2001 Green Bay Packers season

2001 Green Bay Packers season
2001 Green Bay Packers season
General manager	Mike Sherman
President	Bob Harlan
Head coach	Mike Sherman
Home field	Lambeau Field
Results
Record	12–4
Division place	2nd NFC Central
Playoff finish	Won Wild Card Playoffs; (vs. 49ers) 25–15; Lost Divisional Playoffs; (at Rams) 17–45
Pro Bowlers	3 QB Brett Favre; RB Ahman Green; TE Bubba Franks;
AP All-Pros	2 QB Brett Favre (2nd team); RB Ahman Green (2nd team);
	← 2000; Packers seasons; 2002 →;

The 2001 Green Bay Packers season was their 83rd season overall and their 81st season in the National Football League.

The Packers returned to the postseason for the first time since 1998 after two years of missing the playoffs in the 1999 and 2000 seasons. They finished with a 12–4 record. In the Wild Card Round the Packers easily beat the San Francisco 49ers 25–15. But Green Bay's season ended with a 45–17 loss to the St. Louis Rams in the NFC divisional playoff game. That game saw quarterback Brett Favre threw a career high six interceptions.^[1]

This remains the last season in which the Packers defeated the 49ers in the playoffs as the Packers went on to lose 5 straight playoff games to them.^[2]

^ "Packers lose 45–17". Packers.com. January 20, 2002. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved February 9, 2002.
^ Fleury, Amy (January 21, 2024). "Heartbreaker in San Francisco: Packers fall to 49ers again in the playoffs". WISN. Retrieved February 19, 2024.

[6int-1] "Packers lose 45–17". Packers.com. January 20, 2002. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved February 9, 2002.

[2] Fleury, Amy (January 21, 2024). "Heartbreaker in San Francisco: Packers fall to 49ers again in the playoffs". WISN. Retrieved February 19, 2024.

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