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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.
Three Packers players have won the award: Starr twice in the first two Super Bowls (I and II), Desmond Howard in Super Bowl XXXI and Rodgers in Super Bowl XLV. [131] Starting in 2001, the awardee is selected near the end of the game by electronic fan voting, which makes up 20% of the vote tally, while the remaining 80% is chosen by a panel of ...
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.
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 and AFL–NFL World Champions. [28] 1967: ...
The Packers have won 13 league championships, the most in NFL history, with nine pre-Super Bowl NFL titles and four Super Bowl victories. 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 .
The Western Conference champion Green Bay Packers (12–2), defending league champions, were hosted by the Dallas Cowboys (10–3–1), the Eastern Conference champions. At the time, the home field for the NFL Championship Game alternated between the two conferences; even-numbered years were hosted by the Eastern and odd-numbered by the Western.
While the Packers took home the 24-22 win with a last-second field goal by the recently signed Brandon McManus, neither team actually looked great, and the chippy game felt closer to a draw.
Packers win Super Bowl XLV. 2011: Packers 2–0: Packers 27–15: Packers 45–41: Packers 93–65–7 Game in Detroit was played on Thanksgiving. In Green Bay, Packers' backup QB Matt Flynn threw for 6 touchdowns.The 45–41 score is the highest total score in the history of the series (86 points). 2012: Packers 2–0: Packers 24–20: Packers ...