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The 1996 Season
Putting nearly three decades of disappointment and frustration emphatically behind them, the Packers richly rewarded their long-patient faithful in 1996 with a season for the ages. Shunting aside eight of their first nine regular-season opponents, they swept to a 13-3 record and their second consecutive NFC Central Division championship, then charged through the playoffs to capture their first Super Bowl title since 1967, dispatching the New England Patriots 35-21 in SB XXXI at the Louisiana Superdome.
The Lombardi Trophy Returns Home: Favre, Howard, White, Harlan, Wolf, and Holmgren at the podium with Terry Bradshaw |
Displaying impressive consistency on both sides of the football, they documented their superiority, outscoring the three opponents by a substantial margin, 100 to 48, in their postseason sweep.
Appropriately enough, the first two playoff wins were registered before their ecstatic loyalists in Lambeau Field - a 35-14 triumph over the 49ers in a divisional playoff matchup and a 30-13 victory over the upstart Carolina Panthers in the NFC title game.
In annexing a 12th NFL championship, extending their own league record, the Packers joined an elite group of teams which have won three-or-more Super Bowls - the Dallas Cowboys, San Francisco 49ers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders and Washington Redskins.
Thirty years earlier, Green Bay had won the first two Super Bowls following the 1966 and 1967 seasons, thus becoming the first team to "repeat."
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Relive the magical 1996 season in our special Super Bowl season in review. You'll find game by game recaps, box scores, audio clips and more... |
Related Information: Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II
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