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The Packers, under coach Vince Lombardi, won the first two Super Bowls in 1966 and 1967; they were the only NFL team to defeat the American Football League (AFL) before the AFL–NFL merger. After Lombardi retired, the Super Bowl trophy was named for him, but the team struggled through the 1970s and 1980s.
The Packers are now the only team in American professional sports that is legally a publicly traded company. Other teams, such as the Atlanta Braves (Liberty Media, previously Time Warner), New York Rangers and New York Knicks (The Madison Square Garden Company, previously Cablevision) and the Toronto Blue Jays (Rogers Communications) are subsidiaries of publicly traded companies.
The 1960s Team included 13 Packers players, the most the Packers have had selected to one All-Decade Team, followed closely by the 1930s team and its 10 Packers. [5] [9] [10] The 1970s team only included one Packers player, Ted Hendricks, who only played one season in the 1970s for the Packers. [11]
As a result, the league dropped from 22 to 12 teams, and a majority of the remaining teams were centered around the East Coast instead of the Midwest, where the NFL had started. The New York Yankees were added from the American Football League (AFL I) and the Cleveland Bulldogs returned.
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Brett Favre, 2004 (24-14 win at Carolina) Favre only completed 15 passes in 22 attempts for 143 yards, but he passed to Ahman Green for Green's third touchdown of the game, giving the Packers a 24 ...
The Packers have won three straight NFL Championships two separate times (1929 to 1931 and 1965 to 1967). They are the only NFL team to ever achieve this feat even once. [15] The table below provides a summary of the Packers' all-time record and playoff achievements. All statistics are accurate through the end of the 2023 NFL season.
With a new season comes a need for new gear – especially during such a momentous celebration as the league's 100th year. Celebrate the NFL's oldest rivalry with these Bears and Packers picks ...