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The Packers' +267 point differential (points scored vs. points against) in 1962 is the best total of any NFL team in the 1960s. [2] Cold Hard Football Facts says that the 1962 Packers "may have been the best rushing team in the history of football. And that team etched in historic stone the image of Lombardi's three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust ...
The 1962 NFL Championship Game was the 30th NFL title game, played on December 30 at Yankee Stadium in New York City.It matched the New York Giants (12–2) of the Eastern Conference and Green Bay Packers (13–1) of the Western Conference, the defending league champions.
The season ended on December 30, when the Green Bay Packers defeated the New York Giants 16–7 in the NFL Championship Game at Yankee Stadium. The Packers successfully defended their 1961 NFL title, finishing the 1962 season at 14–1; their only loss was to the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day at Tiger Stadium .
The Packers also won three consecutive NFL Championships for the second time in franchise history (1965–1967). [7] The most recent period of success ranges from 1993 to the present under the leadership of head coaches Mike Holmgren , Mike McCarthy and Matt LaFleur , where the franchise has reached the playoffs 23 times, with three Super Bowl ...
The 1920 Akron Pros were named the first APFA (NFL) champions. The National Football League champions, prior to the merger between the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) in 1970, were determined by two different systems. The National Football League was established on September 17, 1920, as the American Professional Football Association (APFA). The APFA changed ...
The Packers fortunes turned around with the hiring of head coach Vince Lombardi in 1959. [9] Lombardi would go on to lead the Packers for nine seasons, winning five championships (1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, and 1967) and winning almost three-fourths of his games coached. [10]
The Green Bay Packers won the NFL Championship in 1929, 1930 and 1931, although at the time no formal award or trophy was given out. [9] Starting in 1936, the NFL gave the season's champion the Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy, which continued until 1967. The Packers received this award eight times: 1936, 1939, 1944, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966 and 1967.
The only other non-player for the Packers to be inducted was Ron Wolf, who served as the general manager for the Packers during the 1990s, which included their victory in Super Bowl XXXI. [17] From 2013 to 2022, the Packers have had one person inducted into the Hall of Fame seven out of the ten years, including three straight from 2020 to 2022. [6]