The 1966 Green Bay Packers (12-2) - Super Bowl I Champions

August 5: Green Bay Packers (1-0) 38, College All-Stars 0

(CHICAGO) - The irresistible Packers powered by the deadly passing of Bart Starr and the running of Paul Hornung and Jim Taylor crushed the College All-Stars Friday night. Hornung set up one touchdown with a drive to the one. Taylor scored two and Starr passed for two others. The lopsided score matched the biggest previous shutout in the series. Scuffles between opposing players were frequent and it seemed apparent that the Packers were bent on teaching the All-Stars, representing some $4 million in bonus money, a lesson in professional football. The Packers completely contained the rushes of Donny Anderson of Texas Tech and Jim Grabowski of Illinois. These two have been signed by the Packers reportedly for nearly $1 million. By halftime the Packers had run the count to 28-0 and held the collegians to two first downs.

GREEN BAY - 7 21 10 0 - 38

ALL-STARS - 0 0 0 0 - 0

1st - GB - Dowler, 10-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

2nd - GB - B. Anderson, 13-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 14-0

2nd - GB - Taylor, 1-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 21-0

2nd - GB - Adderley, 34-yard pass interception (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 28-0

3rd - GB - Chandler, 17-yard field goal GREEN BAY 31-0

3rd - GB - Taylor, 13-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 38-0

August 12: Chicago Bears (1-1) 13, Green Bay Packers (1-1) 10

(MILWAUKEE) - Pete Rozelle may have winced Friday night, but Vince Lombardi again showed his disdain for the image makers of the NFL.The league, seeking every opportunity to gain exposure before the country's armchair quarterbacks, televised the first of four Friday night pre-season exhibition games nationally. The NFL figured it had a showcase attraction for the first game, a match between the defending champion Packers and the team considered most likely to dethrone them, the arch-rival Chicago Bears. It was advertised as a game that would be played like the title was at stake. But Lombardi played it for what it was, a pre-season exhibition that gave him a chance to look over his entire squad. While Bear coach George Halas went all the way with his top quarterback Rudy Bukich and flashy halfback Gale Sayers while rallying to a 13-10 victory, Lombardi kept his 1-2 punch, Paul Hornung and Jim Taylor, on the bench throughout the second half and poured 46 of his 52 players into the contest. Lombardi went most of the second half with Zeke Bratkowski at quarterback and rookie Ron Rector and third year man Allan Jacobs as his backs.

CHICAGO - 0 0 13 0 - 13

GREEN BAY - 0 3 0 7 - 10

2nd - GB - Chandler, 40-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0

3rd - CHI - Joe Marconi, 10-yard pass from Rudy Bukich (Kick blocked) CHI 6-3

3rd - CHI - Gale Sayers, 17-yard run (Mike Eischeid kick) CHICAGO 13-3

4th - GB - Rector, 3-yard run (Chandler kick) CHICAGO 13-10

August 20: Dallas Cowboys 21, Green Bay Packers (1-2) 3

(DALLAS) - Quarterback Don Meredith, operating from Dallas' new rollout offense, rifled two touchdown passes to sprinter Bob Hayes Saturday night to give the Cowboys a 21-3 exhibition victory over the Packers before a sellout throng of 75,504. Meredith nailed Hayes on payoff shots of 22 and 35 yards after the stingy Dallas defense had picked off passes by Packer quarterback Bart Starr. Substitute Dallas quarterback Craig Morton hit flanker Frank Clarke with a third touchdown pass for two yards with nine seconds remaining in game. Hayes thrilled the largest paid crowd in Cowboy history with 70- yard touchdown jaunt in the second quarter with a punt return, but it was called back because of a clipping penalty. Green Bay's heralded ground attack was bottled up most of the night by the massive Cowboy defense and Starr was off on, his passing.

NAME NO POS HGT WGT COLLEGE YR PR AG G HOW ACQUIRED

Herb Adderley 26 CB 6- 1 200 Michigan State 6 6 27 14 1961 Draft - 1st round

Lionel Aldridge 62 DE 6- 4 245 Utah State 4 4 25 13 1963 Draft - 4th round

Bill Anderson 88 TE 6- 3 225 Tennessee 2 8 30 10 1965 Trade - Washington

Donny Anderson 44 RB 6- 3 210 Texas Tech 1 1 23 14 1965 Draft - 1st round

Ken Bowman 57 C 6- 3 230 Wisconsin 3 3 23 4 1964 Draft - 8th round

Zeke Bratkowski 12 QB 6- 3 210 Georgia 4 11 33 8 1963 FA - Los Angeles

Allen Brown 83 TE 6- 5 235 Mississippi 1 1 23 5 1965 Draft - 3rd round

Bob Brown 78 DE 6- 5 260 Ark-Pine Bluff 1 1 26 14 1966 FA

Tom Brown 40 DB 6- 1 190 Maryland 3 3 25 14 1963 Draft - 2nd round

Lee Roy Caffey 60 LB 6- 3 250 Texas A&M 3 4 25 14 1964 Trade - Philadel

Don Chandler 34 K 6- 2 210 Florida 2 11 32 14 1965 Trade - NY Giants

Tommy Crutcher 56 LB 6- 3 230 TCU 3 3 25 14 1964 Draft - 3rd round

Bill Curry 50 C 6- 2 235 Georgia Tech 2 2 23 14 1964 Draft - 20th round

Carroll Dale 84 WR 6- 2 200 Virginia Tech 2 7 28 14 1965 Trade - L. Angeles

Willie Davis 87 DE 6- 3 245 Grambling 7 9 32 14 1960 Trade - Cleveland

Boyd Dowler 86 WR 6- 5 225 Colorado 8 8 28 14 1959 Draft - 3rd round

Marv Fleming 81 TE 6- 4 235 Utah 4 4 24 14 1963 Draft - 11th round

Gale Gillingham 68 G 6- 3 255 Minnesota 1 1 22 14 1966 Draft - 1st round

Jim Grabowski 33 RB 6- 2 220 Illinois 1 1 21 14 1966 Draft - 1st round

Forrest Gregg 75 G 6- 4 250 SMU 10 10 32 14 1956 Draft - 2nd round

Doug Hart 43 DB 6- 0 190 Arlington State 3 3 27 14 1964 FA - St. Louis

Dave Hathcock 45 DB 6- 0 195 Memphis State 1 1 23 14 1966 Draft - 17th round

Paul Hornung 5 HB 6- 2 215 Notre Dame 9 9 30 9 1957 Draft - Bonus

Bob Jeter 21 DB 6- 1 205 Iowa 4 4 29 14 1960 Draft - 2nd round

Henry Jordan 74 DT 6- 3 250 Virginia 8 10 31 14 1959 Trade - Cleveland

Ron Kostelnik 77 DT 6- 4 260 Cincinnati 6 6 26 14 1961 Draft - 2nd round

Jerry Kramer 64 G 6- 3 245 Idaho 9 9 30 14 1958 Draft - 4th round

Bob Long 80 WR 6- 3 205 Wichita 3 3 24 5 1964 Draft - 4th round

Red Mack 27 WR 5-10 185 Notre Dame 1 6 29 9 1966 FA - Atlanta

Max McGee 85 E 6- 3 210 Tulane 11 11 34 12 1954 Draft - 5th round

Ray Nitschke 66 LB 6- 3 240 Illinois 9 9 29 14 1958 Draft - 3rd round

Elijah Pitts 22 HB 6- 1 205 Philander Smith 6 6 27 14 1961 Draft - 13th round

Dave Robinson 89 LB 6- 3 240 Penn State 4 4 25 14 1963 Draft - 1st round

Bob Skoronski 76 T 6- 3 245 Indiana 9 9 32 14 1956 Draft - 5th round

Bart Starr 15 QB 6- 1 190 Alabama 11 11 32 14 1956 Draft - 17th round

Jim Taylor 31 FB 6- 0 215 LSU 9 9 31 14 1958 Draft - 2nd round

Fuzzy Thurston 63 G 6- 1 245 Valparaiso 8 9 31 12 1959 Trade - Baltimore

Phil Vandersea 37 LB 6- 3 235 Massachusetts 1 1 23 14 1965 Draft - 16th round

Jim Weatherwax 73 DT 6- 7 260 Cal State-LA 1 1 23 14 1965 Draft - 11th round

Willie Wood 24 DB 5-10 190 USC 7 7 29 14 1960 FA

Steve Wright 72 T 6- 6 250 Alabama 3 3 24 14 1964 Draft - 5th round

NO - Jersey Number POS - Position HGT - Height WGT - Weight YR - Years with Packers PR - Years of Professional Football AGE - Age on September 1 G - Games Played FA - Free Agent

September 10: Green Bay Packers (1-0) 24, Baltimore Colts (0-1) 3

(MILWAUKEE) - The proud Green Bay Packer defense humiliated the great Johnny Unitas and carried the Packers to a 24-3 victory over the Baltimore Colts. Lee Roy Caffey and Bob Jeter picked off two Unitas passes in less than two minutes and turned them into touchdowns as the Packers eliminated any doubts about their claim to the NFL crown. The two sudden scores broke the backs of the Colts' resistance. The Packers offense, which had slumbered through most of the first half, caught fire and dominated play the rest of the game. Bart Starr combined with Boyd Dowler and Paul Hornung to spark a 79-yard third period drive that ended with Starr bolting over for a touchdown from the eight. Don Chandler, whose field goal had beaten Baltimore 13-10 in last December's dramatic playoff for the Western Conference crown, kicked another from the 15 as the Packers took a 24-3 lead with only a quarter to play. But the defense, as it had through the Packers 1965 season, was the key to the victory, Green Bay's fourth straight over the Colts. Caffey's 52-yard romp with a pass stolen from the peerless Colts' quarterback gave the Packers a 7-3 lead late in the second period. Four plays later Jeter got into the act by grabbing another Unitas pass at the Baltimore 46 and racing untouched into the end zone. Unitas was missing from the Colts' lineup last season when the Packers and Colts met in the playoff game. But he seemed completely recovered from knee surgery as he led the Colts to early game mastery over the slight underdog Packers.

BALTIMORE - 0 3 0 0 - 3

GREEN BAY - 0 14 10 0 - 24

2nd - BALT - Lou Michaels, 26-yard field goal BALTIMORE 3-0

2nd - GB - Caffey, 52-yard interception return (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-3

2nd - GB - Jeter, 46-yard interception return (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 14-3

3rd - GB - Starr, 8-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 21-3

3rd - GB - Chandler, 15-yard field goal GREEN BAY 24-3

September 18: Green Bay Packers (2-0) 21, Cleveland Browns (1-1) 20

(CLEVELAND) - Jim Taylor grabbed a Bart Starr pass and squirmed past two tacklers to score a touchdown on a nine-yard play in the fina1 three minutes and give the Green Bay Packers a 21-20 victory over the Cleveland Browns. The world champion Packers, trailing the Browns until late in the game in a rematch of their NFL title clash last season, used up more than nine minutes in the final quarter while traveling on the 85-yard touchdown drive. On a fourth-down-and-one situation on the Browns' nine, Taylor caught a short pass rom Starr and eluded Erich Barnes and Ross Fichtner and scored with 2:45 remaining to give the Packers the victory and boost their record to 2-0. The Browns, giving the Packers a tougher battle without Jimmy Brown than they did with him last year, made a desperate attempt to come back but Lionel Aldridgc recovered a Frank Ryan fumble about midfield with 30 seconds remaining to ice the game. Gary Collins caught two touchdown passes from Ryan.

GREEN BAY - 0 7 7 7 - 21

CLEVELAND - 7 10 0 3 - 20

1st - CLE - Gary Collins, 11-yard pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) CLE 7-0

2nd - CLE - Collins, 24-yard pass from Ryan (Groza kick) CLEVELAND 14-0

2nd - GB - Hornung, 44-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) CLEVELAND 14-7

2nd - CLE - Groza, 42-yard field goal CLEVELAND 17-7

3rd - GB - Taylor, 1-yard run (Chandler kick) CLEVELAND 17-14

4th - CLE - Groza, 46-yard field goal CLEVELAND 20-14

4th - GB - Taylor, 9-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 21-10

September 25: Green Bay Packers (3-0) 24, Los Angeles Rams (2-1) 13

(GREEN BAY) - Bart Starr braced the reeling Green Bay Packers with an 80-yard touchdown strike to Elijah Pitts in the final period, and the Packers went on to a 24-13 victory over the Los Angeles Rams. The victory gave the unbeaten Packers undisputed possession of first place in the NFL Western Conference race. The Packers, their back to the wall as a result of four fumble recoveries by the Rams, were struggling to hold a 17-13 lead when Starr, passing from near his own end zone on a second down and 10 play, found Pitts in the clear on about the Packer 45. Pitts, getting a bruising block from Boyd Dowler, sprinted ahead of the Rams secondary the rest of the way. The Packers had a 17-0 lead and had held the Rams without a first down when their fumbling started late in the second period. The Rams' Maxie Vaughan pounced on Starr's fumble at the Green Bay 33 to set up a 13-yard Bruce Gossett field goal. Gossett, who missed two field goals in the second half, kicked a 35-yarder minutes later. The second field goal came after Pitts lost the ball on a hand-off and Irv Cross recovered. The Rams struck again in the third period as they mounted a 54-yard drive that ended with Dick Bass slicing over from the eight. Starr was at his best in the first half as he engineered touchdown drives of 69 and 33 yards. Both drives ended in Paul Hornung touchdowns - the first on a six yard pass and the second on a four yard slant off tackle. Don Chandler, who had one field goal blocked by Dave Jones in the first period, connected from the 14 in the second quarter. Dave Robinson had picked off a Roman Gabriel pass at the Rams' 27 and returned it to the 13 to set it up.

LOS ANGELES - 0 6 7 0 - 13

GREEN BAY - 7 10 0 7 - 24

1st - GB - Hornung, 6-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

2nd - GB - Hornung, 4-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 14-0

2nd - GB - Chandler, 14-yard field goal GREEN BAY 17-0

2nd - LA - Bruce Gossett, 13-yard field goal GREEN BAY 17-3

2nd - LA - Gossett, 35-yard field goal GREEN BAY 17-6

3rd - LA - Dick Bass, 8-yard run (Gossett kick) GREEN BAY 17-13

4th - GB - Pitts, 80-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 24-13

October 2: Green Bay Packers (4-0) 23, Detroit Lions (2-2) 14

(GREEN BAY) - Bart Starr tossed two touchdown bombs and an opportunistic defense set the stage for three Don Chandler field goals as the unbeaten Green Bay Packers upended the Detroit Lions 23-14. The victory kept the Packers alone in first place in the Western Conference. Starr tossed 53 yards to Marv Fleming and 78 yards to Carroll Dale as the.Packers raced to a 17-0 lead against the Lions, frustrated all afternoon by fumbles and penalties. The Packers picked off two Milt Plum passes and recovered three Lion fumbles. One of the interceptions and two of the fumbles led to Chandler field goals. Chandler's boots were true from the 14, 22 and 31. He missed one from the 43. The Lions, behind Plum's passing and the inside pounding of Amos Marsh and Tom Nowatzke, pulled to within six points early in the fourth period as Marsh powered over from the eight to cap an 80-yard drive. Nowatzke scored the first Detroit touchdown with a one-yard plunge in the second period. The Packers struck the first time they got the ball as Starr passed to Fleming over the middle at the Detroit 45. Fleming shook a couple of defenders and raced for the touchdown. A fumble by Marsh on the Detroit 39 was recovered by the Packers' Ron Kostelnik. A seven-yard penalty tagged onto a Starr to Jim Taylor pass play pushed the ball to the Detroit 17. Chandler followed three plays with his first kick.

DETROIT - 0 7 0 7 - 14

GREEN BAY - 10 7 3 3 - 23

1st - GB - Fleming, 53-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

1st - GB - Chandler, 14-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-0

2nd - GB - Dale, 78-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 17-0

2nd - DET - Tom Nowatzke, 1-yard run (Wayne Walker kick) GREEN BAY 17-7

3rd - GB - Chandler, 22-yard field goal GREEN BAY 20-7

4th - DET - Amos Marsh, 8-yard run (Walker kick) GREEN BAY 20-14

4th - GB - Chandler, 31-yard field goal GREEN BAY 23-14

October 9: San Francisco 49ers (1-2-1) 21, Green Bay Packers (4-1) 20

(SAN FRANCISCO) - George Mira, the former Miami sensation who hasn't been able to match his college exploits except against the Packers helped the 49ers upset Green Bay, 24-14 in 1964. Playing because millionaire quarterback John Brodie was hampered by a groin injury, Mira did it again. He flipped an eight-yard touchdown pass to John David Crow with 14:05 left in the game to give the 49ers a 21-13 lead. Green Bay never caught up, although Chandler had a chance to win the game, but missed a 26-yard field goal with six minutes left.

GREEN BAY - 3 0 10 7 - 20

SAN FRANCISCO - 0 7 7 7 - 21

1st - GB - Chandler, 18-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0

2nd - SF - John David Crow, 27-yd pass fr George Mira (Tommy Davis kick) SF 7-3

3rd - SF - Matt Hazeltine, 22-yard fumble recovery (Davis kick) SAN FRAN 14-3

3rd - GB - Hornung, 43-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) SAN FRAN 14-10

3rd - GB - Chandler, 22-yard field goal SAN FRANCISCO 14-13

4th - SF - Crow, 27-yard pass from Mira (Davis kick) SAN FRANCISCO 21-13

4th - GB - Dale, 38-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) SAN FRANCISCO 21-20

October 16: Green Bay Packers (5-1) 17, Chicago Bears (2-3) 0

(CHICAGO) - Paul Hornung and Jim Taylor remembered what it means to be a star. Hornung and Taylor, whom experts said were slowing down to a walk, ran with their old verve and power to lead the Green Bay Packers to a 17-0 victory over the Chicago Bears. The failure of Hornung and Taylor to run like their old selves in the last two games had given coach Vince Lombardi the idea of benching his two stars in favor of youngsters Donny Anderson and Jim Grabowski. But because of the importance of the game, Lombardi went with his two veterans and the psychology paid off as each man turned in an exceptional game. Taylor caught passes of 12 and 16 yards and ran for 11 more during the Packers' 66-yard touchdown drive in the third quarter with Hornung taking the ball in for the score from the one. Ray Nitschke intercepted a Rudy Bukich pass later in the third period to set up a 30-yard field goal by Don Chandler and Willie Wood ran back an intercepted pass 20 yards for a TD in the final quarter to complete the Packers' scoring. The Green Bay defense held Chicago to 94 total yards of offense and Gale Sayers to 25 yards on 15 carries.

GREEN BAY - 0 0 10 7 - 17

CHICAGO - 0 0 0 0 - 0

3rd - GB - Hornung, 1-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

3rd - GB - Chandler, 30-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-0

4th - GB - Wood, 20-yard interception return (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 17-0

October 23: Green Bay Packers (6-1) 56, Atlanta Falcons (0-7) 3

(MILWAUKEE) - Bonus baby Donny Anderson scored two touchdowns, one on a 77-yard punt return, as the Green Bay Packers mauled the defenseless Atlanta Falcons 56-3. Anderson's first regular season score came on a five-yard sweep as the once beaten Packers remained alone atop the Western Conference standings. Green Bay plucked the Falcons for 28 points in the first half alone as Bart Starr completed eight of 11 throws for 217 yards. He stepped aside in favor of Zeke Bratkowski early in the second half. The Packers, unable to score more than 24 points in any previous game, held only a 7-0 lead after the first 15 minutes as Elijah Pitts smashed over from the three to cap a 71-yard drive that began with a Bob Jeter interception of a Dennis Claridge pass. But they added three more touchdowns in the second period with Jim Taylor plunging over from the one, Carroll Dale taking a 51 yard Starr bomb and Anderson's sweep. Atlanta came back in the second half to score on a 41-yard field goal by Lou Kirouac, set up by the power running of Ernie Wheelwright. But Herb Adderly added a fifth Packer touchdown with a 68-yard runback of a pass interception. Bratkowski, who took over for Starr early in the third period, connected with Max McGee for a 24-yard touchdown early in the final period. Anderson's punt return came late in the game as the Packers continued to pour it on despite liberal substituting by Coach Vince Lombardi. Another substitute, Doug Hart, closed out the scoring when he intercepted a Randy Johnson pass and returned it 40 yards for a touchdown. The victory margin remains the largest in Green Bay history.

ATLANTA - 0 0 3 0 - 3

GREEN BAY - 7 21 7 21 - 56

1st - GB - Pitts, 3-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

2nd - GB - Taylor, 1-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 14-0

2nd - GB - Dale, 51-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 21-0

2nd - GB - Anderson, 5-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 28-0

3rd - ATL - Lou Kirouac, 41-yard field goal GREEN BAY 28-3

3rd - GB - Adderley, 68-yard interception return (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 35-3

4th - GB - McGee, 24-yard pass from Bratkowski (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 42-3

4th - GB - Anderson, 77-yard punt return (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 49-3

4th - GB - Hart, 40-yard interception return (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 56-3

October 30: Green Bay Packers (7-1) 31, Detroit Lions (3-4) 7

(DETROIT) - Bart Starr used his own passing and the runs of Elijah Pitts and Jim Taylor to hammer out a 31-7

victory over the Detroit Lions. Green Bay overcame its own mistakes and used Detroit bobbles to run its record to 7-1 in the Western Conference. The Packers turned three pass interceptions into two touchdowns and a field goal and scored another touchdown after recovering a Detroit fumble. Lion quarterback Karl Sweetan hit Pat Studstill with one of their patented long gainers - this one for 63 yards - to set up the only Lion touchdown. But the sterling Packer defense kept the rush on Sweetan, and Lion fumbles and penalties handicapped their efforts. Pitts scored three times, twice on runs of four and three yards and once on 24-yard pass from Starr. Taylor scored on a one-yard buck and Don Chandler kicked a 40-yard field goal. Tom Nowatzke get Detroit's only touchdown on a two-yard burst in the second period that cut Green Bay's lead to 10-7.

GREEN BAY - 0 17 7 7 - 31

DETROIT - 0 7 0 0 - 7

2nd - GB - Pitts, 4-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

2nd - GB - Chandler, 40-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-0

2nd - DET - Tom Nowatske, 2-yard run (Wayne Walker kick) GREEN BAY 10-7

2nd - GB - Pitts, 24-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 17-7

3rd - GB - Taylor, 1-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 24-7

4th - GB - Pitts, 3-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 31-7

November 6: Minnesota Vikings (3-4-1) 20, Green Bay Packers (7-2) 17

(GREEN BAY) - Bill Brown crashed over from the one-yard line for a fourth period touchdown that gave Fran Tarkenton and the resurgent Minnesota Vikings a 20-17 upset victory over the Green Bay Packers. Brown's touchdown, his second of the game, capped a 73-yard march led by Tarkenton, the hottest quarterback in the NFL in the past four weeks. The defeat, the Packers' second in nine games, shaved a full game off their Western Conference lead but left them one-half game ahead of the second place Baltimore Colts. The Packers got tbe ball twice deep in their own territory after Brown's go-ahead touchdown, but the Vikings' defense kept Bart Starr and the Packers from staging a counterdrive. Tarkenton, who completed 16 of 26 passes for 172 yards, found Jim Phillips with a 38-yard strike in tbe key play of the crucial march which began after the Packers' first punt of the game. The pass put the ball on the Packers' 28-yard line. Dave Osborn picked up seven yards and Brown gained four for a first down. But the Green Bay defense rose up to smack down Osborn for a three yard loss. Tarkenton, ever scrambling, passed to Paul Flatley at the 10, Osborn plowed to the four, then to the one, and Brown belted over from there with 1:53 left to play.

MINNESOTA - 0 10 0 10 - 20

GREEN BAY - 7 3 7 0 - 17

1st - GB - Taylor, 1-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

2nd - MINN - Bill Brown, 1-yard run (Fred Cox kick) TIED 7-7

2nd - GB - Chandler, 11-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-7

2nd - MINN - Cox, 31-yard field goal TIED 10-10

3rd - GB - Pitts, 2-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 17-10

4th - MINN - Cox, 16-yard field goal GREEN BAY 17-13

4th - MINN - Brown, 1-yard run (Cox kick) MINNESOTA 20-17

November 20: Green Bay Packers (8-2) 13, Chicago Bears (3-5-2) 6

(GREEN BAY) - Roger Leclerc missed a fourth period conversion that would have tied the score and the Green Bay Packers stormed back for a touchdown enabling them to defeat the Chicago Bears 13-6. The victory, coupled with Detroit's 20-14 upset of the Baltimore Colts, gave the Packers undisputed possession of first place in the NFL's Western Conference. The Bears had just pulled within a point at 7-6 when Gale Sayers crashed over for a touchdown from the two with 9:29 left in the game. LeClerc's cleats apparently caught the turf as his foot swung into the ball on the point after touchdown attempt, and the Packers' Lee Roy Caffey slapped the ball down. The Packers then drove downfield after the kickoff for a touchdown that put the victory under wraps. Carroll Dale capped the 63-yard march by outracing defender Charles Brown on a 33-yard pass from Zeke Bratkowski. Dale's touchdown was his second of the game. The first came on a six-yard pass from Bratkowski, who took over for the injured Bart Starr at the start of the second period. The touchdown came moments after the Chicago line stopped a Green Bay drive that had reached just inside the 10-yard line. Three running plays failed to get the Packers the two yards they needed for a first down and the Bears took over. Three plays later Ronnie Bull, jolted by Lionel Aldridge, fumbled and Caffey recovered for the Packers on the Chicago 18. A delay of game penalty pushed the ball back to the 23, then Jimmy Taylor bulled his way to the nine after taking a swing pass from Bratkowski. Elijah Pitts and Taylor sliced to the six and Bratkowski found Dale alone about a foot inside the goal line for the touchdown.

CHICAGO - 0 0 0 6 - 6

GREEN BAY - 0 7 0 6 - 13

2nd - GB - Dale, 6-yard pass from Bratkowski (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

4th - CHI - Gale Sayers, 2-yard run (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 7-6

4th - GB - Dale, 33-yard pass from Bratkowski (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 13-6

November 27: Green Bay Packers (9-2) 28, Minnesota Vikings (3-7-1) 16

(MINNESOTA) - Herb Adderley partially blocked a punt to set up a Green Bay touchdown and intercepted a Fran Tarkenton pass to crush Minnesota's bid for a winning touchdown in the final two minutes as the Packers defeated the Vikings 28-16. The victory, avenging a 20-17 upset loss to the Vikings three weeks ago, lifted the Packers into a two-game lead in the Western Conference. The Vikings, battling back from a 21-3 halftime deficit, trimmed Green Bay's lead to 21-16 on Tarkenton's 38-yard scoring pass to Dave Osborn with 9 1/2 minutes left. With 3 1/2 minutes remaining, the Vikings tried a dipsy-doodle pass play with Tarkenton first pitching out to Phil King, who lateraled the ball back to Tarkenton. Adderley intercepted Tarkenton's pass. The Packers scored a few plays later to ice the victory, with rookie Jim Grabowski circling left end for 36 yards and the touchdown. The Vikings had pecked away at the Green Bay lead with two field goals by Fred Cox from 30 and 22 yards in the third period. Tarkenton finally got Minnesota's offense clicking halfway through the final quarter. He hit Jim Phillips on a 40-yard pass, then connected with Osborn for the touchdown, climaxing a 96-yard scoring march in five plays.

GREEN BAY - 7 14 0 7 - 28

MINNESOTA - 3 0 6 7 - 16

1st - MINN - Fred Cox, 27-yard field goal MINNESOTA 3-0

1st - GB - Pitts, 1-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-3

2nd - GB - Taylor, 14-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 14-3

2nd - GB - Fleming, 10-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 21-3

3rd - MINN - Cox, 30-yard field goal GREEN BAY 21-6

3rd - MINN - Cox, 22-yard field goal GREEN BAY 21-9

4th - MINN - Dave Osborn, 38-yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Cox kick) GB 21-16

4th - GB - Grabowski, 36-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 28-16

December 4: Green Bay Packers (10-2) 20, San Francisco 49ers (5-5-2) 7

(MILWAUKEE) - Bart Starr shocked San Francisco with an 83-yard touchdown pass to Carroll Dale on the third play of the game and Green Bay went on to a 20-7 victory assuring the Packers of at least a first place tie in the Western Conference. Starr also scored on a one-yard sneak to cap an 83-yard fourth period drive as the Packers preserved their two-game lead over second-place Baltimore with two games left to play. Don Chandler's kick after the second Green Bay touchdown was blocked. Minutes later the 49ers sliced the Packers' lead to six points on a 5-yard touchdown pass from John Brodie to Dave Parks. But Starr, despite the icy field, came right back to set up an insurance touchdown, passing 41 yards to Dale to give the Packers a first down on the San Francisco 22. Jim Taylor swung wide to the 12, a roughness penalty pushed the ball to the six and Elijah Pitts rammed over from the two. Starr connected on 13 of 24 passes for 236 yards in a game played under miserable conditions. The temperature was in the 20s, a biting wind blew and an icy rain fell throughout the game.

SAN FRANCISCO - 0 0 0 7 - 7

GREEN BAY - 7 0 0 13 - 20

1st - GB - Dale, 83-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

4th - GB - Starr, 1-yard run (Kick blocked) GREEN BAY 13-0

4th - SF - Dave Parks, 65-yard pass from John Brodie (Tommy Davis kick) GB 13-7

4th - GB - Pitts, 2-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 20-7

December 10: Green Bay Packers (11-2) 14, Baltimore Colts (8-5) 10

(BALTIMORE) - Elijah Pitts, who toiled in the shadow of Paul Hornung for years, scored two big touchdowns for Green Bay Saturday in a 14-10 victory over the stubborn Baltimore Colts, clinching the Western Conference title. It was the fifth conference crown for the Packers in eight years since Vince Lombardi came West to take over the coaching job. The gruelling battle was fought in a rainstorm that soaked most of the sell-out crowd of 60,238 at Memorial Stadium and turned the field into a mudbath. Pitts, the 27-year-old halfback from Philader Smith College scored in the first period on a 42-yard pass reception from Bart Starr to give the Packers a 7-0 lead. He scored again in the fourth period on a two-yard plunge after the Colts had taken a 10-7 halftime lead. The Colts scored all their points in the second period on a two-yard plunge by Tony Lorick and a 26-yard field goal by Lou Michaels. Lorick's touchdown was set up by a pass from Johnny Unitas to Tom Matte that took the ball to the two-yard line. The Colts almost won the game in the closing minutes when Unitas led a drive to the Packers' 15-yard line and then left his protective pass pocket to run the ball inside the 10-yard line. He fumbled when tackled, however, and Dave Robinson recovered for the Packers on the five. Green Bay easily ran out the clock.

GREEN BAY - 7 0 0 7 - 14

BALTIMORE - 0 10 0 0 - 10

1st - GB - Pitts, 42-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

2nd - BALT - Tony Lorick, 1-yard run (Lou Michaels kick) TIED 7-7

2nd - BALT - Michaels, 26-yard field goal BALTIMORE 10-7

4th - GB - Pitts, 2-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 14-10

December 18: Green Bay Packers (12-2) 27, Los Angeles Rams (8-6) 23

(LOS ANGELES) - Green Bay destroyed Los Angeles' hopes of going to the Playoff Bowl as reserve quarterback Zeke Bratkowski led the champion Packers to a 27-23 victory. A crowd of 72,416, the largest in two years, turned out in summerlike weather in hopes that the Rams might win and journey to Miami, Fla,, for the game between the second place teams of the NFL's two divisions January 8. Green Bay wound up the regular season with a record of 12-2, while the Rams, 8-6, had their best season since 1958. The Rams suddenly caught fire in the final three minutes of the game and scored two touchdowns to go with the record-making three field goals kicked by Bruce Gossett. Gossett's three field goals were for 36, 30 and 17 yards and brought his total for the season to 28, breaking the NFL record of 26 set in 1962 by Lou Michaels with Pittsburgh. As the fans were streaming out, punter Jon Kilgore faked a punt pass and threw the ball to DB Claude Crabb, a member of the kicking team. It went for 47 yards to the Packer 15, and two plays later, Roman Gabriel ran for the touchdown. There was a multi-fumble scene in the last minute, and Merlin Olsen came up with the ball. Gabriel passed for 65 yards to Steve Heckard to the Packer three and then passed for the TD to Marlin McKeever to pull within four points of Green Bay. Bratkowski, filling in for regular Bart Starr, played the entire game and threw one touchdown pass, 23 yards to Carroll Dale. Bob Jeter intercepted a Gabriel pass and returned it 75 yards to put Green Bay in front 7-3. The Packers led 17-9 at the half and 27-9 until the Ram explosion in the final period. Jim Taylor and Paul Hornung lined up in the second half for the final time in their careers.

GREEN BAY - 7 10 0 10 - 27

LOS ANGELES - 3 6 0 14 - 23

1st - LA - Bruce Gossett, 36-yard field goal LOS ANGELES 3-0

1st - GB - Jeter, 75-yard interception return (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-3

2nd - LA - Gossett, 30-yard field goal GREEN BAY 7-6

2nd - GB - Chandler, 10-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-6

2nd - LA - Gossett, 17-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-9

2nd - GB - Anderson, 2-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 17-9

4th - GB - Dale, 23-yard pass from Bratkowski (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 24-9

4th - GB - Chandler, 47-yard field goal GREEN BAY 27-9

4th - LA - Roman Gabriel, 11-yard run (Gossett kick) GREEN BAY 27-16

4th - LA - Marlin McKeever, 3-yard pass from Gabriel (Gossett kick) Gb 27-23

Packer Coach Vince Lombardi used his million-dollar rookies Donnie Anderson and Jim Grabowski in the second half and they tore off sizable gains, although Anderson did fumble a kick-off return.

GREEN BAY - 0 3 0 0 - 3

DALLAS - 0 7 7 7 - 21

2nd - DA - Bob Hayes, 22-yd pass fr Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) DA 7-0

2nd - GB - Chandler, 12-yard field goal DALLAS 7-3

3rd - DAL - Hayes, 35-yard pass from Meredith (Villanueva kick) DALLAS 14-3

4th - DAL - Frank Clarke, 1-yard pass from Craig Morton (Villanueva kick) DAL 21-3

August 27: Green Bay Packers (2-2) 17, Pittsburgh Steelers 6

(GREEN BAY) - That frightful SS offense with which the Green Bay Packers won last year's title hasn't vanished with age. "Sputtered and stammered," were the verbs Coach Vince Lombardi used to describe the offense after the Packers' 17-6 victory over Pittsburgh Saturday night. It was the champions' first preseason triumph over a team of fellow pros in three tries this summer. The two touchdowns doubled Green Bay's

previous total, but Green Bay had nine other series of plays end in punts, fumbles or pass interceptions. Green Bay's $835,000 pair of bonus backs, rookies Jim Grabowski and Donnie Anderson, played the last five series for the Packers and piled up 66 yards in rushing.

PITTSBURGH - 3 3 0 0 - 6

GREEN BAY - 7 7 3 0 - 17

1st - GB - Taylor, 11-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

1st - PIT - Mike Clark, 22-yard field goal GREEN BAY 7-3

2nd - PIT - Clark, 31-yard field goal GREEN BAY 7-6

2nd - GB - Hornung, 10-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 14-6

3rd - GB - Chandler, 17-yard field goal GREEN BAY 17-6

September 3: Green Bay Packers (3-2) 37, New York Giants 10

(MILWAUKEE) - Two touchdowns by Jim Taylor and three field goals by Don Chandler, together with an almost inpenetrable defense, led the Green Bay Packers to a 37-10 victory over the New York Giants Saturday night in the final exhibition game of the season for both teams. New York's only points came on a 22-yard field goal by Pete Gogolak in the second quarter and Gary Wood's 72-yard touchdown toss to Homer Jones with less than three minutes left to play. The two scoring thrusts were the only times New York got into Green Bay territory. Paul Hornung touched things off for Green Bay, taking a screen pass from Bart Starr and going 56 yards to set up the first Packer touchdown on Taylor's one-yard plunge. The Giants may have lost more than the ball game. Tucker Frederickson, their leading ball carrier as a rookie last year, reinjured his left knee and had to be helped to the dressing room.

NEW YORK - 0 3 0 7 - 10

GREEN BAY - 7 14 7 9 - 37

1st - GB - Taylor, 1-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

2nd - NY - Pete Gogolak, 22-yard field goal GREEN BAY 7-3

2nd - GB - Taylor, 4-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 14-3

2nd - GB - Starr, 6-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 21-3

3rd - GB - Anderson, 3-yard pass from Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 28-3

4th - GB - Chandler, 21-yard field goal GREEN BAY 31-3

4th - GB - Chandler, 25-yard field goal GREEN BAY 34-3

4th - GB - Chandler, 47-yard field goal GREEN BAY 37-3

4th - NY - Homer Jones, 72-yard pass from Gary Woods (Gogolak kick) GB 37-10