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From 1935 to 1960, NFL teams played between 10 and 12 games a season. Prior to 1935, a set number of games was not set. Starting in 1961, the NFL season was set at 14 games a year. [23] 1961: 1961: NFL † Western * 1st * 11 3 0 Won NFL Championship (7) 37–0 Paul Hornung (MVP Tooltip NFL Most Valuable Player Award) [24]
The Lions and Packers have been division rivals since 1933 and have always met at least twice a season since 1932, without any canceled games between both rivals. The Packers lead the series 106–78–7 as of the end of the 2024 season, the first time in NFL history that a team has recorded 100 wins over an opponent. [241]
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.
1961–1962 NFL teams; Eastern Western; Cleveland Browns: Baltimore Colts: Dallas Cowboys: Chicago Bears: New York Giants: Detroit Lions: Philadelphia Eagles: Green Bay Packers: Pittsburgh Steelers: Los Angeles Rams: St. Louis Cardinals: Minnesota Vikings * Washington Redskins: San Francisco 49ers
[2] [3] As one of the oldest teams in the NFL, the Packers have accumulated a significant number of records, both as a team and within the NFL. The Packers have recorded the most regular season victories (810) and the most overall victories (847) of any team, and are tied with the New England Patriots for the second most playoff wins (37). [4 ...
Most games won (regular season only), franchise history, 790 [2] Green Bay Packers 1921–2022. Most games won (including playoffs), franchise history, 826 [3] Green Bay Packers 1920–2022. Most games won (regular season only), since 1970 merger, 514 [4] Pittsburgh Steelers: 1970–2022. Most games won (including playoffs), since 1970 merger ...
While the Packer organization recognizes 1919 as the year this town team was founded, a number of sources show that the 1919 team succeeded teams organized on an annual basis since 1896. Lambeau organized the team in 1919 and brought it to the NFL in 1921 but the tradition of football in Green Bay goes back to 1896, [ 4 ] earlier than any other ...
The Packers have had 15 players and two head coaches named to at least one NFL Anniversary All-Time Team. Don Hutson and Forrest Gregg were the only Packers players to be named to all three NFL Anniversary All-Time Teams, although six others were named to at least two.