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Giants vs. Packers: TV Schedule, Odds, Ticket Info, Game Time and More

January 6, 2017   ·     ·   Jump to comments

The New York Giants and Green Bay Packers have a rich postseason history.
Packers team historian Cliff Christl notes on Packers.com that no two teams have faced each other more in NFL championship games (including Super Bowls).
Between 1938 and 1944, the G-Men and Pack faced each other in the NFL Championship three times, with Green Bay taking two of three.
In 1961 and 1962, Vince Lombardi's Packers defeated quarterback Y.A. Tittle and the Giants in consecutive NFL Championships.
The Giants and Packers would not face each other in the playoffs until 35 seasons later in the NFC Championship Game, when New York upset Green Bay at Lambeau Field, 23-20 in overtime, in Brett Favre's last game as a Packer. The Giants went on to win Super Bowl XLII against the undefeated New England Patriots.
And then just five years ago, the Giants went into Lambeau Field again and upset the Aaron Rodgers-led Pack, who went 15-1 in the regular season, by a 37-20 score. The ...

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