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1965 Green Bay Packers season

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Record
  
10–3–1

Start date
  
1965

Head coach
  
Vince Lombardi

General manager
  
Vince Lombardi

Division place
  
1st NFL Western (playoff)

Playoff finish
  
Won NFL Championship (Browns, 23–12)

Home fields
  
Lambeau Field, Milwaukee County Stadium

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1964 Green Bay Packers season

The 1965 Green Bay Packers season was their 46th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 10–3–1 record under seventh-year head coach Vince Lombardi, earning a tie for first place in the Western Conference with the Baltimore Colts.

In the final regular season game at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco, a late touchdown by the 49ers caused a tie and dropped Green Bay into a tie with the Colts. Although the Packers defeated Baltimore twice during the regular season, the rules at the time required a tiebreaker playoff, played in Green Bay on December 26. With backup quarterbacks playing for both teams, the Packers tied the Colts late and won in overtime, 13–10.

Green Bay then met the defending champion Cleveland Browns (11–3) in the NFL championship game, also at Green Bay. The Packers won, 23–12, for their ninth NFL title and third under Lombardi. It was the last NFL championship game before the advent of the Super Bowl and the first of three consecutive league titles for Green Bay.

Known as "New City Stadium" for its first eight seasons, the Packers' venue in Green Bay was renamed Lambeau Field in August 1965 in memory of Packers founder, player, and long-time head coach, Curly Lambeau, who had died two months earlier.

Standings

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

1965 Green Bay Packers season Wikipedia