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Although they haven’t won the NFL championship since 1967, the Green Bay Packers still have won more league titles than any other team. With 11 titles, the Packers have two more than the Chicago Bears and five more than the New York Giants, the team with the third most.
What follows is a look at the Packers postseason history (Green Bay won NFL championships in 1929, '30 and '31, years in which the team in first place at the end of the regular season won the championship): Dec. 13, 1936: Arnie Herber threw two touchdown passes, one for 43 yards to second-year split end Don Hutson, as the Packers beat the Boston Redskins 21-6 in the NFL Championship Game at the Polo Grounds in New York. Bob Monnett ran two yards for the Packers’ other touchdown.
Dec. 12, 1938: Ed Danowski connected with Hank Soar for a 23-yard touchdown pass and the winning score as the New York Giants beat the Packers 23-17 at the Polo Grounds for the NFL title. A leg injury to Hutson hindered the Packers’ offense.
Dec. 10, 1939: Amid wind gusts of up to 35 mph at State Fair Park, the Giants threw six passes that were intercepted as Green Bay routed New York 27-0 before 32,279, then a record crowd for a pro sporting event in Wisconsin. Herber and Cecil Isbell had three passes intercepted, but the rest of their passes were caught by Packers, including one touchdown pass each.
Dec. 14, 1941: In a playoff for the Western Division championship at Wrigley Field, the Bears scored 30 straight points to rally from a 7-0 deficit and win 33-14. The Bears focused on shutting down Hutson and did so, limiting him to one reception for 19 yards.
Dec. 17, 1944: Using Hutson as a decoy, the Packers rushed for 184 yards and beat the Giants 14-7 at the Polo Grounds for Green Bay’s sixth league title. Joe Laws rushed for 72 yards in 13 carries and intercepted three passes, a postseason record that stood for 35 years.
Dec. 26, 1960: Chuck Bednarik tackled Jim Taylor on the Philadelphia Eagles’ 9-yard line on the final play of the game, preserving a 23-17 Eagles victory for the NFL championship in the only postseason game Vince Lombardi’s Packers would lose. Taylor rushed for 105 yards in 24 carries.
Dec. 31, 1961: Paul Hornung scored 19 points on a touchdown, three field goals and four extra points as the Packers routed the Giants 37-0 at Lambeau Field in the first postseason game in Green Bay. The Packers scored 24 points in the second quarter and held the Giants to 130 total yards and six first downs. Bart Starr threw three touchdown passes, two to Ron Kramer and one to Boyd Dowler.
Dec. 30, 1962: Amid 35-mph winds at Yankee Stadium, Jim Taylor ground out 85 yards on 31 carries and scored the Packers only touchdown in a 16-7 victory over the Giants. Guard Jerry Kramer, filling in for Hornung, kicked three field goals, the last with 1 minute, 50 seconds to play to clinch a second straight NFL championship.
Dec. 26, 1965: Despite losing Starr to bruised ribs on the Packers first offensive play, the Packers beat the Baltimore Colts 13-10 in overtime in a playoff for the Western Conference championship at Lambeau Field. Hornung ran 1 yard for the Packers’ only touchdown, and Don Chandler kicked two field goals, including the game-winner in overtime.
Jan. 2, 1966: Hornung (105 yards rushing) and Taylor (96 yards) ground out a 23-12 victory over the Cleveland Browns at snowy, muddy Lambeau Field. Green Bay drove 90 yards in 11 plays, including a power sweep with Jerry Kramer leading Hornung to a 13-yard touchdown that gave the Packers a 20-12 lead with 5:42 left in the third quarter.
Jan. 1, 1967: On fourth and goal from the Packers 2-yard line with 28 seconds remaining, Dave Robinson grabbed Dallas Cowboys quarterback Don Meredith as he released a pass and Tom Brown intercepted to clinch a 34-27 victory and a second straight NFL championship. Starr passed for 304 yards and four touchdowns.
Jan. 15, 1967: The Kansas City Chiefs made the first Super Bowl interesting for 30 minutes, going into the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum locker room at halftime down only 14-10. But Willie Wood intercepted a Len Dawson pass and returned it 50 yards to the Chiefs 5, setting up an Elijah Pitts touchdown with 2:27 elapsed in the third quarter. Pitts rushed for two touchdowns, as did Max McGee, who caught seven passes for 138 yards.
Dec. 23, 1967: The Packers avenged a regular-season loss to the Los Angeles Rams by beating them 28-7 at County Stadium for the Western Conference title. Travis Williams rushed for 88 yards, including touchdown runs of 46 and 2 yards, and Starr passed for 222 yards and a touchdown to Carroll Dale.
Dec. 31, 1967: In what’s become known as the Ice Bowl a 13-below-zero day at Lambeau Field the Packers, down 17-14, drove 68 yards in the game’s final five minutes, scoring when Kramer cleared a path for Starr’s 1-yard run.
Jan. 14, 1968: Against the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl II in Miami’s Orange Bowl, the Packers took a 13-0 lead in the game’s first 20 minutes, got the third of Chandler’s four field goals to go up 16-7 on the final play of the first half. Donny Anderson scored on a 2-yard run and Herb Adderley’s 60-yard interception return with 11:03 left in the game put the finishing touch on a 33-14 win.
Dec. 24, 1972: In an NFC divisional playoff at RFK Stadium, the Washington Redskins used a five-man defensive line, in effect daring the run-oriented Packers to pass. The Packers could muster only a 17-yard field goal by Chester Marcol, losing 16-3 as John Brockington was held to nine yards on 13 carries.
Jan. 8, 1983: Seeded third in the NFC after a strike-shortened season, the Packers routed the St. Louis Cardinals 41-16 at Lambeau Field as Lynn Dickey passed for 260 yards and four touchdowns. John Jefferson had six receptions for 148 yards and two touchdowns while Eddie Lee Ivery scored two touchdowns.
Jan. 16, 1983: The Packers gained 466 yards against the Cowboys at Texas Stadium, but Dallas Dennis Thurman intercepted Dickey three times, once for a touchdown, as the Cowboys beat the Packers 37-26. Lofton caught five passes for 109 yards and a touchdown and took a reverse 71 yards for another touchdown.
Jan. 8, 1994: Brett Favre rolled left and threw back across the field to Sterling Sharpe for a 40-yard touchdown with 55 seconds to play to give Green Bay a 28-24 victory in a wild-card playoff game in the Silverdome. George Teague set an NFL postseason record when he returned an interception 101 yards for another touchdown.
Jan. 16, 1994: In the first of three straight postseason trips to Texas Stadium, the Packers take a 3-0 lead but see the Cowboys score 17 straight points and win 27-17. Dallas Troy Aikman passes for 302 yards and three touchdowns and Michael Irvin has nine catches for 126 yards.
Dec. 31, 1994: The Packers’ defense holds Barry Sanders to minus-1 yard on 13 attempts and sets a postseason record by holding the Lions to minus-4 yards rushing in a 16-12 victory at Lambeau Field.
Jan. 8, 1995: The Packers gain 327 yards but lose 35-9 to the Cowboys at Texas Stadium as Aikman passes for 337 yards.
Dec. 31, 1995: Edgar Bennett sets a team postseason record by rushing for 108 yards as the Packers beat the Atlanta Falcons 37-20 in a divisional playoff at Lambeau Field.
Jan. 6, 1996: Craig Newsome grabs Adam Walker’s fumble and returns it 31 yards for a touchdown, helping the Packers take a 21-0 lead en route to a 27-17 upset of the 49ers in San Francisco.
Jan. 14, 1996: The Packers take a 27-24 lead into the fourth quarter of the NFC Championship Game at Texas Stadium, but the Dallas offensive line wears down Green Bay as Emmitt Smith rushes for two touchdowns in the final 15 minutes as the Cowboys win 38-27.
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