1995 Green Bay Packers season | |
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Owner | Green Bay Packers, Inc. |
General manager | Ron Wolf |
President | Bob Harlan |
Head coach | Mike Holmgren |
Home field | Lambeau Field |
Results | |
Record | 11–5 |
Division place | 1st NFC Central |
Playoff finish | Won Wild Card Playoffs (vs. Falcons) 37–20 Won Divisional Playoffs (at 49ers) 27–17 Lost NFC Championship (at Cowboys) 27–38 |
Pro Bowlers | QB Brett Favre TE Mark Chmura DE Reggie White |
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.