1931 Green Bay Packers season
NFL team season
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The 1931 Green Bay Packers season was their 13th season overall and their 11th in the National Football League. The team finished with a 12â2 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a first-place finish and the Packers' third consecutive National Football League Championship. This championship was controversial at the time. The Packers refusal to play the Portsmouth Spartans in a playoff game was seen as cheap and weak, as they were the only team Green Bay hadn't played that year. This led to the NFL changing their scheduling procedures and instituting playoff games for future seasons. The Packers became the first team to win three consecutive NFL championships. They would later do it again, winning the 1965 NFL Championship Game as well as Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II. They remain, as of the 2025 season, the only team to accomplish this feat.[1]
| 1931 Green Bay Packers season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Curly Lambeau |
| Home stadium | City Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 12â2 |
| League place | 1st NFL |
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 13 | Cleveland Indians | W 26â0 | 1â0 | City Stadium | 5,000 | Recap | |
| 2 | September 20 | Brooklyn Dodgers | W 32â6 | 2â0 | City Stadium | 7,000 | Recap | |
| 3 | September 27 | Chicago Bears | W 7â0 | 3â0 | City Stadium | 13,500 | Recap | |
| 4 | October 4 | New York Giants | W 27â7 | 4â0 | City Stadium | 14,000 | Recap | |
| 5 | October 11 | Chicago Cardinals | W 26â7 | 5â0 | City Stadium | 8,000 | Recap | |
| 6 | October 18 | Frankford Yellow Jackets | W 15â0 | 6â0 | City Stadium | 6,000 | Recap | |
| 7 | October 25 | Providence Steam Roller | W 48â20 | 7â0 | City Stadium | 6,000 | Recap | |
| 8 | November 1 | at Chicago Bears | W 6â2 | 8â0 | Wrigley Field | 30,000 | Recap | |
| 9 | November 8 | Staten Island Stapletons | W 26â0 | 9â0 | City Stadium | 7,000 | Recap | |
| 10 | November 15 | at Chicago Cardinals | L 13â21 | 9â1 | Wrigley Field | 8,000 | Recap | |
| 11 | November 22 | at New York Giants | W 14â10 | 10â1 | Polo Grounds | 35,000[2] | Recap | [3] |
| 12 | November 26 | at Providence Steam Roller | W 38â7 | 11â1 | Cycledrome | 5,000 | Recap | |
| 13 | November 29 | at Brooklyn Dodgers | W 7â0 | 12â1 | Ebbets Field | 10,000 | Recap | |
| 14 | December 6 | at Chicago Bears | L 6â7 | 12â2 | Wrigley Field | 18,000 | Recap |
Standings
| NFL standings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
| Green Bay Packers | 12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 291 | 87 | L1 | ||
| Portsmouth Spartans | 11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 175 | 77 | W1 | ||
| Chicago Bears | 8 | 5 | 0 | .615 | 145 | 92 | L1 | ||
| Chicago Cardinals | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | 120 | 128 | W1 | ||
| New York Giants | 7 | 6 | 1 | .538 | 154 | 100 | W2 | ||
| Providence Steam Roller | 4 | 4 | 3 | .500 | 78 | 127 | T1 | ||
| Staten Island Stapletons | 4 | 6 | 1 | .400 | 79 | 118 | W2 | ||
| Cleveland Indians | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | 45 | 137 | L5 | ||
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 2 | 12 | 0 | .143 | 64 | 199 | L8 | ||
| Frankford Yellow Jackets | 1 | 6 | 1 | .143 | 13 | 99 | L2 | ||
- Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.