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Sunday’s playoff game at Green Bay might be colder than famous ‘Ice Bowl,’ the coldest NFL game ever
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The “Ice Bowl,” one of the most iconic games in NFL history, had a wind chill of minus-48 degrees. It’s almost inhuman to play football in that weather.
And Sunday’s game at Green Bay might be even colder than that.
According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, the bad forecast for Green Bay’s game against the 49ers got worse. According to AccuWeather, the high will be minus-five degrees, the low will be minus-20 and the wind chill will be … MINUS-51 DEGREES.
No wonder Green Bay was having trouble selling out this game.
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This day in Sports History:
Those born on this day –
1924 Victoria Draves US, platform/springboard diver (Olympics-gold-1948)
1928 Hugh McElhenny NFL halfback (San Francisco, Minnesota, New York Giants, Detroit)
1929 Peter Barker Howard May cricketer
1929 Peter May cricketer (dashing English batsman of 50’s)
1939 Willye White US long jumper (Olympics-silver-56, appeared in 5 Olympics)
1950 Inge Helten German Federal Republic, sprinter (Olympics-bronze-1976)
1950 Robert Bryan Gilder Corvallis OR, PGA golfer (1980 Canadian Open)
1963 Ed Simmons NFL tackle (Washington Redskins)
1967 Brad Daluiso NFL place kicker (New York Giants)
1970 Bryon Russell NBA forward (Utah Jazz)
1970 Dunstan Anderson NFL defensive end (Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, Rhein Fire)
1971 Erin Warren Winchester MA, luger (Olympics-1994)
1972 Kelvin Kinney defensive end (Washington Redskins)
1973 Curtis Myden Calgary Alberta, 200 meter/400 meter swimmer (Olympics-2 bronze-96)
1973 George Jones running back (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1973 Hiroyuki Miura hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998)
1975 Cole Ford kicker (Oakland Raiders)
On this day – events in Sports History
1961 Green Bay Packers shutout New York Giants 37-0 in NFL championship game
1962 American Basketball League announces suspension of operation
1962 Ohio ends suit against Reds when they agree to stay in Cincinnati for 10 years
1963 Chicago Bears win NFL championship
1967 Oakland Raiders beat Houston Oilers 40-7 in AFL championship game
1967 Packers beat Cowboys 21-17 in NFL championship game (-13ºF)
1968 New York Jets win AFL championship
1972 Miami Dolphins beat Pittsburgh Steelers 21-7 in AFC championship game
1972 Washington Redskins beat Dallas Cowboys 26-3 in NFC championship game
1972 39th Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma 14 beats Penn State 0
1973 40th Sugar Bowl: Notre Dame 24 beats Alabama 23
1980 New York Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Chicago Black Hawks
Wisconsin players celebrate the Packers’ game-winning touchdown while one Bears fan teammate sulks
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Wisconsin took some time out of its bowl preparation Sunday to check out the Green Bay Packers-Chicago Bears game, which was a duel for a playoff spot – winner went on to the postseason, the loser went home.
So, it was no surprise that most of the Wisconsin players were glued to the television as the Packers trailed 28-27 with less than a minutes remaining.
That was, however, until Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers found a wide-open Randall Cobb open 48 yards down the field for the game-winning score.
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Watch Packers receiver James Jones’ Lambeau Leap get rejected by rogue Lions fans
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Green Bay Packers receiver James Jones did everything right.
Whoever allowed a couple of Detroit Lions fans to have prime seats in Lambeau Field did everything wrong.
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