1996 Green Bay Packers season

Infobox NFL_season
team = Green Bay Packers
year = 1996
record = 13-3
division_place = 1st NFC Central
coach = Mike Holmgren
stadium = Lambeau Field
playoffs = W NFC Divisional
W NFC Championship
W Super Bowl XXXIThe 1996 Green Bay Packers season resulted in a league-best 13-3 win-loss record for the team. The team was 8-0 at home and 5-3 on the road. It was the first time since 1962 that the club went undefeated at home. [ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 266 ] The 1962 team was 7-0. In addition, the Packers had the highest-scoring offense in the NFL while allowing the fewest points, the first team to do so since the 1972 Miami Dolphins. In the postseason, the Packers defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI to win their third Super Bowl and twelfth NFL Championship.cite web| title = 1996 Season in Review | url = http://www.packers.com/history/1996_season/] Brett Favre was named NFL MVP for the second season in a row.cite web| title = NFL MVP Award History | url = http://sportsline.com/nfl/history/awards/apmvp/ | publisher = CBS Sportsline]

In 2007, the 1996 Packers were ranked as the 16th greatest Super Bowl champions on the NFL Network's documentary series "". The 1996 Packers were ranked 6th-greatest Super Bowl team of all-time by a similar panel done by ESPN and released in 2007.

Offseason

chedule

eason statistical leaders

Brett Favre broke the Packers single-season record for touchdown passes by throwing 39.cite web| title = Green Bay Packers 1996 Statistics | url = http://sports-att.espn.go.com/nfl/teams/stats?team=gnb&year=1996 | publisher = ESPN]
* Passing Yards: Brett Favre 3,899 Yards
* Passing Touchdowns: Brett Favre 39 TD
* Rushing Yards: Edgar Bennett, 899 Yards
* Rushing Touchdowns: Dorsey Levens, 5 TD
* Receiving Yards: Antonio Freeman, 933 Yards
* Receiving Touchdowns: Keith Jackson, 10 TD
* Points: Chris Jacke, 114 points
* Kickoff Return Yards: Desmond Howard, 460 Yards
* Punt Return Yards: Desmond Howard, 875 Yards
* Tackles: George Koonce, 97 Tackles
* Sacks: Reggie White, 8.5 Sacks
* Interceptions: Eugene Robinson, 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
* Brett Favre, Offense, UPI NFC Player of the Year
* Brett Favre, NFC Pro Bowl Selection
* Brett Favre, All-Pro Selection
* Brett Favre, Best NFL Player ESPY Award
* Desmond Howard, Super Bowl XXXI MVP
* Reggie White, NFC Pro Bowl Selection

References

External links

* [http://www.packers.com/gameday/schedule/1996 1996 Packers results and recaps]
* [http://www2.jsonline.com/packer/arc/13097/prost715.html 1996 Packers roster]

succession box
title = Super Bowl champion
years = 1996
before = Dallas Cowboys
1995
after = Denver Broncos
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next=1997 Green Bay Packers season
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