2020 Season Ending Dope Sheet
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 2020 Results . 3. The Dope Sheet . 4. Rosters . 31. Supplemental Statistics . .40 2020 Game Summaries . .97 Updated Biographies . 116. 2020 NFL Statistics . 236 2020 Final NFL Standings . 264 2020 RESULTS REGULAR SEASON Date Opponent Res GB Opp Attendance Weather Sun., Sept. 13 at Minnesota Vikings W 43 34 --- (Indoors) Sun., Sept. 20 DETROIT LIONS W 42 21 --- Sunny & 66 Sun., Sept. 27 at New Orleans Saints W 37 30 748 (Indoors) Mon., Oct. 5 ATLANTA FALCONS W 30 16 --- Clear & 53 Sun., Oct. 11 OPEN DATE Sun., Oct. 18 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 10 38 15,540 Cloudy & 88 Sun., Oct. 25 at Houston Texans W 35 20 12,618 (Indoors) Sun., Nov. 1 MINNESOTA VIKINGS L 22 28 --- Cloudy & 34 Thu, Nov. 5 at San Francisco 49ers W 34 17 --- Sunny & 78 Sun., Nov. 15 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS W 24 20 --- Cloudy & 38 Sun., Nov. 22 at Indianapolis Colts +L 31 34 12,495 (Indoors) Sun., Nov. 29 CHICAGO BEARS W 41 25 --- Clear & 37 Sun., Dec. 6 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES W 30 16 --- Cloudy & 34 Sun., Dec. 13 at Detroit Lions W 31 24 --- (Indoors) Sat., Dec. 19 CAROLINA PANTHERS W 24 16 --- Cloudy & 33 Sun., Dec. 27 TENNESSEE TITANS W 40 14 --- Snow & 28 Sun., Jan. 3 at Chicago Bears W 35 16 --- Cloudy & 32 + – overtime POSTSEASON Date Opponent Res GB Opp Attendance Weather Sat., Jan. 16 LOS ANGELES RAMS W 32 18 7,439 Cloudy & 35 Sun., Jan. 24 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS L 26 31 7,772 Sunny & 29 Packers Communications l Lambeau Field Atrium l 1265 Lombardi Avenue l Green Bay, WI 54304 920/569-7500 l 920/569-7201 fax Jason Wahlers, Sarah Quick, Tom Fanning, Nathan LoCascio VOL. XXII; NO. 22 2020 SEASON PACKERS WIN THE NFC NORTH u It was Green Bay’s fourth NFC Championship appear- The Green Bay Packers finished the 2020 regular season ance since 2014 (2014, 2016, 2019), the most in the with an NFC-best 13-3 record and captured their second NFC over that span. No other NFC team has advanced to consecutive division title. the conference title game more than once since 2014. u It marked the first time since 1995-97 that Green Bay has u It was the third time since 1990 that the Packers earned the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs (2011, 1996). appeared in consecutive NFC title games. u The Packers (5-1) were one of four teams to win five- plus division games during the 2020 season (Buffalo and THE MVP AND THE RECORD BREAKER New Orleans, 6-0 / Tennessee, 5-1). Green Bay's winning u QB Aaron Rodgers was named the NFL’s Most Valuable Player for the 2020 season by The Associated percentage of .833 in division games tied for the fifth Press and by the Pro Football Writers of America. best by the franchise since 1967. u Rodgers (2011, 2014, 2020) joined Brett Favre (1995- u Under Head Coach Matt LaFleur, Green Bay is 11-1 97) as the only Packers to win the AP MVP three times. (.917) in division games, tied with the New Orleans u It marked the third time (2011, 2014) Rodgers has Saints for the best record in division contests earned MVP honors from the PFWA, tying QB Tom Brady from 2019-20. for the second most in the history of the PFWA’s MVP u It is the best two-year division record for Green Bay award. since going 11-1 in 2011-12. u Rodgers led the NFL with a 121.5 passer rating in 2020, u Dating back to 1967, it marked only the second time the second-highest single-season mark by a quar- (2011-12) the Packers have lost one or fewer division terback in NFL history, trailing only his 122.5 rating games over a two-year span. in 2011. u Green Bay was undefeated in road division games in u Rodgers led the NFL in 2020 in passer rating, passing 2020, marking the second straight year it did not lose a TDs (48), completion percentage (70.7) and interception road division game and just the eighth time since 1967. percentage (0.95), the first QB to lead the NFL in all four u It marked the first time the Packers did not lose a road categories since Steve Young in 1992. division game in back-to-back seasons, dating back to u WR Davante Adams set the franchise record for 1967. receptions in a season with 115 and tied WR Sterling u Green Bay was one of three teams (Kansas City, New Sharpe (1994) for the most receiving TDs in a season Orleans) to go 6-0 in road division games over the last with 18 (tied for No. 3 in NFL history). two regular seasons (2019-20). u Adams became the first player in NFL history to have 15-plus TD receptions and average 95-plus receiv- STACKING WINS ing yards and eight-plus receptions per game. u With a win over Philadelphia in Week 13, Green Bay u Adams led the NFL in receiving TDs, receiving yards per (805) became the first team in NFL history to reach game and receptions per game in 2020, the first player 800 wins (including playoffs). to lead the league in all three categories since u The past two seasons (2019-20) marked only the second Sharpe in 1992. time in team history (1996-97) that the Packers have ended the regular season on a winning streak of five-plus REGULAR SEASON (13-3) games in back-to-back years. Date Opponent Time (CT) TV/Att. u With matching 13-3 records in 2019-20, it is just the Sun., Sept. 13 at Minnesota Vikings W, 43-34 0 second time in team history that the Packers have Sun., Sept. 20 DETROIT LIONS W, 42-21 0 won 13-plus games in back-to-back seasons (13-3 in Sun., Sept. 27 at New Orleans Saints W, 37-30 748 1996 and 1997). Mon., Oct. 5 ATLANTA FALCONS W, 30-16 0 u Green Bay is the only team in the NFL to win 13-plus Sun., Oct. 11 BYE regular-season games in both 2019 and 2020. Sun., Oct. 18 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L, 10-38 15,540 u The Packers have won 20 of their last 24 games (includ- Sun., Oct. 25 at Houston Texans W, 35-20 12,618 ing postseason). Sun., Nov. 1 MINNESOTA VIKINGS L, 22-28 0 u This was the 34th playoff appearance for the Packers, the Thu., Nov. 5 at San Francisco 49ers W, 34-17 0 most in NFL history. Sun., Nov. 15 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS W, 24-20 0 u It was the franchise’s 21st playoff appearance in the last Sun., Nov. 22 at Indianapolis Colts L, 31-34 (OT) 12,495 28 seasons (1993-2020). Sun., Nov. 29 CHICAGO BEARS W, 41-25 0 u Green Bay (36) is tied with Pittsburgh for the second- Sun., Dec. 6 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES W, 30-16 0 most postseason wins in league history behind New Sun., Dec. 13 at Detroit Lions W, 31-24 0 England (37). Sat., Dec. 19 CAROLINA PANTHERS W, 24-16 0 Sun., Dec. 27 TENNESSEE TITANS W, 40-14 0 BACK IN THE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP Sun., Jan. 3 at Chicago Bears W, 35-16 0 Green Bay earned a trip to the NFC title game for the ninth time since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger. POSTSEASON (1-1) u It was the third time (2007 and 1996) that Lambeau Field Sat., Jan. 16 LOS ANGELES RAMS W, 32-18 7,439 hosted the NFC Championship. Sun., Jan. 24 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS L, 26-31 7,772 HEAD COACH MATT LAFLEUR LAFLEUR LEADS THE PACK u Under LaFleur, the Packers have had six players register 30-plus receptions each season, marking the Head Coach Matt LaFleur (la-flew-er) has led the Packers first time to back-to-back NFC North titles. in franchise history that Green Bay has had six play- u According to the Elias Sports Bureau, LaFleur was the ers with 30-plus catches in back-to-back seasons. u LaFleur was just the sixth head coach since 1970 to lead their team to sixth head coach in NFL his- the conference championship game in both of his first tory to win 24 of his first 30 games (Elias Sports Bureau): two seasons as a head coach, joining Jim Harbaugh (2011-12), Rex Ryan (2009-10), Barry Switzer (1994- Wins in First 30 95), George Seifert (1989-90) and Don McCafferty Head Coach Regular-Season Games (1970-71). 1. George Seifert 27 2. Guy Chamberlin 26 u LaFleur is just the second NFL head coach since the league went to a divisional format in 1967 to win 3. Paul Brown 25 13-plus games and a division title in both of his first two 4t. Matt LaFleur 24 seasons, joining Seifert (1989-90). 4t. George Halas 24 u LaFleur (26-6) posted the most regular-season 4t. Steve Mariucci 24 wins by a Packer head coach in his first two seasons (Mike Sherman and Mike McCarthy, 21 each). u LaFleur led Green Bay to a 20-5 record in his first 25 u LaFleur (26) posted the second-most wins in NFL regular-season games, which tied for No. 4 in NFL history by a coach in his first two seasons history for the most wins by a head coach in his first behind only Seifert (28 in 1989-90).