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This marked the first time a team has achieved three consecutive NFL championships. [7] 1932: 1932: NFL 2nd 10 3 1 1933: 1933: NFL West 3rd 5 7 1 NFL teams split into two divisions, with the winner of each division playing in a championship game (the champion was previously determined by best record). [15] Packers placed in West Division. [16 ...
With 16 teams in the league in 1967, this was the first season that the NFL used a four-team playoff tournament. The four division winners advanced to the postseason, with the two division winners in each conference meeting in the first round (effectively being conference championship games).
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Packers were division rivals from 1977 to 2002 when both were in the NFC Central division. The teams have played several notable games, including a Snow Bowl game in 1985, a playoff game in 1998 and the NFC Championship Game in 2021. [251] As of the 2024 season, the Packers lead the series 34–24–1. [252]
1940–1942 NFL teams Eastern Division Western Division; Brooklyn Dodgers: Chicago Bears: New York Giants: Chicago Cardinals: Philadelphia Eagles: Cleveland Rams § Pittsburgh Steelers: Detroit Lions: Washington Redskins: Green Bay Packers
The two teams tied at 10–10 and went into overtime, where Green Bay won it on a 25-yard Chandler FG. The disputed win sent the Packers to the NFL Championship Game at home, where Hornung and Taylor ran through the Cleveland Browns, helping the Packers defeat the Browns 23–12 to earn their 3rd NFL Championship under Lombardi.
With 14 teams in two divisions, each NFL team now played a 14-game schedule: a home-and-away series with the other six teams in their division, and two interdivision games. In Week Five, the Giants and Eagles led the Eastern Division, and the Packers and 49ers led the Western, all with records of 4–1. The following week, the 49ers lost to the ...
Founded in 1919 by Earl "Curly" Lambeau with help from the Indian Packing Company, the Packers joined the NFL in 1921. They are one of the oldest teams in the league and are known for their ...
The Packers defeated the Chiefs in the first AFL–NFL Championship Game (Super Bowl I) The 1966 NFL season was the 47th regular season of the National Football League, and the first season in which the Super Bowl was played, though it was called the AFL-NFL World Championship Game. The league expanded to 15 teams with the addition of the ...