Team History: Green Bay Packers Quiz

Answer: $500

Lambeau lived in Green Bay and worked for the Indian Packing Company. The company offered Lambeau the money in exchange for sponsorship rights on the team's name. The NFL was established in 1920, and Lambeau's new team were entered into the league the following year.

Answer: Agnes Aylward (Curly Lambeau's girlfriend)

Lambeau showed huge gratitude to the Indian Packing Company for its contribution to the creation of the team. Lambeau told Agnes that he intended to name the new franchise the "Green Bay Indians" to which Agnes replied "Well, for heaven's sake, Curly, why don't you just call them the Green Bay Packers!" The name stuck and the team has been known as the Packers ever since.

Answer: 29

Between 1929 and 1933, the Packers won 26 out of their 29 games at City Stadium. The team tied the three games it failed to win. In an era that did not include playoffs or a championship game, the team with the most wins took home the trophy. The Packers registered an undefeated 12-0-1 season in 1929, following this up with 10-3-1 and 12-2 records in 1930 and 1931 respectively.

Answer: 8

Hutson played as a split end, a position that closely aligns with a modern day wide receiver. Hutson had the most NFL receptions in 1936, 1937, 1939 and every year between 1941 and 1945. He also led the league in receiving yards seven times and receiving touchdowns on nine separate occasions.

He even led the league in interceptions as a safety in 1940. He was part of the inaugural class in the NFL Hall of Fame in 1963 and his number 14 jersey was retired upon Hutson's own retirement.

Answer: 5

The team had a 10-1-1 record in 1936, its only loss being a 30-3 defeat at home to the Chicago Bears. In 1939, the Packers lost regular season games against the Bears and the Cleveland Rams, posting a 9-2 record. Finally in 1944, the Pack went 8-2, losing to the Bears again while also suffering a loss to the New York Giants.

The team's overall regular season record in these three championship years was 27-5-1.

Answer: 1949

Hutson's retirement after the 1945 season saw the team enter a decline. Lambeau bought a lodge near Green Bay for the team and their families to live, but this did not help the team's fortunes. Lambeau's last season was a disappointing 3-9 campaign in 1949.

Answer: 2

The Packers had used seven different stadia as their home field between 1919 and 1957. The Packers opened their New City Stadium in 1957 and renamed it as Lambeau Field after the co-founder's death in 1965. Lambeau Fieid is seen as the spiritual home of the team and it is unlikely that the team will ever leave the stadium.

Former New York Giants assistant Lombardi was appointed as Head Coach on 2 February 1959, two years after Lambeau Field was opened. Lombardi's arrival signalled a new era of dominance in Titletown.

Answer: Won NFL Coach of the Year

The Packers had a 7-5 record in the 1959 NFL season. This was enough to give the team the third best record in the NFL's Western Conference, behind only the Baltimore Colts and the Chicago Bears. Lombardi's team did beat the Bears in his first game, by a score of 9-6. However, the team lost 28-17 on its visit to Wrigley Field. It was the first winning season that the Packers had achieved since 1947, so it had been a 12-year wait, not a 15 year gap.

The Packers had a 1-10-1 record in 1958, so the remarkable turnaround was not ignored. He was rewarded with the NFL Coach of the Year Award.

Answer: Herb Adderley

Adderley was taken with the 12th pick of the 1961 NFL Draft. He started as a running back but Lombardi moved him to cornerback where he eventually became a five-time Pro Bowl selection and a four time First-Team All-Pro. Kostelnik was taken with the 26th selection but while he is a member of the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame, he was never inducted in to the NFL's.

Starr is in the Hall of Fame but he was drafted in 1956. Taylor also made it into Canton, but he was taken with the 15th pick in the 1958 NFL Draft.

Answer: Baltimore Colts

The Colts registered four regular season wins against the Packers between 1961 and 1967, the most of any team. The Bears, Rams and Lions all registered three wins against Lombardi's team in the same sequence of time. The other teams to register a victory were the Minnesota Vikings (three times), San Francisco 49ers (three times) and the Pittsburgh Steelers (one time).

Answer: 21-17

The Packers took the lead with a 16-play drive that ended in a Bart Starr touchdown pass to Boyd Dowler. In the second quarter, Starr again found Dowler, this time on a 43-yard touchdown pass to give Green Bay a 14-0 lead. The Cowboys then capitalised on two Packer turnovers, with a Bart Starr fumble recovered for a touchdown and Green Bay safety Willie Wood dropping a punt, leading to a field goal.

In the second half, a 50-yard touchdown pass to Lance Rentzel gave the Cowboys a 17-14 lead before Bart Starr led the Packers on "the drive", a 68-yard drive in the fourth quarter that gave Green Bay the championship.

Answer: Phil Bengtson

Bengtson was the only assistant who worked alongside Lombardi throughout the entirety of the legendary coach's tenure with the Packers. Bengtson lasted only three years as head coach, compiling a 20-21-1 record. This was the beginning of a decline for the Packers.

Burns was an assistant to Lombardi in the 1966 and 1967 seasons but established his legacy with the Minnesota Vikings, where he spent the next 24 seasons, including six as head coach. McCormick is the least esteemed of the men on the list. Starr spent nine years as Packers head coach between 1975 and 1983, but the team made the playoffs just once throughout his tenure.

Answer: 2

The Packers' first postseason appearance in the post-Lombardi era came in 1972, when the team went 10-4 en route to winning the NFC Central division. The team lost 16-3 in the Divisional Round to the Washington Redskins. In 1982, the team got to the playoffs again, going 5-3-1 in a strike-shortened season. After defeating the Arizona Cardinals in the first round, the Packers lost to the Dallas Cowboys in the second round of playoffs.
The Packers also had winning seasons in 1969, 1978 and 1989, failing to make the playoffs in each of these years.

Answer: 12-10

Favre led the Packers consistently. After coming off the bench to lead the Packers to a comeback victory against the Cincinnati Bengals in 1992, Favre never missed another game for the green and gold. The Packers made the playoffs every year between 1993 and 1998, also qualifying for the post-season every year between 2001 and 2004. They also made it in 2007. Favre lost ten postseason games in eleven years and he led the Packers to Super Bowl glory in the 1996 season.

The Favre era saw the Packers reach four NFC Championship games and reach two Super Bowl games, winning one and losing the other.

Answer: 7

In 1995, the Packers won the NFC Central, its first division title in 23 years. The Packers won three straight division titles in 1995-97 and 2002-04, with Green Bay winning the division in the first three years of its re-alignment into the NFC North division in 2002. A seventh division title followed in 2007.

Answer: 1941

While the Bears/Packers rivalry is considered one of the sport's biggest, the Packers went nearly 70 years without meeting its old enemy in the postseason. The previous meeting between the sides outside of the regular season came on 14 December 1941 in a one-game playoff to determine who would be the Western Division champion. The Bears won 33-14.

The Packers won the 2010 NFC title game by a 21-14 scoreline to make it to a first Super Bowl in 13 seasons. Then, the Pack defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 to win the championship.

Answer: 10

Don Hutson won the 1941 and 1942 MVP awards. Running backs Paul Hornung and Jim Taylor won the 1961 and 1962 awards respectively. While Bart Starr was a two-time Super Bowl MVP, he only won the league MVP in 1966. Brett Favre won three consecutive MVPs between 1995 and 1997, winning it indiviually in 1995 and 1996 before sharing it with Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders in 1997. Aaron Rodgers' 2014 season led to a second MVP award as he had already won it in 2011.

Answer: 21

Brett Favre was the 22nd Packers player to be inducted into the legendary Hall of Fame.

In alphabetical order, the others are Herb Adderley (1961-69, inducted in 1980), Tony Canadeo (1941-44, 1946-52, inducted in 1974), Willie Davis (1960-69, inducted in 1981), Forrest Gregg (1956, 1958-70, inducted in 1977), Arnie Herber (1930-40, inducted in 1966), Clarke Hinkle (1932-41, inducted in 1964), Paul Hornung (1956-62, 1964-66, inducted in 1986), Cal Hubbard (1929-33, 1935, inducted in 1963), Don Hutson (1935-45, inducted in 1963), Henry Jordan (1959-69, inducted in 1995), Curly Lambeau (1919-29, 1930-49, inducted in 1963), James Lofton (1978-86, inducted in 2003), Johnny McNally (1929-33, 1935-36, inducted in 1963), Mike Michalske (1929-35, 1937, inducted in 1964), Ray Nitschke (1958-72, inducted in 1978), Jim Ringo (1953-63, inducted in 1981), David Robinson (1963-72, inducted in 2013), Bart Starr (1956-71, inducted in 1977), Jim Taylor (1958-66, inducted in 1976), Reggie White (1993-98, inducted in 2006) and Willie Wood (1960-71, inducted in 1989).

Other players who featured for the Packers and made it to Canton include Len Ford, Ted Kiesling and Ted Hendricks. Others such as Ron Wolf and Vince Lombardi never actually played for the team so did not qualify for this list.

Answer: Jim Taylor

Canadeo's #3 jersey was retired upon his exit from Packers in 1952. He had played eleven years with the franchise, missing only the 1945 season to serve in the US Army in the Second World War. Nitschke had his #66 number retired in 1985. He had spent 15 years as a Packers linebacker between 1958 and 1972. White, whose signing was seen as a huge turning point in Green Bay's quest for its 12th championship, had his jersey retired in 2006. Taylor did not have his jersey retired but he is still a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.

Answer: 14

Curly Lambeau was the team's inaugural head coach, leading the team from 1919 until 1949. His successor Gene Ronzani lasted just four years, coaching the team from 1950 to 1953. Lisie Blackbourn was coach between 1954 and 1957. After a disastrous season under Ray McLean, Vince Lombardi led the team until the 1967 season.

The Packers had a lot of poor coaching appointments in the post-Lombardi era which included Phil Bengtson, Dan Devine, Bart Starr, Forrest Gregg and Lindy Infante. The team finally had stability when Mike Holmgren led the team from 1992 to 1998, but his successor Ray Rhodes lasted just a single year. Mike Sherman was head coach between 2000 and 2005, with Mike McCarthy taking over between 2006 and 2018.