2019 Team Records (Coach, Quarterback, Rushers, Receivers)

2019 Team Records (Coach, Quarterback, Rushers, Receivers) – Packers

by Chase Stuart on July 21, 2019

In this series, I will be looking at the history of coaches, quarterbacks, rushers, and receivers for all 32 franchises. For coaches and quarterbacks, I will be looking at how much their franchise’s career records (regular season only) would change if we removed the games with that person. For rushers and receivers, I will note how many times that player was the team’s leading rusher/receiver over the course of their time with that franchise (regular plus postseason).

Previous Teams:

AFC East: Dolphins, Bills, Jets, and Patriots
NFC East: Cowboys, Eagles,Giants, and Redskins
AFC North: Steelers

The Packers have as storied a history as any team in pro football. And it starts at the beginning, with Curly Lambeau. The first coach in Green Bay history guided the team to six titles, and while the Packers have an all-time winning percentage of 0.564, it would be just 0.533 if you removed the Lambeau Years. The tradition continued with the great Vince Lombardi, who posted a remarkable 89-29-4 mark as Packers head coach, while leading the team to 5 titles. And Mike Holmgren and Mike McCarthy continued that tradition: not only did they both win Super Bowls, but each coach improved the franchise’s overall winning percentage by 1%, no easy task given the high baseline of Packers head coach.

The full list below:

Ovr Rk	Coach	G	W	L	T	HC Win %	FrG	FrW	FL	FrT	Fr W%	Win% w/o HC	Diff
14	Curly Lambeau	334	209	104	21	0.657	1352	743	571	38	0.564	0.533	3.1%
37	Vince Lombardi	122	89	29	4	0.746	1352	743	571	38	0.564	0.546	1.8%
64	Mike McCarthy	204	125	77	2	0.618	1352	743	571	38	0.564	0.554	1%
65	Mike Holmgren	112	75	37	0	0.67	1352	743	571	38	0.564	0.554	1%
131	Mike Sherman	96	57	39	0	0.594	1352	743	571	38	0.564	0.561	0.2%
199	Joe Philbin	4	2	2	0	0.5	1352	743	571	38	0.564	0.564	0%
218	Ray Rhodes	16	8	8	0	0.5	1352	743	571	38	0.564	0.564	-0.1%
296	Phil Bengtson	42	20	21	1	0.488	1352	743	571	38	0.564	0.566	-0.2%
344	Dan Devine	56	25	27	4	0.482	1352	743	571	38	0.564	0.567	-0.4%
373	Ray McLean	14	1	12	1	0.107	1352	743	571	38	0.564	0.568	-0.5%
436	Lisle Blackbourn	48	17	31	0	0.354	1352	743	571	38	0.564	0.571	-0.8%
439	Forrest Gregg	63	25	37	1	0.405	1352	743	571	38	0.564	0.571	-0.8%
454	Gene Ronzani	46	14	31	1	0.315	1352	743	571	38	0.564	0.572	-0.9%
469	Lindy Infante	64	24	40	0	0.375	1352	743	571	38	0.564	0.573	-0.9%
500	Bart Starr	131	52	76	3	0.408	1352	743	571	38	0.564	0.58	-1.7%

The quarterback history might be even richer. Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers, and Bart Starr all started over 150 games and won over 60% of those contests. The winner here is Favre, due to longevity: even with Rodgers and Starr, all Packers quarterbacks not named Favre have a 0.504 winning percentage since 1950.

That’s because there were some lean years in Green Bay, notably with Lynn Dickey and Tobin Rote. Both players were better than their records, but languished on poor teams.

Ovr Rk	QB	G	W	L	T	QB Win %	FrG	FrW	FL	FrT	Fr W%	Win% w/o QB	Diff
10	Brett Favre	253	160	93	0	0.632	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.504	3.2%
31	Aaron Rodgers	158	100	57	1	0.636	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.517	1.8%
44	Bart Starr	157	94	57	6	0.618	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.521	1.5%
247	Lamar McHan	11	7	4	0	0.636	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.535	0.1%
265	Scott Hunter	29	15	11	3	0.569	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.535	0.1%
278	John Roach	4	3	1	0	0.750	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.535	0.1%
287	Don Horn	6	4	2	0	0.667	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.535	0.1%
359	Randy Johnson	1	1	0	0	1.000	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.535	0%
370	Alan Risher	3	2	1	0	0.667	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.535	0%
378	Jim Zorn	5	3	2	0	0.600	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.535	0%
472	Matt Flynn	6	3	3	0	0.500	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.536	0%
491	Zeke Bratkowski	9	4	4	1	0.500	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.536	0%
517	Jerry Tagge	12	6	6	0	0.500	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.536	0%
586	Bobby Thomason	1	0	1	0	0.000	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.536	-0.1%
587	Joe Francis	1	0	1	0	0.000	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.536	-0.1%
588	Don Milan	1	0	1	0	0.000	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.536	-0.1%
589	Seneca Wallace	1	0	1	0	0.000	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.536	-0.1%
611	Scott Tolzien	2	0	1	1	0.250	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.536	-0.1%
641	Jim Del Gaizo	3	1	2	0	0.333	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.536	-0.1%
754	Jack Concannon	2	0	2	0	0.000	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.537	-0.1%
755	Blair Kiel	2	0	2	0	0.000	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.537	-0.1%
871	Carlos Brown	3	0	3	0	0.000	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.537	-0.2%
889	Anthony Dilweg	7	2	5	0	0.286	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.537	-0.2%
890	Mike Tomczak	7	2	5	0	0.286	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.537	-0.2%
904	Brett Hundley	9	3	6	0	0.333	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.537	-0.2%
1048	John Hadl	19	7	12	0	0.368	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.539	-0.3%
1057	David Whitehurst	37	16	20	1	0.446	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.539	-0.3%
1080	Don Majkowski	49	22	26	1	0.459	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.539	-0.4%
1105	Babe Parilli	14	3	11	0	0.214	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.540	-0.4%
1203	Randy Wright	32	7	25	0	0.219	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.546	-1%
1207	Lynn Dickey	101	43	56	2	0.436	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.547	-1.1%
1213	Tobin Rote	73	26	46	1	0.363	1024	540	467	17	0.536	0.549	-1.3%

The Packers have a couple of running backs who are in the Hall of Fame, but it’s Ahman Green who led Green Bay in rushing yards the most number of times since 1950. Also, note the presence of Tobin Rote, who led the Packers in rushing in 18% of his games.

Rusher	First Yr	Last Yr	Leading Rusher	Total Games	%
Ahman Green	2000	2009	92	111	83%
Jim Taylor	1958	1966	83	125	66%
John Brockington	1971	1977	53	86	62%
Edgar Bennett	1992	1996	50	90	56%
Ryan Grant	2007	2012	49	73	67%
Dorsey Levens	1994	2001	44	116	38%
Eddie Lacy	2013	2016	44	56	79%
Gerry Ellis	1980	1986	34	105	32%
Eddie Lee Ivery	1979	1986	30	74	41%
James Starks	2010	2016	30	86	35%
Donny Anderson	1966	1971	27	89	30%
Darrell Thompson	1990	1994	26	63	41%
Brent Fullwood	1987	1990	25	45	56%
Terdell Middleton	1977	1981	23	71	32%
Paul Hornung	1957	1966	21	109	19%
Howie Ferguson	1953	1958	20	65	31%
Breezy Reid	1950	1956	18	78	23%
Jessie Clark	1983	1987	18	60	30%
Aaron Jones	2017	2018	16	24	67%
Tobin Rote	1950	1956	15	84	18%
Jim Grabowski	1966	1970	15	66	23%
Brandon Jackson	2007	2010	13	59	22%
Kenneth Davis	1986	1988	12	35	34%
Travis Williams	1967	1970	12	51	24%
Vince Workman	1989	1992	12	56	21%
Eric Torkelson	1974	1981	12	93	13%
Aaron Rodgers	2005	2018	12	182	7%
Ty Montgomery	2015	2018	11	39	28%
Jamaal Williams	2017	2018	11	32	34%
Fred Cone	1951	1957	10	82	12%
Barty Smith	1974	1980	10	67	15%

Which players led the Packers in receiving yards in the most games (regular plus postseason) since 1950? James Lofton is in the Hall of Fame, in large part because of what he did with the Packers. He was in Green Bay for 9 years, and led the team in receiving yards in 54% of his games. Two years after he left, the Packers drafted Sterling Sharpe, and he led the team in receiving yards in 60% of his games. The table below shows all players to lead Green Bay in receiving yards in at least 10 games since 1950:

Receiver	First Yr	Last Yr	Leading Receiver	Total Games	%
James Lofton	1978	1986	75	138	54%
Sterling Sharpe	1988	1994	68	114	60%
Donald Driver	1999	2012	62	220	28%
Antonio Freeman	1995	2003	51	130	39%
Boyd Dowler	1959	1969	50	160	31%
Max McGee	1954	1967	47	156	30%
Carroll Dale	1965	1972	46	119	39%
Billy Howton	1952	1958	42	80	53%
Greg Jennings	2006	2012	41	106	39%
Jordy Nelson	2008	2017	41	149	28%
Davante Adams	2014	2018	26	80	33%
Robert Brooks	1992	1998	26	107	24%
James Jones	2007	2015	26	133	20%
Randall Cobb	2011	2018	23	116	20%
Bill Schroeder	1997	2001	21	76	28%
Ron Kramer	1957	1964	17	92	18%
Rich McGeorge	1970	1978	17	116	15%
Javon Walker	2002	2005	15	52	29%
Walter Stanley	1985	1988	14	48	29%
John Jefferson	1981	1984	13	52	25%
Steve Odom	1974	1979	12	75	16%
Phil Epps	1982	1988	11	87	13%
Paul Coffman	1978	1985	11	121	9%
MacArthur Lane	1972	1974	10	42	24%
Ken Payne	1974	1977	10	44	23%
Perry Kemp	1988	1991	10	62	16%
Aundra Thompson	1977	1981	10	63	16%

That’s it for the Green Bay version of this series. Please leave your thoughts in the comments.

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