Super Bowl Sunday: The Green Bay Packers win Super Bowl XLV
The Green Bay Packers were led to the promised land by Aaron Rodgers.
Raymond T. Rivard photograph
The Green Bay Packers won Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II – Vince Lombardi’s final game as head coach of the team – followed by the crumbling of Green Bay’s dynasty. It lasted for more than two decades. The team’s dark ages through the 1970s and 1980s is well documented.
That was until Ron Wolf, Mike Holmgren, Brett Favre, and Reggie White arrived at 1265 Lombardi Avenue.
The rest is history. The Green Bay Packers returned to the Super Bowl was a win over the New England Patriots and Bill Parcells in XXXI.
The Packers returned to the big game the next year against the Denver Broncos, Super Bowl XXXII – a game that turned out to be the Packers’ only loss in the NFL’s championship.
New stars in Aaron Rodgers, Clay Matthews, Jordy Nelson, Greg Jennings, B.J. Raji, Nick Collins and a young running back by the name of James Starks led this Packers team to one of the more improbable Super Bowls in many years.
And because of that, we conclude our series looking at the Green Bay Packers today – and all of the Super bowls in which this team has been a participant.
As we officially head into the offseason once more after the clock ticks down to zero on today’s Super Bowl 51, the confetti settles to the ground, and all the platitudes are given, we will once again turn our eyes to “next year.” Of course before that, we will enjoy the Combine, Free Agency, the Draft, the OTAs, and training camp.
However, before we get to all that, we’ve got to enjoy this Super Bowl Sunday.
You could turn on the NFL Network or FOX at any time today and watch the seemingly unending interviews, feature stories and so much more about the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons.
Or you can turn here to lombardiave where we are going to be offering everything Packers today – all the Packers film we can find on the five Super Bowls the team has been in.
We continue with Super Bowl XLV, and will finish up our look at the Packers Super Bowl XLV win over the Pittsburgh Steelers with more videos as the day progresses.
There are a ton of videos associated with this game. Here are a few … enjoy …
The full game
Green Bay Packers win Super Bowl XLV fan reaction
Ultimate Green Bay Packers Highlights 2010
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