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Green Bay Packers history

A century of Green Bay Packers history, presented by a Packers trivia book author

Founded in 1919 in a newspaper office, named for a packing company, owned by the town ever since, and champions thirteen times over. Packerland tells the history one story, one rivalry and one trivia question at a time.

The Packers in their second season, the year before they joined the league that became the NFL.

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Packers history by era

From Curly Lambeau's semi-pro team to Jordan Love, the same town and the same colors.

  1. Don Hutson running with the ball in a 1940s Packers gameDon Hutson, 1940s1919 to 1949The Lambeau eraCurly Lambeau founded the team, coached it for three decades and won six championships with a pass-first offense built around Don Hutson.
  2. The Packers and the Raiders in Super Bowl IISuper Bowl II, January 19681959 to 1967The Lombardi dynastyFive championships in seven years, the Ice Bowl, and the first two Super Bowls. Lombardi stepped down after Super Bowl II.
  3. Brett Favre at Lambeau Field in 1998Brett Favre, 19981992 to 2007The Favre yearsBrett Favre, Reggie White and Mike Holmgren brought Green Bay back to the top, beating the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI.
  4. Aaron Rodgers in a Packers uniformAaron Rodgers2008 to 2022The Rodgers eraFour MVP awards, a Super Bowl XLV win over the Steelers, and a habit of dramatic comebacks.
  5. Head coach Matt LaFleur on the Packers sidelineMatt LaFleur, head coach since 20192023 to todayThe Love eraJordan Love took over from Rodgers in 2023, the third quarterback in a line that runs through two Hall of Famers.
The whole history, 1919 to today

Moments fans still argue about

Each one lives on the rivalry page it belongs to, with the game log under it.

Three Packers trivia questions

Tap an answer. The factoid under it is the kind of thing the book puts under every one of its 200 questions.

  1. Lambeau Field

    In what year did Lambeau Field open as the Packers' home stadium?

  2. The Super Bowls

    Which team did the Green Bay Packers beat in Super Bowl I?

  3. The Hall of Fame

    How many Packers were charter members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame when it opened in 1963?

Eight full quizzes on the trivia hub

The rivalries

Every game the Packers have played against every team is on the rivalry pages. These four carry the most history.

All 31 teams, every game since 1921
Joe Fletcher

Written by a fan in Burlington, Wisconsin

Joe Fletcher grew up on the Packers, wrote the trivia book, and keeps this site as the place where the stories and the game log live together. Packerland is a fan site, not affiliated with the Packers or the NFL. About Packerland

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