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The Green Bay Packers won the first two Super Bowls, and also won the NFL Championship Game the preceding year. If the Super Bowl had been instituted that year, the Packers would have qualified and faced the Buffalo Bills of the AFL. The Miami Dolphins appeared in three consecutive Super Bowls (VI, VII, and VIII) – winning the last two.
Herb Adderley (defensive back) won the NFL championships with the Green Bay Packers in 1961, 1962 and 1965, Super Bowls I and II with the Packers after the 1966 and 1967 seasons, and Super Bowl VI with the Dallas Cowboys after the 1971 season.
The Packers entered the Super Bowl never having trailed by more than 7 points at any point during the season—a feat that had never been accomplished during a complete season in the Super Bowl era. The last team to complete a season with this distinction was the Detroit Lions in 1962. [25] In the Super Bowl game itself, the Packers never trailed.
Eight franchises have won consecutive Super Bowls: Green Bay Packers ... Super Bowl II: Green Bay Packers 33, Oakland Raiders 14. ... Green Bay Packers. 1938: New York Giants. 1937: Washington.
Super Bowl II: Bart Starr, Packers Super Bowl I: Bart Starr, Packers The very first Super Bowl was held at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, where the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs.
Won NFL Championship (at Cowboys) 34–27 Won Super Bowl I (10) (vs. Chiefs) 35–10 Bart Starr (MVP Tooltip NFL Most Valuable Player Award, SB MVP Tooltip Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award) [24] [27] First season the AFL–NFL World Championship Game (later renamed the Super Bowl) is played. The Packers are recognized as both NFL Champions ...
The Bears won the 1941 meeting, 33–14, and eventually defeated the New York Giants in the 1941 NFL Championship Game, and the Packers won the 2011 meeting, 21–14, en route to a Super Bowl XLV win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. The teams' first meeting was a victory for the Bears (known as the Staleys at the time) in 1921 in a shutout, 20–0.
The Packers defeated the Giants for the NFL title in 1961 (37–0 in Green Bay) and 1962 (16–7 at Yankee Stadium), marking the first two of their five titles in Lombardi's seven years. After the 1962 championship victory, President John F. Kennedy called Lombardi and asked him if he would "come back to Army and coach again".