green bay won four super bowls.
green bay won four super bowls.
how many super bowls did green bay win?
four
by virtue of having the #1 seed in the playoffs, the seahawks earned a first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. after their first-round bye, they defeated the carolina panthers, the second team in nfl history to qualify for the postseason (and win a playoff game) in a full season with a losing (sub-.500) record, in the divisional round by a score of 31-17. this made them the first defending champion since the 2005 patriots to win a playoff game the following season. then the next week, they faced the green bay packers in the nfc championship game. the seahawks struggled for much of the game, largely due to quarterback russell wilson throwing four interceptions. they were shut out in the first half 16-0 and, with five minutes to go in regulation, trailed 19-7. however, seattle's defense managed to force green bay to punt, giving them the ball on their own 31-yard line. then, in seven plays, seattle drove 69 yards to score a touchdown and cut their deficit to 19-14 with 2:09 left in regulation. then they decided to attempt an onside kick, which they recovered successfully. four plays later, with 1:25 remaining in regulation, the seahawks scored a second touchdown and successfully converted the two-point conversion to take their first lead of the game, 22-19. after the ensuing kickoff, green bay managed to quickly drive downfield and kick a field goal with 14 seconds left in regulation to tie the game and force overtime. seattle won the overtime coin toss and received possession first. starting on their own 13-yard line, they capped off one of the greatest comebacks in franchise and league history by driving for six plays worth 87 yards in 3:19, capped off with a 35-yard touchdown pass from russell wilson to jermaine kearse, who had been wilson's intended target on all four of seattle's interceptions. the final score was seattle 28, green bay 22. thus seattle became the first defending champion since the 2004 new england patriots to return to the super bowl the next season. they also became the first nfc team since the 1997 green bay packers to repeat as nfc champions, the first team to go to consecutive super bowls as the #1 seed in the playoffs since the 1990–1991 buffalo bills, and the first nfc team to go to consecutive super bowls as the #1 seed in the playoffs since the 1982–1983 washington redskins.
history of the seattle seahawks
by winning the 1967 nfl championship game, the packers achieved a "three-peat" (three consecutive league championships) for only the second time in franchise history and the first time since they were named league champions following the 1929–31 seasons. to this day, no other nfl team has matched or surpassed this record. the packers' back-to-back wins in the first two super bowls remains a super bowl record, and has since been tied seven times by six other franchises: the miami dolphins won super bowls vii and viii following the 1972 and 1973 seasons, the pittsburgh steelers won super bowls ix and x following the 1974 and 1975 seasons as well as super bowls xiii and xiv following the 1978 and 1979 seasons and remain, to date, the only team to win back-to-back super bowl titles more than once, the san francisco 49ers won super bowls xxiii and xxiv following the 1988 and 1989 seasons, the dallas cowboys won super bowls xxvii and xxviii following the 1992 and 1993 seasons, the denver broncos won super bowls xxxii and xxxiii following the 1997 and 1998 seasons, and most recently, the new england patriots won super bowls xxxviii and xxxix following the 2003 and 2004 seasons.
history of the green bay packers