The 1995 Green Bay Packers - 11-5 (1ST-NFC Central Division)
Head Coach: Mike Holmgren
1995 PRE-SEASON RESULTS (3-1)
OFF DEF
AUGUST (3-1) RESULT RECORD ATT RSH PSS RSH PSS STARTING QB LEADING RUSHER LEADING PASSER LEADING RECEIVER
5 MADISON-NEW ORLEANS SAINTS W 27-17 1- 0-0 49,071 Brett Favre Russell White (41) Ty Detmer (82) Antonio Freeman (3-33)
13 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 36-13 2- 0-0 49,025 Brett Favre Russell White (31) Ty Detmer (151) Charles Jordan (5-55)
19 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS L 17-20 * 2- 1-0 55,624 Brett Favre Russell White (68) Brett Favre (159) Antonio Freeman (3-59)
26 WASHINGTON REDSKINS W 35-23 3- 1-0 58,824 Brett Favre Marcus Wilson (72) Brett Favre (101) Mark Chmura (4-59)
1995 REGULAR SEASON RESULTS
SEPTEMBER (3-1)
3 ST. LOUIS RAMS (0-0) L 14-17 0- 1-0 60,104 53 262 54 133 Brett Favre Brett Favre (27) Brett Favre (299) Robert Brooks (8-70)
11 at Chicago Bears (1-0) W 27-24 1- 1-0 64,855 125 306 92 151 Brett Favre Edgar Bennett (96) Brett Favre (312) Robert Brooks (8-161)
17 NEW YORK GIANTS (0-2) W 14- 6 2- 1-0 60,117 85 113 116 187 Brett Favre Edgar Bennett (87) Brett Favre (141) Robert Brooks (5-47)
24 at Jacksonville Jaguars (0-3) W 24-14 3- 1-0 66,744 129 193 76 125 Brett Favre Edgar Bennett (66) Brett Favre (202) Dorsey Levens (4-49)
OCTOBER (2-2)
1 Bye Week
8 at Dallas Cowboys (4-1) L 24-34 3 -2-0 64,806 74 295 136 312 Brett Favre Edgar Bennett (50) Brett Favre (295) Robert Brooks (10-124)
15 DETROIT LIONS (2-3) W 30-21 4- 2-0 60,302 109 327 129 205 Brett Favre Edgar Bennett (77) Brett Favre (342) Mark Chumra (5-61)
22 MINNESOTA VIKINGS (3-3) W 38-21 5- 2-0 60,332 69 277 93 170 Brett Favre Edgar Bennett (71) Brett Favre (295) Mark Chmura (5-101)
29 at Detroit Lions (2-5) L 16-24 5- 3-0 73,462 145 298 169 238 Brett Favre Edgar Bennett (121) Brett Favre (304) Robert Brooks (6-127)
NOVEMBER (3-1)
5 at Minnesota Vikings (3-5) L 24-27 5- 4-0 62,839 83 261 94 225 Brett Favre Edgar Bennett (70) Brett Favre (177) Robert Brooks (9-120)
12 CHICAGO BEARS (6-3) W 35-28 6- 4-0 59,996 43 313 140 304 Brett Favre Dorsey Levens (26) Brett Favre (336) Robert Brooks (6-138)
19 at Cleveland Browns (4-6) W 31-20 7- 4-0 55,388 82 203 77 240 Brett Favre Edgar Bennett (71) Brett Favre (210) Robert Brooks (5-48)
26 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (6-5) W 35-13 8- 4-0 59,218 108 261 42 283 Brett Favre Edgar Bennett (60) Brett Favre (267) Robert Brooks (6-114)
DECEMBER (3-1)
3 CINCINNATI BENGALS (5-7) W 24-10 9- 4-0 60,318 95 339 31 186 Brett Favre Edgar Bennett (80) Brett Favre (339) Mark Chmura (7-109)
10 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-7) L 10-13 * 9- 5-0 67,557 61 285 127 218 Brett Favre Edgar Bennett (42) Brett Favre (285) Robert Brooks (9-122)
16 at New Orleans Saints (6-8) W 34-23 10- 5-0 50,132 103 294 55 349 Brett Favre Edgar Bennett (80) Brett Favre (308) Robert Brooks (5-118)
24 PITTSBURGH STEELERS (11-4) W 24-19 11- 5-0 60,649 64 295 84 314 Brett Favre Edgar Bennett (57) Brett Favre (301) Robert Brooks (11-137)
1995 POST-SEASON RESULTS (2-1)
DECEMBER 1995 - NFC WILDCARD PLAYOFFS
31 ATLANTA FALCONS (9-7) W 37-20 60,453 117 190 21 339 Brett Favre Edgar Bennett (108) Brett Favre (199) Robert Brooks (7-73)
JANUARY 1996 - NFC DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS
6 at San Francisco 49ers (11-5) W 27-17 69,311 74 294 87 308 Brett Favre Edgar Bennett (51) Brett Favre (299) Robert Brooks (4-103)
NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
14 at Dallas Cowboys (13-4) L 27-38 65,135 48 280 169 250 Brett Favre Edgar Bennett (46) Brett Favre (307) Robert Brooks (6-105)
* - Overtime
1995 IN REVIEW
The Green Bay Packers were division champions for the first time since 1972, thanks in part to Pittsburgh WR Yancey Thigpen. With the Steelers trailing 25-21 with six seconds left in the final game of the season, Pittsburgh QB Neil O'Donnell tossed a fourth down pass to Thigpen in the end zone. All alone in the left corner of the end zone, Thigpen bobbled the ball then hit it with his knee and dropped it. During the course of the game, Brett Favre was sacked by SS Myron Bell and suffered an injured chest. He also missed two plays in the fourth quarter after getting hit by LB Kevin Greene. Despite the injuries, Favre passed for 301 yards and two touchdowns. During the season, Favre tore ligaments in his ankle, but would lead the NFL with 38 touchdown passes and was named NFL MVP. After losing Sterling Sharpe, the Packers offered a contract to Andre Rison that was the largest for a wide receiver in the league, but he decided to sign with Cleveland. Green Bay acquired TE Keith Jackson, but he held out until mid-October. Mark Ingram was acquired from Miami. With all those moves, it turned out the best replacement was already on the roster. WR Robert Brooks caught 102 passes for a team-record 1,497 yards. Edgar Bennett became the first Packer running back to run for more than 1,000 yards (1,067) since Terdell Middleton in 1978. When all was said and done, Green Bay had won 11 games in a season for the first time since 1966, and made it to the NFL Championship Game. While they would fall short to the Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay had turned the corner and would be a legitimate Super Bowl contender when the 1996 season began.
BRETT FAVRE'S BACKUPS
T.J. Rubley's (Pictured to the right) decision to audible in a November 1995 game against the Vikings will go down in team lore, as long as Packer fans look for plays to depress them. Rubley was one of 11 backups during Favre's tenure:
* DON MAJKOWSKI (1992) - Majkowski never took another snap in the 1992 season after going down in Week Three and turning the QB job over to Favre. He would go on to play with Detroit and Indianapolis after being cut in 1993.
* TY DETMER (1992-95) - Detmer never played in 1992 and appeared in two games in mopup roles in 1993. He once again stood on the sidelines during the entire 1994 season. In 1995, he came into the infamous Rubley game when Farve went down, completing 8-of-15 passes before being injured himself. He signed a free agent deal with Philadelphia in 1995, where he played two season. After that, he bounced around - San Francisco (1998), Cleveland (1999-2000), Detroit (2001-2003), Atlanta (2004-2005)
* MARK BRUNELL (1993-94) - Brunell appeared in two games in 1994, one in relief of Favre. He was traded to Jacksonville, where he threw for 25,698 yards and 144 touchdowns in nine season. He also spent three years in Washington (2004-2006), where he threw for 6033 yards and 38 touchdowns. New Orleans signed him in 2008 in an emergency backup role.
* T.J. RUBLEY (1995) - He came to Green Bay from the Rams, where he started 7 games in 1993. After the Packers and Broncos (1996) released him, he found success with the Rhein Fire of the WLAF and played briefly with Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL where he found less success.
* BOB GAGLIANO (1995) - Never appeared in a game. He was drafted into the by the Kansas City Chiefs in 1981, and ended up playing for six NFL teams, including the Detroit Lions, where he was first pegged with the nickname "The Goose". His best season came in 1990, when he threw for 1,190 yards and two touchdowns for the Lions. He also played for the USFL’s Denver Gold.
* DOUG PEDERSON (1995-98, 2001-04) - He was the starting quarterback when Don Shula won for the 325th time, an NFL record, in 1993. Pederson would not throw another pass in the NFL until 1998, when he appeared in 12 games for the Packers. He moved to Philadelphia as a free agent, where he threw for 1,276 yards and 7 touchdowns. Pederson started nine games for the 1999 Eagles, while they waited for Donovan McNabb to develop. In 2000, Cleveland signed Pederson to start until Tim Couch was ready to take over. In 11 games (eight starts), he threw for 1,047 yards and 2 touchdowns, but 8 interceptions. Pederson returned to Green Bay in 2001, and served as the top backup to Favre until he retired after the 2004 season. In 66 games with the Packers, he threw 77 passes and completed 46, with 3 touchdowns and two interceptions.
* JIM MCMAHON (1995-96) - He was best known for wearing his Chicago Bears #9 jersey, when the Packers visited the White House in 1997. He said it was that the Bears never got to go to the White House after they won Super Bowl XX, due to the event being canceled due to the Shuttle Challenger disaster.
FOR MORE FAVRE BACKUPS, GO TO THE 1997 PACKERS
NAME NO POS HGT WGT COLLEGE YR PR AG G HOW ACQUIRED
Mike Arthur 50 C 6- 3 280 Texas A&M 1 5 27 11 1995 Trade-N. England
Mike Bartrum 48 TE 6- 4 245 Marshall 1 2 25 4 1995 FA-Kansas City
Edgar Bennett 34 RB 6- 0 217 Florida State 4 4 26 16 1992 Draft-4th round
Dirk Borgognone 9 K 6- 2 221 Pacific 1 1 27 2 1995 FA
Robert Brooks 87 WR 6- 0 180 South Carolina 4 4 25 16 1992 Draft-3rd round
Gary Brown 71 OT 6- 4 315 Georgia Tech 2 2 24 16 1994 FA-Pittsburgh
Gilbert Brown 93 NT 6- 2 325 Kansas 3 3 24 13 1993 FA-Minnesota
LeRoy Butler 36 S 6- 0 200 Florida State 6 6 27 16 1990 Draft-2nd round
Mark Chmura 89 TE 6- 5 250 Boston College 3 3 26 16 1992 Draft-6th round
Shannon Clavelle 91 DE 6- 2 287 Colorado 1 1 26 1 1995 FA-Buffalo
Keith Crawford 45 CB 6- 2 198 Howard Payne 1 2 24 13 1995 FA-Giants (1993)
Ty Detmer 11 QB 6- 0 190 BYU 2 2 27 4 1992 Draft-9th round
Matthew Dorsett 23 CB 5-11 187 Southern 1 1 22 10 1995 FA
Earl Dotson 72 T 6- 3 310 Texas A&I 3 3 24 16 1993 Draft-3rd round
Doug Evans 33 CB 6- 1 190 Louisiana Tech 3 3 25 16 1993 Draft-6th round
Brett Favre 4 QB 6- 2 220 S. Mississippi 4 5 25 16 1992 Trade-Atlanta
Antonio Freeman 86 WR 6- 0 187 Virginia Tech 1 1 23 11 1995 Draft-3rd round
Harry Galbreath 76 G 6- 1 295 Tennessee 3 8 30 16 1993 UFA-Miami
Bernardo Harris 54 LB 6- 2 243 North Carolina 1 1 23 11 1995 FA
William Henderson 30 FB 6- 1 248 North Carolina 1 1 24 15 1995 Draft-3rd round
Craig Hentrich 17 P 6- 3 200 Notre Dame 2 2 24 16 1993 FA-Jets (PS-1993)
Darius Holland 90 DT 6- 4 305 Colorado 1 1 21 14 1995 Draft-3rd round
Mark Ingram 82 WR 5-11 194 Michigan State 1 9 30 16 1995 Trade-Miami
Chris Jacke 13 K 6- 0 205 Texas-El Paso 7 7 29 14 1989 Draft-6th round
Keith Jackson 88 TE 6- 2 258 Oklahoma 1 8 30 9 1995 Trade-Miami
Travis Jervey 32 RB 5-11 225 The Citadel 1 1 23 16 1995 Draft-5th round
LeShon Johnson 42 RB 5-11 200 North. Illinois 2 2 24 2 1994 Draft-3rd round
Sean Jones 96 DE 6- 7 283 Northeastern 2 12 32 16 1994 UFA-Houston
Charles Jordan 80 WR 5-10 183 Long Beach CC 2 2 25 8 1994 Trade-LA Raiders
John Jurkovic 92 NT 6- 2 295 Eastern Illinois 5 5 28 16 1991 FA
Joe Kelly 57 LB 6- 2 235 Washington 1 10 30 13 1995 FA-Rams (1994)
George Koonce 53 LB 6- 1 243 East Carolina 4 4 26 16 1992 FA
Bob Kuberski 94 NT 6- 4 300 Navy 1 1 24 9 1993 Draft-7th round
Matt LaBounty 97 DE 6- 3 278 Oregon 1 2 24 14 1995 FA-Seattle (1993)
Dorsey Levens 25 RB 6- 1 240 Georgia Tech 2 2 25 15 1994 Draft-5th round
Lenny McGill 22 CB 6- 1 198 Arizona State 2 2 24 15 1994 FA
Jim McMahon 9 QB 6- 1 195 BYU 1 14 36 1 1995 FA-Arizona (1994)
Terry Mickens 88 WR 6- 0 198 Florida A&M 2 2 24 16 1994 Draft-5th round
Anthony Morgan 81 WR 6- 1 200 Tennessee 3 5 27 16 1993 FA-Chicago
Roderick Mullen 28 CB 6- 1 204 Grambling State 1 1 22 8 1995 FA
Craig Newsome 21 CB 6- 0 188 Arizona State 1 1 24 16 1995 Draft-1st round
Mike Prior 45 S 6- 0 208 Illinois State 3 10 31 16 1993 UFA-Indianapolis
T.J. Rubley 12 QB 6- 3 205 Tulsa 1 2 26 1 1995 FA-Rams (1993)
Ken Ruettgers 75 T 6- 5 292 USC 11 11 33 15 1985 Draft-1st round
Wayne Simmons 59 LB 6- 2 248 Clemson 3 3 25 16 1993 Draft-1st round
Joe Sims 68 OL 6- 3 310 Nebraska 4 5 26 4 1992 FA-Atlanta (1991)
Fred Strickland 55 LB 6- 2 250 Purdue 2 8 29 14 1994 UFA-Minnesota
Aaron Taylor 73 G 6- 4 305 Notre Dame 1 1 22 16 1994 Draft-1st round
George Teague 31 S 6- 1 195 Alabama 3 3 24 15 1993 Draft-1st round
Jeff Thomason 83 TE 6- 4 250 Oregon 1 3 25 16 1995 FA-Cin (1993)
NAME NO POS HGT WGT COLLEGE YR PR AG G HOW ACQUIRED
Adam Timmerman 63 G 6- 4 288 South Dakota St 1 1 24 13 1995 Draft-7th round
Reggie White 92 DE 6- 5 300 Tennessee 3 11 33 15 1993 UFA-Philadelphia
Gabe Wilkins 98 DE 6- 4 300 Gardner-Webb 2 2 23 13 1994 Draft-4th round
Brian Williams 51 LB 6- 1 240 USC 1 1 22 13 1995 Draft-3rd round
Jeff Wilner 83 TE 6- 4 250 Wesleyan 2 2 23 2 1994 FA
Marcus Wilson 29 RB 6- 1 215 Virginia 4 5 27 14 1992 FA-Raiders (1991)
Frank Winters 52 C 6- 3 295 West Illinois 4 9 31 16 1992 Plan B-Kan City
1995 PACKERS PRACTICE SQUAD
NAME POS COLLEGE HOW ACQUIRED
Robert Bass LB Miami (FL) 1995 FA
Dirk Borgognone K Pacific 1995 FA
Shannon Clavelle DE Colorado 1995 FA - Buffalo
Seth Dittman T Stanford 1995 FA
Jeff Fields DT Arkansas State 1995 FA - LA Rams
Reggie Holt S Wisconsin 1995 FA
Mike McCoy QB Utah 1995 FA
Randy Neal LB Virginia 1995 FA
Charlie Simmons WR Georgia Tech 1995 Draft - 6th round
Joe Wood K Air Force 1995 FA
Ronnie Woolfork LB Colorado 1995 FA - Miami
Bold Italics - Made Active Roster NO - Jersey Number POS - Position HGT - Height WGT - Weight YR - Years with Packers PR - Years of Professional Football AGE - Age on September 1 G - Games Played FA - Free Agent
1995 PACKERS DRAFT (April 22-23, 1995)
RND-PCK NAME POS COLLEGE NOTES
1 22 Traded to Carolina in 1995 draft-day trade
1 32 Craig Newsome CB Arizona State (A)
2 53 Traded to Miami in Keith Jackson/Mark Ingram trades
3a 65 Darius Holland DT Colorado (A)
3b 66 William Henderson FB N. Carolina (B)
3c 73 Brian Williams LB USC (C)
3d 84 Traded to Cleveland
3d 90 Antonio Freeman WR Virginia Tech (D)
4 117 Jeff Miller T Mississippi
5 152 Traded to LA Raiders for Charles Jordan
5a 160 Jay Barker QB Alabama (D)
5b 170 Travis Jervey RB The Citadel (B)
6 173 Charlie Simmons WR Georgia Tech (A)
7 230 Adam Timmerman G S. Dakota St.
A-From Carolina in 1995 draft-day trade B-From Jacksonville in Mark Brunell trade C-From Seattle for Corey Harris D-From Cleveland
FREE AGENCY - UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
PLAYERS SIGNED - None
PLAYERS LOST - DT Matt Brock (N.Y. Jets), DE Don Davey (Jacksonville), S Tim Hauck (Denver), TE Reggie Johnson (Philadelphia), LB Bryce Paup (Buffalo), G Joe Sims (Philadelphia), RB Darrell Thompson (Chicago), TE Ed West (Indianapolis)
FREE AGENCY - RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
PLAYERS LOST - CB Corey Harris (Seattle)
TRANSISTION PLAYER DESIGNATION - S LeRoy Butler
TRADES AND TRANSACTIONS
MAR 21 - Traded a 1995 4th-round choice to MIAMI for WR Mark Ingram
MAR 29 - Traded a 1995 2nd-round choice to MIAMI for TE Keith Jackson and a 1995 4th-round choice (traded earlier for Mark Ingram)
APR 22 - Traded a 1995 1st-round and 6th-round choice to CAROLINA for a 1995 1-round supplemental selection (DB Craig Newsome), a 1995 3rd- (DT Darius Holland), and 6th-round (WR Charlie Simmons)
APR 22 - Traded QB Mark Brunell to JACKSONVILLE for a 1995 3rd- (FB William Henderson) and 5th-round (RB Travis Jervey) picks
APR 22 - Traded a 1995 3rd-round to CLE for a 1995 3rd-round (WR Antonio Freeman) and 5th-round (QB Jay Barker)
AUG 11 - Traded WR Bill Schroeder and TE Jeff Wilner to NEW ENGLAND for C Mike Arthur
AUG 27 - Traded a 1996 5th-round choice to KANSAS CITY for T Lindsay Knapp
AUG 27 - Traded a 1996 6th-round choice to PHILADELPHIA for T Joe Sims