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PEARSON MAKES THE CATCH AT THE
FIVE.
TOUCHDOWN.
WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT?
>> THE PACKERS HAVE BECOME THE
NFL'S GREATEST POSTSEASON
FRANCHISE WITHOUT MIRACLES.
LEGENDARY BECAUSE OF THEIR
LONGEVITY.
GREEN BAY HAS WON 13 WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
MORE THAN ANY TEAM IN HISTORY.
DON HUTSON.
PAUL HORNUNG.
REGGIE WHITE.
AARON RODGERS.
WILLIE DAVIS.
BRETT FAVRE.
BART STARR.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE
NAMES ON AN ALL-TIME ROSTER OF
GREAT PLAYERS THAT HAS ENABLED
GREEN BAY TO COMPILE THE BEST
POSTSEASON WINNING PERCENTAGE IN
NFL HISTORY.
>> IT IS GREEN BAY ALL THE WAY
TO SUPER BOWL XLV.
>> GREEN BAY BECAME KNOWN AS
TITLE TOWN U.S.A., AND DURING
THE 1960'S, VINCE LOMBARDI
TURNED THE TINY WISCONSIN HAMLET
INTO THE CAPITAL OF THE NFL.
>> LET ME TELL YOU THIS.
GREEN BAY IS A GREAT TOWN FOR
FOOTBALL.
>> GOODNESS, I HAVEN'T MISSED A
GAME IN 15 YEARS.
>> OUR BOYS ARE REALLY GOING TO
CLOBBER THOSE BEARS SUNDAY.
I'M SURE THEY'RE GOING TO WIN.
>> LOMBARDI'S PACKERS WON FIVE
TITLES IN SEVEN SEASONS AND
REMAIN THE ONLY TEAM IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP-GAME ERA TO WIN
THREE TITLES IN A ROW.
THE THREEPEAT STARTED WITH A
CONVINCING WIN OVER CLEVELAND IN
THE 1965 NFL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
DEFENSE SAVED THE DAY IN THE
FINAL SECONDS OF THE TIGHTLY
CONTESTED 1966 CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> IF HE KICKS THE EXTRA POINT
WE'RE GOING INTO OVERTIME.
ONE PLAY TO TRAVEL TWO YARDS.
MEREDITH ROLLS OUT TO THE RIGHT.
HE'S GOING TO BE NAILED.
IT'S INTERCEPTED IN THE END
ZONE.
>> WITH TWO STRAIGHT WORLD
TITLES IN THE BOOKS, LOMBARDI
WAS DETERMINED TO MAKE HISTORY
IN 1967.
>> EACH YEAR, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT
MOTIVATING FEATURES, AND AT THIS
PARTICULAR TIME --
>> COACH LOMBARDI STARTED FROM
THE GET-GO THAT YEAR ABOUT
WINNING THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE
TITLE.
NO ONE HAD EVER WON THREE
CONSECUTIVE TITLES AND HE
REMINDED US THAT WE HAD A CHANCE
TO DO THAT IN 1961 AND 1962 AND
THAT WE HAD FALLEN DOWN IN 1963.
>> IN 1967, INJURIES, ERRORS,
AND PERSONNEL CHANGES HAMPERED A
TEAM THAT WASN'T AS DOMINANT AS
IT HAD BEEN IN THE PAST.
WITH 13 PLAYERS OVER 30 YEARS
OLD, AGE WAS ALSO A FACTOR THAT
THREATENED TO DERAIL A
THREEPEAT.
>> CERTAINLY, WE WERE AGING.
WE WERE AWARE OF THAT.
WE WERE CALLED OLD MEN, AND
BEING AN OLD MAN INFERRED THAT
YOU WERE NOT CAPABLE OF DOING
THE JOB.
THAT YOU HAD PASSED YOUR PRIME.
YOU WERE A HAS-BEEN.
>> THE PACKERS LIMPED INTO THE
WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS WITH
A 9-4-1 RECORD.
THEY FACED THE RAMS, ONE OF TWO
NFL TEAMS THAT HAD LOST ONLY ONE
GAME.
THE PACKERS POUNDED HEAVILY
FAVORED LOS ANGELES.
BUT THE ROAD TO SUPER BOWL II
WOULD GET HARDER.
AND COLDER.
THE 1967 NFL CHAMPIONSHIP AT
LAMBEAU FIELD WAS PLAYED IN WIND
CHILLS THAT PLUMMETED TO 58
DEGREES BELOW.
GREEN BAY SQUANDERED A 14-0
ADVANTAGE TO THE COWBOYS AND BY
THE FOURTH QUARTER, DALLAS HAD
SEIZED A 17-14 LEAD.
>> WE REALLY STRUGGLED
OFFENSIVELY IN THE SECOND HALF,
ON 10 SERIES, ON 31 PLAYS, WE
GAINED A MINUS NINE YARDS, SO WE
WERE GETTING OUR TAIL KICKED IN
THE SECOND HALF.
I CERTAINLY HAD A LITTLE -- A
LITTLE SINKING FEELING THAT
MAYBE THIS WAS NOT TO BE.
>> WITH LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES
REMAINING IN THE GAME THAT
BECAME KNOWN AS THE ICE BOWL,
BART STARR ENGINEERED A 68-YARD
DRIVE.
THE PACKERS TRAVERSED A FROZEN
FIELD AND CROSSED INTO NFL
MYTHOLOGY.
>> HERE ARE THE PACKERS, THIRD
DOWN, INCHES TO GO TO PAY DIRT.
17-14, COWBOYS IN FRONT.
PACKERS TRYING FOR THE GO-AHEAD
SCORE.
STARR BEGINS THE COUNT, TAKES
THE SNAP.
HE'S IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
THE PACKERS ARE OUT IN FRONT
20-17.
THERE ARE 13 SECONDS SHOWING ON
THE CLOCK AND THE GREEN BAY
PACKERS ARE GOING TO BE NFL
CHAMPIONS FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT
YEAR.
>> THE PRESENT-DAY PACKERS ARE
SOLIDLY ENTRENCHED IN THE TEAM'S
STORIED POSTSEASON TRADITION.
>> RODGERS LOOKS, THROWS TO THE
RIGHT SIDE OF THE END ZONE.
>> THEIR MOST RECENT RUN OF
CONSECUTIVE PLAYOFF APPEARANCES
BEGAN IN 2009.
>> JENNINGS.
>> THAT'S A PLAYMAKER.
>> WHEN THE PACKERS PUT UP 45 OF
THE 96 POINTS IN THE HIGHEST
SCORING POSTSEASON GAME IN NFL
HISTORY.
>> TO THE SIDELINE.
JORDY NELSON TO THE PYLON FOR
THE TOUCHDOWN.
>> SECOND AND GOAL FROM THE
FOUR.
QUICK THROW.
BACK SHOULDER.
TOUCHDOWN.
>> PACKERS ENTERED THE 2011
PLAYOFFS AS THE DEFENDING WORLD
CHAMPS AND BOASTING A 15-1
RECORD, THE BEST IN FRANCHISE
HISTORY.
BUT IN GREEN BAY, AS IN ALL NFL
CITIES, REGULAR SEASON RECORDS
MATTER FAR LESS THAN THE RESULTS