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Chapter 3 - Part Three (1961-1974)

1961

Packers rout N.Y. Giants, 37-0, for seventh NFL championship, first title game ever played in Green Bay (Dec. 31).

1962

Packers beat Giants at Yankee Stadium, 16-7, for their second straight league crown (Dec. 30).

1965

E.L. "Curly" Lambeau, Packers' founder and first coach, dies at age 67 (June 1); stadium renamed Lambeau Field (Sept. 11).

Packers defeat Baltimore Colts, 13-10, at Green Bay in sudden-death Western Conference playoff (first overtime in team history) on Don Chandler's 25-yard field goal at 13:39 of overtime (Dec. 26).

1966

After removing four inches of snow at Lambeau Field, Packers beat Cleveland Browns, 23-12, for ninth NFL title (Jan. 2).

1967

Game-ending end-zone interception by Tom Brown enables Packers to down Cowboys, 34-27, in Dallas for second straight NFL title (Jan. 1, 1967).

Packers defeat AFL's Chiefs, 35-10, at Los Angeles in first Super Bowl, (Jan. 15).

Packers win "Ice Bowl," edge Cowboys, 21-17, for third consecutive NFL title; Bart Starr's last-minute, 1-yard sneak wins game in minus-13 temperature (Dec. 31).

1968

Packers beat Oakland, 33-14, in the second Super Bowl at Miami, (Jan. 14); the contest is first-ever $3 million gate.

Lombardi steps down as Packers head coach, stays as general manager; Phil Bengtson named coach (Feb. 1).

1969

Lombardi resigns to become part-owner, executive vice president and head coach of Washington Redskins (Feb. 5); Bengtson named Packers' GM.

1970

Lombardi dies at age 57 (Sept. 3).

Bengtson resigns (Dec. 21).

1971

Dan Devine, University of Missouri coach, named Packers head coach and general manager (Jan. 14).

1972

Packers win first division title since 1967 (10-4), but lose to Redskins in divisional playoff at Washington, 16-3 (Dec. 24).

1974

Devine resigned (Dec. 16), following 5-7-2 mark in 1973 and 6-8-0 in 1974.

Bart Starr, who quarterbacked the Packers to five NFL titles in seven years during the 1960s, was named head coach and GM (Dec. 24).