# 1975 Green Bay Packers season

The 1975 Green Bay Packers season was their 57th season overall and their 55th season in the National Football League. Under new head coach Bart Starr, they finished at 4–10, last in the four-team NFC Central division.
The Packers opened with four losses, then beat the Super Bowl-bound Dallas Cowboys on the road for Starr's first coaching win. After a 1–8 start, Green Bay ended the season on a positive note, winning three of their final five games.

## Offseason
### NFL draft

1975 Green Bay Packers draft :
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College |
| 2 | 47 | Bill Bain | Guard | USC |
| 3 | 58 | Willard Harrell | Running back | Pacific |
| 4 | 88 | Steve Luke | Safety | Ohio State |
| 7 | 165 | Tony Giaquinto | Wide receiver | Central Connecticut State |
| 9 | 217 | Jay Hodgin | Running back | South Carolina |
| 10 | 244 | Bill Cooke | Defensive end | UMass |
| 11 | 269 | Bob Martin | Defensive end | Washington |
| 12 | 296 | Alan Autry | Quarterback | Pacific |
| 13 | 321 | Bob Fuhriman | Defensive back | Utah State |
| 14 | 348 | Stan Blackmon | Tight end | North Texas State |
| 15 | 373 | Randy Allen | Wide receiver | Southern |
| 16 | 400 | Bob McCaffrey | Center | USC |
| 17 | 425 | Tom Ray | Defensive back | Central Michigan |
| Made roster ||||||

### Undrafted free agents

1975 Undrafted Free Agents of note :
| Player | Position | College |
| Johnnie Gray | Safety | Cal State Fullerton |
| Bill Kairit | Defensive tackle | Brown |
| Steve Lainhart | Quarterback | Vanderbilt |
| Charlie Uillimer | Defensive tackle | Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
| Dave Wehmeyer | Fullback | Texas Lutheran |

## Regular season
### Schedule

In week 5, the Packers defeated the Dallas Cowboys on the road, improving their all-time record to 8–1 over the Cowboys; the sole loss was in 1970. Dallas was the eventual NFC champion and advanced to Super Bowl X.
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | September 21 | Detroit Lions | L 16–30 | 0–1 | Milwaukee County Stadium | 52,613 |
| 2 | September 29 | at Denver Broncos | L 13–23 | 0–2 | Mile High Stadium | 52,621 |
| 3 | October 5 | Miami Dolphins | L 7–31 | 0–3 | Lambeau Field | 56,267 |
| 4 | October 12 | at New Orleans Saints | L 19–20 | 0–4 | Louisiana Superdome | 51,371 |
| 5 | October 19 | at Dallas Cowboys | W 19–17 | 1–4 | Texas Stadium | 64,189 |
| 6 | October 26 | Pittsburgh Steelers | L 13–16 | 1–5 | Milwaukee County Stadium | 52,815 |
| 7 | November 2 | Minnesota Vikings | L 17–28 | 1–6 | Lambeau Field | 56,267 |
| 8 | November 9 | at Chicago Bears | L 14–27 | 1–7 | Soldier Field | 48,738 |
| 9 | November 16 | at Detroit Lions | L 10–13 | 1–8 | Pontiac Silverdome | 76,946 |
| 10 | November 23 | New York Giants | W 40–14 | 2–8 | Milwaukee County Stadium | 50,150 |
| 11 | November 30 | Chicago Bears | W 28–7 | 3–8 | Lambeau Field | 56,267 |
| 12 | December 7 | at Minnesota Vikings | L 3–24 | 3–9 | Metropolitan Stadium | 46,147 |
| 13 | December 14 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 5–22 | 3–10 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 66,496 |
| 14 | December 21 | Atlanta Falcons | W 22–13 | 4–10 | Lambeau Field | 56,267 |
    Monday (September 29)
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

### Game summaries
#### Week 10

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Giants | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| • Packers | 14 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 40 |

#### Week 11

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| • Packers | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 28 |

### Standings

NFC Central :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK |
| Minnesota Vikings$^{(1)}$ | 12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 5–1 | 8–2 | 377 | 180 | W1 |
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 4–2 | 6–5 | 245 | 262 | L1 |
| Chicago Bears | 4 | 10 | 0 | .286 | 2–4 | 4–7 | 191 | 379 | W1 |
| Green Bay Packers | 4 | 10 | 0 | .286 | 1–5 | 4–7 | 226 | 285 | W1 |