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The 1960 Green Bay Packers season was their 42nd season overall and their 40th season in the National Football League.The team finished with an 8–4 record under second-year head coach Vince Lombardi to win the Western Conference and a berth in the NFL championship game.
A drive by the Packers in the third quarter advanced to the Philadelphia 34-yard line, but Green Bay failed to convert on fourth down, turning the ball over to the Eagles and losing Hornung to a shoulder injury. The Eagles promptly marched down deep into Green Bay territory but a Van Brocklin pass was intercepted in the end zone by John Symank ...
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]
Jordan Love was the Packers' starting quarterback for every game of the 2023 NFL season. The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers have competed in the National Football League (NFL) since 1921, two years after their original founding by Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun. [1]
The only other non-player for the Packers to be inducted was Ron Wolf, who served as the general manager for the Packers during the 1990s, which included their victory in Super Bowl XXXI. [17] From 2013 to 2022, the Packers have had one person inducted into the Hall of Fame seven out of the ten years, including three straight from 2020 to 2022. [6]
Jack Vainisi (August 27, 1927 – November 27, 1960) was an American scout and personnel director for the Green Bay Packers from 1950 to 1960. At the age of 23, he was hired by Packers head coach Gene Ronzani to lead the team's player personnel department. In a time when most professional football teams relied on the media for information on ...
XLV (45, 2010) Green Bay Packers 31, Steelers 25. ... The aging Pack won their fifth and final championship of the 1960s in Lombardi's last game coaching the franchise. 48. XVIII (18, 1983) Los ...
In Lombardi's second year in 1960, Green Bay won the NFL Western Conference for the first time since 1944. This victory, along with his well-known religious convictions, [79] led the Green Bay community to anoint Lombardi with the nickname "The Pope". [79] Lombardi led the Packers to the 1960 Championship Game against the Philadelphia Eagles.