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Starr shines at ABS By Scot Beardscot@athensnews-courier.com The game is known in NFL lore as the Ice Bowl because the temperature at game time was 13 degrees below zero.
The Packers trailed 17-14 with 4:50 remaining in the game. Starr led Green Bay to the Cowboys’ 1-yard line. Two running plays had failed to gain, so Starr called the Packers’ final timeout with 16 seconds remaining in the game. After talking with Lombardi, Starr returned to the huddle and called another running play. Starr took the snap and dove across the goal line to give the Packers the win. “Coach Lombardi told me to get in there and win it so we could go home,” Starr said. “I was laughing as I ran back onto the field.” Starr played a total of 16 seasons with the Packers, and completed 57.4 percent of his attempted passes, led the league in passing three times and was the NFL’s MVP in 1966. He had 24,718 yards passing in his career and threw 152 touchdowns. He retired from playing after the 1971 season and became the Packers quarterback coach before taking over the head-coaching job in 1975. Starr is pleased with the recent changes at Alabama. “I’m very excited about the new coach,” Starr said. “He did a remarkable job. He inherited a weak team.” 
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