Sid Gillman’s high-powered Rams had just enough to beat the lowly Green Bay Packers, 20-7. Cal Whorton’s thorough report in The Times had everything you needed to know about the game and then some, but mostly I was interested in the Packers.

Rarely have the Packers been bad for long, but this team was dreadful.

Quarterback Bart Starr, who would lead the Packers to greatness and even one day coach the franchise, made a brief appearance late in the game after the starter, Babe Parilli, threw three interceptions and coughed up a fumble. Whorton said the Rams’ defense was tough enough that Starr "was lucky to get away with his head still on his shoulders."

The Packers finished the season 1-10-1 and Coach Ray McLean would be replaced by Vince Lombardi. And the Rams rarely had such an easy time again in Green Bay.

— Keith Thursby