Notebook: '03 Bucs Were Last Defending Champs Packers Faced

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It's been six years since the Green Bay Packers have faced the reigning Super Bowl champions the year following their title, but on Sunday in Pittsburgh the Packers would like to keep their modest winning streak in this area going.

When the Packers beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa back in 2003, it capped a three-game winning streak, in three straight years, of beating the defending champions. The Packers also had beaten the New England Patriots on the road in 2002 and the Baltimore Ravens at Lambeau Field in 2001.

Prior to that, however, the Packers' fortunes against the reigning champs weren't worth much. They had been just 3-13 in the regular season and 4-15 including postseason contests against Super Bowl winners attempting to defend their crown. With the current three-game winning streak, those numbers are now improved to 6-13 and 7-15.

Beginning with a 1984 loss to the Los Angeles Raiders, the Packers dropped 10 of 11 games (including two in the ..

Source: Packers.com
 

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