Green Bay Packers home games in Milwaukee

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Though the city currently has no National Football League (NFL) team, Milwaukee is considered a home market for the Green Bay Packers. [1] [2] [3] The team split its home schedule [4] between Green Bay and Milwaukee from 1933 to 1994, with the majority of the Milwaukee games being played at Milwaukee County Stadium. [5] [6] [7]

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The Packers played games in Milwaukee to attract more fans and revenue while the team's then-official home, City Stadium, remained inadequate compared to other NFL venues. Threats by the league to relocate the Packers permanently to Milwaukee caused the team to replace City Stadium with Lambeau Field. The Packers then regularly renovated and enlarged Lambeau Field. By 1995, expansions to Lambeau Field combined with changing league economics made it feasible for the team to remain in Green Bay full time.

The 1939 Championship between the Packers and the New York Giants was played at State Fair Park [8] in what is currently known as the Milwaukee Mile. The Packers won, 27–0. A 1931 championship against the Portsmouth Spartans was also scheduled for Milwaukee, but was called off. The Packers final post-season game in Milwaukee was a 1967 divisional playoff against the Los Angeles Rams which the Packers won 28–7. They went on to capture their last NFL Championship and Super Bowl victory under Vince Lombardi.

The Packers maintain two separate season ticket plans, reflecting their time spent in Milwaukee: Gold package holders, made up largely of former Milwaukee season ticket holders, have a three-game package consisting of the annual Midwest Shrine preseason contest plus the second and fifth regular-season home games each year; Green package holders (made up of original Green Bay ticket holders) attend the annual Bishop's Charities preseason game and the remaining six of the first eight regular-season contests. [9] The ninth regular season home game (hosted by National Football Conference teams in even numbered seasons only) is alternated between Green and Gold package holders. Green package holders have right of first refusal to playoff tickets, followed by Gold package holders, who otherwise have priority to purchase tickets elsewhere in Lambeau Field if their usual seats are unavailable.

Milwaukee Badgers

The Milwaukee Badgers played in the National Football League from 1922 to 1926. [10] The team played its home games at Athletic Park, later known as Borchert Field, on Milwaukee's north side.

After the team folded following the 1926 season (largely due to being left broke because of a $500 fine by the NFL for using four high-school players in a 1925 game against the Chicago Cardinals, a game arranged after the Badgers had disbanded for the season), [11] many of its members played for the independent semi-pro Milwaukee Eagles. Some of the players from this team went on to play for the NFL's Pittsburgh Pirates in 1933. This has led some[ citation needed ] to mistakenly believe that either the Badgers or Eagles became the Pittsburgh Steelers; that team is actually descended from the semi-pro J.P. Rooneys. [12]

Stadiums

Although City Stadium in Green Bay was the Packers' official home field, in 1933 [13] they began to play some of their home games in Milwaukee to attract more fans and revenue. [14] After hosting one game at Borchert Field in 1933, [15] the Packers played two or three home games each year in Milwaukee, at Wisconsin State Fair Park from 1934 to 1951, Marquette Stadium in 1952, [14] and Milwaukee County Stadium from 1953–1994. Since then, the Packers have played all home games in Green Bay permanently. [16]

A quarter-mile dirt track formerly located in the infield of the Milwaukee Mile racetrack at the state fairgrounds was also used as a football stadium, informally known as the "Dairy Bowl". [17] It hosted the Green Bay Packers from 1934 through 1951, including the NFL championship game in 1939, a 27–0 shutout of the New York Giants on December 10 to secure a fifth league title. [18] [19] [20]

Marquette Stadium [21] hosted three games during the 1952 season; Packers games in Milwaukee were moved to nearby Milwaukee County Stadium when it opened in 1953. [22]

During this period, the issue of a new stadium in Green Bay began to surface. City Stadium was an inadequate facility, seating only 25,000. Players also had to use the locker rooms at the local high school. The Packers' status in Green Bay became unstable. [23] With City Stadium greatly outdated, and more and more opponents asking for their games against the Packers to be played in Milwaukee, [24] the NFL required the Packers to build a new stadium if they wanted to stay in Green Bay. [25] The Packers and the city of Green Bay complied, building a brand-new 32,000-seat stadium, naming it New City Stadium (currently known as Lambeau Field). The new stadium was dedicated in a 1957 game against the Chicago Bears, with many celebrities attending, including actor James Arness, NFL commissioner Bert Bell, vice president (and future U.S. president) Richard Nixon, and Bears coach George Halas.[ citation needed ] The Packers won the game, 21–17, but finished the season 3–9.

The Packers played two to four home games per year [26] at Milwaukee County Stadium from 1953 [27] to 1994, [28] [29] Milwaukee County Stadium hosted at least one pre-season game annually during this time as well (except 1983), including the Upper Midwest Shrine Game. By 1995, multiple renovations to Lambeau Field made it more lucrative for the Packers to play their full home slate in Green Bay again for the first time since 1932. [22] Former Milwaukee ticket holders were offered tickets at Lambeau to one pre-season game and the second and fifth home games of the regular season schedule, in what is referred to as the "Gold package." Meanwhile, the "Green package" (for the original Green Bay ticket holders) consisted of the other preseason home game and the six remaining regular season home games. This ticket package arrangement was presented by team president Bob Harlan, and of all the Milwaukee ticket holders that were offered the "Gold" package, 97% of them accepted. Harlan considered the package a thank you to Milwaukee and their fans. As Harlan reasoned, "These fans, their parents, and their grandparents, supported and kept this franchise alive for over 60 years. This team couldn't have existed without Milwaukee."

Milwaukee County Stadium was partly responsible for Lambeau Field's existence, as it was not only intended to lure an MLB team to Milwaukee (which it successfully did in when the Boston Braves moved to Milwaukee from 1953 to 1965 before moving again to Atlanta; and again in 1970, when the Seattle Pilots moved to Milwaukee and became the Brewers), but also to lure the Packers to Milwaukee full-time.[ citation needed ] As originally constructed, Milwaukee County Stadium was double the size of the Packers' then-home, New City Stadium. [30]

The Minnesota Vikings [31] (15 times) were the Packers' most frequent foe at Milwaukee County Stadium, as the Packers would traditionally host at least one divisional rival from the NFC Central in Milwaukee each season. Only once, however, did the Packers play the Chicago Bears, their primary rivals, in a regular-season game in Milwaukee, defeating the Bears 20–3 in 1974. [32] ) On November 26, 1989, a Milwaukee County Stadium record crowd of 55,592 saw the Packers beat the Vikings, 20–19. [22] The Packers' final game in Milwaukee was a 21–17 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on December 18, 1994; [33] with 14 seconds left, the winning 9-yard touchdown run was scored by quarterback Brett Favre. [34] [35] [36] Despite no longer playing games in the city, the Packers flagship newspaper and radio remained the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Milwaukee-based WTMJ-AM, respectively, until the Packers ended their broadcast agreement with WTMJ in 2022, ending a 93-year broadcast relationship. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel still remains the Packers' flagship newspaper.

The Packers hosted one NFL playoff game at Milwaukee County Stadium, [37] in 1967, defeating the Los Angeles Rams [38] 28–7 in the Western Conference championship game. [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] It was the first year that the NFL playoffs expanded to a four teams, and Green Bay had home field advantage for both rounds, then awarded by rotation. Each subsequent playoff game has been played at Lambeau Field. [44]

Following the unsuccessful effort to lure the Packers to Milwaukee full-time, in 1965 city officials tried to lure an American Football League (AFL) expansion team to play at Milwaukee County Stadium, but Packers head coach Vince Lombardi invoked the team's exclusive lease as well as sign an extension to keep some home games in Milwaukee through 1976. [45] Nonetheless, city officials still pursued an AFL franchise, possibly to play at Marquette Stadium, but the AFL–NFL merger effectively quashed any chances of Milwaukee landing its own team. [45] The Canadian Football League also attempted to put a team in Milwaukee County Stadium following the Packers' departure in 1994, but despite the enthusiastic backing of commissioner Larry Smith and stable ownership in Marvin Fishman, opposition from the Brewers torpedoed the plan. (The Brewers were willing to tolerate the Packers playing a smaller number of games after baseball season was over but not sharing with a league that played a large portion of its schedule overlapping with its own; even greater compromises to the playing field would have been necessary to accommodate the CFL's much larger field. [46] )

Milwaukee County Stadium was built primarily for baseball, creating issues for football games. The playing surface was just barely large enough to fit a football field, which ran parallel with the first base line. The south end zone extended onto the warning track in right field, while the north end zone extended into foul territory on the third-base side. [33] [47] Both teams occupied the east sideline on the outfield side, separated by a piece of tape, to give the majority of seats an unobstructed view. At its height, it seated less than 56,000 for football—just over the NFL's minimum seating capacity—and many seats had obstructed views or were far from the field. Over the years, upgrades and seat expansion primarily benefited Milwaukee's baseball teams.

Results

1930s

SeasonDateOpponentResultVenueAttendance
1933 October 1 New York Giants L 7–10 Borchert Field 12,467
1934 September 30 New York Giants W 13–9 State Fair Park 12,000
November 18 Chicago Cardinals L 0–9State Fair Park3,000
1935 October 13 Chicago Cardinals L 0–3State Fair Park13,000
October 20 Detroit Lions W 13–9State Fair Park12,000
1936 October 4 Chicago Cardinals W 24–0State Fair Park11,000
October 25 Pittsburgh Pirates W 42–10State Fair Park10,000
1937 October 10 Chicago Cardinals W 34–13State Fair Park16,181
November 14 Philadelphia Eagles W 37–7State Fair Park13,340
1938 September 25 Chicago Cardinals W 28–7State Fair Park18,000
October 16 Brooklyn Dodgers W 35–7State Fair Park11,892
1939 October 8 Chicago Cardinals W 27–20State Fair Park18,965
October 29 Washington Redskins W 24–14State Fair Park24,308
1939
Playoffs 		December 10 New York Giants W 27–0State Fair Park32,379

1940s

SeasonDateOpponentResultVenueAttendance
1940 September 29 Chicago Cardinals W 31–6 State Fair Park 20,234
October 27 Pittsburgh Steelers W 24–3State Fair Park13,703
1941 September 21 Cleveland Rams W 24–7State Fair Park18,463
October 5 Chicago Cardinals W 14–13State Fair Park10,000
October 12 Brooklyn Dodgers W 30–7State Fair Park15,621
1942 October 11 Detroit Lions W 38–7State Fair Park19,500
December 6 Pittsburgh Steelers W 24–21State Fair Park5,138
1943 October 17 Washington Redskins L 7–33State Fair Park23,058
November 14 Chicago Cardinals W 14–7State Fair Park10,831
1944 September 17 Brooklyn Tigers W 14–7State Fair Park12,994
October 1 Detroit Lions W 27–6State Fair Park18,556
1945 October 7 Detroit Lions W 57–21State Fair Park20,463
October 21 Boston Yanks W 38–14State Fair Park20,846
1946 October 6 Los Angeles Rams L 17–21State Fair Park27,049
October 27 Detroit Lions W 10–7State Fair Park23,564
1947 October 5 Los Angeles Rams W 17–14State Fair Park31,613
October 19 Washington Redskins W 27–10State Fair Park28,572
November 2 Pittsburgh Steelers L 17–18State Fair Park30,073
1948 October 10 Chicago Cardinals L 7–17State Fair Park34,369
October 24 Washington Redskins L 7–23State Fair Park13,433
November 21 New York Giants L 3–49State Fair Park12,639
1949 October 16 Chicago Cardinals L 17–39State Fair Park18,464
October 30 Detroit Lions W 16–14State Fair Park10,855
November 20 Pittsburgh Steelers L 7–30State Fair Park5,483

1950s

SeasonDateOpponentResultVenueAttendance
1950 September 24 Washington Redskins W 35–21 State Fair Park 14,109
November 12 Los Angeles Rams L 14–45State Fair Park13,196
1951 October 7 Pittsburgh Steelers W 35–33State Fair Park8,324
October 21 Los Angeles Rams L 0–28State Fair Park21,393
1952 October 5 Washington Redskins W 35–20 Marquette Stadium 9,657
October 12 Los Angeles Rams L 28–30Marquette Stadium21,693
November 2 Philadelphia Eagles W 12–10Marquette Stadium10,149
1953 September 27 Cleveland Browns L 0–27 Milwaukee County Stadium 22,604
October 11 Los Angeles Rams L 20–38Milwaukee County Stadium23,353
November 22 San Francisco 49ers L 7–37Milwaukee County Stadium16,378
1954 October 4 San Francisco 49ers L 17–23Milwaukee County Stadium15,571
October 17 Los Angeles Rams W 35–17Milwaukee County Stadium17,455
November 13 Baltimore Colts W 24–13Milwaukee County Stadium19,786
1955 October 8 Baltimore Colts L 20–24Milwaukee County Stadium40,199
November 20 San Francisco 49ers W 27–21Milwaukee County Stadium19,099
1956 October 14 Baltimore Colts W 38–33Milwaukee County Stadium24,214
October 21 Los Angeles Rams W 42–17Milwaukee County Stadium24,200
November 4 Cleveland Browns L 7–24Milwaukee County Stadium28,590
1957 October 13 Baltimore Colts L 17–45Milwaukee County Stadium26,322
October 20 San Francisco 49ers L 14–24Milwaukee County Stadium18,919
November 17 Los Angeles Rams L 27–31Milwaukee County Stadium19,540
1958 November 23 San Francisco 49ers L 12–33Milwaukee County Stadium19,786
1959 October 18 Los Angeles Rams L 6–45Milwaukee County Stadium36,194
November 15 Baltimore Colts L 24–28Milwaukee County Stadium25,521

1960s

SeasonDateOpponentResultVenueAttendance
1960 October 23 San Francisco 49ers W 41–14 Milwaukee County Stadium 39,914
November 20 Los Angeles Rams L 31–33Milwaukee County Stadium35,763
1961 September 17 Detroit Lions L 13–17Milwaukee County Stadium44,307
October 29 Minnesota Vikings W 28–10Milwaukee County Stadium44,112
December 3 New York Giants W 20–17Milwaukee County Stadium47,012
1962 September 23 St. Louis Cardinals W 17–0Milwaukee County Stadium44,885
October 21 San Francisco 49ers W 31–13Milwaukee County Stadium46,010
December 2 Los Angeles Rams W 41–10Milwaukee County Stadium46,833
1963 September 22 Detroit Lions W 31–10Milwaukee County Stadium45,912
November 3 Pittsburgh Steelers W 33–14Milwaukee County Stadium46,293
1964 October 11 San Francisco 49ers W 24–14Milwaukee County Stadium47,380
October 25 Los Angeles Rams L 17–27Milwaukee County Stadium47,617
November 22 Cleveland Browns W 28–21Milwaukee County Stadium48,065
1965 September 26 Baltimore Colts W 20–17Milwaukee County Stadium48,130
October 24 Dallas Cowboys W 13–3Milwaukee County Stadium48,311
November 14 Los Angeles Rams W 6–3Milwaukee County Stadium48,485
1966 September 10 Baltimore Colts W 24–3Milwaukee County Stadium48,650
October 23 Atlanta Falcons W 56–3Milwaukee County Stadium48,623
December 4 San Francisco 49ers W 20–7Milwaukee County Stadium48,725
1967 October 1 Atlanta Falcons W 23–0Milwaukee County Stadium49,467
October 15 Minnesota Vikings L 7–10Milwaukee County Stadium49,601
November 12 Cleveland Browns W 55–7Milwaukee County Stadium50,074
1967
Playoffs 		December 23 Los Angeles Rams W 28–7Milwaukee County Stadium49,861
1968 September 22 Minnesota Vikings L 13–26Milwaukee County Stadium49,346
October 13 Los Angeles Rams L 14–16Milwaukee County Stadium49,646
November 17 New Orleans Saints W 29–7Milwaukee County Stadium49,644
1969 September 28 San Francisco 49ers W 14–7Milwaukee County Stadium48,184
November 16 Minnesota Vikings L 7–9Milwaukee County Stadium48,321
November 30 New York Giants W 20–10Milwaukee County Stadium48,156

1970s

SeasonDateOpponentResultVenueAttendance
1970 October 4 Minnesota Vikings W 13–10 Milwaukee County Stadium 47,967
October 25 Philadelphia Eagles W 30–17Milwaukee County Stadium48,022
November 9 Baltimore Colts L 10–13Milwaukee County Stadium48,063
1971 September 26 Denver Broncos W 34–13Milwaukee County Stadium47,957
November 1 Detroit Lions T 14–14Milwaukee County Stadium47,961
November 28 New Orleans Saints L 21–29Milwaukee County Stadium48,035
1972 October 1 Dallas Cowboys W 16–13Milwaukee County Stadium47,103
October 22 Atlanta Falcons L 10–9Milwaukee County Stadium47,967
November 5 San Francisco 49ers W 34–24Milwaukee County Stadium47,897
1973 September 17 New York Jets W 23–7Milwaukee County Stadium47,124
December 2 New Orleans Saints W 30–10Milwaukee County Stadium46,092
1974 September 29 Detroit Lions W 21–19Milwaukee County Stadium47,292
October 13 Los Angeles Rams W 17–6Milwaukee County Stadium47,499
November 10 Chicago Bears W 20–3Milwaukee County Stadium46,567
1975 September 21 Detroit Lions L 16–30Milwaukee County Stadium52,613
October 26 Pittsburgh Steelers L 13–16Milwaukee County Stadium52,815
November 23 New York Giants W 40–14Milwaukee County Stadium50,150
1976 October 10 Seattle Seahawks W 27–20Milwaukee County Stadium54,983
November 7 New Orleans Saints W 32–27Milwaukee County Stadium52,936
November 21 Minnesota Vikings L 10–17Milwaukee County Stadium53,104
1977 October 9 Cincinnati Bengals L 7–17Milwaukee County Stadium53,653
November 13 Los Angeles Rams L 6–24Milwaukee County Stadium52,948
December 18 San Francisco 49ers W 16–14Milwaukee County Stadium44,902
1978 September 10 New Orleans Saints W 28–17Milwaukee County Stadium54,336
October 1 Detroit Lions W 35–14Milwaukee County Stadium54,601
October 15 Seattle Seahawks W 45–28Milwaukee County Stadium52,712
November 12 Dallas Cowboys L 14–42Milwaukee County Stadium55,256
1979 September 9 New Orleans Saints W 28–19Milwaukee County Stadium53,184
October 14 Detroit Lions W 24–16Milwaukee County Stadium53,930
November 11 Minnesota Vikings W 19–7Milwaukee County Stadium52,706

1980s

SeasonDateOpponentResultVenueAttendance
1980 September 14 Detroit Lions L 7–29 Milwaukee County Stadium 53,099
September 28 Dallas Cowboys L 7–28Milwaukee County Stadium54,776
November 9 San Francisco 49ers W 23–16Milwaukee County Stadium54,475
November 30 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 17–20Milwaukee County Stadium54,225
1981 September 27 Minnesota Vikings L 13–30Milwaukee County Stadium55,012
October 18 San Francisco 49ers L 3–13Milwaukee County Stadium50,171
November 8 New York Giants W 26–24Milwaukee County Stadium54,138
1982 September 12 Los Angeles Rams W 35–23Milwaukee County Stadium53,694
November 21 Minnesota Vikings W 26–7Milwaukee County Stadium44,681
December 5 Buffalo Bills W 33–21Milwaukee County Stadium46,655
1983 September 18 Los Angeles Rams W 27–24Milwaukee County Stadium54,037
November 6 Cleveland Browns W 35–21Milwaukee County Stadium54,089
November 20 Detroit Lions L 20–23 (OT)Milwaukee County Stadium50,050
1984 October 21 Seattle Seahawks L 24–30Milwaukee County Stadium52,286
November 11 Minnesota Vikings W 45–17Milwaukee County Stadium52,931
November 18 Los Angeles Rams W 31–6Milwaukee County Stadium52,031
1985 September 22 New York Jets L 3–24Milwaukee County Stadium53,667
October 13 Minnesota Vikings W 20–17Milwaukee County Stadium54,674
November 17 New Orleans Saints W 38–14Milwaukee County Stadium52,104
1986 October 5 Cincinnati Bengals L 28–34Milwaukee County Stadium51,230
October 26 San Francisco 49ers L 17–31Milwaukee County Stadium50,557
November 16 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 31–7Milwaukee County Stadium48,271
1987 September 20 Denver Broncos T 17–17 (OT)Milwaukee County Stadium50,624
November 1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 17–23Milwaukee County Stadium50,308
December 13 Minnesota Vikings W 16–10Milwaukee County Stadium47,059
1988 October 9 New England Patriots W 45–3Milwaukee County Stadium51,932
October 23 Washington Redskins L 17–20Milwaukee County Stadium51,767
November 20 Detroit Lions L 9–19Milwaukee County Stadium44,327
1989 October 1 Atlanta Falcons W 23–21Milwaukee County Stadium54,647
October 29 Detroit Lions W 23–20 (OT)Milwaukee County Stadium53,731
November 26 Minnesota Vikings W 20–19Milwaukee County Stadium55,592

1990s

SeasonDateOpponentResultVenueAttendance
1990 October 28 Minnesota Vikings W 24–10 Milwaukee County Stadium 55,125
November 25 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 20–10Milwaukee County Stadium53,677
December 9 Seattle Seahawks L 14–20Milwaukee County Stadium52,015
1991 October 6 Dallas Cowboys L 17–20Milwaukee County Stadium53,695
November 10 Buffalo Bills L 24–34Milwaukee County Stadium52,175
November 24 Indianapolis Colts W 14–10Milwaukee County Stadium42,132
1992 November 15 Philadelphia Eagles W 27–24Milwaukee County Stadium52,689
November 29 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 19–14Milwaukee County Stadium52,347
December 6 Detroit Lions W 38–10Milwaukee County Stadium49,469
1993 September 5 Los Angeles Rams W 36–6Milwaukee County Stadium54,648
November 21 Detroit Lions W 26–17Milwaukee County Stadium55,119
December 19 Minnesota Vikings L 21–17Milwaukee County Stadium54,773
1994 September 11 Miami Dolphins L 14–24Milwaukee County Stadium55,011
November 6 Detroit Lions W 38–30Milwaukee County Stadium54,995
December 18 Atlanta Falcons W 21–17Milwaukee County Stadium54,885

Home television stations

During WISN, channel 12's time with CBS, it served as the default home station for the NFL's Green Bay Packers for the Milwaukee market, and airing the team's first two Super Bowl appearances (also the first two Super Bowl games in NFL history); it was succeeded and preceded in this stead by WITI.

In early 1994, WITI 6 was named as the market's new Fox affiliate as a result of a deal between the station's owner New World Communications and Fox as part of the network's decision to upgrade affiliates in certain markets after it acquired the broadcast rights to the National Football Conference of the NFL. [48] [49] For a short time between September and November 1994, the station carried Green Bay Packers games in the market through the network's NFC package as a lame-duck affiliate, though without any pre-game programming, the only break in network coverage by WITI of the team since the 1977 affiliation switch between WISN and WITI, which took place in the off-season.

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