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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 397 points (24.8/g), 5th of 31 in the NFL.
Allowed 371 points (23.2/g), 24th.
Differential of 26 points (1.6/g), 15th.
Expected W-L: 8.6-7.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -10 (-0.6/g), 26th.
Simple Rating System: Total 1.9, Offense: 4.3, Defense: -2.3, SoS: 0.3, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Dennis Green
Defensive Coordinator: Emmitt Thomas
Training Camp: Minnesota State University, Mankato (Mankato, Minnesota)
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| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 3 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | Chicago Bears | 30 | 27 | 17 | 374 | 188 | 186 | 1 | 23 | 425 | 272 | 153 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 10 | boxscore | W | 2-0 | Miami Dolphins | 13 | 7 | 24 | 468 | 343 | 125 | 4 | 10 | 209 | 160 | 49 | 1 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 17 | boxscore | W | 3-0 | @ | New England Patriots | 21 | 13 | 23 | 315 | 161 | 154 | 2 | 18 | 267 | 164 | 103 | 1 | |
| 4 | Bye Week | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sun | October 1 | boxscore | W | 4-0 | @ | Detroit Lions | 31 | 24 | 19 | 439 | 261 | 178 | 27 | 355 | 226 | 129 | 1 | ||
| 6 | Mon | October 9 | boxscore | W | 5-0 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 30 | 23 | 17 | 322 | 207 | 115 | 2 | 22 | 346 | 283 | 63 | 3 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 15 | boxscore | W | 6-0 | @ | Chicago Bears | 28 | 16 | 17 | 368 | 177 | 191 | 1 | 17 | 294 | 196 | 98 | ||
| 8 | Sun | October 22 | boxscore | W | 7-0 | Buffalo Bills | 31 | 27 | 17 | 348 | 251 | 97 | 1 | 21 | 406 | 286 | 120 | 1 | ||
| 9 | Sun | October 29 | boxscore | L | 7-1 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 13 | 41 | 25 | 401 | 302 | 99 | 3 | 23 | 413 | 261 | 152 | ||
| 10 | Mon | November 6 | boxscore | L | OT | 7-2 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 20 | 26 | 22 | 407 | 250 | 157 | 5 | 19 | 298 | 217 | 81 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 12 | boxscore | W | 8-2 | Arizona Cardinals | 31 | 14 | 29 | 460 | 302 | 158 | 2 | 14 | 249 | 198 | 51 | 2 | ||
| 12 | Sun | November 19 | boxscore | W | 9-2 | Carolina Panthers | 31 | 17 | 19 | 446 | 329 | 117 | 2 | 23 | 330 | 252 | 78 | 3 | ||
| 13 | Thu | November 23 | boxscore | W | 10-2 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 27 | 15 | 18 | 360 | 192 | 168 | 22 | 404 | 276 | 128 | 2 | ||
| 14 | Thu | November 30 | boxscore | W | 11-2 | Detroit Lions | 24 | 17 | 19 | 305 | 160 | 145 | 2 | 20 | 352 | 213 | 139 | 2 | ||
| 15 | Sun | December 10 | boxscore | L | 11-3 | @ | St. Louis Rams | 29 | 40 | 23 | 312 | 208 | 104 | 32 | 508 | 346 | 162 | |||
| 16 | Sun | December 17 | boxscore | L | 11-4 | Green Bay Packers | 28 | 33 | 19 | 400 | 332 | 68 | 2 | 28 | 434 | 280 | 154 | |||
| 17 | Sun | December 24 | boxscore | L | 11-5 | @ | Indianapolis Colts | 10 | 31 | 11 | 236 | 169 | 67 | 1 | 25 | 411 | 283 | 128 | 1 | |
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | January 6 | boxscore | W | 12-5 | New Orleans Saints | 34 | 16 | 18 | 429 | 302 | 127 | 19 | 355 | 286 | 69 | 2 | |||
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 14 | boxscore | L | 12-6 | @ | New York Giants | 0 | 41 | 9 | 114 | 60 | 54 | 5 | 31 | 518 | 380 | 138 | 2 | |