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Vincent Thomas Lombardi (/ l əm ˈ b ɑːr d i / ləm-BAR-dee; June 11, 1913 – September 3, 1970) was an American professional football coach and executive in the National Football League (NFL).
The 1959 Green Bay Packers season was their 39th season in the National Football League and 41st overall. The team finished with a 7–5 record in the 1959 season under first-year coach Vince Lombardi to earn a third-place finish in the Western Conference. It was the Packers' first winning season in a dozen years, the last was a 6–5–1 mark ...
The team finished with a 13–1 record under coach Vince Lombardi, earning them a first-place finish in the Western Conference. The Packers ended the season by defeating the New York Giants 16–7 in the NFL Championship Game, the Packers second consecutive defeat of the Giants in the championship game. This marked the Packers' eighth NFL World ...
The 1966 Green Bay Packers season was their 48th season overall and their 46th in the National Football League (NFL). The defending NFL champions had a league-best regular season record of 12–2, led by eighth-year head coach Vince Lombardi and quarterback Bart Starr, in his eleventh NFL season.
Lombardi also holds the Packers' record for highest regular season and postseason winning percentage (.746 and .900 respectively). [7] After Lombardi resigned from coaching in 1967, the Packers again languished, this time for almost 25 years. From 1968 to 1991, the Packers had five head coaches, none of whom had a winning percentage over .488.
Brady threw for a then-Super Bowl record 466 yards, ... 2010) Green Bay Packers 31, Steelers 25 ... However not everyone remembers that Vince Lombardi's troops only led by four points at halftime. ...
The second period of success was between 1960 and 1967 under head coach Vince Lombardi, during which the Packers won five NFL Championships and the first two Super Bowls. [8] The Packers also won three consecutive NFL Championships for the second time in franchise history (1965–1967). [7]
The team finished with an 11–3 record under third-year head coach Vince Lombardi, earning them a first-place finish in the Western Conference. The Packers ended the season by shutting out the New York Giants 37–0 in the NFL Championship Game, the first title game ever played in Green Bay. This was the Packers seventh NFL league championship.