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The 1995 Green Bay Packers - 11-5 (1ST-NFC Central Division)

Head Coach: Mike Holmgren

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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.

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* 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

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