1994 Green Bay Packers season

1994 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Mike Holmgren
General manager	Ron Wolf
Home field	Lambeau Field Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	2nd NFC Central
Playoff finish	Won NFC Wild Card Lost NFC Divisional Playoff (Dallas Cowboys)

The 1994 Green Bay Packers season was the team's 75th in the National Football League. The Packers posted a 9–7 record for their third straight winning season. 1994 marked the first of 8 seasons in which Packers' quarterback Brett Favre would throw more than 30 touchdown passes.^[1] It also marked the second season in which he started all 16 games for the Packers, starting a record-breaking starting streak which would continue throughout his career.^[1] This was the final season that the Packers played at Milwaukee County Stadium; they played home games exclusively at Lambeau beginning in 1995. Three Packers had the distinction of being named to the NFL’s All-Time 75th Anniversary Team: Reggie White, Don Hutson, and Ray Nitschke.^[2] After defeating the Detroit Lions 16–12 in the wild-card round of the playoffs, the season ended in a 35–9 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in an NFC divisional playoff game.^[3]

Despite another stellar season, Brett Favre, for the first time in his career, was not eligible for the Pro Bowl.

Offseason

1994 NFL draft

With their first selection (16th overall) in the 1994 NFL draft, the Packers tabbed offensive tackle Aaron Taylor.^[4]

1994 NFL Draft selections

Round	Sel#	Player	Pos.	College
1	16	Aaron Taylor	T	Notre Dame
3	84	LeShon Johnson	RB	Northern Illinois
4	126	Gabe Wilkins	DE	Gardner-Webb
5	146	Terry Mickens	WR	Florida A&M
5	149	Dorsey Levens	RB	Georgia Tech
6	169	Jay Kearney	WR	West Virginia
6	175	Ruffin Hamilton	LB	Tulane
6	181	Bill Schroeder	WR	Wisconsin–La Crosse
6	190	Paul Duckworth	LB	Connecticut

Personnel

Staff

1994 Green Bay Packers staff
	Front office President/Chief Executive Officer – Bob Harlan Executive Vice President/General Manager – Ron Wolf Director of Pro Personnel – Ted Thompson Director of College Scouting – John Math Pro Personnel Assistant – Reggie McKenzie Head coaches Head Coach – Mike Holmgren Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Sherman Lewis Quarterbacks – Steve Mariucci Running Backs – Gil Haskell Wide Receivers – Jon Gruden Tight Ends/Assistant Offensive Line – Andy Reid Offensive Line – Tom Lovat			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Fritz Shurmur Defensive Line – Larry Brooks Linebackers – Bob Valesente Defensive Backs – Dick Jauron Defensive Assistant/Quality Control – Jim Lind Special teams coaches Special Teams – Nolan Cromwell Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Kent Johnston

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Roster

1994 Green Bay Packers roster
	Quarterbacks  8 Mark Brunell  4 Brett Favre Running backs 34 Edgar Bennett FB 32 Reggie Cobb 42 LeShon Johnson 25 Dorsey Levens 26 Darrell Thompson 29 Marcus Wilson Wide receivers 87 Robert Brooks 80 Charles Jordan 85 Ron Lewis 85 Terry Mickens 81 Anthony Morgan 84 Sterling Sharpe		Tight ends 89 Mark Chmura 82 Reggie Johnson 86 Ed West 83 Jeff Wilner Offensive linemen 71 Gary Brown T 72 Earl Dotson T 63 Jamie Dukes C 76 Harry Galbreath G 70 Charles Hope G 67 Paul Hutchins T 62 Guy McIntyre G 75 Ken Ruettgers T 68 Joe Sims T 52 Frank Winters C		Defensive linemen 94 Matt Brock DT 93 Gilbert Brown DT 99 Don Davey DE 90 Steve McMichael DT 96 Sean Jones DE 64 John Jurkovic DT 92 Reggie White DE 98 Gabe Wilkins DE Linebackers 58 Ruffin Hamilton OLB 53 George Koonce OLB 95 Bryce Paup OLB 59 Wayne Simmons OLB 55 Fred Strickland MLB 51 Mark Williams OLB 56 James Willis MLB		Defensive backs 27 Terrell Buckley CB 36 LeRoy Butler SS 21 Forey Duckett CB 33 Doug Evans CB 30 Corey Harris CB 24 Tim Hauck S 37 Keshon Johnson CB 22 Lenny McGill CB 47 Roland Mitchell CB 39 Mike Prior S 31 George Teague FS 35 Ray Wilson S Special teams 13 Chris Jacke K 17 Craig Hentrich P Rookies in italics

Regular season

The Packers finished 9–7, 2nd place in the NFC Central division, 1 game behind the 10–6 Warren Moon-led Minnesota Vikings.^[3] Via a better head-to-head record versus the Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears and a better conference record versus the New York Giants, Green Bay clinched the first wild card spot in the NFC.^[3]

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Attendance
1	September 4, 1994	Minnesota Vikings	W 16–10	Lambeau Field	59,487
2	September 11, 1994	Miami Dolphins	L 24–14	Milwaukee County Stadium	55,011
3	September 18, 1994	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 13–7	Veterans Stadium	63,922
4	September 25, 1994	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 30–3	Lambeau Field	58,551
5	October 2, 1994	at New England Patriots	L 17–16	Foxboro Stadium	57,522
6	October 9, 1994	Los Angeles Rams	W 24–17	Lambeau Field	58,911
7	Bye
8	October 20, 1994	at Minnesota Vikings	L 13–10 (OT)	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	63,041
9	October 31, 1994	at Chicago Bears	W 33–6	Soldier Field	47,381
10	November 6, 1994	Detroit Lions	W 38–30	Milwaukee County Stadium	54,995
11	November 13, 1994	New York Jets	W 17–10	Lambeau Field	58,307
12	November 20, 1994	at Buffalo Bills	L 29–20	Rich Stadium	79,029
13	November 24, 1994	at Dallas Cowboys	L 42–31	Texas Stadium	64,597
14	December 4, 1994	at Detroit Lions	L 34–31	Pontiac Silverdome	76,338
15	December 11, 1994	Chicago Bears	W 40–3	Lambeau Field	57,927
16	December 18, 1994	Atlanta Falcons	W 21–17	Milwaukee County Stadium	54,885
17	December 24, 1994	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 34–19	Tampa Stadium	65,076

Game summaries

Week 1

1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 0 0 3 7 10 • Packers 3 10 0 3 16 Date: September 4 Location: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin Game start: 12:00 p.m. Game weather: 58°F, wind 10 mph

Scoring summary 1 GB Chris Jacke 25 yard field goal Packers 3–0 2 GB Sterling Sharpe 14 yard pass from Brett Favre (Chris Jacke kick) Packers 10–0 2 GB Chris Jacke 39 yard field goal Packers 13–0 3 MIN Fuad Reveiz 28 yard field goal Packers 13–3 4 MIN James Harris 17 yard fumble return (Fuad Reveiz kick) Packers 13–10 4 GB Chris Jacke 49 yard field goal Packers 16–10

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The Packers kickoff the season at home against their division rival, the Minnesota Vikings and came away with a 16-10 victory to improve to 1-0.

Standings

NFC Central
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
^(3) Minnesota Vikings	10	6	0	.625	356	314	W1
^(4) Green Bay Packers	9	7	0	.563	382	287	W3
^(5) Detroit Lions	9	7	0	.563	357	342	L1
^(6) Chicago Bears	9	7	0	.563	271	307	L1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	6	10	0	.375	251	351	L1

Playoffs

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Attendance
Wild Card	December 31, 1994	Detroit Lions	W 16–12	Lambeau Field	58,125
Divisional	January 8, 1995	at Dallas Cowboys	L 35–9	Texas Stadium	64,745

Awards and honors

• Don Hutson, NFL’s All-Time 75th Anniversary Team
• Ray Nitschke, NFL’s All-Time 75th Anniversary Team
• Reggie White, NFL’s All-Time 75th Anniversary Team

References

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2. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 401
3. "1994 NFL Standings". NFL.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
4. "NFL Draft History – Green Bay Packers". NFL.com. Archived from the original on 2007-01-29. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
5. "All Time Coaches Database". Packers.com. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
6. Pro-Football-Reference.com