GREEN BAY – Mark Lee might be more of a household name in Packers history had Green Bay somehow won the game.
“The game” was the 1982 second-round NFC playoff matchup in Dallas. The Packers hadn’t been to the playoffs in a decade, and it was just their second postseason appearance since the Vince Lombardi era.
The strike-shortened season had changed up the playoff format, and the Packers won at home over St. Louis to advance to Dallas.
In the fourth quarter, Lee’s 22-yard interception return for a touchdown pulled the Packers within 30-26. An upset was possible, and the Packers would have been one win away from the Super Bowl.