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Cold facts: Packers hot at home in playoffs.
Byline: Bob McGinn
GREEN BAY, Wis. _ One of the great streaks in pro football history will be on the line Saturday night when the 84th edition of the Green Bay Packers comes out of the tunnel at Lambeau Field to meet the Atlanta Falcons.
Since the National Football League first instituted a divisional system and began playoffs in 1933, the Packers have played 13 post-season games at home.
Not once have they lost.
They won one time at State Fair Park in Milwaukee, they won another time at County Stadium in Milwaukee and they've won 11 times at what now is often referred to as historic Lambeau Field.
The Ice Bowl in 1967, regarded by some as the most memorable game in pro football history, was decided when Bart Starr's quarterback sneak with 13 seconds left beat the Dallas Cowboys, 21-17, for the NFL championship.
That game, played with the thermometer at minus-13 and the wind chill…
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