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1997 Green Bay Packers

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Record: 13-3-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

1997 NFC Champions

Scored 422 points (26.4/g), 2nd of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 282 points (17.6/g), 5th.
 Differential of 140 points (8.8/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 11.6-4.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 17th.

Coached by Mike Holmgren (13-3-0)

1997 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Mon September 1 box W 1-0 Chicago Bears 38 24 18 315 208 107 2 19 336 172 164 3
2 Sun September 7 box L 1-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 9 10 21 380 273 107 2 16 258 158 100 1
3 Sun September 14 box W 2-1 Miami Dolphins 23 18 22 392 250 142 2 20 299 240 59 1
4 Sun September 21 box W 3-1 Minnesota Vikings 38 32 24 350 257 93 3 22 393 208 185 2
5 Sun September 28 box L 3-2 @ Detroit Lions 15 26 23 396 289 107 4 18 376 203 173
6 Sun October 5 box W 4-2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 16 13 234 170 64 1 23 372 155 217 2
7 Sun October 12 box W 5-2 @ Chicago Bears 24 23 22 277 177 100 1 26 353 232 121 2
8 Bye Week
9 Mon October 27 box W 6-2 @ New England Patriots 28 10 27 371 227 144 1 18 324 255 69 4
10 Sun November 2 box W 7-2 Detroit Lions 20 10 11 244 163 81 2 18 256 131 125 4
11 Sun November 9 box W 8-2 St. Louis Rams 17 7 18 387 291 96 3 16 269 203 66 1
12 Sun November 16 box L 8-3 @ Indianapolis Colts 38 41 20 441 334 107 3 26 467 320 147 1
13 Sun November 23 box W 9-3 Dallas Cowboys 45 17 29 409 189 220 1 11 213 120 93 2
14 Mon December 1 box W 10-3 @ Minnesota Vikings 27 11 17 326 187 139 17 253 154 99 2
15 Sun December 7 box W 11-3 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 6 20 362 280 82 3 8 161 94 67 2
16 Sun December 14 box W 12-3 @ Carolina Panthers 31 10 26 458 240 218 1 9 172 32 140 1
17 Sat December 20 box W 13-3 Buffalo Bills 31 21 14 272 170 102 3 21 325 274 51 4
Playoffs
Division Sun January 4 box W 14-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 7 16 289 171 118 3 15 263 173 90 2
ConfChamp Sun January 11 box W 15-3 @ San Francisco 49ers 23 10 19 325 219 106 15 257 224 33 2
SuperBowl Sun January 25 box L 15-4 N Denver Broncos 24 31 21 350 255 95 3 21 302 123 179 2

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 422 5614 1008 5.6 325 309 523 3705 35 16 6.7 191 459 1909 9 4.2 103 32 16 31
Team Defense 282 4827 1047 4.6 288 288 563 2951 10 21 4.9 156 443 1876 16 4.2 105 32 11 27
Lg Rank Offense 2 4 5 18 3 1 16 2 10 12 22 11 20 24
Lg Rank Defense 5 7 15 27 8 1 4 2 14 20 22 23 6 21

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
4 Brett Favre*+ 28 QB 16 16 13-3-0 304 513 59.3 3867 35 6.8 16 3.1 74 7.5 7.5 12.7 241.7 92.6 25 176 6.9 6.8 4.6
13 Steve Bono 35 2 0 5 10 50.0 29 0 0.0 0 0.0 14 2.9 2.9 5.8 14.5 56.2 1 15 1.3 1.3 9.1
Team Total 27.3 16 13-3-0 309 523 59.1 3896 35 6.7 16 3.1 74 7.4 7.4 12.6 243.5 91.9 26 191 6.7 6.7 4.7
Opp Total 16 288 563 51.2 3225 10 1.8 21 3.7 5.7 4.4 11.2 201.6 59.0 41 274 4.9 3.7

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
25 Dorsey Levens* 27 RB 16 16 329 1435 7 52 4.4 89.7 20.6 53 370 7.0 5 56 3.3 23.1 1805 12 5
4 Brett Favre*+ 28 QB 16 16 58 187 1 16 3.2 11.7 3.6 187 1 7
24 Aaron Hayden 24 14 0 32 148 1 21 4.6 10.6 2.3 2 11 5.5 0 7 0.1 0.8 159 1 0
30 William Henderson 26 FB 16 14 31 113 0 15 3.6 7.1 1.9 41 367 9.0 1 25 2.6 22.9 480 1 1
13 Steve Bono 35 2 0 3 -3 0 -1 -1.0 -1.5 1.5 -3 0 1
18 Doug Pederson 29 1 0 3 -4 0 -1 -1.3 -4.0 3.0 -4 0 0
87 Robert Brooks 27 WR 15 15 2 19 0 15 9.5 1.3 0.1 60 1010 16.8 7 48 4.0 67.3 1029 7 0
86 Antonio Freeman 25 WR 16 16 1 14 0 14 14.0 0.9 0.1 81 1243 15.3 12 58 5.1 77.7 1257 12 1
89 Mark Chmura* 28 TE 15 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 38 417 11.0 6 32 2.5 27.8 417 6 1
80 Derrick Mayes 23 12 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 290 16.1 0 74 1.5 24.2 290 0 0
83 Jeff Thomason 28 13 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 115 12.8 1 27 0.7 8.8 115 1 1
82 Don Beebe 33 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 28 14.0 0 23 0.2 2.8 28 0 0
81 Tyrone Davis 25 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 28 14.0 1 26 0.2 2.2 28 1 0
84 Bill Schroeder 26 RET 15 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 15 7.5 1 8 0.1 1.0 15 1 4
85 Terry Mickens 26 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 2 2.0 1 2 0.1 0.2 2 1 0
Team Total 27.3 16 459 1909 9 52 4.2 119.3 28.7 309 3896 12.6 35 74 19.3 243.5 5805 44 24
Opp Total 16 443 1876 16 4.2 117.3 27.7 288 2951 10.2 10 18.0 184.4 4827 26 25

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
84 Bill Schroeder 26 RET 15 1 33 342 0 46 10.4 24 562 0 40 23.4 919
80 Derrick Mayes 23 12 3 14 141 0 26 10.1 431
88 Roell Preston 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 7 211 0 43 30.1 211
42 Darren Sharper 22 14 0 7 32 0 23 4.6 1 3 0 3 3.0 35
82 Don Beebe 33 10 0 6 134 0 39 22.3 162
24 Aaron Hayden 24 14 0 6 141 0 35 23.5 300
44 Chris Darkins 23 14 0 4 68 0 20 17.0 68
85 Terry Mickens 26 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 2
39 Mike Prior 34 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 27.3 16 56 515 0 46 9.2 49 1119 0 43 22.8 7439
Opp Total 16 32 0 78 1599 0 20.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
8 Ryan Longwell 23 K 16 0 4 4 8 7 13 10 4 2 1 1 30 24 80.0% 48 48 100.0%
17 Craig Hentrich 26 P 16 0 75 3378 65 0 45.0
Team Total 27.3 16 4 4 8 7 13 10 4 2 1 1 30 24 80.0% 48 48 100.0% 75 3378 65 0 45.0
Opp Total 16 30 24 80.0% 18 18 100.0% 90 3825 42.5

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
41 Eugene Robinson 34 FS 16 16 2.5 1 26 0 26 1 1 2 0 0 75 37
36 LeRoy Butler*+ 29 SS 16 16 3.0 5 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 71 32
55 Bernardo Harris 26 MLB 16 16 1.0 1 0 0 0 65 48
51 Brian M. Williams 25 RLB 16 16 1.0 2 30 0 25 0 0 1 0 0 62 38
33 Doug Evans 27 RCB 15 15 1.0 3 33 0 27 2 0 0 0 0 66 10
37 Tyrone Williams 24 LCB 16 15 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 49 17
71 Santana Dotson 28 RDT 16 16 5.5 2 0 0 0 0 38 33
92 Reggie White* 36 LDE 16 16 11.0 0 0 2 0 0 31 15
98 Gabe Wilkins 26 RDE 16 16 5.5 1 77 1 77 1 0 3 1 1 30 20
54 Seth Joyner 33 LLB 11 10 3.0 25 9
28 Roderick Mullen 25 16 1 1 17 0 17 0 0 1 1 0 23 2
94 Bob Kuberski 26 11 3 20 9
39 Mike Prior 34 16 0 4 72 0 49 0 1 0 0 0 16 9
59 Wayne Simmons 28 llb 6 6 18 9
42 Darren Sharper 22 14 0 2 70 2 50 1 1 1 34 1 12 1
90 Darius Holland 24 12 1 5 7
53 George Koonce 29 4 0 5 5
56 Lamont Hollinquest 27 16 0 5 2
4 Brett Favre*+ 28 QB 16 16 7 1 -10 0
95 Keith McKenzie 24 16 0 1.5 2 1
97 Paul Frase 32 9 0 3 0
25 Dorsey Levens* 27 RB 16 16 5 1 -7 0
84 Bill Schroeder 26 RET 15 1 4 1 0 0
99 Jermaine Smith 25 9 0 1.0 2 0
93 Gilbert Brown 26 LDT 12 12 3.0
30 William Henderson 26 FB 16 14 1 2 0 0
96 Gerald Williams 34 4 0 1 1
13 Steve Bono 35 2 0 1 0 0 0
89 Mark Chmura* 28 TE 15 14 1 0 0 0
91 Shannon Clavelle 24 6 0 0 1
81 Tyrone Davis 25 13 0 0 1 0 1
72 Earl Dotson 27 RT 13 13 0 1 0 0
86 Antonio Freeman 25 WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
83 Jeff Thomason 28 13 1 1 0 0 0
Team Total 27.3 16 39.0 21 329 3 77 10 24 18 19 3 624 306
Opp Total 16 26 25 14

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
8 Ryan Longwell 23 K 16 0 48 24 120
25 Dorsey Levens* 27 RB 16 16 7 5 12 1 74
86 Antonio Freeman 25 WR 16 16 12 12 72
87 Robert Brooks 27 WR 15 15 7 7 42
89 Mark Chmura* 28 TE 15 14 6 6 36
42 Darren Sharper 22 14 0 1 2 3 18
81 Tyrone Davis 25 13 0 1 1 2 12
98 Gabe Wilkins 26 RDE 16 16 1 1 2 12
4 Brett Favre*+ 28 QB 16 16 1 1 6
24 Aaron Hayden 24 14 0 1 1 6
30 William Henderson 26 FB 16 14 1 1 6
85 Terry Mickens 26 11 0 1 1 6
84 Bill Schroeder 26 RET 15 1 1 1 6
83 Jeff Thomason 28 13 1 1 1 6
Team Total 27.3 16 9 35 3 3 50 1 48 24 422
Opp Total 16 16 10 6 18 24 282