2001 Green Bay Packers season


The Green Bay Packers season was their 83rd season overall and their 81st season in the National Football League.
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. After easily defeating the San Francisco 49ers in the wild card round, Green Bay's season ended with a loss to the 14–2 St. Louis Rams in the NFC divisional playoff game, in which quarterback Brett Favre threw a career high six interceptions.

Offseason

Notable transactions

2001 NFL draft

With their first round pick in the 2001 NFL draft, the Green Bay Packers selected defensive end Jamal Reynolds.
RoundSel#PlayerPos.College
110Jamal ReynoldsDEFlorida State
241Robert FergusonWRTexas A&M
371Bhawoh JueFSPenn State
372Torrance MarshallMLBOklahoma
4105Bill FerrarioGWisconsin
6198David MartinTETennessee

Undrafted Free Agents

Personnel

Staff

Roster

Preseason results

Regular season

Schedule

The second game in 2001 was the first time since 1988 that the Packers played the Washington Redskins. 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, 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, and qualifying for a wild card playoff spot.

Standings

Playoffs