In 1972, the Packers were led by a coach in his first NFL head coaching job and were coming off of several disappointing seasons that saw the Minnesota Vikings win the NFC Central Division four years in a row. The Packers played the Vikings on the second-to-last week of the season with a chance to clinch the Division Title. Sound familiar?
The reason I'm thinking about 1972 is that I recently received a book titled "The Year the Packers Came Back", written by Joe Zagorski with a foreword by Mike Holmgren (published by McFarland Books).