After a 6-8-0 losing season in 1970, Phil Bengston was relieved of his coaching duties after three years. The Packers replaced him with University of Missouri coach Dan Devine, who is pictured on the cover of the 1971 Yearbook. Devine accepted the Packers' head coaching position on January 14, 1971. While acknowledging the pressure of the position, Devine had the benefit of not following Hall of Fame coach Vince Lombardi — unlike his predecessor, Phil Bengston, who had endured three years of lofty expectations. In 1971, the Packers compiled a 4-8-2 record which placed them last in the NFC Central Division.
Some of the featured stories in the 1971 Packers Yearbook were: “Packers Must Score”... “Meet Dan Devine — He Defies Type Casting”... “Head Coaches — Historic Turnover in the NFL”... “Dan’s Plans for the Pack”... “(Willie) Wood and (Doug) Hart — Two Guys Nobody Wanted”... “Donny Anderson — My Main Goal (is to) Help Restore Winning Tradition of Packers”... “Bart Starr Figures to Pass Football... Not Put It”... “Pure Starr”... “Robert Brown Finally Found a Home”... “Rich McGeorge Learned His Lessons Well”... “Mike McCoy, Ken Ellis, Jim Carter — An Extra Seasoning of Youth”... “The Offensive Line — Confidence, Intense Pride”... “The 1970 Season in Statistics”... “A Workhorse — John Brockington”... “The Draftees”... “Changes at 1265 Lombardi Avenue”... “The Largest Camp”... “Your 1971 Packers”... “Dollars and Cents”... “The Record Book”... “36 Years of Packer Team Statistics”... “Lombardi — Gone, But Not Forgotten”...
