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Word: packer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...victory over Dallas was a typical Packer production fashioned out of both guts and guile. The thermometer in Green Bay stood at 13 below zero, and a 15-m.p.h. wind created a "chill factor" equivalent to 49 below. Packer Quarterback Bart Starr was forced to eat the ball eight times because his receivers were unable to cut properly on the icy field (something the CBS TV cameras never showed). Yet in thelast 5 min., as Dallas led 17-14, Starr coolly, carefully marched his team 69 yds., then took the ball across himself in the final...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: And Now the Super Bowl | 1/12/1968 | See Source »

Jimmy the Conservative. Green Bay's great advantage over Oakland is on defense. The Packer "front four," led by All-Pro End Willie Davis, is one of the strongest in history-although the Raiders boast some fearsome pass rushers of their own, notably Tackle Tom Keating, a 247-pounder who runs 40 yds. in 5.3 sec. in his football gear. Therein lies a certain danger. Confident of this rush, Oakland's cocky cornerbacks have developed the habit of playing opposing pass receivers extremely tight to cut off the short pass, assuming that there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: And Now the Super Bowl | 1/12/1968 | See Source »

Sunday afternoon in Miami, Fla., the most overrated team in professional football will meet the most underrated. Vince Lombardi, Tex Maule, Frank Gifford, Gale Gillingham and other Green Bay Packer types will receive a comeuppance: if the Oakland Raiders don't give the AFL its first Super Bowl victory, they will come damn close...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: THE SPORTS DOPE | 1/12/1968 | See Source »

...injuries is more than just the breaks of the game. "Dirty players are gone," answers Tackle Henry Jordan, but his disingenuous comment suggests that the writers and fans may be right. Today's players, he says, are "so well trained they know how to hurt you scientifically." Packer Linebacker Lee Roy Caffey, himself an ankle patient, explains that money adds to their skill. When you put enough cash on the line, says Caffey, "it tends to bring out the best in people." It also brings out the elbows, knees and helmets that can be almost lethal when propelled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scientifically Dirty | 12/1/1967 | See Source »

...Chicago Bears 13-10 on a last-minute field goal, and won uninspired victories (27-17, 23-0) in a return match with Detroit and against the fledgling Atlanta Falcons. Two weeks ago, Green Bay suffered through an afternoon with the Minnesota Vikings; at the closing gun, the Packers found themselves on the short end of a 10-7 score against a team that had lost four straight. Worse yet was the way Minnesota won-by beating the Packers at their own ball-control brand of football. The Viking offense completed only two passes, chopped out the yardage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Picking on the Packers | 10/27/1967 | See Source »

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