Green Bay Packers

The community-owned club with the most titles in NFL history.

The Green Bay Packers are an NFL team from Green Bay, Wisconsin, in the NFC North. Founded in 1919, they are the league's third-oldest franchise and the only non-profit, community-owned major league team in the United States. They have played at Lambeau Field since 1957.

Quick Facts

Division: NFC North
Founded: 1919
League titles: 13
Stadium: Lambeau Field

Lore & Background

Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun founded the club, which joined the APFA, forerunner of the NFL, in 1921. The Packers hold 13 league championships: nine NFL titles before the Super Bowl and four Super Bowls. Under Vince Lombardi they won the first two Super Bowls, after the 1966 and 1967 seasons.

Reader's Guide

Green Bay is the smallest major league market in North America. The Packers have more than 100 games each against the Bears, Vikings and Lions and a winning record against all three, a distinction they share with only the Chiefs, the Dallas Cowboys and the Dolphins.

The Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers years brought 25 playoff appearances and Super Bowl wins after the 1996 and 2010 seasons, under Mike Holmgren and Mike McCarthy.