headquartered in Lambeau FieldGreen Bay, Wisconsin uniform = Image:NFCN-Uniform-GB.PNG colors = Dark Green, Gold, White Color box#213D30 Color box#ffcc00 Color box#FFFFFF coach = Mike McCarthy (Mike McCarthy (American football)) owner = Green Bay Packers, Inc. (111,967 stockholders) chairman = Mark Murphy (Mark Murphy (safety b. 1955)) ceo = Mark Murphy president = Mark Murphy general manager = Ted Thompson song = Go! You Packers! Go! hist_yr = 1919 nicknames = Indian Packers (1919) Indians (1919) Acme Packers (1921) Blues (1922) Big Bay Blues (1920s) Bays (1918-1940s) The Pack (current) The Green and Gold (current) affiliate_old = Independent (1919–1920) NFL_start_yr = 1921 division_hist = *Western Division (1933–1949) *National Conference (1950–1952) *Western Conference (1953–1966) **Central Division (NFL Central Division) (1967–1969) *National Football Conference (1970–present) **Central Division (NFC Central) (1970–2001) **North Division (National Football Conference North Division) (2002–present) no_league_champs = 12 no_sb_champs = 3 no_conf_champs = 8 no_div_champs = 13 league_champs = *NFL Championships (List of NFL champions) (9)Nfly1929, Nfly1930, Nfly1931, 1936 (NFL Championship Game, 1936), 1939 (NFL Championship Game, 1939), 1944 (NFL Championship Game, 1944), 1961 (NFL Championship Game, 1961), 1962 (NFL Championship Game, 1962), 1965 (NFL Championship Game, 1965) no_pre1970sb_champs = 2 sb_champs = 1966 (1966 NFL season) (I (Super Bowl I)), 1967 (1967 NFL season) (II (Super Bowl II)), 1996 (1996 NFL season) (XXXI (Super Bowl XXXI)) conf_champs = *NFL Western: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967 *NFC: 1996, 1997
div_champs = *NFL West: 1936, 1938, 1939, 1944 *NFL Central: 1967 *NFC Central: 1972, 1995, 1996, 1997 *NFC North: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007 playoff_appearances = NFL: 1936, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1982, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009 no_playoff_appearances = 25 stadium_years = *Hagemeister Park (1919–1922) *Bellevue Park (1923–1924) *City Stadium (Green Bay) (1925–1956) *Lambeau Field (1957–present) ** (known as "New" City Stadium 1957–65) Split games between Milwaukee and Green Bay (1933–1994) *Borchert Field (1933) *Wisconsin State Fair Park (1934–1951) *Marquette Stadium (1952) *Milwaukee County Stadium (1953–1994)
The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division (NFC North) of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL) and are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL.
The Packers are the last vestige of "small town teams" that were once common in the NFL during the 1920s and 1930s. Founded in 1919 by Earl "Curly" Lambeau (Curly Lambeau) (thus the name Lambeau Field in which the team plays) and George Whitney Calhoun, the Green Bay Packers can trace their lineage to other semi-professional teams in Green Bay dating back to 1896. In 1919 and 1920 the Packers competed as a semi-professional football team against clubs from around Wisconsin and the Midwest. They joined the American Professional Football Association (APFA) in 1921, the forerunner to what is known today as the National Football League (NFL).
The Green Bay Packers have won twelve league championships (more than any other team in the NFL) including nine NFL Championships (List of Super Bowl champions) prior to the Super Bowl era and three Super Bowl victories in 1967 (Super Bowl I), 1968 (Super Bowl II) and 1996 (Super Bowl XXXI). The team has a historic rivalry (Bears-Packers rivalry) with the Chicago Bears, whom they have played in over 170 games. The Packers also share a fierce rivalry with the Minnesota Vikings, who also reside in the NFC North along with the Packers, and the Dallas Cowboys who have historically been known as the Packers largest playoff rivals after the Packers defeated them in the famous Ice Bowl (NFL Championship Game, 1967).
The Packers are the only non-profit, community-owned major league professional sports team in the United States. Beginning with the 1992 season, the Packers had 13 non-losing seasons in a row (their worst record being 8–8 in 1999), two Super Bowl appearances, and one Super Bowl win (Super Bowl XXXI). The Packers 13 consecutive non-losing seasons was an active NFL record until the team finally suffered a losing campaign in 2005 (2005 Green Bay Packers season). They returned to playoff form with winning campaigns in 2007 (2007 Green Bay Packers season) (13-3) and 2009 (2009 Green Bay Packers season) (11-5) under current head coach Mike McCarthy (Mike McCarthy (American football)).
Current: 2010 Green Bay Packers season
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Established: 1919
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