NFL team season
The 1995 season was the Green Bay Packers ' 75th season in the National Football League (NFL), their 77th overall. The Packers finished with an 11–5 record in the regular season and won the NFC Central , their first division title since 1982 . In the playoffs, the Packers defeated the Atlanta Falcons 37–20 at home and the defending champion San Francisco 49ers 27–17, on the road before losing to the Dallas Cowboys 38–27, in the NFC Championship Game.[ 1] Packers' quarterback Brett Favre (who had the best season of his entire career) was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player, the first of three such awards he would win.[ 2] This was the first season that the Packers played home games exclusively at Lambeau Field , after playing part of their home slate at Milwaukee County Stadium since 1953. After losing their home opener to St. Louis, the Packers would win an NFL-record 25 consecutive home games between the rest of 1995 and early in 1998.
1995 Expansion Draft [ edit ] With their third pick (66th overall) in the 1995 NFL draft, the Packers selected future All-Pro fullback William Henderson ,[ 3] a player who would remain with the Packers for over 13 seasons.[ 4]
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Undrafted Free Agents [ edit ] 1995 Green Bay Packers staff Front office
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1995 Green Bay Packers roster Quarterbacks Running backs
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53 active, 5 inactive, 4 practice squad
Rookies in italics
The Packers finished with an 11–5 record, clinching the NFC Central crown by a slim 1-game margin over the Detroit Lions .[ 1]
Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 3 St. Louis Rams L 14–17 0–1 Lambeau Field 60,104 2 at Chicago Bears W 27–24 1–1 Soldier Field 64,855 3 September 17 New York Giants W 14–6 2–1 Lambeau Field 60,117 4 September 24 at Jacksonville Jaguars W 24–14 3–1 Jacksonville Municipal Stadium 66,744 5 Bye 6 October 8 at Dallas Cowboys L 24–34 3–2 Texas Stadium 64,806 7 October 15 Detroit Lions W 30–21 4–2 Lambeau Field 60,302 8 October 22 Minnesota Vikings W 38–21 5–2 Lambeau Field 60,332 9 October 29 at Detroit Lions L 16–24 5–3 Pontiac Silverdome 73,462 10 November 5 at Minnesota Vikings L 24–27 5–4 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 62,839 11 November 12 Chicago Bears W 35–28 6–4 Lambeau Field 59,996 12 November 19 at Cleveland Browns W 31–20 7–4 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 55,388 13 November 26 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 35–13 8–4 Lambeau Field 59,218 14 December 3 Cincinnati Bengals W 24–10 9–4 Lambeau Field 60,318 15 December 10 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 10–13 (OT) 9–5 Tampa Stadium 67,557 16 at New Orleans Saints W 34–23 10–5 Louisiana Superdome 50,132 17 December 24 Pittsburgh Steelers W 24–19 11–5 Lambeau Field 60,649
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Week 1: vs St. Louis Rams [ edit ] Game information First quarter
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1 2 3 4 Total • Packers 14 10 3 0 27 Bears 0 7 7 10 24
Scoring summary Q1 GB Brooks 5 yard pass from Favre (Jacke kick)GB 7–0 Q1 GB Morgan 15 yard pass from Favre (Jacke kick)GB 14–0 Q2 GB Brooks 99 yard pass from Favre (Jacke kick) GB 21–0 Q2 CHI Salaam 1 yard run (Butler kick)GB 21–7 Q2 GB Hentrich 32 yard field goalGB 24–7 Q3 GB Hentrich 39 yard field goal GB 27–7 Q3 CHI Flanigan 2 yard pass from Kramer (Butler kick)GB 27–14 Q4 CHI Salaam 8 yard run (Butler kick) GB 27–21 Q4 CHI Butler 20 yard field goal GB 27–24
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Week 4: at Jacksonville Jaguars [ edit ] Game information First quarter
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Week 11: vs Chicago Bears [ edit ] Game information First quarter
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Packers playing the Bears On November 12th Brett Favre, NFL MVP Brett Favre, Bert Bell Award [ 9] Brett Favre, Offense, UPI NFC Player of the Year Brett Favre, NFC Pro Bowl Selection Brett Favre, All-Pro Selection Brett Favre, National Football League Offensive Player of the Year Award Brett Favre, NFC Leader, Average Yards per Completion: 7.7 Brett Favre, NFC Leader, Passer Rating (99.5) [ 10] Brett Favre, NFC Leader, Touchdown Passes: 38 Brett Favre , NFL Leader, Passing Yards, (4,413 yards) Reggie White, Defense, UPI NFC Player of the Year Reggie White, NFC Pro Bowl Selection Brett Favre, 1st NFL Season with 4,000 Passing Yards ^ a b "1995 NFL Standings" . NFL.com . Archived from the original on February 3, 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2007 . ^ "List of APMVP winners" . sportsline.com. Archived from the original on October 13, 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2007 . ^ "NFL Draft History – Green Bay Packers" . NFL.com . Archived from the original on January 29, 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2007 . ^ "William Henderson player card" . Packers.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2007 . ^ "1995 Green Bay Packers Draftees" . Pro-Football-Reference.com . Retrieved February 22, 2014 . ^ "Administration and Coaching Staff". Green Bay Packers 1995 Official Media Guide . pp. 5–29. ^ "All Time Coaches Database" . Packers.com . Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2013 . ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com . Retrieved 2014-Dec-15. ^ "Maxwell Football Club - Bert Bell Award Past Recipients" . Archived from the original on June 19, 2009. Retrieved August 3, 2012 . ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2 , p. 450
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