1996 Green Bay Packers season
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The 1996 Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...

season
Season (sports)
In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...

was the team's 76th in the National Football League, which culminated with the franchise winning its third Super Bowl and league-record 12th NFL World Championship . The Packers posted a league-best 13-3 regular season won-loss record, going 8-0 at home and 5-3 on the road. It was the first time since 1962 that the club went undefeated at home. Additionally, the Packers had the NFL's highest-scoring offense and allowed the fewest points on defense. Green Bay was the first team to accomplish both feats in the same season since the undefeated 1972
1972 NFL season
The 1972 NFL season was the 53rd regular season of the National Football League. The Miami Dolphins became the first NFL team to finish a championship season undefeated and untied when they beat the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII.-Major rule changes:...

 Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

. The Packers also allowed the fewest yards in the NFL and set a record for punt return yardage.

In the postseason, the Packers defeated the San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...

 in the divisional round and the Carolina Panthers
Carolina Panthers
The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They are currently members of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Panthers, along with the Jacksonville Jaguars, joined the NFL as expansion...

 in the NFC championship game. Green Bay beat the New England Patriots
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...

 in Super Bowl XXXI
Super Bowl XXXI
Super Bowl XXXI was an American football game played on January 26, 1997, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana to decide the National Football League champion following the 1996 regular season. The National Football Conference champion Green Bay Packers defeated the American...

 to win their third Super Bowl
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...

 and twelfth NFL Championship. Packers quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...

 Brett Favre
Brett Favre
Brett Lorenzo Favre is a former American football quarterback who spent the majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League . He was a 20-year veteran of the NFL, having played quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons , Green Bay Packers , New York Jets and Minnesota...

 was named NFL MVP for the second season in a row. It was Favre's only Super Bowl championship in his 20-year career.

In 2007, the 1996 Packers were ranked as the 16th greatest Super Bowl champions on the NFL Network
NFL Network
NFL Network is an American television specialty channel owned and operated by the National Football League . It was launched November 4, 2003, only eight months after the league's 32 team owners voted unanimously to approve its formation...

's documentary series America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions is an annual documentary series created by NFL Films . Its 45 installments profile the first 45 winning teams of the National Football League's annual Super Bowl championship game; each episode chronicles an individual team.A spin-off debuted on September...

. The 1996 Packers were ranked 6th-greatest Super Bowl team of all-time by a similar panel done by ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....

 and released in 2007.

1996 NFL Draft

1996 NFL Draft Selections
Round Overall Player Position College
1 27 John Michels
John Michels
John Spiegel Michels is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League.-High school career:...

T USC
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...

2 56 Derrick Mayes
Derrick Mayes
Derrick Binet Mayes is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks, the Green Bay Packers, and the Kansas City Chiefs from 1996 to 2001....

WR
Wide receiver
A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...

Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...

3 90 Mike Flanagan C
Center (American football)
Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense...

UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...

3 93 Tyrone Williams CB
Cornerback
A cornerback is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in American and Canadian football. Cornerbacks cover receivers, to defend against pass offenses and make tackles. Other members of the defensive backfield include the safeties and occasionally linebackers. The cornerback position...

Nebraska
4 123 Chris Darkins
Chris Darkins
-Biography:Darkins was born Christopher Oji Darkins on April 30, 1974 in San Francisco, California.-Career:Darkins was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 1996 NFL Draft and was a member of the team that season and as such was a member of the Super Bowl XXXI Champion...

RB
Running back
A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...

Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...

6 208 Marco Rivera
Marco Rivera
Marco Anthony Rivera is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League. Rivera is of Puerto Rican descent.-Early years:Rivera attended Elmont Memorial High School in Long Island, New York...

G
Guard (American football)
In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team....

Penn State
Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...

7 240 Kyle Wachholtz
Kyle Wachholtz
Kyle Wachholtz was a 7th round pick by the Green Bay Packers in the 1996 NFL Draft. He was drafted as a quarterback out of USC, but was converted to tight end.-External links:*...

QB
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...

USC
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...


Staff

1996 Green Bay Packers staff

Front Office
  • President/Chief Executive Officer – Bob Harlan
    Bob Harlan
    Robert E. "Bob" Harlan is the former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Green Bay Packers, an American professional football team. He is a graduate of Marquette University, where he was the Sports Information Director for many years...

  • Executive Vice President/General Manager – Ron Wolf
    Ron Wolf
    Ron Wolf is the former American football general manager of the NFL's Green Bay Packers. He also played a significant role in personnel operations with the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders from 1963–1975, and again from 1978–1990...

  • Director of Pro Personnel – Ted Thompson
    Ted Thompson
    Ted Thompson is the current general manager of the NFL's Green Bay Packers. Thompson was named to the post on January 14, 2005, by Packers president and CEO Bob Harlan. Thompson took over the general manager duties from Mike Sherman, who had been serving as both head coach and general manager...

  • Director of College Scouting – John Math
  • Pro Personnel Assistant – Reggie McKenzie
    Reggie McKenzie (linebacker)
    Reggie McKenzie is an American football executive and former player. He is Director - Football Operations for the Green Bay Packers, and has worked for the Packers since 1994.His Super Bowl ring was stolen on May 3, 2009....



Head Coaches
  • Head Coach – Mike Holmgren
    Mike Holmgren
    Michael George Holmgren is a former professional football coach and current President of the Cleveland Browns. He served as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers from 1992 to 1998, and the Seattle Seahawks from 1999 to 2008...



Offensive Coaches
  • Offensive Coordinator – Sherman Lewis
    Sherman Lewis
    Sherman Lewis , is an American football coach and former player, most recently an offensive consultant and offensive play-caller for the Washington Redskins of the NFL...

  • Quarterbacks – Marty Mornhinweg
    Marty Mornhinweg
    Marty Mornhinweg is the offensive coordinator with the Philadelphia Eagles, having joined the Eagles in 2003 as the assistant head coach. He was named offensive coordinator on January 6, 2006, after the Eagles previous offensive coordinator Brad Childress was hired as the head coach of the...

  • Running Backs – Harry Sydney
    Harry Sydney
    Harry Sydney is a former professional American football player whose position was running back. He played six seasons in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers after three years with the Denver Gold and Memphis Showboats of the USFL...

  • Wide Receivers – Gil Haskell
    Gil Haskell
    Gil Haskell is a long time NFL coach and the former Offensive Coordinator of the Seattle Seahawks. He began his career in the NFL as a ball boy with the San Francisco 49ers while his uncle Dr. William O’Grady was a part owner of the franchise. Coach Haskell grew up in St. Brendan's Parish in San...

  • Tight Ends/Assistant Offensive Line – Andy Reid
    Andy Reid
    Andrew Walter "Andy" Reid is the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL, a post he has held since 1999. Since 2001, he has also been the team's executive vice president of football operations...

  • Offensive Line – Tom Lovat
    Tom Lovat
    Thomas Lovat is a former American football coach in the NCAA, National Football League, and the Canadian Football League.Lovat started coaching at Utah, there he became the defensive line coach in 1967. Next he went to Idaho State University coaching the defensive secondary and offensive line...

 
Defensive Coaches
  • Defensive Coordinator – Fritz Shurmur
    Fritz Shurmur
    Leonard Frank “Fritz” Shurmur was an American football coach who served as head coach of the University of Wyoming Cowboys from 1971 to 1974. He also served as the defensive coordinator for the National Football League's Green Bay Packers from 1994 to 1998.-Early life:Shurmur was nicknamed Fritz...

  • Defensive Line – Larry Brooks
    Larry Brooks
    Lawrence Lee Brooks, Sr. , is a former American Football defensive tackle for the Los Angeles Rams eleven seasons from 1972 to 1982 in the National Football League...

  • Linebackers – Jim Lind
  • Defensive Backs – Bob Valesente
    Bob Valesente
    Bob Valesente is a former American football player and coach. He played college football at Ithaca College and spent more than 35 years as a football coach...

  • Defensive Assistant/Quality Control – Johnny Holland
    Johnny Holland
    Johnny Holland is a former linebackers coach for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He played linebacker for the Green Bay Packers from 1987-1993...



Special Teams Coaches
  • Special Teams – Nolan Cromwell
    Nolan Cromwell
    Nolan Neil Cromwell is the wide receiver coach for the St. Louis Rams. He was an All-Pro safety for the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL and was the offensive coordinator at Texas A&M University. Cromwell played for the Rams from 1977 through 1987 and was named to the Pro Bowl in four consecutive...



Strength and Conditioning
  • Strength and Conditioning – Kent Johnston
    Kent Johnston
    -Career:Johnson served as an assistant coach at Northwestern State University from 1979 to 1980, the University of Louisiana at Monroe from 1980 to 1981, and the University of Alabama from 1983 to 1986...

  • Strength and Conditioning Assistant – Barry Rubin

Roster

1996 Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks
  •  4 Brett Favre
    Brett Favre
    Brett Lorenzo Favre is a former American football quarterback who spent the majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League . He was a 20-year veteran of the NFL, having played quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons , Green Bay Packers , New York Jets and Minnesota...

  •  9 Jim McMahon
    Jim McMahon
    James Robert "Jim" McMahon, Jr. is a former American football player. He played college football at Brigham Young University, where he was a two-time All-American and later in the professional ranks with the Chicago Bears, San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Arizona...

  • 18 Doug Pederson
    Doug Pederson
    Doug Irvin Pederson is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. He spent most of his career as a member of the Green Bay Packers, serving as a backup to Brett Favre...


Running Backs
  • 34 Edgar Bennett
    Edgar Bennett
    Edgar Bennett III is a former National Football League running back who played for the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears , and is currently a coach for the Green Bay Packers.-High school years:...

  • 32 Travis Jervey
  • 27 Calvin Jones
    Calvin Jones (halfback)
    Calvin Jones is a former American football running back. He played for the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders and the Green Bay Packers. He collegiately played for Nebraska Cornhuskers in the NCAA....

  • 25 Dorsey Levens
    Dorsey Levens
    Herbert Dorsey Levens is a retired American football running back in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 1994 NFL Draft. He played college football at Notre Dame and later Georgia Tech.In his career, Levens also played for the...

  • 30 William Henderson
  • 38 Brian Satterfield
    Brian Satterfield
    -Biography:Satterfield was born Brian Sydney Sattefield on December 22, 1969 in Georgia.-Career:Satterfield spent two seasons with the Green Bay Packers. In his first season in 1995, he did not see any playing time during a regular season game. He would be a member of the Super Bowl XXXI Champion...

  • 49 Kevin Smith
    Kevin Smith (tight end)
    Kevin Smith is a former tight end in the National Football League. Smith spent three seasons with the Los Angeles Raiders. After a year away from the NFL, he joined the Green Bay Packers for the 1996 NFL season. As such, he was a member of the Super Bowl XXXI Champion Packers.He played at the...


Wide Receivers
  • 82 Don Beebe
    Don Beebe
    Don Lee Beebe is a former American football wide receiver who played for the Buffalo Bills , Carolina Panthers and the Green Bay Packers of the NFL....

  • 87 Robert Brooks
    Robert Brooks
    Robert Darren Brooks is a former American football wide receiver who attended University of South Carolina and played for the Green Bay Packers and the Denver Broncos.-Early life:...

  • 86 Antonio Freeman
    Antonio Freeman
    Antonio Michael Freeman is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League, most notably for the Green Bay Packers. He attended the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, dominating his high school conference. Freeman played college football at Virginia Tech...

  • 80 Derrick Mayes
    Derrick Mayes
    Derrick Binet Mayes is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks, the Green Bay Packers, and the Kansas City Chiefs from 1996 to 2001....

  • 85 Terry Mickens
    Terry Mickens
    Terry KaJuan Mickens is a retired American football player, who was a wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers and the Oakland Raiders from 1994 to 1999. He played college football at Florida A&M University. In his career he recorded 4 touchdowns; 3 with Green Bay and one with Oakland...

  • 84 Anthony Morgan
    Anthony Morgan
    Anthony Eugene Morgan is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He played six seasons for the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers ....

  • 84 Andre Rison
    Andre Rison
    Andre Previn Rison is a retired American football wide receiver who played professionally for the National Football League's Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders, and the Canadian Football League's...

  • 81 Desmond Howard
    Desmond Howard
    Desmond Kevin Howard is a former NFL wide receiver, punt returner, and kickoff returner.He played football for the University of Michigan from 1989–1991 and won the Heisman Trophy in 1991...


Tight Ends
  • 89 Mark Chmura
    Mark Chmura
    Mark William Chmura , is a former American football tight end, who played his entire career with the Green Bay Packers .-Biography:Chmura was born in Deerfield, Massachusetts, United States.-College:...

  • 88 Keith Jackson
  • 83 Jeff Thomason
    Jeff Thomason
    Jeffrey David Thomason is a former American football tight end and is currently a construction worker. He played college football at Oregon, and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cincinnati Bengals in 1992...

Offensive Linemen
  • 68 Gary Brown
    Gary Brown (offensive lineman)
    Gary Lee Brown is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers...

  • 72 Earl Dotson
    Earl Dotson
    Earl Christopher Dotson was an offensive tackle in the NFL. He played for the Green Bay Packers for 10 seasons. He started in Super Bowl XXXI and XXXII.He played college football at Texas A&M–Kingsville....

  • 77 John Michels
    John Michels
    John Spiegel Michels is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League.-High school career:...

  • 75 Ken Ruettgers
    Ken Ruettgers
    Kenneth Ruettgers is a former National Football League offensive lineman who played for the Green Bay Packers from 1985 to 1996.-High school career:...

  • 64 Bruce Wilkerson
    Bruce Wilkerson
    Bruce Alan Wilkerson is a former American football player who played tackle for three NFL teams from 1987 to 1997. He started in Super Bowl XXXI for the Green Bay Packers. He is now employed by the Aluminum Company of America. He has a daughter named Starkicia and a son named Jeremy....

  • 65 Lindsay Knapp
    Lindsay Knapp
    Lindsay Haines Knapp is a former American football guard in the National Football League who played for both the Kansas City Chiefs and the Green Bay Packers. He was a member of the Packers' Super Bowl XXXI championship team.- Early life :Knapp grew up in Deerfield, Illinois, where he was a...

  • 73 Aaron Taylor
  • 63 Adam Timmerman
    Adam Timmerman
    Adam Larry Timmerman is a former American football guard in the National Football League. He played for the Green Bay Packers and St. Louis Rams between 1995 and 2006...

  • 50 Mike Arthur
    Mike Arthur
    Mike Arthur is a former center in the National Football League.-Biography:Arthur was born Michael Scott Arthur on May 7, 1968 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Arthur grew up in Houston, Texas, and played football at Spring Woods High School.-Career:...

  • 60 Gene McGuire
    Gene McGuire
    Gene McGuire is a former center in the National Football League.-Career:McGuire was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in 1992 NFL Draft and spent the 1992 NFL season with the team, but did not see any playing time. He spent the 1993 NFL season with the Chicago Bears before spending a year away from...

  • 67 Jeff Dellenbach
    Jeff Dellenbach
    Jeffrey Alan Dellenbach is a former American football center in the National Football League for the Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers, and the Philadelphia Eagles. He was a member of the Green Bay Packers when they won Super Bowl XXXI...

  • 52 Frank Winters
    Frank Winters
    Frank Mitchell Winters is a former American football center in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns, New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs, and the Green Bay Packers...


  • Defensive Linemen
    • 91 Shannon Clavelle
      Shannon Clavelle
      Shannon Lynn Clavelle is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs...

    • 96 Sean Jones
      Sean Jones (defensive end)
      Dwight Sean Jones is a former American football defensive end, who played for the Los Angeles Raiders , Houston Oilers , and the Green Bay Packers . Jones was selected to the Pro Bowl after the 1993 season...

    • 92 Reggie White
      Reggie White
      Reginald Howard "Reggie" White was a professional American football player. He played 15 seasons as a defensive end in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers and Carolina Panthers, becoming one of the most decorated players in NFL history...

    • 98 Gabe Wilkins
      Gabe Wilkins
      Gabriel Nicholas Wilkins is a former American Football defensive end who played for the Green Bay Packers and the San Francisco 49ers in a six year career that lasted from 1994 to 1999 in the National Football League....

    • 93 Gilbert Brown
      Gilbert Brown
      Gilbert Jesse Brown, is a former nose tackle who played for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League . Brown played 125 Packers games recording 292 tackles and seven sacks. Nicknamed "The Gravedigger," in honor of his celebratory dance following a thunderous tackle, Brown played in...

    • 71 Santana Dotson
      Santana Dotson
      Santana N. Dotson was an American football defensive tackle in the National Football League. He was a part of Houston's Yates High School football team when it won the 1985 5A state championship. While at Baylor, Dotson was voted All-American in 1991...

    • 94 Bob Kuberski
      Bob Kuberski
      Robert Kenneth Kuberski, Jr. is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers and the New England Patriots. He played college football at the United States Naval Academy .Kuberski was drafted by the Packers in the seventh round of the 1993...

    • 90 Darius Holland
      Darius Holland
      Darius Jerome Holland is a former American football defensive tackle who played ten seasons in the US National Football League. He went to Mayfield High School in Las Cruces, New Mexico and the University of Colorado at Boulder. His nickname with the Packers was 'Dirty D'....

    Linebackers
  • 95 Keith McKenzie
    Keith McKenzie (American football)
    Keith Derrick McKenzie is a former American football linebacker and defensive end who played for four teams in a 8-year National Football League career.Keith is the nephew of Buffalo Bills legend Reggie McKenzie....

  • 54 Ron Cox
  • 55 Bernardo Harris
    Bernardo Harris
    Bernardo Harris is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He attended Chapel Hill High School, graduating in 1990. He was recruited by Mack Brown to play at the University of North Carolina and graduated in 1994. After not being drafted, he was signed as a free...

  • 56 Lamont Hollinquest
    Lamont Hollinquest
    Lamont Bertrell Hollinquest is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at the University of Southern California. He played high school football at Pius X High School Lamont Bertrell...

  • 53 George Koonce
    George Koonce
    George Koonce is a former linebacker in the NFL and also served as the Director of Athletics at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee between 2009 and 2010.-Atlanta Falcons:...

  • 59 Wayne Simmons
    Wayne Simmons (American football)
    Wayne General Simmons was an American football linebacker in the National Football League.Simmons, an integral part of Clemson's #1 ranked defense in 1990, was drafted by the Green Bay Packers with the 15th pick of the first round of the 1993 NFL Draft. Simmons played for Green Bay for four and a...

  • 51 Brian Williams

  • Defensive Backs
    • 22 Bucky Brooks
      Bucky Brooks
      William Eldridge Brooks, Jr. is a sportswriter covering the National Football League for Sports Illustrated and a former professional football player. He played for 5 NFL teams in a 5 year career, primarily as a kick returner.Brooks is in his second season as an analyst for NFL Network and NFL.com...

    • 42 Corey Dowden
      Corey Dowden
      -Career:Dowden's first professional experience was in two seasons with the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League. He then spent a season with the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League before returning to the Storm for another season. During the 1996 NFL season Dowden played...

    • 33 Doug Evans
      Doug Evans (American football)
      Douglas Edwards Evans is a former American football cornerback and safety in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 6th round of the 1993 NFL Draft out of Louisiana Tech. Evans also played for the Carolina Panthers, the Seattle Seahawks, and the Detroit...

    • 21 Craig Newsome
      Craig Newsome
      Craig Newsome is a former NFL cornerback who was drafted in the first round of the NFL draft by the the Green Bay Packers, where he played for four years...

    • 46 Michael Robinson
    • 37 Tyrone Williams
    • 36 LeRoy Butler
      LeRoy Butler
      LeRoy Butler, III is a former American football strong safety who played his entire career with the Green Bay Packers . He spent his childhood in Jacksonville, Florida, challenged by physical problems that forced him to wear leg braces and use a wheelchair at times while undergoing therapy...

    • 28 Roderick Mullen
      Roderick Mullen
      Roderick Louis Mullen is a former American football cornerback who played for the Green Bay Packers and the Carolina Panthers in the National Football League.- References :...

    • 40 Chris Hayes
      Chris Hayes (American football)
      Christopher Kareem Hayes is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers, the New York Jets, and the New England Patriots. Hayes played college football at Washington State University.He was drafted by the New York Jets in the 7th round of...

    • 39 Mike Prior
      Mike Prior
      Michael Robert Prior , is a former American professional football player who was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 7th round of the 1985 NFL Draft. A 6'0",...

    • 41 Eugene Robinson
      Eugene Robinson
      Eugene Keefe Robinson is a former professional American football player who played free safety. He played collegiately at Colgate University...


    Special Teams
    • 13 Chris Jacke
      Chris Jacke
      Christopher Lee Jacke is a former professional American football placekicker best known for playing for the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League....

    • 17 Craig Hentrich
      Craig Hentrich
      Craig Hentrich is a former American football punter. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the eighth round of the 1993 NFL Draft. He played college football at Notre Dame.Hentrich has also played for the Green Bay Packers and Tennessee Titans....



    Rookies in italics

    Schedule

    Week Date Opponent Result Game site TV Time Record Attendance
    1 September 1, 1996 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
    Tampa Bay Buccaneers
    The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...

     
    W 34-3 Houlihan's Stadium  FOX 3:15pm 1-0
    54,102
    2 September 9, 1996 Philadelphia Eagles
    Philadelphia Eagles
    The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

     
    W 39-13 Lambeau Field
    Lambeau Field
    Lambeau Field is an outdoor football stadium in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the home of the NFL's Green Bay Packers. Opened in 1957 as City Stadium, it replaced the original City Stadium as the Packers' home field...

     
    ABC 8:00pm 2-0
    60,666
    3 September 15, 1996 San Diego Chargers
    San Diego Chargers
    The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

     
    W 42-10 Lambeau Field
    Lambeau Field
    Lambeau Field is an outdoor football stadium in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the home of the NFL's Green Bay Packers. Opened in 1957 as City Stadium, it replaced the original City Stadium as the Packers' home field...

     
    NBC 12:00pm 3-0
    60,584
    4 September 22, 1996 at Minnesota Vikings
    Minnesota Vikings
    The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...

     
    L 21-30 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
    Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
    The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, commonly called the Metrodome, is a domed sports stadium in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Opened in 1982, it replaced Metropolitan Stadium, which was on the current site of the Mall of America in Bloomington and Memorial Stadium on the University...

     
    FOX 12:00pm 3-1
    64,168
    5 September 29, 1996 at Seattle Seahawks
    Seattle Seahawks
    The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...

     
    W 31-10 Kingdome
    Kingdome
    The Kingdome was a multi-purpose stadium located in Seattle's SoDo neighborhood. Owned and operated by King County, the Kingdome opened in 1976 and was best known as the home stadium of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League , the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball , and the...

     
    FOX 3:15pm 4-1
    59,973
    6 October 6, 1996 at Chicago Bears
    Chicago Bears
    The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

     
    W 37-6 Soldier Field
    Soldier Field
    Soldier Field is located on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in the Near South Side. It is home to the NFL's Chicago Bears...

     
    FOX 12:00pm 5-1
    65,480
    7 October 14, 1996 San Francisco 49ers
    San Francisco 49ers
    The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...

     
    W 23-20 (OT) Lambeau Field
    Lambeau Field
    Lambeau Field is an outdoor football stadium in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the home of the NFL's Green Bay Packers. Opened in 1957 as City Stadium, it replaced the original City Stadium as the Packers' home field...

     
    ABC 8:00pm 6-1
    60,716
    8 Bye Week
    9 October 27, 1996 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
    Tampa Bay Buccaneers
    The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...

     
    W 13-7 Lambeau Field
    Lambeau Field
    Lambeau Field is an outdoor football stadium in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the home of the NFL's Green Bay Packers. Opened in 1957 as City Stadium, it replaced the original City Stadium as the Packers' home field...

     
    FOX 12:00pm 7-1
    60,627
    10 November 3, 1996 Detroit Lions
    Detroit Lions
    The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...

     
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    Lambeau Field
    Lambeau Field is an outdoor football stadium in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the home of the NFL's Green Bay Packers. Opened in 1957 as City Stadium, it replaced the original City Stadium as the Packers' home field...

     
    FOX 12:00pm 8-1
    60,695
    11 November 10, 1996 at Kansas City Chiefs
    Kansas City Chiefs
    The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...

     
    L 20-27 Arrowhead Stadium
    Arrowhead Stadium
    Arrowhead Stadium is a stadium located in Kansas City, Missouri and home to the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs....

     
    FOX 12:00pm 8-2
    79,281
    12 November 18, 1996 at Dallas Cowboys
    Dallas Cowboys
    The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...

     
    L 6-21 Texas Stadium
    Texas Stadium
    Texas Stadium was a football stadium in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The stadium opened on September 17, 1971.Built to replace the aging Cotton Bowl, it was the home field of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, and had a seating capacity of 65,675...

     
    ABC 8:00pm 8-3
    65,032
    13 November 24, 1996 at St. Louis Rams
    St. Louis Rams
    The St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Rams have won three NFL Championships .The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland,...

     
    W 24-9 Trans World Dome
    Edward Jones Dome
    The Edward Jones Dome The Edward Jones Dome The Edward Jones Dome (more formally known as the Edward Jones Dome at America's Center, and previously known as The Trans World Dome (from 1995–2001) is a multi-purpose stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, and home of the St. Louis Rams of the NFL. It was...

     
    ESPN 7:00pm 9-3
    61,499
    14 December 1, 1996 Chicago Bears
    Chicago Bears
    The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

     
    W 28-17 Lambeau Field
    Lambeau Field
    Lambeau Field is an outdoor football stadium in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the home of the NFL's Green Bay Packers. Opened in 1957 as City Stadium, it replaced the original City Stadium as the Packers' home field...

     
    FOX 12:00pm 10-3
    59,682
    15 December 8, 1996 Denver Broncos
    Denver Broncos
    The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

     
    W 41-6 Lambeau Field
    Lambeau Field
    Lambeau Field is an outdoor football stadium in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the home of the NFL's Green Bay Packers. Opened in 1957 as City Stadium, it replaced the original City Stadium as the Packers' home field...

     
    NBC 12:00pm 11-3
    60,712
    16 December 15, 1996 at Detroit Lions
    Detroit Lions
    The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...

     
    W 31-3 Pontiac Silverdome
    Silverdome
    The Silverdome is an indoor sporting and entertainment venue located in Launceston, Tasmania built in 1984. The Silverdome was built at an estimated cost of A$4 million, as the Tasmanian Government "proposed a world class facility" to replace the run down velodrome in the Launceston suburb of St...

     
    FOX 3:15pm 12-3
    73,214
    17 December 22, 1996 Minnesota Vikings
    Minnesota Vikings
    The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...

    W 38-10 Lambeau Field
    Lambeau Field
    Lambeau Field is an outdoor football stadium in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the home of the NFL's Green Bay Packers. Opened in 1957 as City Stadium, it replaced the original City Stadium as the Packers' home field...

     
    FOX 12:00pm 13-3
    59,306
    NFC Divisional January 4, 1997 San Francisco 49ers
    San Francisco 49ers
    The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...

     
    W 35-14 Lambeau Field
    Lambeau Field
    Lambeau Field is an outdoor football stadium in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the home of the NFL's Green Bay Packers. Opened in 1957 as City Stadium, it replaced the original City Stadium as the Packers' home field...

     
    FOX 11:30am 14-3
    60,787
    NFC Championship January 12, 1997 Carolina Panthers
    Carolina Panthers
    The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They are currently members of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Panthers, along with the Jacksonville Jaguars, joined the NFL as expansion...

     
    W 30-13 Lambeau Field
    Lambeau Field
    Lambeau Field is an outdoor football stadium in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the home of the NFL's Green Bay Packers. Opened in 1957 as City Stadium, it replaced the original City Stadium as the Packers' home field...

     
    FOX 11:30am 15-3
    60,216
    Super Bowl XXXI
    Super Bowl XXXI
    Super Bowl XXXI was an American football game played on January 26, 1997, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana to decide the National Football League champion following the 1996 regular season. The National Football Conference champion Green Bay Packers defeated the American...

    January 26, 1997 New England Patriots
    New England Patriots
    The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...

    W 35-21 Louisiana Superdome FOX 5:25pm 16-3
    72,031

    Season statistical leaders

    Brett Favre broke the Packers single-season record for touchdown passes by throwing 39.
    • Passing Yards: Brett Favre
      Brett Favre
      Brett Lorenzo Favre is a former American football quarterback who spent the majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League . He was a 20-year veteran of the NFL, having played quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons , Green Bay Packers , New York Jets and Minnesota...

       3,899 Yards
    • Passing Touchdowns: Brett Favre 39 TD
    • Rushing Yards: Edgar Bennett
      Edgar Bennett
      Edgar Bennett III is a former National Football League running back who played for the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears , and is currently a coach for the Green Bay Packers.-High school years:...

      , 899 Yards
    • Rushing Touchdowns: Dorsey Levens
      Dorsey Levens
      Herbert Dorsey Levens is a retired American football running back in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 1994 NFL Draft. He played college football at Notre Dame and later Georgia Tech.In his career, Levens also played for the...

      , 5 TD
    • Receiving Yards: Antonio Freeman
      Antonio Freeman
      Antonio Michael Freeman is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League, most notably for the Green Bay Packers. He attended the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, dominating his high school conference. Freeman played college football at Virginia Tech...

      , 933 Yards
    • Receiving Touchdowns: Keith Jackson, 10 TD
    • Points: Chris Jacke
      Chris Jacke
      Christopher Lee Jacke is a former professional American football placekicker best known for playing for the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League....

      , 114 points
    • Kickoff Return Yards: Desmond Howard
      Desmond Howard
      Desmond Kevin Howard is a former NFL wide receiver, punt returner, and kickoff returner.He played football for the University of Michigan from 1989–1991 and won the Heisman Trophy in 1991...

      , 460 Yards
    • Punt Return Yards: Desmond Howard, 875 Yards
    • Tackles: George Koonce
      George Koonce
      George Koonce is a former linebacker in the NFL and also served as the Director of Athletics at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee between 2009 and 2010.-Atlanta Falcons:...

      , 97 Tackles
    • Sacks: Reggie White
      Reggie White
      Reginald Howard "Reggie" White was a professional American football player. He played 15 seasons as a defensive end in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers and Carolina Panthers, becoming one of the most decorated players in NFL history...

      , 8.5 Sacks
    • Interceptions: Eugene Robinson
      Eugene Robinson
      Eugene Keefe Robinson is a former professional American football player who played free safety. He played collegiately at Colgate University...

      , 6 Interceptions

    Awards and records

    • Brett Favre, Club Record, Most Touchdown Passes in One Season, 39
    • Brett Favre, NFC Leader, Touchdown Passes (39)
    • Brett Favre, NFC Leader, Passing Yardage (3,899)
    • Brett Favre, NFL MVP
    • Brett Favre, Bert Bell Award
      Bert Bell Award
      The Bert Bell Award for the Professional American football Player of the Year is presented by the Maxwell Football Club. This award is named in honor of Bert Bell , Commissioner of the National Football League and founder of the Maxwell Club...

    • Brett Favre, Offense, UPI NFC Player of the Year
      UPI NFC Player of the Year
      From 1970 to 1996, the United Press International awarded the NFC Player of the Year to players from the NFL's National Football Conference .-NFC Offensive Player of the Year:-See also:*UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year...

    • Brett Favre, NFC Pro Bowl Selection
    • Brett Favre, All-Pro
      All-Pro
      All-Pro is a term mostly used in the NFL for the best players of each position during that season. It began as polls of sportswriters in the early 1920s...

       Selection
    • Brett Favre
      Brett Favre
      Brett Lorenzo Favre is a former American football quarterback who spent the majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League . He was a 20-year veteran of the NFL, having played quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons , Green Bay Packers , New York Jets and Minnesota...

      , Best NFL Player ESPY Award
      Best NFL Player ESPY Award
      The Best NFL Player ESPY Award has been presented annually since 1993 to the National Football League player adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year, namely in the NFL season immediately precedent to the holding of the ESPY Awards ceremony....

    • Desmond Howard, Super Bowl XXXI MVP
    • Reggie White, NFC Pro Bowl Selection

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