1965 Green Bay Packers season

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox NFL team season The 1965 Green Bay Packers season was their 47th season overall and their 45th season in the National Football League. The team finished with 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.

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Score

Regular season

Schedule

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1	September 19	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 41–9	1–0	Pitt Stadium	38,383
2	September 26	Baltimore Colts	W 20–17	2–0	Milwaukee County Stadium	48,130
3	October 3	Chicago Bears	W 23–14	3–0	Lambeau Field	50,852
4	October 10	San Francisco 49ers	W 27–10	4–0	Lambeau Field	50,852
5	October 17	at Detroit Lions	W 31–21	5–0	Tiger Stadium	56,712
6	October 24	Dallas Cowboys	W 13–3	6–0	Milwaukee County Stadium	48,311
7	October 31	at Chicago Bears	L 10–31	6–1	Wrigley Field	45,664
8	November 7	Detroit Lions	L 7–12	6–2	Lambeau Field	50,852
9	November 14	Los Angeles Rams	W 6–3	7–2	Milwaukee County Stadium	48,485
10	November 21	at Minnesota Vikings	W 38–13	8–2	Metropolitan Stadium	47,426
11	November 28	at Los Angeles Rams	L 10–21	8–3	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	39,733
12	December 5	Minnesota Vikings	W 24–19	9–3	Lambeau Field	50,852
13	December 12	at Baltimore Colts	W 42–27	10–3	Memorial Stadium	60,238
14	December 19	at San Francisco 49ers	T 24–24	10–3–1	Kezar Stadium	45,710

Game summaries

Week 2

1 2 3 4 Total Colts 3 7 0 7 17 • Packers 0 10 0 10 20 Date: September 26 Location: Milwaukee County Stadium • Milwaukee, Wisconsin Game start: 12:30 pm CST Game weather: • Wind 16 mph Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry

Playoffs

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Conference	December 26	Baltimore Colts	W 13–10 (OT)	Lambeau Field	50,484	Recap
Championship	January 2, 1966	Cleveland Browns	W 23–12	Lambeau Field	50,777	Recap

References

• Sportsencyclopedia.com