The Green Bay Packers meet the Dallas Cowboys Sunday for the 36th time in what has been a streaky series. It’s also a series that has produced some memorable games, including the most memorable of all, the Ice Bowl on December 31, 1967. Sunday’s game could be another one, with the Packers and Cowboys fighting for dominance in the NFC.
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The Packers and Cowboys first met in November of 1960, a Packers 41-7 rout. It wasn’t until 1965 that the series had a close game and ’66 and ’67 etched the rivalry in NFL history. Back-to-back NFL Championships for the Packers, completing a run of three straight titles. Still to this day no team has won three straight titles.
I mentioned it’s been a streaky series. The Packers won eight out of the first nine matchups, the only loss coming in 1970. Things turned in a hurry after that, with the Cowboys winning 12 of the next 14 meetings. Four of those losses by the Packers were in the playoffs. I still remember that 1983 loss in Dallas. The Packers had just won their first playoff game since the Lombardi era when they beat the Cardinals a week before in Lambeau. I still have a piece of the goal post from that game that me and friends left with.
The Packers gave a valiant effort but came up short 37-26. Lynn Dickey threw for 332 yards and James Lofton had 110 yards receiving and a 71-yard end-around touchdown on the game’s first series I think. I thought the Packers and head coach Bart Starr were on their way to greatness. If only.
Three playoff losses in the ’90s just crushed the Packers. The NFC Championship loss following the 1995 season was big, though. The Packers had the lead heading into the fourth quarter but ended up losing 38-27. It did, however, put the Packers on the map and really propelled them to the Super Bowl in 1996. Even though the Cowboys beat the Packers again in Dallas in ‘that season 21-6.
More recently the Packers have beaten the Cowboys in the playoffs twice in the last four years and have won eight of the last 12 meetings. The Packers lost to the Cowboys in Lambeau Field last year in a game in which rookies Dak Prescott and Zeke Elliott completely dominated the Packers.
It was a different story in the playoffs. The Packers got out to a big lead but their defense fell apart in the second half. Aaron Rodgers pulled out a miracle drive with an amazing pass to Jared Cook to set up Mason Crosby for the winning field goal, avoiding overtime.
This game has the makings of another classic.