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2001 Green Bay Packers season
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The 2001 Green Bay Packers season was their 83rd season overall and their 81st season in the National Football League.
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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]
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Offseason
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Notable transactions
- March 31, 2001 – The Green Bay Packers traded Matt Hasselbeck and their 1st round pick to the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for the Seahawks 1st and 3rd round picks.
Free agents
2001 NFL draft
With their first round pick (10th overall) in the 2001 NFL draft, the Green Bay Packers selected defensive end Jamal Reynolds.[3]
Undrafted free agents
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Personnel
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Staff
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Roster
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Preseason
Regular season
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Schedule
The second game in 2001 was the first time since 1988 that the Packers played the Washington Redskins.[5] because before the admission of the Texans in 2002, NFL scheduling formulas for games outside a team’s division were influenced much more by table position during the previous season,[6] and there was no rotation of opponents in other divisions of a team’s own conference. The Packers finished 12–4 overall, placing 2nd in the NFC Central Division (behind the Chicago Bears), and qualifying for a wild card playoff spot.[7]
Game summaries
Week 1: vs Detroit Lions
Week 1: Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers – Game summary
at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Date: September 9
- Game time: 11:00 a.m. CDT
- Game weather: 60 °F (16 °C)
- Game attendance: 59,523
- Referee: Aster Sizemore
- TV announcers (FOX): Curt Menefee, Brian Baldinger, Drew Smith
- Box score
Week 3: at Carolina Panthers
Week 3: Green Bay Packers at Carolina Panthers – Game summary
at Ericsson Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Date: September 30
- Game time: 12:00 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C)
- Game attendance: 73,120
- Referee: Tony Corrente
- TV announcers (Fox): Sam Rosen, Bill Maas, Paul Butler
- Recap
Week 6: at Minnesota Vikings
Week 6: Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings – Game summary
at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Date: October 21
- Game time: 3:15 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: None (indoor stadium)
- Game attendance: 64,165
- Referee: Ron Winter (14)
- TV announcers (FOX): Pat Summerall and John Madden
- Recap, Game Book
Week 9: at Chicago Bears
Week 9: Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears
at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
- Date: November 11, 2001
- Game time: 12:00 p.m. CST
- Game weather: Overcast, 48 °F (9 °C)
- Game attendance: 66,944
- TV announcers (Fox): Dick Stockton, Troy Aikman, Daryl Johnston, and Pam Oliver
Week 13: vs Chicago Bears
Week 13: Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers
at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Date: December 9, 2001
- Game time: 12:00 p.m. CST
- Game weather: Overcast, 33 °F (1 °C)
- Game attendance: 59,869
- TV announcers (Fox): Dick Stockton, Troy Aikman, Daryl Johnston, and Pam Oliver
Week 16: vs Minnesota Vikings
Week 16: Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers – Game summary
at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Date: December 30
- Game time: 12:00 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: Partly cloudy, 19 °F (−7 °C)
- Game attendance: 59,870
- Referee: Larry Nemmers (20)
- Recap, Game Book
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Standings
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Playoffs
Notes
- The Packers were originally scheduled to play the New York Giants during Week 2 of the original NFL schedule (September 16) at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford. However, due to the September 11 attacks, the game was rescheduled to Week 17.
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