In a season where they were not able to three-peat their NFL title because of two losses to the eventual champion Bears, the Packers face Detroit here in today’s posting. In the second meeting with the Lions that year in Tiger Stadium, Green Bay ended up tying Detroit, 13-13 in front of 54,016 fans on Thursday, November 28 — Thanksgiving Day. The previous Sunday, they had played the 49ers in Milwaukee after Pete Rozelle’s controversial decision that all games must go on despite President Kennedy’s assassination on the Friday before. They would win the final two games after the Detroit contest, but fall one game behind the Bears in the final Western Conference standings for a record of 11-2-1. In today’s photo, we see Henry Jordan (#74) ready to assist his unidentifiable teammate who has already wrapped up Lions’ halfback Dan Lewis (#45). Willie Davis (#87) comes in from the right to make it a gang tackle.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
The Defense at Detroit — 1963
In a season where they were not able to three-peat their NFL title because of two losses to the eventual champion Bears, the Packers face Detroit here in today’s posting. In the second meeting with the Lions that year in Tiger Stadium, Green Bay ended up tying Detroit, 13-13 in front of 54,016 fans on Thursday, November 28 — Thanksgiving Day. The previous Sunday, they had played the 49ers in Milwaukee after Pete Rozelle’s controversial decision that all games must go on despite President Kennedy’s assassination on the Friday before. They would win the final two games after the Detroit contest, but fall one game behind the Bears in the final Western Conference standings for a record of 11-2-1. In today’s photo, we see Henry Jordan (#74) ready to assist his unidentifiable teammate who has already wrapped up Lions’ halfback Dan Lewis (#45). Willie Davis (#87) comes in from the right to make it a gang tackle.
