Green Bay Packers Championships
Posted: Wed January 21, 1998 at 12:19 p.m. EST
The Green Bay
Packers have won 12 championships, more than any other team in NFL
history. They won their first three by league standing (1929, 1930 and
1931) and eight since the league's playoff system was established in 1933.
The Packers won NFL championships in 1936, 1939, 1944, 1961, 1962, 1965,
1966 and 1967. Green Bay also is the only NFL team to win three straight
titles, having done it twice (1929-31 and 1965-67).
The Packers won the first two Super Bowls over Kansas City, 35-10, in
January 1967 and over Oakland, 33-14, in January 1968. Green Bay won its
third Super Bowl on January 26, 1997 over New England, 35-21.
The Chicago Bears
rank second with nine NFL titles, followed by the New York Giants with six.
The following is Green Bay's championship record:
League Standings
1929 -- Packers win NFL title with 12-0-1 record
1930 -- Packers win NFL title with 10-3-1 record
1931 -- Packers win NFL title with 12-2 record
NFL Championships
1936 -- Green Bay Packers 21, Boston Redskins 6, at New York
1938 -- New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 17, at New York
1939 -- Green Bay Packers 27, New York Giants 0, at Milwaukee
1944 -- Green Bay Packers 14, New York Giants 7, at New York
1960 -- Philadelphia
Eagles 17, Green Bay Packers 13, at Philadelphia
1961 -- Green Bay Packers 37, New York Giants 0, at Green Bay
1962 -- Green Bay Packers 16, New York Giants 7, at New York
1965 -- Green Bay Packers 23, Cleveland Browns 12, at Green Bay
1966 -- Green Bay Packers 34, Dallas Cowboys 27, at
Dallas
1967 -- Green Bay Packers 21, Dallas Cowboys 17, at Green Bay
Super Bowls
Super Bowl I -- Green Bay Packers 35, Kansas City Chiefs 10
January 15, 1967 at Los Angeles
Super Bowl II -- Green Bay Packers 33, Oakland Raiders 14
January 14, 1968 at Miami
Super Bowl XXXXI -- Green Bay Packers 35, New England Patriots 21
January 26, 1997 at New Orleans
Super Bowl XXXII -- Green Bay Packers vs. Denver Broncos
January 25, 1998 at San Diego
SUPER BOWL I -- GREEN BAY 35, KANSAS CITY 10 (AT MEMORIAL
COLISEUM, LOS ANGELES)
The Green Bay Packers beat the American Football League champion
Kansas City Chiefs, 35-14, in Super Bowl I at Memorial Coliseum in Los
Angeles.
Bart Starr completed 16 of 23 passes for 250 yards and two touchdowns
to earn Most Valuable Player honors.
Max McGee, who had only four receptions during the regular season,
replaced the injured Boyd Dowler in the first quarter and had seven catches
for 138 yard and two touchdowns for the Packers. Starr connected with
McGee on a 37-yard pass in the first quarter for the first touchdown in
Super Bowl history.
Elijah Pitts rushed for two second half touchdowns for Green Bay.
Green Bay held a 14-10 lead at halftime and quickly seized the
momentum in the second half when safety Willie Wood returned an
interception 50 yards to the Kansas City 5-yard line. Pitts then scored on
a five-yard run to increase Green Bay's lead to 21-10.
Starr hit McGee with a 13-yard scoring play in the third quarter and
Pitts added a one-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
The Chiefs scored all 10 of their points in the second quarter, the
only touchdown on a seven-yard pass from Len Dawson to Curtis McClinton.
The Packers collected $15,000 per man and the Chiefs $7,500 apiece --
the largest single-game shares in the history of team sports at the time.
SUPER BOWL II -- GREEN BAY 33, OAKLAND 14 (AT THE ORANGE BOWL,
MIAMI)
The Green Bay Packers defeated the Oakland Raiders, 33-14, in Super
Bowl II at the Orange Bowl in Miami.
Bart Starr again captured Super Bowl MVP honors. He completed 13 of
24 passes for 202 yards and one touchdown.
Don Chandler kicked four field goals and cornerback Herb Adderley
returned an interception 60 yards for a touchdown for Green Bay.
Starr hit Boyd Dowler with a 62-yard touchdown and Chandler kicked
field goals of 39, 20 and 43 yards to give the Packers a 16-7 halftime
advantage.
The Packers began to pull away with 10 third quarter points. Donny
Anderson scored on a two-yard run and Chandler kicked a 31-yard field goal
to increase Green Bay's lead to 26-7.
Adderley's interception return in the fourth quarter opened the lead
to 33-7.
Daryle Lamonica hit Bill Miller with a pair of 23-yard touchdown
passes for the Raiders.
The game marked the last for Vince Lombardi as Packer coach, ending
nine years at Green Bay in which he won five NFL titles and two Super
Bowls, a record unprecedented in pro football history.
SUPER BOWL XXXI -- GREEN BAY 35, NEW ENGLAND 21 (AT THE SUPERDOME,
NEW ORLEANS)
The Green Bay Packers earned their third Super Bowl title by defeating
the New England Patriots, 35-21, in Super Bowl 31 at the Superdome in New
Orleans.
Brett Favre
passed for two touchdowns and ran for another and Desmond Howard
scored on a 99-yard kickoff return as the Packers extened the National
Football Conference's winning streak in the NFL title game to 13.
Favre completed 14-of-27 passes for 246 yards and played virtually
mistake-free football. He put the Packers ahead to stay, 17-14, with the
longest play from scrimmage in Super Bowl history, an 81-yard touchdown
pass to Antonio
Freeman in the opening minute of the second quarter.
The Packers stretched their lead to 27-14 by halftime, but New England
got back in the game when Curtis Martin
broke up the middle for an 18-yard touchdown late in the third quarter. The
Patriots had no time to gain the momentum, however, as Howard returned the
ensuing kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown. Favre hit tight end Mark Chmura for the
two-point conversion, giving Green Bay a 35-21 cushion.
Drew
Bledsoe tried to rally New England in the fourth quarter, but was
intercepted twice. He was 25-for-48 for 253 yards with four interceptions
and two touchdowns.
Howard became the fourth Heisman Trophy winner to win Most Valuable
Player honors in the Super Bowl. In addition to his touchdown, he set up
two other scores with long punt returns. Howard, the first special teams
player to be named Super Bowl MVP, had four kickoff returns for 154 yards
and six punt returns for 90 yards.
His 99-yard kickoff return was the longest in Super Bowl history and
marked the first time in Howard's career he returned a kickoff for a
touchdown.
Favre threw a 54-yard scoring pass to Andre Rison on
Green Bay's second play from scrimmage and Chris Jacke kicked
a 37-yard field goal to give the Packers a 10-0 lead midway through the
first quarter. New England responded as Bledsoe threw TD passes of 1 yard
to Keith Byars
and 4 yards to Ben
Coates to give New England a 14-10 lead and cap the highest scoring
quarter in Super Bowl history.
But Green Bay owned the second quarter. After Favre's strike to
Freeman, Jacke kicked a 31-yard field goal and Favre scored on a 2-yard run
to give the Packers a 27-14 advantage.
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