It was the fourth consecutive year these teams had met in the playoffs and the sixth overall contest since the 1995 season. However, despite Rodgers' return, the Packers would lose to the San Francisco 49ers 20–23 in the first round of the playoffs. While new shares can be given as gifts, transfers are technically allowed only between immediate family members once ownership has been established.[71]. In the season 8 finale, Red declined to move to Florida after Steven Hyde bought him season tickets. During the 2010 season, the Packers paid tribute to their historical roots with a throwback jersey modeled after that worn by the club in 1929, during its first world championship season. They do have shareholders, but the shareholders have limited rights and most shares are bought so that fans can claim ownership and use the stock certificate as a piece of pride of ownership in a unique community treasure. The team, however, has long had an extended fan base throughout Wisconsin and parts of the Midwest, thanks in part to playing one pre-season and three regular-season home games each year in Milwaukee through 1995. The role of their public ownership structure with no controlling shareholder, unique in major professional sports, is another factor that makes the Packer story so endearing. 1 in defense with Reggie White as the leader of the defense and no. As such, these stations are authorized to use the tagline Your official Packers station in their market area by the team, and also carry two weeknight programs; Packers Live on Tuesday evening, and the weekly coach's show, The Matt LaFleur Show on Wednesday evenings at 6:30 pm throughout the football season. These backers, known as "The Hungry Five", formed the Green Bay Football Corporation. This play appeared to give Green Bay the victory. In the 24 seasons from 1968 to 1991, they had only five seasons with a winning record, one being the shortened 1982 strike season. Green Bay is the only team with this form of ownership structure in the NFL, which does not comply with current league rules stipulating a maximum of 32 owners per team, with one holding a minimum 30% stake. About 86,000 names are on the waiting list for season tickets.[79]. The 2014 season also marked the first time since 2009 that the team had a 4,000-yard passer, two 1,000-yard receivers, and a 1,000-yard rusher. Much of Holmgren's coaching staff went with him, and Reggie White also retired after the season (but later played one season for the Carolina Panthers in 2000). Following the season, quarterback Aaron Rodgers was named the league's Most Valuable Player for the second time. The Packers have the second most members in the Pro Football Hall of Fame with 30, 25 of which were inducted as Packers. The team's intra-squad Lambeau scrimmage at the beginning of the season, marketed as Packers Family Night, was broadcast for over a decade by WITI (Channel 6) in Milwaukee, and produced by WLUK-TV in Green Bay, both Fox affiliates which broadcast the bulk of the team's regular-season games, along with the state's other Fox affiliates until the 2016 season. Satisfied with a football-shaped letter "G", the pair presented it to Lombardi, who then approved the addition. The Packers stormed back in the 1962 season, jumping out to a 10–0 start, on their way to a 13–1 season. Some teams are privately owned by a single person, with varying degrees of direct control over their team. The losing would descend to the disastrous 1958 campaign under coach Ray "Scooter" McLean, whose lone 1–10–1 year at the helm is the worst in Packers history.[29]. The Packers also had several first alternates, including offensive tackle Chad Clifton and linebacker Nick Barnett. On August 27, 1921, the Packers were granted a franchise in the American Professional Football Association, a new national pro football league that had been formed the previous year. An early newspaper article referred to the fledglings as "the Indians", but by the time they played their first game "Packers" had taken hold. The TV play-by-play announcer, Kevin Harlan (also on loan from CBS), is the son of former Packers president Bob Harlan, with Rich Gannon joining him as color commentator. The Packers had won all previous games, and the media speculated that another 49ers loss would result in the dismissal of San Francisco head coach Steve Mariucci. [64], Under first-year head coach Matt LaFleur, Aaron Rodgers and the Packers opened the season by defeating the Chicago Bears in the season's opening game, the first time since 2003 that the league-wide kickoff game did not feature the defending Super Bowl champions, with the Packers and Bears being selected for their historic rivalry in the NFL's 100th season. The Green Bay Packers are the only publicly owned team in US professional sports. The season ended with an overtime loss in a wild card round shootout at the Arizona Cardinals, 51–45. Pre-season coverage is produced by CBS, formerly using the NFL on CBS graphics package until the last contract ended as a remnant of WFRV's former ownership by the CBS Corporation itself until 2007. However, injuries plagued the Packers' defense, as they lost 7 close games by 4 points or less, finishing with a 6–10 record. At the team's 1997 annual stockholders meeting the foundation was designated in place of a Sullivan-Wallen Post soldiers memorial as recipient of any residual assets upon the team's sale or dissolution. Green Bay won 21–14 to move on to Super Bowl XLV. He did not return to school the following year however due to illness which then led to the Packers birth. And as the website notes, “Today, … Greed. It is this broad-based community support and non-profit structure which has kept the team in Green Bay for nearly a century in spite of being the smallest market in all of … The Packers are long-standing adversaries of the Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings, and Detroit Lions, who today form the NFL's NFC North division (formerly known as the NFC Central Division). In addition, on February 5, 2008, head coach Mike McCarthy signed a 5-year contract extension. The Packers have three practice facilities across the street from Lambeau Field: the Don Hutson Center, an indoor facility; Ray Nitschke Field, an outdoor field with artificial FieldTurf; and Clarke Hinkle Field, an outdoor field with natural grass. With an 11–5 record, the Packers beat the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC wild card round 24–10, but lost in the divisional round of the playoffs to the eventual NFC Champion San Francisco 49ers by a score of 45–31. Rodgers also became the first quarterback in NFL history to throw for at least 4,000 yards in each of his first two seasons as a starter. In March 2009, the organization assured fans that Brett Favre's jersey number would be retired, but not during the 2009 season. The Packers have been league champions a record 13 times,[17] topping their nearest rival, the Chicago Bears, by four. The TV rights for pre-season games not nationally broadcast are held by Scripps television stations WGBA-TV (Channel 26) in Green Bay and WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) in Milwaukee,[117] along with Quincy Media's six ABC stations in the central, northern and western parts of the state, KQDS-TV (Channel 21) in Duluth-Superior, and in Escanaba/Marquette, Michigan, WLUC-TV (Channel 6), along with their Fox subchannel.