• The Packers sweep, also known as the Lombardi sweep, is an American football play popularized by Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi. The Packers sweep...
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    and the sweep itself. Vince Lombardi, head coach of the Green Bay Packers, was fond of the sweep. In the 1960s, he utilized the Packers sweep play—also...
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  • Wright-Phillips, a football player nicknamed Sweep Sweep (American football), a running play in American football Packers sweep, a running play popularized by Vince...
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  • multiple media interviews. It took its name from the Packers sweep, where the Green Bay Packers of the 1950s and '60s, led by Vince Lombardi, would flood...
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    Football League (NFL) coach Vince Lombardi of the Green Bay Packers utilized the Packers sweep play in which guards Jerry Kramer and Fuzzy Thurston rapidly...
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    The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers have competed in the National Football League...
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    Vince Lombardi (category Green Bay Packers general managers)
    as the Packers sweep (or Lombardi sweep), though Lombardi openly admitted it was based on an old single wing concept. In 1967, Lombardi's Packers hosted...
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    The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers have competed in the National Football League...
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    generally a unique responsibility for guards. The Packers sweep was a signature play of the Green Bay Packers in the 1960s, and they won five NFL titles and...
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  • Packer, packer, Packers, or packers in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: Packing & Moving Household Goods Packer...
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    Several Green Bay Packers cheerleading squads have performed in Green Bay Packers' history. The Packers became one of the first professional football...
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  • Bay Sweep may refer to: Green Bay Sweep (politics), a plot to overturn the results of the 2020 United States presidential election Packers sweep, an American...
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    through 1994, after which the Packers moved back to Green Bay permanently. As of 2023, the current home of the Green Bay Packers is Lambeau Field, an 81,441...
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    The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers have competed in the National Football League...
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  • known as the Packers sweep, was the central play in Vince Lombardi's "run-to-daylight" offense that was so successful for the Green Bay Packers of the 1960s...
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    Jerry Kramer (category Green Bay Packers players)
    round of the 1958 NFL draft. Kramer was an integral part of the famous Packers sweep, a signature play in which both guards rapidly pull out from their normal...
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    100km 62miles Packers Lions    The Lions–Packers rivalry is an NFL rivalry between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers. They first met in 1930 when...
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    1967 NFL Championship Game (category Green Bay Packers postseason)
    Landry to stop the "running to daylight" tactic the Packers employed in their sweep. Although the Packers and the Chicago Bears were arch-rivals, Lombardi's...
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    62miles Packers Bears    The Bears–Packers rivalry is a National Football League (NFL) rivalry between the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers. The two...
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    Super Bowl I (category Green Bay Packers postseason)
    head – to destroy the Packers' receivers, stating, "Two hammers to (Boyd) Dowler, one to (Carroll) Dale should be enough." The Packers practiced at UC Santa...
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  • Packers sweep utilized by the Green Bay Packers of the 1960s under coach Vince Lombardi. In the later years of the 20th century and early 21st, sweep...
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    Lambeau Leap (category History of the Green Bay Packers)
    traditions of the Packers. The first Lambeau Leap occurred on December 26, 1993, in a historically cold game between the Green Bay Packers and the Los Angeles...
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    Jim Taylor (fullback) (category Green Bay Packers players)
    seasons, with the Green Bay Packers from 1958 to 1966 and with the expansion New Orleans Saints in 1967. With the Packers, Taylor was invited to five...
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    100km 62miles Vikings Packers    The Packers–Vikings rivalry is a National Football League (NFL) rivalry between the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings...
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    Indian Packing Company (category History of the Green Bay Packers)
    Acme Packers were short-lived". Packers.com. Retrieved October 9, 2022. DeRusha, Jason (February 4, 2011). "Good Question: How Did The Packers Get Their...
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  • central two plays in this philosophy are off-tackle run and the so-called Packers sweep. In both plays, the offensive line would work to seal off a running...
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    the win, the Packers finished the season 13–3, achieving their best record since 2011, and gave the Packers their first division sweep since 2011 as...
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    Fuzzy Thurston (category Green Bay Packers players)
    they led the vaunted Packers sweep running attack. Thurston was named to the 1961 and 1962 All-Pro teams. Prior to joining the Packers, Thurston played the...
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    Starr, in his eleventh NFL season. The Packers beat the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL championship game, the Packers' second consecutive NFL title, fourth...
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    the first time since 2000. The season is tied for the Packers' worst record since 1991. The Packers suffered injuries to wide receivers Javon Walker and...
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