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The Vikings won the contest 20–13, claiming their first division title since 2009 and breaking the Packers' four-year streak. In the first ever game in U.S. Bank Stadium, Week 2 of the 2016 season, the Vikings defeated the Packers 17–14 en route to a 5–0 start to the season.
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 franchise has experienced three major periods of continued success in its history. The first period of success came under the leadership of head coach Curly Lambeau (1929–1944), when the Packers were named NFL Champions six times. [6] This period saw the Packers become the first team to win three straight championships (1929–1931). [7]
The Packers defeated the Chiefs in the first AFL–NFL World Championship Game (Super Bowl I). The Super Bowl is the annual American football game that determines the champion of the National Football League (NFL). The game culminates a season that begins in the previous calendar year, and is the conclusion of the NFL playoffs.
Packers vs Vikings last game, history. The Packers split the series with Minnesota last year but won the second meeting, 33-10, on New Year's Eve at U.S. Bank Stadium. The Packers clinched a ...
The Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers have won three apiece. [1] The San Francisco 49ers have also been the NFC runner up, as a result of losing the NFC Championship Game, a record nine times. [2] The Rams, Cowboys and Packers have each been the runner up six times. [3] [4] [5]
Darnold threw three touchdown passes and Jordan Addison scored twice as the undefeated Vikings built an early 28-point lead and hung on down the stretch to beat the Green Bay Packers 31-29 on Sunday.
1967 was the first year where a pre-scheduled playoff (rather than regular season results) determined participation in the championship. It also marked the first year in which if there was a tie for first place in a division, the division champion was determined by a system of tiebreakers, rather than via a playoff game (as detailed in the 1933 ...