The 1936 Green Bay Packers season was the
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's 18th
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overall, 16th season in the
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, and the 18th under
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Curly Lambeau
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. The team improved on their 8–4 record from 1935 and finished with a 10–1–1 record.
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The Packers met the Eastern Division champion Boston Redskins
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(7–5) in the NFL Championship Game
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, held at the Polo Grounds
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in New York City
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. The favored Packers had won the two regular season meetings with Boston and won 21–6 for their fourth NFL Championship, first earned by playoff victory, and first since the three-championship streak of 1929
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...
–1931
Events
January
* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.
* January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa.
* January 22 – Sir I ...
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The Packers' 1936 schedule began with six consecutive home games, with the remainder of the season on the road.
Offseason
NFL Draft
Regular season
Schedule
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Playoffs
*The game was moved by Boston ownership and played at the Polo Grounds in New York City
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Standings
Awards and records
* Arnie Herber, NFL Leader, passing yards (1,239)
Footnotes
External links
* Charles G. Clarke (director)
"Pigskin Champions,"
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1937. —Short film.
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