Lambeau Field Expansion
Lambeau Fail?
Whenever a team does well on the road in Green Bay, they’re given extra credit because of the location. The frozen tundra of Lambeau Field is legendary! Green Bay is cold, it’s snowy, and it’s full of rabidly cheering Cheeseheads. Opposing teams are lucky to come out of there alive, let alone victorious.
Or, they used to be. In the last decade, Lambeau Field has been far from unwelcoming. Here’s the results of the last ten years of playoff games in Green Bay:
- January 15, 2012: N.Y. Giants 37, Green Bay 20
- January 20, 2008: N.Y. Giants 23, Green Bay 20 (OT)
- January 12, 2008: Green Bay 42, Seattle 20
- January 9, 2005: Minnesota 31, Green Bay 17 (The “That was a disgusting act!” game)
- January 4, 2004: Green Bay 33, Seattle 27 (OT) (The “We want the ball and we’re gonna score” game)
- January 4, 2003: Atlanta 27, Green Bay 7
The Packers also defeated the 49ers 25-15 in 2002, a game that falls just outside of our ten-year window. Even including that game, that leaves the Packers at only 3-4 in home playoff games, all against lower-seeded teams. Three of those losses were blowouts. Not to take anything away from Eli Manning’s performance today, but it’s no longer that impressive to play well as a visitor in Lambeau. I’d be much more worried about the “Field Turf tundra” of the Superdome than the antifreeze-heated sod of Lambeau.
