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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 398 points (24.9/g), 3rd of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 257 points (16.1/g), 4th.
Differential of 141 points (8.8/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 11.8-4.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +10 (0.6/g), 6th.
Coached by George Seifert (12-4-0)
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1996 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Day | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 1 | box | W | 1-0 | New Orleans Saints | 27 | 11 | 23 | 338 | 181 | 157 | 14 | 231 | 175 | 56 | 2 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 8 | box | W | 2-0 | St. Louis Rams | 34 | 0 | 23 | 352 | 222 | 130 | 6 | 105 | 69 | 36 | 4 | ||
| 3 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sun | September 22 | box | L | 2-1 | @ | Carolina Panthers | 7 | 23 | 15 | 300 | 252 | 48 | 1 | 21 | 389 | 272 | 117 | 1 |
| 5 | Sun | September 29 | box | W | 3-1 | Atlanta Falcons | 39 | 17 | 16 | 396 | 246 | 150 | 18 | 317 | 191 | 126 | 4 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 6 | box | W | 4-1 | @ | St. Louis Rams | 28 | 11 | 23 | 389 | 235 | 154 | 2 | 15 | 202 | 137 | 65 | 4 |
| 7 | Mon | October 14 | box | L | 4-2 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 20 | 23 | 14 | 253 | 179 | 74 | 2 | 24 | 446 | 378 | 68 | 2 |
| 8 | Sun | October 20 | box | W | 5-2 | Cincinnati Bengals | 28 | 21 | 20 | 418 | 338 | 80 | 5 | 18 | 345 | 196 | 149 | 1 | |
| 9 | Sun | October 27 | box | W | 6-2 | @ | Houston Oilers | 10 | 9 | 12 | 238 | 175 | 63 | 12 | 184 | 77 | 107 | 2 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 3 | box | W | 7-2 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 24 | 17 | 17 | 306 | 115 | 191 | 18 | 293 | 229 | 64 | 3 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 10 | box | L | 7-3 | Dallas Cowboys | 17 | 20 | 16 | 267 | 156 | 111 | 3 | 20 | 316 | 222 | 94 | 1 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 17 | box | W | 8-3 | Baltimore Ravens | 38 | 20 | 22 | 372 | 262 | 110 | 4 | 16 | 268 | 159 | 109 | 3 | |
| 13 | Sun | November 24 | box | W | 9-3 | @ | Washington Redskins | 19 | 16 | 27 | 392 | 275 | 117 | 1 | 15 | 360 | 282 | 78 | |
| 14 | Mon | December 2 | box | W | 10-3 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 34 | 10 | 25 | 466 | 264 | 202 | 2 | 9 | 178 | 117 | 61 | 4 |
| 15 | Sun | December 8 | box | L | 10-4 | Carolina Panthers | 24 | 30 | 23 | 450 | 375 | 75 | 4 | 22 | 382 | 324 | 58 | ||
| 16 | Sun | December 15 | box | W | 11-4 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 25 | 15 | 21 | 288 | 232 | 56 | 23 | 368 | 248 | 120 | 3 | |
| 17 | Mon | December 23 | box | W | 12-4 | Detroit Lions | 24 | 14 | 18 | 281 | 152 | 129 | 18 | 277 | 88 | 189 | |||
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sun | December 29 | box | W | 13-4 | Philadelphia Eagles | 14 | 0 | 17 | 279 | 161 | 118 | 16 | 283 | 212 | 71 | 3 | ||
| Division | Sat | January 4 | box | L | 13-5 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 35 | 12 | 196 | 128 | 68 | 5 | 15 | 210 | 71 | 139 | 1 |