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.
2001 Green Bay Packers season | |
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President | Bob Harlan |
General manager | Mike Sherman |
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 Packers returned to the postseason 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]