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1996 Green Bay Packers
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Record: 13-3-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
1996 Super Bowl Champions
Scored 456 points (28.5/g), 1st of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 210 points (13.1/g), 1st.
Differential of 246 points (15.4/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 13.8-2.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +15 (0.9/g), 2nd.
Simple Rating System: Total 15.3, Offense: 8.7, Defense: 6.6, SoS: -0.1, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Mike Holmgren (13-3-0)
Defensive Coordinator: Fritz Shurmur
Other Notable Asst.: Marty Mornhinweg (Quarterbacks) and Andy Reid (Tight Ends/Asst. Offensive Line)
Training Camp: St. Norbert College (De Pere, Wisconsin)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Brett Favre*+ | 27 | 5 | 16 | 325 for 543, 3,899 yards, 39 td, 13 int, & 49 rushes for 136 yards and 2 td | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1991 |
| RB | Edgar Bennett | 27 | 4 | 15 | 222 rushes for 899 yards, 2 td, & 31 catches for 176 yards and 1 td | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 103rd pick / 1992 |
| FB | William Henderson | 25 | 1 | 11 | 39 rushes for 130 yards, 0 td, & 27 catches for 203 yards and 1 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 66th pick / 1995 |
| wr | Robert Brooks | 26 | 4 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1992 | |
| WR | Antonio Freeman | 24 | 1 | 12 | 56 catches for 933 yards, 9 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 90th pick / 1995 |
| TE | Mark Chmura | 27 | 3 | 13 | 28 catches for 370 yards, 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 157th pick / 1992 |
| LT | John Michels | 23 | Rook | 9 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 27th pick / 1996 | |
| LG | Aaron Taylor | 24 | 1 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 16th pick / 1994 |
| C | Frank Winters* | 32 | 9 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 276th pick / 1987 |
| RG | Adam Timmerman | 25 | 1 | 16 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 230th pick / 1995 | |
| RT | Earl Dotson | 26 | 3 | 15 | 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 81st pick / 1993 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Reggie White* | 35 | 11 | 16 | 8.5 sacks, 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1984 Supp |
| LDT | Gilbert Brown | 25 | 3 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 79th pick / 1993 |
| RDT | Santana Dotson | 27 | 4 | 15 | 5.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 5th / 132nd pick / 1992 |
| RDE | Sean Jones | 34 | 12 | 15 | 5.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Raiders / 2nd / 51st pick / 1984 |
| LLB | Wayne Simmons | 27 | 3 | 16 | 2.5 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 15th pick / 1993 |
| MLB | George Koonce | 28 | 4 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RLB | Brian M. Williams | 24 | 1 | 16 | 0.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1995 |
| LCB | Craig Newsome | 25 | 1 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 32nd pick / 1995 |
| RCB | Doug Evans | 26 | 3 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 141st pick / 1993 |
| SS | LeRoy Butler*+ | 28 | 6 | 16 | 6.5 sacks, 5 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 48th pick / 1990 |
| FS | Eugene Robinson | 33 | 11 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| Chris Jacke | 30 | 7 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 142nd pick / 1989 | ||
| Craig Hentrich | 25 | 2 | 0 | New York Jets / 8th / 200th pick / 1993 | ||
| Desmond Howard | 26 | 4 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 4th pick / 1992 | ||
| Desmond Howard | 26 | 4 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 4th pick / 1992 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Mike Arthur | 28 | 5 | 0 | 280 | 6-3 | Texas A&M | 5/7/1968 | 5 | 0 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 130th pick / 1991 | |
| 82 | Don Beebe | 32 | wr | 16 | 6 | 185 | 5-11 | West. Illinois,Aurora,Chadron St. | 12/18/1964 | 7 | 9 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1989 |
| 34 | Edgar Bennett | 27 | RB | 16 | 15 | 217 | 6-0 | Florida St. | 2/15/1969 | 4 | 10 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 103rd pick / 1992 |
| 22 | Bucky Brooks | 25 | 2 | 0 | 192 | 6-0 | North Carolina | 1/22/1971 | 2 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 48th pick / 1994 | |
| 87 | Robert Brooks | 26 | wr | 7 | 7 | 177 | 6-0 | South Carolina | 6/23/1970 | 4 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1992 |
| 68 | Gary L. Brown | 25 | lt | 8 | 5 | 307 | 6-4 | Georgia Tech | 6/25/1971 | 2 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 148th pick / 1994 |
| 93 | Gilbert Brown | 25 | LDT | 16 | 16 | 340 | 6-2 | Kansas | 2/22/1971 | 3 | 8 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 79th pick / 1993 |
| 36 | LeRoy Butler*+ | 28 | SS | 16 | 16 | 197 | 6-0 | Florida St. | 7/19/1968 | 6 | 18 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 48th pick / 1990 |
| 89 | Mark Chmura | 27 | TE | 13 | 13 | 248 | 6-5 | Boston Col. | 2/22/1969 | 3 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 157th pick / 1992 |
| 91 | Shannon Clavelle | 23 | 8 | 0 | 287 | 6-2 | Colorado | 10/12/1973 | 1 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 185th pick / 1995 | |
| 54 | Ron Cox | 28 | lb | 16 | 1 | 235 | 6-2 | Fresno St. | 2/27/1968 | 6 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1990 |
| 67 | Jeff Dellenbach | 33 | 3 | 0 | 290 | 6-6 | Wisconsin | 2/14/1963 | 11 | 0 | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 111th pick / 1985 | |
| 72 | Earl Dotson | 26 | RT | 15 | 15 | 315 | 6-4 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 12/17/1970 | 3 | 9 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 81st pick / 1993 |
| 71 | Santana Dotson | 27 | RDT | 16 | 15 | 278 | 6-5 | Baylor | 12/19/1969 | 4 | 10 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 5th / 132nd pick / 1992 |
| 42 | Corey Dowden | 28 | 9 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Tulane | 10/18/1968 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 33 | Doug Evans | 26 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 188 | 6-1 | Louisiana Tech | 5/13/1970 | 3 | 10 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 141st pick / 1993 |
| 4 | Brett Favre*+ | 27 | QB | 16 | 16 | 225 | 6-2 | Southern Miss | 10/10/1969 | 5 | 17 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1991 |
| 86 | Antonio Freeman | 24 | WR | 12 | 12 | 198 | 6-1 | Virginia Tech | 5/27/1972 | 1 | 11 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 90th pick / 1995 |
| 55 | Bernardo Harris | 25 | 16 | 0 | 247 | 6-2 | North Carolina | 10/15/1971 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 40 | Chris Hayes | 24 | 2 | 0 | 206 | 6-0 | Washington St. | 5/7/1972 | Rook | 0 | New York Jets / 7th / 210th pick / 1996 | |
| 30 | William Henderson | 25 | FB | 16 | 11 | 249 | 6-1 | North Carolina | 2/19/1971 | 1 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 66th pick / 1995 |
| 17 | Craig Hentrich | 25 | 16 | 0 | 213 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 5/18/1971 | 2 | 0 | New York Jets / 8th / 200th pick / 1993 | |
| 90 | Darius Holland | 23 | 16 | 0 | 330 | 6-5 | Colorado | 11/10/1973 | 1 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 65th pick / 1995 | |
| 56 | Lamont Hollinquest | 26 | 16 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | USC | 10/24/1970 | 3 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 212th pick / 1993 | |
| 81 | Desmond Howard | 26 | 16 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Michigan | 5/15/1970 | 4 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 4th pick / 1992 | |
| 13 | Chris Jacke | 30 | 16 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Texas-El Paso | 3/12/1966 | 7 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 142nd pick / 1989 | |
| 88 | Keith Jackson* | 31 | te | 16 | 5 | 250 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 4/19/1965 | 8 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 13th pick / 1988 |
| 32 | Travis Jervey | 24 | 16 | 0 | 222 | 6-0 | The Citadel | 5/5/1972 | 1 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 170th pick / 1995 | |
| 27 | Calvin Jones | 26 | 1 | 0 | 205 | 5-11 | Nebraska | 11/27/1970 | 2 | 0 | Los Angeles Raiders / 3rd / 80th pick / 1994 | |
| 96 | Sean Jones | 34 | RDE | 15 | 15 | 270 | 6-7 | Northeastern | 12/19/1962 | 12 | 10 | Los Angeles Raiders / 2nd / 51st pick / 1984 |
| 65 | Lindsay Knapp | 26 | 9 | 0 | 300 | 6-6 | Notre Dame | 2/25/1970 | 3 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 130th pick / 1993 | |
| 53 | George Koonce | 28 | MLB | 16 | 16 | 245 | 6-1 | Chowan,East Carolina | 10/15/1968 | 4 | 12 | |
| 94 | Bob Kuberski | 25 | 1 | 0 | 298 | 6-4 | Navy | 4/5/1971 | 1 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 183rd pick / 1993 | |
| 25 | Dorsey Levens | 26 | rb | 16 | 1 | 230 | 6-1 | Notre Dame,Georgia Tech | 5/21/1970 | 2 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 149th pick / 1994 |
| 80 | Derrick Mayes | 22 | 7 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 1/28/1974 | Rook | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 56th pick / 1996 | |
| 60 | Gene McGuire | 26 | 8 | 0 | 300 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 7/17/1970 | 3 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 95th pick / 1992 | |
| 95 | Keith McKenzie | 23 | 10 | 0 | 267 | 6-3 | Ball St. | 10/17/1973 | Rook | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 252nd pick / 1996 | |
| 9 | Jim McMahon | 37 | 5 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | BYU | 8/21/1959 | 14 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 5th pick / 1982 | |
| 77 | John Michels | 23 | LT | 15 | 9 | 300 | 6-7 | USC | 3/19/1973 | Rook | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 27th pick / 1996 |
| 85 | Terry Mickens | 25 | wr | 8 | 5 | 201 | 6-0 | Florida A&M | 2/21/1971 | 2 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 146th pick / 1994 |
| 85 | Anthony Morgan | 29 | 3 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 11/15/1967 | 5 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 134th pick / 1991 | |
| 28 | Roderick Mullen | 24 | 14 | 0 | 202 | 6-1 | Grambling St. | 12/5/1972 | 1 | 1 | New York Giants / 5th / 153rd pick / 1995 | |
| 21 | Craig Newsome | 25 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 190 | 6-0 | Arizona St. | 8/10/1971 | 1 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 32nd pick / 1995 |
| 18 | Doug Pederson | 28 | 1 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | La-Monroe | 1/31/1968 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 39 | Mike Prior | 33 | 16 | 0 | 208 | 6-0 | Illinois St. | 11/14/1963 | 11 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 7th / 176th pick / 1985 | |
| 84 | Andre Rison | 29 | wr | 5 | 4 | 188 | 6-1 | Michigan St. | 3/18/1967 | 7 | 2 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 22nd pick / 1989 |
| 41 | Eugene Robinson | 33 | FS | 16 | 16 | 200 | 6-1 | Colgate | 5/28/1963 | 11 | 9 | |
| 46 | Mike Robinson | 23 | 6 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | Hampton | 6/24/1973 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 75 | Ken Ruettgers | 34 | t | 4 | 1 | 295 | 6-6 | USC | 8/20/1962 | 11 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1985 |
| 38 | Brian Satterfield | 27 | 1 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | North Alabama | 12/22/1969 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 59 | Wayne Simmons | 27 | LLB | 16 | 16 | 245 | 6-2 | Clemson | 12/15/1969 | 3 | 10 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 15th pick / 1993 |
| 49 | Kevin Smith | 27 | 1 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | UCLA | 7/25/1969 | 4 | 0 | Los Angeles Raiders / 7th / 185th pick / 1992 | |
| 73 | Aaron Taylor | 24 | LG | 16 | 16 | 305 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 11/14/1972 | 1 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 16th pick / 1994 |
| 83 | Jeff Thomason | 27 | te | 16 | 1 | 255 | 6-5 | Oregon | 12/30/1969 | 4 | 2 | |
| 63 | Adam Timmerman | 25 | RG | 16 | 16 | 310 | 6-4 | South Dakota St. | 8/14/1971 | 1 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 230th pick / 1995 |
| 92 | Reggie White* | 35 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 291 | 6-5 | Tennessee | 12/19/1961 | 11 | 19 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1984 Supp |
| 64 | Bruce Wilkerson | 32 | t | 14 | 2 | 295 | 6-5 | Tennessee | 7/28/1964 | 9 | 2 | Los Angeles Raiders / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1987 |
| 98 | Gabe Wilkins | 25 | de | 16 | 1 | 304 | 6-5 | Gardner-Webb | 9/1/1971 | 2 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 126th pick / 1994 |
| 51 | Brian M. Williams | 24 | RLB | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-1 | USC | 12/17/1972 | 1 | 11 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1995 |
| 37 | Tyrone Williams | 23 | 16 | 0 | 193 | 5-11 | Nebraska | 5/31/1973 | Rook | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 93rd pick / 1996 | |
| 52 | Frank Winters* | 32 | C | 16 | 16 | 291 | 6-3 | West. Illinois | 1/23/1964 | 9 | 10 | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 276th pick / 1987 |
| Team Total | 27.1 | 16 | 243.0 | 6-2.2 | 3.9 |