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TEAM RECORDSCOMMUNITYADMIN. &COACHESVETERANSDRAFT &FREE AGENTS2012 REVIEWTEAMRECORDSFewest Yards Gained, Season2,340 1934 (1,183 rushing, 1,165 passing, -8 laterals)2,618 1946 (1,765 rushing, 841 passing, 12 laterals)2,702 1933 (1,513 rushing, 1,186 passing, 3 laterals)2,869 1945 (1,325 rushing, 1,536 passing, 8 laterals)2,910 1982 (1,081 rushing, 1,829 passing)Most Yards Gained, Game628 at Philadelphia, Nov. 11, 1962 (294 ru., 334 pa.)569 at Tampa Bay, Oct. 12, 1980 (154 ru., 415 pa.)550 vs. Detroit, Jan. 1, 2012 (81 ru., 469 pa.)548 at Oakland, Dec. 22, 2003 (156 ru., 392 pa.)541 vs. Clev. Rams, Oct. 18, 1942 (209 ru., 330 pa., 2 lat.)Fewest Yards Gained, Game36 at Cincinnati, Sept. 26, 1976 (71 ru., -35 pa.)61 at Boston Redskins, Nov. 4, 1934 (55 ru., 6 pa.)63 vs. Dallas Cowboys, Oct. 24, 1965 (73 ru., -10 pa.)at L.A. Rams, Oct. 21, 1973 (35 ru., 28 pa.)at Detroit, Oct. 28, 1973 (60 ru., 3 pa.)Most Yards Gained, Both Teams, Game1,125 GB (550) vs. Detroit (575), Jan. 1, 20121,025 GB (473) vs. Washington (552), Oct. 17, 1983977 GB (479) at Hou. Oilers (498), Sept. 4, 1983973 GB (436) at Pittsburgh (537), Dec. 20, 2009966 GB (355) at L.A. Rams (611), Dec. 16, 1956GB (457) vs. Bal. Colts (509), Nov. 15, 1959Fewest Yards Gained, Both Teams, Game (Since 1933)136 GB (86) vs. Chicago Cardinals (50), Nov. 18, 1934173 GB (107) vs. N.Y. Giants (66), Oct. 1, 1933195 GB (118) vs. Chicago Bears (77), Sept. 18, 1938206 GB (61) at Boston Redskins (145), Nov. 4, 1934208 GB (115) at Chicago Cardinals (93), Nov. 29, 1934Most Consecutive Games, 400 or More Yards Gained4 1984, 1989, 20093 1961, 1980, 2004 (twice), 20072 Several times, last: 2012Most Consecutive Games, 300 or More Yards Gained18 2011-12 10 1984, 2002-03, 200412 2000-01 9 1996-97RUSHINGSeasons Leading League, Rushing Yards4 1946, 1961-62 and 1964Most Consecutive Seasons Leading League2 1961-62ATTEMPTSMost Rushing Attempts, Season560 1946 527 1973550 1978 518 1962544 1972Fewest Rushing Attempts, Season283 1982 337 1956313 1951 345 1958321 1954Most Rushing Attempts, Game64 at Washington, Dec. 1, 194663 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, Oct. 20, 194662 vs. Chicago Cardinals, Sept. 12, 1937vs. Cleveland Rams, Sept. 21, 1941at Chicago Cardinals, Nov. 10, 1946Fewest Rushing Attempts, Game7 vs. Miami, Sept. 11, 199410 vs. Seattle, Dec. 9, 199011 at Chicago Bears, Nov. 27, 1988at Denver, Oct. 17, 1999vs. Tennessee, Oct. 11, 200412 vs. San Diego, Oct. 7, 1984at Buffalo, Nov. 20, 1994at Tampa Bay, Dec. 26, 1999at Pittsburgh, Dec. 20, 2009Most Rushing Attempts, Both Teams, Game*108 GB (38) at Chicago Cardinals (70), Dec. 5, 1948102 GB (51) vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (51), Nov. 20, 1949101 GB (32) at Chicago Cardinals (69), Dec. 6, 1936100 GB (62) vs. Chicago Cardinals (38), Sept. 12, 193799 GB (56) at Chicago Bears (43), Nov. 1, 1936GB (37) vs. Washington (62), Oct. 24, 1948GB (55) at L.A. Rams (44), Oct. 23, 1949Vince LombardiFewest Rushing Attempts, Both Teams, Game31 GB (12) at Pittsburgh (19), Dec. 20, 200933 GB (15) at Chicago Bears (18), Sept. 27, 201037 GB (24) vs. Carolina (13), Dec. 12, 199938 GB (17) at Washington (21), Oct. 10, 201039 GB (18) at Minnesota (21), Nov. 22, 1998GB (18) at Philadelphia (21), Dec. 5, 2004YARDS GAINEDMost Yards Gained Rushing, Season2,558 2003 2,276 19642,460 1962 2,248 19632,350 1961Fewest Yards Gained Rushing, Season1,081 1982 1,274 19421,183 1934 1,325 19451,196 1951Most Yards Gained Rushing, Game366 vs. Detroit, Oct. 26, 1947 (50 att.)312 vs. New York Yanks, Oct. 8, 1950 (40 att.)303 vs. Baltimore Colts, Oct. 18, 1953 (56 att.)301 at Washington, Dec. 1, 1946 (64 att.)298 at Chicago Bears, Dec. 16, 1973 (53 att.)* — holds or shares <strong>NFL</strong> recordLAMBEAUFIELDMISC.PRESIDENT KENNEDY ASSISTS PACKERS TO 1961 CHAMPIONSHIPVince Lombardi won an incredible nine straight postseason games, a streak he might not have launched without the help ofPresident John F. Kennedy. The 1961 <strong>NFL</strong> championship took place during the Berlin Crisis, and the United States had called RayNitschke, Paul Hornung and Boyd Dowler into service. With Lombardi’s persistence, Nitschke and Dowler obtained special weekendpasses to play. Private Hornung, however, wasn’t released until Lombardi called an old acquaintance, Kennedy.“Paul Hornung isn’t going to win the war on Sunday, but the football fans of this country deserve the two best teams on the fieldthat day,” Kennedy assured Lombardi, days before the game against the New York Giants.The best team was Green Bay, by a 37-0 count, and after Kennedy released Hornung, the Golden Boy scored 19 points, an <strong>NFL</strong>title-game record.The Berlin Crisis pitted the U.S. against East Germany for several months, until the East German government backed down. Thecrisis ended in the summer of 1962. Kennedy visited Berlin and delivered a famous speech before he died in 1963.340

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