2001 Green Bay Packers season

American football 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

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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]

## Offseason

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### Notable transactions

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* 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

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Additions | Subtractions

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TE Bobby Collins (Bills) | G Ross Verba (Browns)
FS Scott Frost (Browns) | QB Danny Wuerffel (Bears)
DT Jim Flanigan (Bears) | FS Scott McGarrahan (Dolphins)

### 2001 NFL draft

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With their first round pick (10th overall) in the 2001 NFL draft, the Green Bay Packers selected defensive end Jamal Reynolds.[3]

2001 Green Bay Packers draft

Round  | Pick  | Player  | Position  | College  | Notes
1  | 10  | Jamal Reynolds | Defensive end | Florida State |
2  | 41  | Robert Ferguson | Wide receiver | Texas A&M |
3  | 71  | Bhawoh Jue | Safety | Penn State |
3  | 72  | Torrance Marshall | Linebacker | Oklahoma |
4  | 105  | Bill Ferrario | Guard | Wisconsin |
6  | 198  | David Martin | Tight end | Tennessee |
Made roster

#### Undrafted Free Agents

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2001 Undrafted Free Agents of note  Player  | Position  | College

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DeVone Claybrooks | Defensive tackle  | East Carolina
Donté Curry | Linebacker  | Morris Brown
Damian Demps  | Safety  | Central Florida
Jason Franklin  | Wide receiver  | Delta State
Kevin Jordan  | Tackle  | Fresno State
DeAngelo Lloyd  | Defensive end  | Tennessee
Marques McFadden | Guard  | Arizona
Kevin Stemke | Punter  | Wisconsin
Brett Sterba  | Kicker  | William & Mary
Jacob Waasdorp | Defensive tackle  | California

## Personnel

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### Staff

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2001 Green Bay Packers staff |

Front office

* President and chief executive officer – Bob Harlan
* Executive vice president and general manager – Mike Sherman
* Senior vice president of administration – John Jones
* Vice president of football operations – Mark Hatley
* Director of Player Finance – Andrew Brandt
* Director of college scouting – John Dorsey
* Director of pro personnel – Reggie McKenzie
* Assistant Director of College Scouting – Shaun Herock
* Assistant Director of pro personnel – Sean Howard

Head coaches

* Head coach – Mike Sherman

Offensive coaches

* Offensive coordinator – Tom Rossley
* Running backs – Sylvester Croom
* Wide receivers – Ray Sherman
* Tight ends – Jeff Jagodzinski
* Offensive line – Larry Beightol
* Assistant offensive line – Pat Ruel
* Offensive assistant/quality control – Darrell Bevell

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* Defensive coordinator – Ed Donatell
* Defensive line – Jethro Franklin
* Linebackers – Bo Pelini
* Defensive backs – Bob Slowik
* Assistant Defensive Backs – Lionel Washington
* Defensive assistant/quality control – Brad Miller

Special teams coaches

* Special teams – Frank Novak
* Quality Control Assistant/special teams-Offense – Stan Drayton

Strength and conditioning

* Strength and conditioning – Barry Rubin
* Strength and Conditioning Assistant – Mark Lovat
* Weight Room Assistant – Vince Workman

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### Roster

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2001 Green Bay Packers roster

Quarterbacks

*   * 4 Brett Favre
*   * 18 Doug Pederson

Running backs

*   * 29 Herbert Goodman
*   * 30 Ahman Green
*   * 33 William Henderson FB
*   * 25 Dorsey Levens

Wide receivers

*   * 85 Corey Bradford
*   * 80 Donald Driver
*   * 89 Robert Ferguson
*   * 86 Antonio Freeman
*   * 82 Charles Lee
*   * 84 Bill Schroeder

Tight ends

*   * 81 Tyrone Davis
*   * 88 Bubba Franks
*   * 83 David Martin

|  | Offensive linemen

*   * 76 Chad Clifton T
*   * 72 Earl Dotson T
*   * 63 Bill Ferrario G
*   * 58 Mike Flanagan C
*   * 62 Marco Rivera G
*   * 79 Barry Stokes T
*   * 65 Mark Tauscher G
*   * 68 Mike Wahle G
*   * 52 Frank Winters C

Defensive linemen

*   * 93 Gilbert Brown DT
*   * 71 Santana Dotson DT
*   * 75 Jim Flanigan DT
*   * 94 Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila DE
*   * 90 Vonnie Holliday DE
*   * 97 Cletidus Hunt DT
*   * 98 Billy Lyon DE
*   * 99 Jamal Reynolds DE
*   * 73 Jared Tomich DE
*   * 95 Rod Walker DT

|  | Linebackers

*   * 59 Na'il Diggs OLB
*   * 55 Bernardo Harris MLB
*   * 56 Rob Holmberg OLB
*   * 51 Torrance Marshall MLB
*   * 54 Nate Wayne OLB
*   * 50 K. D. Williams OLB

Defensive backs

*   * 28 Matt Bowen FS
*   * 47 Scott Frost FS
*   * 23 Billy Jenkins SS
*   * 21 Bhawoh Jue SS
*   * 27 Tod McBride CB
*   * 34 Mike McKenzie CB
*   * 20 Allen Rossum CB
*   * 42 Darren Sharper FS
*   * 22 Keith Thibodeaux CB
*   * 37 Tyrone Williams CB

Special teams

*   * 9 Josh Bidwell P
*   * 60 Rob Davis LS
*   * 8 Ryan Longwell K

|  | Injured Reserve

*   * 36 LeRoy Butler S (IR)
*   * 24 Antuan Edwards S (IR)
*   * 57 Chris Gizzi LB (IR)
*   * 78 Kevin Jordan T (IR)
*   * 32 Rondell Mealey RB (IR)
*   * 91 John Thierry DE (IR)
*   * 96 Steve Warren DT (PUP)
*   * 16 Travis Williams WR (Military)

Practice Squad

*   * 10 Henry Burris QB
*   * 35 Chris Gall FB
*   * 17 Mike Horacek WR
*   * 70 Ed Kehl DE
*   * 46 Paris Lenon LB

Rookies in italics
53 active, 8 inactive, 5 practice squad

## Preseason

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Date | Opponent | Result | Game site | Record | Attendance

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August 11, 2001 | at Cleveland Browns | L 3–10 | Cleveland Browns Stadium | 0–1 | 71,218
August 20, 2001 | Denver Broncos | W 22–7 | Lambeau Field | 1–1 | 59,177
August 25, 2001 | Miami Dolphins | W 17–12 | Lambeau Field | 2–1 | 59,547
August 31, 2001 | at Oakland Raiders | L 13–24 | Network Associates Coliseum | 2–2 | 38,783

## Regular season

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### Schedule

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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]

Week  | Date  | Opponent  | Result  | Record  | Venue  | Attendance

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1  | September 9  | Detroit Lions | W 28–6  | 1–0  | Lambeau Field | 59,523
2[A] | September 24 | Washington Redskins | W 37–0  | 2–0  | Lambeau Field  | 59,771
3  | September 30  | at Carolina Panthers | W 28–7  | 3–0  | Ericsson Stadium | 73,120
4  | October 7  | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | L 10–14  | 3–1  | Raymond James Stadium | 65,510
5  | October 14  | Baltimore Ravens | W 31–23  | 4–1  | Lambeau Field  | 59,866
6  | October 21  | at Minnesota Vikings | L 13–35  | 4–2  | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | 64,165
7  | Bye
8  | November 4  | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 21–20  | 5–2  | Lambeau Field  | 59,861
9  | November 11  | at Chicago Bears | W 20–12  | 6–2  | Soldier Field | 66,944
10  | November 18  | Atlanta Falcons | L 20–23  | 6–3  | Lambeau Field  | 59,849
11  | November 22 | at Detroit Lions | W 29–27  | 7–3  | Pontiac Silverdome | 77,730
12  | December 3 | at Jacksonville Jaguars | W 28–21  | 8–3  | Alltel Stadium | 66,908
13  | December 9  | Chicago Bears | W 17–7  | 9–3  | Lambeau Field  | 59,869
14  | December 16  | at Tennessee Titans | L 20–26  | 9–4  | Adelphia Coliseum | 68,804
15  | December 23  | Cleveland Browns | W 30–7  | 10–4  | Lambeau Field  | 59,824
16  | December 30  | Minnesota Vikings | W 24–13  | 11–4  | Lambeau Field  | 59,870
17[A] | January 6  | at New York Giants | W 34–25  | 12–4  | Giants Stadium | 78,601

## Standings

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NFC Central

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| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK
(2) Chicago Bears | 13  | 3  | 0  | .813  | 338  | 203  | W4
(4) Green Bay Packers | 12  | 4  | 0  | .750  | 390  | 266  | W3
(6) Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 9  | 7  | 0  | .563  | 324  | 280  | L1
Minnesota Vikings | 5  | 11  | 0  | .313  | 290  | 390  | L4
Detroit Lions | 2  | 14  | 0  | .125  | 270  | 424  | W1

## Playoffs

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Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Game site | TV Time | Attendance

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Wildcard | January 13, 2002 | San Francisco 49ers | W 25–15 | Lambeau Field | FOX 12:00 pm | 59,825
Divisional | January 20, 2002 | at St. Louis Rams | L 17–45 | Dome at America's Center | FOX 3:15 pm | 66,368

## Notes

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1. ^ a b 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.

## References

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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.
3. ^ "Draft History – Green Bay Packers". NFL. Retrieved February 9, 2007.
4. ^ "Staff Directory". 2001 Official Media Guide. Green Bay Packers. p. 4.
5. ^ "Team Game Stats Finder - Football". Stathead.com. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
6. ^ "History of the NFL's Structure and Formats". Retrieved February 19, 2024.
7. ^ "NFL History – 2001 NFL standings". NFL. Archived from the original on February 13, 2007. Retrieved February 9, 2007.

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Buffalo | Baltimore| Denver| Arizona| Chicago| Atlanta
Indianapolis | Cincinnati| Kansas City| Dallas| Detroit| Carolina
Miami | Cleveland| Oakland| NY Giants| Green Bay| New Orleans
New England | Jacksonville| San Diego| Philadelphia| Minnesota| St. Louis
NY Jets | Pittsburgh| Seattle| Washington| Tampa Bay| San Francisco
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* 2001 NFL referee lockout
* 2001 NFL Draft
* NFL playoffs
* Pro Bowl
* Super Bowl XXXVI

*[W]: Wins
*[L]: Losses
*[T]: Ties
*[PCT]: Winning percentage
*[PF]: Points For (Total points scored)
*[PA]: Points Against (Total points allowed)
*[STK]: Current Winning or Losing Streak
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