GREEN BAY, Wis. - The first home game that Ron Wolf attended as general manager of the Green Bay Packers came on a sunny 10-degree afternoon at Lambeau Field in mid-December 1991. Just 43,132 fans - about 16,000 below capacity - bothered to show up as the Packers played out a 4-12 season and the Detroit Lions prepared for the playoffs as NFC Central Division champs. The Lions, three-point favorites, won the game, 21-17, in the fourth quarter when punter Paul McJulien out-kicked his coverage and Mel Gray ran it back 78 yards for a touchdown. Little did anyone know at the time but, over the next 20 years, the Lions not only wouldn't win another game in Wisconsin but they'd be favored just...
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