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Packers, ’68

Green Bay coach Vince Lombardi is carried off the field after his Packers beat Oakland. (Associated Press)
Green Bay coach Vince Lombardi is carried off the field after his Packers beat Oakland. (Associated Press)

Bart Starr, Ray Nitschke and the guy for whom the Super Bowl trophy is named. The Packers had little trouble in defeating the Raiders 33-14. The Packers won their third consecutive NFL championship that year and fifth in seven years. However, coach Vince Lombardi left and the Packers would not return to the Super Bowl until 1997.