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The Packers played part of their home slate in Milwaukee starting in 1933, including two to three home games each year in Milwaukee's County Stadium from 1953 to 1994. Indeed, County Stadium had been built partly to entice the Packers to move to Milwaukee full-time.
League officials gave the Packers an ultimatum–get a new stadium or move to Milwaukee full-time. Buoyed in part by a strong finish to the 1955 season, the people of Green Bay overwhelmingly passed a bond issue for a brand-new 32,000-seat stadium, naming it New City Stadium .
After hosting one game at Borchert Field in 1933, [15] the Packers played two or three home games each year in Milwaukee, at Wisconsin State Fair Park from 1934 to 1951, Marquette Stadium in 1952, [14] and Milwaukee County Stadium from 1953–1994. Since then, the Packers have played all home games in Green Bay permanently.
Officials in Milwaukee, 120 miles (190 km) to the south, where the Packers had played a part of their schedule since 1933, knew that City Stadium was less than ideal as an NFL venue. They built Milwaukee County Stadium in 1953 in hopes of luring the Packers there full-time. As originally built, County Stadium was double the size of City Stadium.
Although City Stadium was the Packers' official home field, in 1933 they began to play some of their home games in Milwaukee to attract more fans and revenue. After hosting one game at Borchert Field in 1933, [4] the Packers played two or three home games each year in Milwaukee , at Wisconsin State Fair Park from 1934 to 1951 and at Marquette ...
Single-game records. Paul Hornung scored 33 points in one game in 1965, a Packers' record. Matt Flynn tied the Packers' record for most single-game passing yards (480) and touchdowns (6) in the same game in 2012. Billy Howton had 257 receiving yards in a 1956 game, the Packers' record for a single-game.
The Packers' first president, Andrew B. Turnbull, owned the Green Bay Press-Gazette and was instrumental in the formation of the Green Bay Football Corporation in 1923. [15] Three presidents only served for one season: Ray Evrard in 1928, W. Webber Kelly in 1929 and John Jones in 2006, although all three served in other roles for the Packers ...
During Wolf's tenure, the Packers won Super Bowl XXXI. [32] In 1992, Wolf was named the NFL Executive of the Year. [33] Mike Sherman: 2001–04: 44 20 0 .688 Sherman held both the head coach and general manager positions from 2001 to 2004. After his first season as Packers head coach in 2000, Wolf retired and Sherman took over the general ...