Monthly Archives: July 2015

Headline: First season without Head Coach Vince Lombardi results in the Green Bay Packers and new coach Phil Bengston’s first losing campaign since 1958 Regular Season Record: 6 – 7 – 1 (Third Place NFL Western Conference Central Division) Offseason Highlights: On February 1, after nine years of leading one of the National Football League’s great franchises, the …

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Headline: The Green Bay Packers, in Lombardi’s last season as the team’s head coach, capture their fifth NFL title in the 1960s and a victory in Super Bowl II Regular Season Record: 9 – 4 – 1 (First Place NFL Western Conference Central Division) Offseason Highlights: The National Football League expanded to 16 teams with the addition …

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Headline: The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs in the first Super Bowl after NFL and AFL agree to merge, forming a single league. Regular Season Record: 12 – 2 (First Place NFL Western Conference) Offseason Highlights: On June 8, the National Football League and the American Football League formally agreed to merge …

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I consider myself a sports fan but don’t spend a lot of time watching games either in person or on television. In fact, the older I get, the less I watch, following developments on-line, in the paper, or on highlight shows. Seems I just don’t have the patience anymore to sit through an entire game, …

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