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1997 Green Bay Packers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 13-3-0, 1st in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Mike Holmgren (13-3-0)

Points For: 422 (26.4/g) 2nd of 30

Points Against: 282 (17.6/g) 5th of 30

Expected W-L: 11.6-4.4

SRS: 7.67 (3rd of 30), SOS: -1.08

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 21-7 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Won Conference Championship 23-10 vs. San Francisco 49ers
Lost Super Bowl 24-31 vs. Denver Broncos

Offensive Coordinator: Sherman Lewis

Defensive Coordinator: Fritz Shurmur

Other Notable Asst.: Gil Haskell (Wide Receivers), Jim Lind (Linebackers), Andy Reid (Quarterbacks) and Mike Sherman (Tight Ends/Assistant Offensive Line)

Stadium: Lambeau Field

President/Chairman/CEO: Bob Harlan (GNB is operated by Packers Board of Directors; Harlan was president of its Executive Committee)

General Manager: Ron Wolf

Offensive Scheme: West Coast

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +250; O/U: 12.0

Training Camp: St. Norbert College (De Pere, Wisconsin)

1997 NFC Champion

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	422	5614	1008	5.6	32	16	325	309	523	3705	35	16	6.7	191	459	1909	9	4.2	103	93	718	31
Opp. Stats	282	4827	1047	4.6	32	11	288	288	563	2951	10	21	4.9	156	443	1876	16	4.2	105	114	945	27
Lg Rank Offense	2	4			20	24	5		18	3	1	16	2		10	12	22	11
Lg Rank Defense	5	7			6	21	15		27	8	1	4	2		14	20	22	23

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Mon	September 1	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Chicago Bears	38	24	18	315	208	107	2	19	336	172	164	3	-2.42	12.38	8.11
2	Sun	September 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	9	10	21	380	273	107	2	16	258	158	100	1	-6.58	7.96	-1.92
3	Sun	September 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Miami Dolphins	23	18	22	392	250	142	2	20	299	240	59	1	10.50	3.62	-6.07
4	Sun	September 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		Minnesota Vikings	38	32	24	350	257	93	3	22	393	208	185	2	8.92	-5.25	6.14
5	Sun	September 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2	@	Detroit Lions	15	26	23	396	289	107	4	18	376	203	173		-7.84	1.85	-7.10
6	Sun	October 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	21	16	13	234	170	64	1	23	372	155	217	2	-5.50	9.31	-0.54
7	Sun	October 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2	@	Chicago Bears	24	23	22	277	177	100	1	26	353	232	121	2	0.99	-3.75	6.43
8									Bye Week
9	Mon	October 27	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-2	@	New England Patriots	28	10	27	371	227	144	1	18	324	255	69	4	7.95	5.81	2.38
10	Sun	November 2	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-2		Detroit Lions	20	10	11	244	163	81	2	18	256	131	125	4	-15.08	26.25	-0.91
11	Sun	November 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-2		St. Louis Rams	17	7	18	387	291	96	3	16	269	203	66	1	1.12	10.60	-0.65
12	Sun	November 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-3	@	Indianapolis Colts	38	41	20	441	334	107	3	26	467	320	147	1	5.72	-10.66	4.94
13	Sun	November 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-3		Dallas Cowboys	45	17	29	409	189	220	1	11	213	120	93	2	21.41	14.52	-8.87
14	Mon	December 1	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-3	@	Minnesota Vikings	27	11	17	326	187	139		17	253	154	99	2	-1.38	14.45	2.01
15	Sun	December 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-3	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17	6	20	362	280	82	3	8	161	94	67	2	-0.96	20.01	-8.36
16	Sun	December 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-3	@	Carolina Panthers	31	10	26	458	240	218	1	9	172	32	140	1	13.97	14.05	-3.24
17	Sat	December 20	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		13-3		Buffalo Bills	31	21	14	272	170	102	3	21	325	274	51	4	-22.02	16.10	17.97
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	January 4	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		14-3		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	21	7	16	289	171	118	3	15	263	173	90	2	-7.96	19.69	-0.19
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		15-3	@	San Francisco 49ers	23	10	19	325	219	106		15	257	224	33	2	5.31	16.27	-5.61
SuperBowl	Sun	January 25	6:30PM ET	boxscore	L		15-4	N	Denver Broncos	24	31	21	350	255	95	3	21	302	123	179	2	3.91	-4.51	-7.71

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Brett Favre	28	QB	16	16	13-3-0	304	513	59.3	3867	35	6.8	16	3.1	189	47.6	74	7.5	7.50	12.7	241.7	92.6	25	176	4.65	6.86	6.82	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1,AP OPoY-3
2	Steve Bono	35	QB	2	0		5	10	50.0	29	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	9.1	14	2.9	2.90	5.8	14.5	56.2	1	15	9.09	1.27	1.27	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	13-3-0	309	523	59.1	3705	35	6.7	16	3.1	191	46.8	74	7.4	7.05	12.6	231.6	91.9	26	191	4.74	6.75	6.71

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Brett Favre	28	QB	3	3	2-1-0	56	97	57.7	668	5	5.2	3	3.1	33	42.7	40	6.9	6.53	11.9	222.7	83.2	6	23	5.83	6.26	5.92	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	2-1-0	56	97	57.7	645	5	5.2	3	3.1			76	8.2	6.29	13.9	215.0	98.1	6	23	5.83	7.82	8.54

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Dorsey Levens	27	RB	16	16	329	1435	7	71	42.2	52	4.4	89.7	20.6	67	53	370	7.0	5	18	46.3	56	3.3	23.1	79.1	5.5	382	4.7	1805	12	5	PB
2	Antonio Freeman	25	WR	16	16	1	14	0	1	100.0	14	14.0	0.9	0.1	137	81	1243	15.3	12	62	55.5	58	5.1	77.7	59.1	9.1	82	15.3	1257	12	1
3	Robert Brooks	27	WR	15	15	2	19	0	1	100.0	15	9.5	1.3	0.1	118	60	1010	16.8	7	43	46.6	48	4.0	67.3	50.8	8.6	62	16.6	1029	7	0
4	William Henderson	26	FB	16	14	31	113	0	11	51.6	15	3.6	7.1	1.9	48	41	367	9.0	1	17	60.4	25	2.6	22.9	85.4	7.6	72	6.7	480	1	1
5	Mark Chmura	28	TE	15	14	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	56	38	417	11.0	6	25	58.9	32	2.5	27.8	67.9	7.4	38	11.0	417	6	1	PB
6	Derrick Mayes	23	WR	12	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	35	18	290	16.1	0	13	45.7	74	1.5	24.2	51.4	8.3	18	16.1	290	0	0
7	Brett Favre	28	QB	16	16	58	187	1	17	37.9	16	3.2	11.7	3.6	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			58	3.2	187	1	7	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1,AP OPoY-3
8	Aaron Hayden	24	RB	14	0	32	148	1	6	46.9	21	4.6	10.6	2.3	2	2	11	5.5	0	2	100.0	7	0.1	0.8	100.0	5.5	34	4.7	159	1	0
9	Jeff Thomason	28	TE	13	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	16	9	115	12.8	1	5	50.0	27	0.7	8.8	56.3	7.2	9	12.8	115	1	1
10	Don Beebe	33	WR	10	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	10	2	28	14.0	0	1	20.0	23	0.2	2.8	20.0	2.8	2	14.0	28	0	0
11	Tyrone Davis	25	TE	13	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	2	28	14.0	1	2	50.0	26	0.2	2.2	50.0	7.0	2	14.0	28	1	0
12	Bill Schroeder	26	WR	15	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	2	15	7.5	1	1	25.0	8	0.1	1.0	25.0	1.9	2	7.5	15	1	4
13	Terry Mickens	26	WR	11	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	1	2	2.0	1	1	20.0	2	0.1	0.2	20.0	0.4	1	2.0	2	1	0
14	Steve Bono	35	QB	2	0	3	-3	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.0	-1.5	1.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	-1.0	-3	0	1
15	Doug Pederson	29	QB	1	0	3	-4	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.3	-4.0	3.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	-1.3	-4	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	459	1909	9	103	42.5	52	4.2	119.3	28.7	506	309	3896	12.6	35	190	50.8	74	19.3	243.5	61.1	7.7	768	7.6	5805	44	24

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Dorsey Levens	27	RB	3	3	71	316	2	17	52.1	21	4.5	105.3	23.7	16	14	112	8.0	0	6	56.3	22	4.7	37.3	87.5	7.0	85	5.0	428	2	2
2	Antonio Freeman	25	WR	3	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	25	17	308	18.1	3	14	64.0	40	5.7	102.7	68.0	12.3	17	18.1	308	3	1
3	Mark Chmura	28	TE	3	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	11	8	81	10.1	2	6	54.5	21	2.7	27.0	72.7	7.4	8	10.1	81	2	0
4	Robert Brooks	27	WR	3	3	1	5	0	0	100.0	5	5.0	1.7	0.3	23	7	73	10.4	0	3	21.7	21	2.3	24.3	30.4	3.2	8	9.8	78	0	0
5	Derrick Mayes	23	WR	3	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	3	47	15.7	0	3	50.0	23	1.0	15.7	50.0	7.8	3	15.7	47	0	0
6	William Henderson	26	FB	3	3	5	6	0	1	20.0	3	1.2	2.0	1.7	13	5	24	4.8	0	0	23.1	7	1.7	8.0	38.5	1.8	10	3.0	30	0	0
7	Tyrone Davis	25	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	17	17.0	0	1	100.0	17	1.0	17.0	100.0	17.0	1	17.0	17	0	0
8	Terry Mickens	26	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	6	6.0	0	0	100.0	6	1.0	6.0	100.0	6.0	1	6.0	6	0	0
9	Brett Favre	28	QB	2	2	7	-8	0	0	14.3	6	-1.1	-4.0	3.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			7	-1.1	-8	0	2
	Team Totals			3	3	84	319	2			16	3.8	106.3	28.0	96	56	668	11.9	5	33	45.8	40	18.7	222.7	58.3	7.0	140	7.1	987	7	6

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	LeRoy Butler	29	SS	16	16	5	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	3.0	103	71	32	0	PB,AP-1
2	Santana Dotson	28	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5.5	71	38	33	0
3	Brett Favre	28	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	-10	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1,AP OPoY-3
4	Antonio Freeman	25	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Bernardo Harris	26	MLB	16	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	113	65	48	0
6	Dorsey Levens	27	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	-7	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
7	Eugene Robinson	34	FS	16	16	1	26	0	26	1	1	2	0	0	2.5	112	75	37	0
8	Reggie White	36	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	11.0	46	31	15	0	PB,AP-2
9	Gabe Wilkins	26	RDE	16	16	1	77	1	77	1	0	3	1	1	5.5	50	30	20	0
10	Brian Williams	25	RLB	16	16	2	30	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	100	62	38	0
11	Doug Evans	27	RCB	15	15	3	33	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1.0	76	66	10	0	AP-2
12	Tyrone Williams	24	LCB	16	15	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	66	49	17	0
13	Mark Chmura	28	TE	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
14	William Henderson	26	FB	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Earl Dotson	27	RT	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Gilbert Brown	26	RDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
17	Seth Joyner	33	LLB	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	34	25	9	0
18	Wayne Simmons	28	LLB	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	27	18	9	0
19	Bob Kuberski	26	DT	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	29	20	9	0
20	Darius Holland	24	DT	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	12	5	7	0
21	Roderick Mullen	25	DB	16	1	1	17	0	17	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	25	23	2	0
22	Bill Schroeder	26	WR	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Jeff Thomason	28	TE	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Steve Bono	35	QB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Shannon Clavelle	24	DE	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1	0
26	Tyrone Davis	25	TE	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Paul Frase	32	DE	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0
28	Lamont Hollinquest	27	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	5	2	0
29	George Koonce	29	LB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	10	5	5	0
30	Keith McKenzie	24	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	3	2	1	0
31	Mike Prior	34	DB	16	0	4	72	0	49	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	25	16	9	0
32	Darren Sharper	22	DB	14	0	2	70	2	50	1	1	1	34	1	0.0	13	12	1	0
33	Jermaine Smith	25	DT	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0
34	Gerald Williams	34	DE	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0
	Team Totals			16	16	21	0	3			24	8	19	3	41				0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Eugene Robinson	34	FS	3	3	2	75	0	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	13	8	5	0
2	Tyrone Williams	24	LCB	3	3	1	14	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	9	8	1	0
3	Gilbert Brown	26	RDT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	9	8	1	0
4	LeRoy Butler	29	SS	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	7	7	0	0
5	Santana Dotson	28	LDT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	6	0	0
6	Doug Evans	27	RCB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	8	7	1	0
7	Brett Favre	28	QB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0			0
8	Bernardo Harris	26	MLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	7	5	2	0
9	Seth Joyner	33	LLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	6	0	0
10	Dorsey Levens	27	RB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
11	Reggie White	36	LDE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	6	3	3	0
12	Brian Williams	25	RLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	10	9	1	0
13	Antonio Freeman	25	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
14	Aaron Taylor	25	LG	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0			0
15	Gabe Wilkins	26	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0
16	Paul Frase	32	DE	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0
17	Lamont Hollinquest	27	LB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
18	George Koonce	29	LB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
19	Keith McKenzie	24	DE	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	2	0	0
20	Roderick Mullen	25	DB	2	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0
21	Mike Prior	34	DB	2	0	1	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
22	Darren Sharper	22	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0
	Team Totals			3	3						0	6	0	0	0	6	95	79	16	0