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Three members of Green Bay's secondary, the strongest aspect of their defense, were named to the Pro Bowl: defensive backs Willie Wood, Herb Adderley, and Bob Jeter.
Raiders returner Rodger Bird gave them great field position with a 12-yard return to Green Bay's 40-yard line, but Oakland could only gain 1 yard with their next 3 plays and came up empty when George Blanda's 47-yard field goal attempt fell short of the goal posts.
Then on Green Bay's ensuing drive, Larry Brown intercepted a pass from Favre and returned it 28 yards to set up Smith's third touchdown run.
In addition to having the reputation of being a poor team, the Packers were unable to attract good players because many did not want to play in Green Bay's cold winter climate and the fact that they were a small market team.
Although Green Bay's running game did not have any standout backs or Pro Bowlers, running backs Dorsey Levens, Edgar Bennett, and fullback William Henderson were all very good at blocking, running and receiving.
Green Bay's defense and special teams dominated the game, forcing 5 turnovers, and helping the team score 35 points even though Favre was limited to just 79 passing yards.
But Green Bay's defense forced 2 pass incompletions from Bledsoe, causing the Patriots to turn the ball over on downs with just 19 seconds left before halftime.
Those tributaries of the Green River that flow through Warren County are the Barren and Gasper rivers, Drake's and Jennings creeks and Bay's Fork.
Residential, commercial and industrial growth has continued steadily since that time, creating a suburban community on Green Bay's northwest side.
* FFRF v. City of Green Bay-In December 2007, FFRF challenged a nativity scene at Green Bay's city hall.
In the 1960 NFL Championship Game, Bednarik, the last Eagle between Green Bay's Jim Taylor and the end zone, tackled Taylor on the final play of the game at the Eagles ' eight yard line, and remained atop Taylor as the final seconds ticked off the clock, ensuring the Packers could not run another play and preserving a 17-13 Eagles victory.
It was Brown who recommended Lombardi to Green Bay's owners, and the men remained close friends.
As it turned out, his Eagles team would be the only team to defeat the Packers in a playoff game during Vince Lombardi's tenure as Green Bay's head coach.
Green Bay's Brett Favre was also having one of the best seasons of his career and would eventually lead the resurgent Packers to the NFC Championship Game.
In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Bay Beach in celebration of Green Bay's tercentennial.
Green Bay's defense quickly forced a punt, and their offense stormed back for another score, this time driving 65 yards in just three plays.
But Green Bay's pass protection on the slick field had been seriously tested during the game ; the Cowboys had sacked Starr eight times.
Despite receiving a contract extension earlier in the 2005 season, Sherman was fired by the Packers on January 2, 2006, after compiling a 4 – 12 recordGreen Bay's first losing record since the 1991 season.
Then on Green Bay's final drive, Atwater's vicious hit ( which nearly knocked out two players, a Packers player and a Broncos player ) with less than a minute remaining left the Packers in 4th and 6 situation without any remaining timeouts, due to NFL rules regarding injuries to players in the final two minutes of a game.
In Super Bowl II, Nitschke led Green Bay's defense with 9 tackles.
Green Bay's defensive ranking in his first year improved to second in the league in 2009, from 21st in the league in 2008.
Later on, defensive back Tyrone Williams, a blocker on Green Bay's punt return team ran into returner Eric Metcalf.
As a result, Metcalf muffed the kick and Atlanta fullback George Layne recovered the ball on Green Bay's 21-yard line.

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King had said that she would remain in Bethnal Green & Bow with her constituency office funded from the GMB trade union, attempting to act as an unofficial MP.
The official regimental motto is Fear Naught ; while the unofficial motto ( signified also by the colours of the tactical recognition flash ) is " From Mud, Through Blood to the Green Fields Beyond.
Green became one of the côterie of unofficial advisers of Jackson known as the Kitchen Cabinet on which Jackson depended heavily following the Petticoat affair.
Eyehategod then went through a period of internal disputes, and went on unofficial hiatus as its members scattered again to record and tour with their various side-projects ; namely Soilent Green, Corrosion of Conformity and Crowbar.
* Since the 1970s, it ( usually the Frankie Yankovic version ) has been played during the seventh inning stretch at Milwaukee Brewers baseball games, as well as becoming one of the state of Wisconsin's unofficial state songs as it is also played at numerous University of Wisconsin sporting events, as well as Green Bay Packers home games, and Milwaukee Panthers basketball games, including after every home win.
Because of Fox's 1994 purchase of National Football Conference television rights, the switch made WLUK the unofficial " home " station of the Green Bay Packers which became a major ratings draw.
The Green and Golden Bell Frog has become an unofficial mascot for the Homebush Bay area.
The game also featured pregame festivities featuring Green Day and U2 performing a song that would become the team's unofficial anthem, " The Saints Are Coming ".

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The city was referred to as " Hüdavendigar " ( meaning " God's Gift ") during the Ottoman period, while a more recent nickname is " Yeşil Bursa " ( meaning " Green Bursa ") in reference to the parks and gardens located across its urban tissue, as well as to the vast forests in rich variety that extend in the surrounding region.
The nickname " The Big Green ," originating in the 1860s, is based on students ' adoption of a shade of forest green (" Dartmouth Green ") as the school's official color in 1866.
A basin of urban ecology, Metz gained its nickname of Green City (), displaying extensive open grounds and public gardens and the historic downtown is one of the largest commercial, pedestrian areas in France.
The nickname the Green Count refers to his habit of dressing in this colour and appearing in state occasions surrounded by green-dressed escort.
* 1906, Lightship Reserve Sonderburg, 1988 rebuilt at Motorenwerke Bremerhaven to sailing ship Alexander von Humboldt ( nicknameGreen Alex “, because of green sails )
The colony earned the nickname Enfer Vert (" Green Hell "), which it is still trying to shake.
The city is located in Green Country, a popular nickname for northeast Oklahoma that stems from the region's green vegetation and relatively high amount of hills and lakes compared to central and western areas of Oklahoma.
The Green Monster is a popular nickname for the thirty-seven foot, two-inch ( 11. 33 m ) high left field wall at Fenway Park, home to the Boston Red Sox baseball team.
* Green Hornet, nickname for the Bell UH-1F variant of the " Huey " military utility helicopter used in Cambodia and Laos during the Vietnam War
The nickname " Green Mound " ( 青塚 Qīn Zhǒng ) refers to a legend that in autumn, when grass and trees wither, those plants on the cemetery mound continue to prosper.
He murdered numerous women and girls, most of whom were also alleged prostitutes, in Washington during the 1980s and 1990s, earning his nickname when the first five victims were found in the Green River.
So proficient was he that his musician friends bestowed upon him the nickname " The Green God ".
Her grandma's name is Ida Green, and the men's affectionate nickname for her is " Spuds ".
The number of weddings at Thomas Becket increased substantially compared to earlier and later times and the village earned the later nickname of the Gretna Green of the Midlands.
As a result of the hurricane, the Westhampton Beach School District changed its school's nickname from the Green Wave to the Hurricanes.
In 1974 Penrith changed their strip to a jerseys with brown and white vertical bars and again in 1991 they changed the colours to Black with White, Red, Yellow and Green stripes ( drawing another confectionery-related nickname, The Liquorice Allsorts ) until 1997 when Super League had all new jerseys made by Nike.
Vermont not only takes its state nickname (" The Green Mountain State ") from the mountains, it is named after them.
In a publication The Green Dragoon: The Lives of Banastre Tarleton and Mary Robinson by Robert D. Bass ( published in 1952 ) he was given the nickname " Bloody Ban " and The Butcher, which has carried over into popular culture as being his nickname of the day.
Many new residents were unwelcome and existing residents moved away leading to the nickname Snob's Green.
The myriad canals are covered in green duckweed ( hence the Green Venice nickname ) and the drained marsh land is home to a varied fauna.
In addition to being the headdress of the United States Army Special Forces, " Green Berets " is also a well known nickname of the organization.
In Dean's obituary in The Times, Geoffrey Green suggested that the nickname was taken from a " Dixie " song that was in the chart during Dean's childhood as there was " something of the Uncle Tom about his features ".

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