Editing Green Bay Packers (section)

===Vince Lombardi years (1959–1967)===
Former [[New York Giants]] assistant [[Vince Lombardi]] was hired as Packers head coach and general manager on February 2, 1959.<ref name="u913">{{cite web | last=Johnson | first=Chuck | title=Jan. 28, 1959: Packers Hire Vince Lombardi | website=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | date=January 28, 1959 | url=https://archive.jsonline.com/sports/packers/164346156.html | access-date=August 29, 2024 | archive-date=August 29, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829173922/https://archive.jsonline.com/sports/packers/164346156.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Few suspected the hiring represented the beginning of a remarkable, immediate turnaround. Under Lombardi, the Packers would become ''the'' team of the 1960s, winning five championships over seven years, including victories in the first two [[Super Bowl]]s. During the Lombardi era, the stars of the Packers' offense included [[Bart Starr]], [[Jim Taylor (fullback)|Jim Taylor]], [[Carroll Dale]], [[Paul Hornung]] (as halfback and placekicker), [[Forrest Gregg]], and [[Jerry Kramer]]. The defense included [[Willie Davis (defensive end)|Willie Davis]], [[Henry Jordan]], [[Willie Wood]], [[Ray Nitschke]], [[Dave Robinson (American football)|Dave Robinson]], and [[Herb Adderley]].[[File:Nitschke packers.jpg|thumb|left|[[Ray Nitschke]] – his No. 66 jersey is one of six numbers [[List of Green Bay Packers retired numbers|retired by the Packers]]]]
The Packers' first regular-season game under Lombardi was on September 27, 1959, a 9–6 victory over the [[1959 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]] in Green Bay. After winning their first three, the Packers lost the next five before finishing strong by sweeping their final four. The 7–5 [[1959 Green Bay Packers season|record]] represented the Packers' first winning season since 1947, enough to earn rookie head coach Lombardi the [[NFL Coach of the Year]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1959 Green Bay Packers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/1959.htm |access-date=August 29, 2024 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en |archive-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515121937/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/1959.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="u503">{{cite web | title=AP Coach of the Year Winners | website=Pro-Football-Reference.com | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/awards/ap-coach-of-the-year.htm | access-date=August 29, 2024 | archive-date=January 3, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103180612/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/awards/ap-coach-of-the-year.htm | url-status=live }}</ref>

The next year, the [[1960 Green Bay Packers season|Packers]], led by Paul Hornung's 176 points, won the NFL West title and played in the [[1960 NFL Championship Game|NFL Championship]] against the [[1960 Philadelphia Eagles season|Philadelphia Eagles]] at [[Franklin Field|Philadelphia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1960 Green Bay Packers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/1960.htm |access-date=August 29, 2024 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en |archive-date=October 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007163352/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/1960.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1960 NFL Scoring Summary |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1960/scoring.htm |access-date=August 29, 2024 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en |archive-date=December 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203103706/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1960/scoring.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In a see-saw game, the Packers trailed by only four points when All-Pro Eagle linebacker [[Chuck Bednarik]] tackled Jim Taylor just nine yards short of the goal line as time expired.<ref name="t572">{{cite web | last=Lea | first=Bud | title=Dec. 26, 1960: Eagles Win NFL Title | website=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | date=December 26, 1960 | url=https://archive.jsonline.com/sports/packers/290873981.html | access-date=August 29, 2024 | archive-date=June 13, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613221505/https://archive.jsonline.com/sports/packers/290873981.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

====NFL champions (1961, 1962, 1965)====
[[File:1961 Topps 40 Paul Hornung.jpg|thumb|left|The "Golden Boy" [[Paul Hornung]], featured on a 1961 sports card]]
The [[1961 Green Bay Packers season|Packers]] returned to the [[NFL Championship Game, 1961|NFL Championship game]] the following season and faced the [[1961 New York Giants season|New York Giants]] in the first league title game to be played in Green Bay. The Packers scored 24-second-quarter points, including a championship-record 19 by Paul Hornung, on special "loan" from the [[United States Army|Army]] (one touchdown, four extra points, and three field goals), powering the Packers to a 37–0 rout of the Giants, their first NFL Championship since 1944.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/sports/football/16giants.html |title=Out of the Icebox, the N.F.L. Caught Fire |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 16, 2008 |access-date=February 7, 2011 |author-link=Bill Pennington |first=Bill |last=Pennington |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220170352/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/sports/football/16giants.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1961 Green Bay Packers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/1961.htm |access-date=August 29, 2024 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en |archive-date=October 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241014045743/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/1961.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> It was in 1961 that Green Bay became known as "Titletown".<ref name="g341">{{cite web | last=Wallace | first=William N. | title=In Previous Title Game, Giants No Match for Lombardi's Packers | website=The New York Times | date=January 21, 2008 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/21/sports/football/21wallace.html | access-date=August 29, 2024}}</ref>

The [[1962 Green Bay Packers season|Packers]] stormed back in the [[1962 NFL season|1962 season]], jumping out to a 10–0 start on their way to a 13–1 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1962 Green Bay Packers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/1962.htm |access-date=August 29, 2024 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> This consistent level of success would lead to Lombardi's Packers becoming one of the most prominent teams of their era, and to be featured as the face of the NFL on the cover of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' on December 21, 1962, as part of the magazine's cover story on "The Sport of the '60s".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19621221,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122150754/http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19621221,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 22, 2008 |title=Green Bay Coach Vince Lombardi|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=December 21, 1962 |access-date=August 15, 2014 |at=cover}}</ref> Shortly after ''Time''{{'s}} article, the Packers faced the [[1962 New York Giants season|Giants]] in a much more brutal [[NFL Championship Game, 1962|championship game]] than the previous year, but the Packers prevailed on the kicking of [[Jerry Kramer]] and the determined running of Jim Taylor. The Packers defeated the Giants in New York, 16–7.<ref name="m773">{{cite web | last=Dederer | first=John | title=Freezing With the Giants in '62 | website=The New York Times | date=January 30, 2014 | url=https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/freezing-with-the-giants-in-62/ | access-date=August 29, 2024 | archive-date=August 29, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829180146/https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/freezing-with-the-giants-in-62/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The 1963 team went 11–2–1 but finished second in the NFL West.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1963 Green Bay Packers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/1963.htm |access-date=August 29, 2024 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en |archive-date=October 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007121812/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/1963.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The 1964 went 8–5–1 and finished second in the NFL West.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1964 Green Bay Packers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/1964.htm |access-date=August 29, 2024 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

The [[1965 Green Bay Packers season|Packers]] returned to the [[History of NFL Championships|championship game]] in [[NFL Championship Game, 1965|1965]] following a two-year absence when they defeated the Colts in a playoff for the Western Conference title.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Divisional Round – Baltimore Colts at Green Bay Packers – December 26th, 1965 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196512260gnb.htm |access-date=August 29, 2024 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> That game would be remembered for [[Don Chandler]]'s controversial tying field goal in which the ball allegedly went wide right, but the officials signaled "good".<ref name="g533">{{cite web | last=Stellino | first=Vito | title=NFL Confidential: Vince Lombardi's legendary Green Bay Packers had a few close calls | website=Florida Times-Union | date=August 13, 2011 | url=https://www.jacksonville.com/story/sports/nfl/2011/08/13/nfl-confidential-vince-lombardi-s-legendary-green-bay/15893270007/ | access-date=August 29, 2024 | archive-date=January 31, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131135003/https://www.jacksonville.com/story/sports/nfl/2011/08/13/nfl-confidential-vince-lombardi-s-legendary-green-bay/15893270007/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The 13–10 overtime win earned the Packers a trip to the NFL Championship game, where Hornung and Taylor ran through the defending champion [[1965 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]], helping the Packers win, 23–12, to earn their third NFL Championship under Lombardi and ninth overall.<ref name="m057">{{cite web | last=Schudel | first=Jeff | title=56 years ago, Browns lost 1965 NFL championship to Packers in Lambeau quagmire | website=News-Herald | date=December 24, 2021 | url=https://www.news-herald.com/2021/12/24/56-years-ago-browns-lost-1965-nfl-championship-to-packers-in-lambeau-quagmire/ | access-date=August 29, 2024 | archive-date=December 24, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224134322/https://www.news-herald.com/2021/12/24/56-years-ago-browns-lost-1965-nfl-championship-to-packers-in-lambeau-quagmire/ | url-status=live }}</ref> [[1966 NFL season#Major rule changes|Goalpost uprights]] would be made taller the next year.<ref name="t134">{{cite web | last=Bink | first=Addy | title=Why the NFL goal posts aren't where they used to be | website=KLAS | date=February 11, 2024 | url=https://www.8newsnow.com/sports/the-big-game/why-the-nfl-goal-posts-arent-where-they-used-to-be/ | access-date=August 29, 2024 | archive-date=August 29, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829181145/https://www.8newsnow.com/sports/the-big-game/why-the-nfl-goal-posts-arent-where-they-used-to-be/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

====Super Bowl I champions (1966)====
[[File:1986 Jeno's Pizza - 15 - Willie Davis.jpg|right|thumb|Packers [[Willie Davis (defensive end)|Willie Davis]] (left) and [[Henry Jordan]] tackling a Chiefs player in the first AFL-NFL Championship (Super Bowl I)]]
The [[1966 NFL season|1966 season]] saw the [[1966 Green Bay Packers season|Packers]] led to the first-ever [[Super Bowl]] by [[National Football League Most Valuable Player Award|MVP]] quarterback Bart Starr.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AP NFL Most Valuable Player Winners |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/awards/ap-nfl-mvp-award.htm |access-date=August 29, 2024 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en |archive-date=June 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610022530/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/awards/ap-nfl-mvp-award.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The team went 12–2, and as time wound down in the [[NFL Championship Game, 1966|NFL Championship]] against the [[1966 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]], the Packers clung to a 34–27 lead.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1966 Green Bay Packers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/1966.htm |access-date=August 29, 2024 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en |archive-date=July 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711170906/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/1966.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Dallas had the ball on the Packers' two-yard line, threatening to tie the game, but on fourth down, the Packers' [[Tom Brown (sportsman, born 1940)|Tom Brown]] intercepted [[Don Meredith]]'s pass in the end zone to seal the win.<ref name="x989">{{cite web | last=Maule | first=Tex | title=GREEN BAY ROLLS HIGH | website=Sports Illustrated Vault | date=January 9, 1967 | url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1967/01/09/green-bay-rolls-high | access-date=August 29, 2024}}</ref> The team crowned its season by rolling over the [[American Football League|AFL]] champion [[1966 Kansas City Chiefs season|Kansas City Chiefs]] 35–10 in [[Super Bowl I]].<ref name="x920">{{cite web | last=Hand | first=Jack | title=AP WAS THERE: Packers bombard Chiefs, 35–10, in Super Bowl | website=AP News | date=January 31, 2022 | url=https://apnews.com/article/green-bay-packers-kansas-city-chiefs-nfl-mlb-sports-9be08d3e4df824b4170b1d4e89c7a7ad | access-date=August 29, 2024}}</ref>

====Super Bowl II champions (1967)====
The [[1967 NFL season|1967 season]] was the last for Lombardi as the Packers' head coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/LombVi0.htm|title=Vince Lombardi Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=August 1, 2018|archive-date=June 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629003238/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/LombVi0.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[NFL Championship Game, 1967|NFL Championship game]], a rematch of the 1966 contest against Dallas, became indelibly known as the "Ice Bowl" as a result of the brutally cold conditions at [[Lambeau Field]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 28, 2017|agency=Associated Press |title=AP Was There: 1967 Cowboys–Packers Ice Bowl game |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2017/12/28/ap-was-there-1967-cowboys-packers-ice-bowl-game/108970804/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801222749/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2017/12/28/ap-was-there-1967-cowboys-packers-ice-bowl-game/108970804/ |archive-date=August 1, 2018 |access-date=August 1, 2018 |work=USA Today}}</ref> Still the coldest NFL game ever played, it remains one of the most famous football games at any level in the history of the sport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/specials/100-greatest/?q=55-the-ice-bowl|title=The 100 Greatest Moments in Sports History {{!}} The Ice Bowl|website=Sports Illustrated's 100 Greatest Moments|access-date=August 1, 2018|archive-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802014132/https://www.si.com/specials/100-greatest/?q=55-the-ice-bowl|url-status=dead}}</ref> With 16 seconds left, [[Bart Starr]]'s touchdown on a quarterback sneak brought the Packers a 21–17 victory and their still unequaled third straight NFL Championship.<ref name="s459">{{cite web | last=Maule | first=Tex | title=Bart Starr and the Packers beat Dallas in the Ice Bowl | website=Sports Illustrated Vault | date=January 8, 1968 | url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1968/01/08/the-old-pro-goes-in-for-six | access-date=August 29, 2024 | archive-date=January 13, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250113234629/https://vault.si.com/vault/1968/01/08/the-old-pro-goes-in-for-six | url-status=live }}</ref> They then won [[Super Bowl II]] with a 33–14 victory over the [[Oakland Raiders]].<ref name="v158">{{cite web | last=Maule | first=Tex | title=Super Bowl II: Packers beat Raiders on an off day | website=Sports Illustrated Vault | date=January 22, 1968 | url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1968/01/22/green-bay-handily | access-date=August 29, 2024}}</ref> Lombardi stepped down as head coach after the game, and Phil Bengtson was named his successor.<ref name="o435">{{cite web | title=Lombardi Quits as Packers' Coach, but Stays With Club; BENGTSON GIVEN GREEN BAY POST Lombardi Will Retain Job as General Manager of Champion Eleven | website=The New York Times | date=February 2, 1968 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/02/02/archives/lombardi-quits-as-packers-coach-but-stays-with-club-bengtson-given.html | access-date=August 29, 2024 | archive-date=August 29, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829190057/https://www.nytimes.com/1968/02/02/archives/lombardi-quits-as-packers-coach-but-stays-with-club-bengtson-given.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Lombardi remained as general manager for one season but left in 1969 to become head coach and minority owner of the [[Washington Redskins]].<ref name="r981">{{cite news | last=Maraniss | first=David | title=When Vince Lombardi left Green Bay for Washington, one town wept. The other cheered. | newspaper=Washington Post | date=January 7, 2016 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/when-vince-lombardi-left-green-bay-for-washington-one-town-wept-the-other-cheered/2016/01/07/2c825474-b4b5-11e5-a76a-0b5145e8679a_story.html | access-date=August 29, 2024 | archive-date=January 2, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102174605/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/when-vince-lombardi-left-green-bay-for-washington-one-town-wept-the-other-cheered/2016/01/07/2c825474-b4b5-11e5-a76a-0b5145e8679a_story.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

After Lombardi died of cancer on September 3, 1970, the NFL renamed the Super Bowl trophy the [[Vince Lombardi Trophy]] in recognition of his accomplishments with the Packers.<ref name="v586">{{cite web | last=Wallace | first=William N. | title=Vince Lombardi, Football Coach, Dies | website=The New York Times | date=September 4, 1970 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/04/archives/vince-lombardi-football-coach-dies-vince-lombardi-pro-football.html | access-date=August 29, 2024}}</ref> The city of [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]] renamed Highland Avenue in his honor in 1968, placing Lambeau Field at 1265 Lombardi Avenue ever since.<ref name="e645">{{cite web | last=Gardner | first=Steve | title=Lombardi Trophy: History, facts about Super Bowl champion prize | website=USA TODAY | date=February 11, 2024 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/super-bowl/2024/02/11/lombardi-trophy-history-super-bowl-champion/72404904007/ | access-date=August 29, 2024 | archive-date=August 29, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829190424/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/super-bowl/2024/02/11/lombardi-trophy-history-super-bowl-champion/72404904007/ | url-status=live }}</ref>[[File:1986 Jeno's Pizza - 16 - Eddie Lee Ivery.jpg|thumb|right|The Packers, pictured against Cardinals in the [[1982–83 NFL playoffs|1982–83 playoffs]], only qualified for the postseason twice during the team's post-Lombardi "dark ages" (1969–91).]]

For about a quarter-century after Lombardi's departure, the Packers had relatively little on-field success. In the 24 seasons from 1968 to 1991, they had only five seasons with a winning record, one being the shortened [[1982 NFL season|1982 strike season]].<ref name="i043">{{cite web | title=The Lean Years (1968–1991) Archives | website=Packers History | date=January 19, 2024 | url=https://packershistory.com/category/the-lean-years-1968-1992/ | access-date=August 29, 2024 | archive-date=August 29, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829192641/https://packershistory.com/category/the-lean-years-1968-1992/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="b316">{{cite web | last=D'Amato | first=Gary | title=The Sorry Years | website=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | date=January 2, 2015 | url=https://archive.jsonline.com/sports/packers/the-sorry-years-b99418952z1-287342561.html/ | access-date=August 29, 2024 | archive-date=August 29, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829192724/https://archive.jsonline.com/sports/packers/the-sorry-years-b99418952z1-287342561.html/ | url-status=live }}</ref> They appeared in the playoffs twice, with a 1–2 record. The period saw five different head coaches—[[Phil Bengtson]], [[Dan Devine]], Bart Starr, [[Forrest Gregg]], and [[Lindy Infante]]—two of whom, Starr and Gregg, were Lombardi's era stars, while Bengtson was a former Packer coach. Each led the Packers to a worse record than his predecessor. Poor personnel decisions were rife, notoriously the 1974 trade by acting general manager Dan Devine which sent five 1975 or 1976 draft picks (two first-rounders, two-second-rounders and a third) to the [[Los Angeles Rams]] for aging quarterback [[John Hadl]], who would spend only 1{{frac|1|2}} seasons in Green Bay.<ref>[http://www2.jsonline.com:80/packer/insider/history/oldschool/ Old School Packers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060218153613/http://www2.jsonline.com/packer/insider/history/oldschool/ |date=February 18, 2006 }} from the [[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] website. Retrieved February 5, 2007</ref> Another came in the [[1989 NFL draft]], when offensive lineman [[Tony Mandarich]] was taken with the second overall pick ahead of future [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] inductees [[Barry Sanders]], [[Derrick Thomas]], and [[Deion Sanders]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1989 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1989/draft.htm |access-date=August 29, 2024 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en |archive-date=July 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705122941/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1989/draft.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Though rated highly by nearly every professional scout at the time, Mandarich's performance failed to meet expectations, earning him [[ESPN]]'s ranking as the third "biggest sports flop" in the last 25 years.<ref name="u021">{{cite web | last=Low | first=Chris | title=ESPN25: The 25 Biggest Sports Flops of 1979–2004 | website=ESPN.com | date=July 20, 2004 | url=https://www.espn.com/espn/espn25/story?page=listranker/25biggestflops | access-date=August 29, 2024 | archive-date=May 24, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524183133/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/espn25/story?page=listranker%2F25biggestflops | url-status=live }}</ref>[[File:David Martin82 Brett Favre4-Edit2.jpg|alt=Packers great Brett Favre, a three-time All-Pro, three-time NFL MVP, and Super Bowl XXXI champion in his 16 years in Green Bay|thumb|left|Packers great [[Brett Favre]] played for 16 years in Green Bay. He had his No. 4 jersey retired by the Packers in 2015.]]

The Packers' performance in the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s led to a shakeup, with [[Ron Wolf]] hired as general manager and given full control of the team's football operations to start the 1991 season.<ref name="e694">{{cite web | last=Demovsky | first=Rob | title=Former Packers GM Ron Wolf selected to Pro Football Hall of Fame | website=ESPN.com | date=February 1, 2015 | url=https://www.espn.com/blog/green-bay-packers/post/_/id/18273/former-packers-gm-ron-wolf-selected-to-pro-football-hall-of-fame | access-date=August 29, 2024 | archive-date=August 29, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829190310/https://www.espn.com/blog/green-bay-packers/post/_/id/18273/former-packers-gm-ron-wolf-selected-to-pro-football-hall-of-fame | url-status=live }}</ref>