I think the Lombardi teams enjoyed and wanted to get into the big games.

Older brothers Robert Jr. Also appeared in 1987 Miller Lite beer commercial. On December 17 1972 the 9-4 Green Bay Packers traveled to New Orleans to play the 1-11-1 Saints at Tulane Stadium for Nitschke's last regular season game of his career.

Raymond Ernest "Ray" Nitschke (December 29 1936 – March 8 1998) was a professional football player who played his entire career as a middle linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. Wearing #66 he played fifteen seasons from 1958-72.