end Utah State
10 264 Frank Lockett  Wide Receiver Nebraska
11 290 Mark Thorson  Defensive back Ottawa
12 318 Bill Moats  Punter South Dakota
      Made roster  

Undrafted free agents

1979 Undrafted Free Agents of note
Player Position College
Varian Bristow Tight end Johnson C. Smith
Steve Brothers Defensive back Baylor
Kyle Grossart Quarterback Oregon State
Carlos Henderson Defensive back Eastern Michigan
Randy Hughley Linebacker Wyoming
Bobby Kimball Wide Receiver Oklahoma
John Kelly Tight end C. W. Post
Vince McCoy Tight end Tennessee State
Scott O'Brien Defensive end Wisconsin–Superior
James Pickens Defensive Back Michigan
Michael Rieker Quarterback Lehigh
Ron Smith Linebacker Clemson
Bob Unruh Kicker Wheaton

Roster and Coaches

Staff

1979 Green Bay Packers staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches



Roster

1979 Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams

Reserve

Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week Opponent Result Stadium Record Attendance
1 at Chicago Bears L 3–6 Soldier Field 0–1 56,515
2 New Orleans Saints W 28–19 Milwaukee County Stadium 1–1 53,184
3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 21–10 Lambeau Field 1–2 55,498
4 at Minnesota Vikings L 27–21 (OT) Metropolitan Stadium 1–3 46,524
5 New England Patriots W 27–14 Lambeau Field 2–3 52,842
6 at Atlanta Falcons L 7–25 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 2–4 56,184
7 Detroit Lions W 24–16 Milwaukee County Stadium 3–4 53,930
8 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 3–21 Tampa Stadium 3–5 67,186
9 at Miami Dolphins L 7–27 Orange Bowl 3–6 47,741
10 New York Jets L 22–27 Lambeau Field 3–7 54,201
11 Minnesota Vikings W 19–7 Milwaukee County Stadium 4–7 52,706
12 at Buffalo Bills L 12–19 Rich Stadium 4–8 39,679
13 Philadelphia Eagles L 10–21 Lambeau Field 4–9 50,023
14 at Washington Redskins L 21–38 RFK Stadium 4–10 51,682
15 Chicago Bears L 14–15 Lambeau Field 4–11 54,207
16 at Detroit Lions W 18–13 Pontiac Silverdome 5–11 57,376

Season summary

Week 15: vs. Chicago Bears

See also: 1979 Chicago Bears season Week 15: Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Bears 3 3 0915
Packers 0 7 0714

at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Game information

First quarter

Second quarter

Third quarter

Fourth quarter

Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers

Standings

NFC Central
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 6 0 .625 6–2 8–6 273 237 W1
Chicago Bears 10 6 0 .625 5–3 8–4 306 249 W3
Minnesota Vikings 7 9 0 .438 5–3 6–6 259 337 L1
Green Bay Packers 5 11 0 .313 3–5 4–8 246 316 W1
Detroit Lions 2 14 0 .125 1–7 2–10 219 365 L3

In popular media

The Packers versus Bears game of week 15 was used in an episode of That '70s Show ("Street Fighting Man") and was part of the seventh season. Eric invites his father, Red, to the game at Lambeau Field. Oddly, the Packers win in this episode, as opposed to real life, where they lost. Eric refers to the Bears as the "underdogs", when the Packers would have likely been the underdogs in the game, since the Packers were 4–10 heading into the game and the Bears were 9–5 heading to the game.

References

  1. "All Time Coaches Database". Packers.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  2. List of That '70s Show episodes#Season 7: 2004.E2.80.932005
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