PACKERS AT BENGALS - PRESEASON WEEK 3ON ALL CYLINDERSFor the sixth consecutive season, Green Bay was one of the most productiveoffenses in the league.The Packers ranked No. 3 in the NFL in total offense in 2011, theirhighest finish since a No. 2 ranking in 2007:TeamYards Per Game1. New Orleans 467.12. New England 428.03. Green Bay 405.1Green Bay has finished in the top 10 in total offense in every seasonunder Head Coach Mike McCarthy. The only other team in the leagueto accomplish that feat over the past six seasons is New Orleans.The Packers registered at least 390 yards of total offense in the firstseven games in 2011, the first time in franchise history theyaccomplished that feat in seven straight games at any point in a season.Green Bay was the only team in the league to post at least 315yards of offense in every game last season. By doing so, the Packerstied the NFL record for the most 315-yard games since the league wentto a 16-game schedule in 1978:Team315-Yard Games1t. Green Bay, 2011 161t. San Diego, 1981 161t. Miami, 1984 161t. St. Louis, 2001 16The Packers set a single-season franchise record with 6,482 yards in2011. Three of the top five totals in team history have come underMcCarthy’s direction:SeasonTotal Yards1. 2011 6,4822. 2004 6,3573. 1983 6,1724. 2009 6,0655. 2007 5,931The Packers ranked No. 3 in the NFL last season with an average of307.8 passing yards per game:TeamPassing Yards Per Game1. New Orleans 334.22. New England 317.83. Green Bay 307.8Green Bay set a franchise record with 4,924 net passing yards on theseason:SeasonNet Passing Yards1. 2011 4,9242. 2004 4,4493. 1983 4,365The Packers tied an NFL record for the most TD passes as a team:TeamPassing TDs1t. Green Bay, 2011 511t. Indianapolis, 2004 513. New England, 2007 50Last season marked the third straight campaign that the Packers averagedat least 250.0 net passing yards. Prior to 2009-11, Green Bay hadnever accomplished that feat in back-to-back seasons.The Packers had the No. 5 passing offense in 2010 at 257.8 yards per<strong>contest</strong>, following up an average of 261.3 net passing yards per game in2009.Green Bay ranked No. 2 in the NFL in yards per <strong>play</strong> at 6.56 lastseason, well above its 5.73-yard average in 2010 that ranked No. 6 inthe NFL:TeamYards Per Play1. New Orleans 6.692. Green Bay 6.563. New England 6.33RACKING UP WINSWith 15 victories in the 2011 regular season, the Packers became just thesixth team in NFL history to post a record of 15-1 or better:TeamRecord1. New England, 2007 16-02t. Green Bay, 2011 15-12t. San Francisco, 1984 15-12t. Chicago, 1985 15-12t. Minnesota, 1998 15-12t. Pittsburgh, 2004 15-1The Packers won their first 13 games last season, the best start in franchiseannals. A look at the best starts in team history:Season Start Final Record1. 2011 13-0 15-12t. 1929 10-0 12-0-12t. 1962 10-0 13-1Green Bay set the franchise record for the most wins in the regularseason:SeasonWins/Regular Season1. 2011 152t. 1962, 1996, 1997, 2007 13With the 13 consecutive victories in 2011, the Packers posted the longestsingle-season winning streak in the regular season in team history:SeasonConsecutive Wins/Season1. 2011 132t. 1929, 1962 106
PACKERS AT BENGALS - PRESEASON WEEK 3AT THE HELMHaving led Green Bay to the <strong>play</strong>offs in four of his six seasons as headcoach, Mike McCarthy is joined by Vince Lombardi and Mike Holmgrenas the only coaches to guide the Packers to a Super Bowl win with a victoryover Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XLV.McCarthy led the Packers to a Super Bowl win in his fifth season inGreen Bay, the same point that Holmgren led the Packers for the firsttime to the NFL title game in 1996.McCarthy joined Pittsburgh’s Bill Cowher (2005) as the only Super Bowlwinningcoaches to lead their respective teams to three road wins as theNo. 6 seed in the postseason en route to a world title.The Packers’ 21-14 win at Chicago in the 2010 season was their secondNFC Championship Game appearance in four seasons, the only team inthe conference to do so over that span.Including <strong>play</strong>offs, McCarthy has a 68-36 record since taking overas head coach in 2006, a .654 winning percentage that ranks No. 3among current NFL head coaches (minimum 50 games):CoachWinning Pct.1. Mike Tomlin, PIT .682 (60-28)2. John Harbaugh, BAL .671 (49-24)3. Mike McCarthy, GB .654 (68-36)4. Bill Belichick, NE/CLE .649 (192-104)5. Mike Smith, ATL .642 (43-24)Since taking over as head coach in 2006, McCarthy has a 63-33 regularseasonrecord (.656) and a 5-3 mark (.625) in the postseason.McCarthy’s .625 winning percentage in the <strong>play</strong>offs ranks No. 3 infranchise history behind only the legendary Lombardi (9-1, .900) andHolmgren (9-5, .643). With the five postseason wins, McCarthy trailsonly Lombardi and Holmgren (nine each) for the most in Packers annals.With 68 overall wins, McCarthy ranks No. 4 in team history:CoachOverall Wins1. Curly Lambeau, 1921-49 2122. Vince Lombardi, 1959-67 983. Mike Holmgren, 1992-98 844. Mike McCarthy, 2006- 685. Mike Sherman, 2000-05 59A look at where the Packers rank in the NFL in winning percentage andwins since 2009 (including postseason):TeamWinning Pct.1. New Orleans .759 (41-13)2. Green Bay .741 (40-14)3. New England .736 (39-14)TeamOverall Wins1. New Orleans 412. Green Bay 403. New England 394. Baltimore 365. Pittsburgh 35SPREAD THE WEALTHThe Packers made history in 2010 with three wide receivers (GregJennings, Donald Driver and James Jones) each hitting the50-catch plateau for the first time in franchise history, and Green Baydis<strong>play</strong>ed another balanced aerial attack in 2011.All five of Green Bay’s wide receivers (Jordy Nelson, 68; Jennings,67; Jones, 38; Driver, 37; Randall Cobb, 25) had at least 25 catches.It marked the first time in franchise history that the Packers hadfive different WRs catch at least 25 passes, topping the previous recordof five WRs with 16-plus catches in 2007. The last NFL team to have fiveWRs with 25-plus catches each was the 1996 Atlanta Falcons.In the Week 4 victory over Denver in 2011, Jennings, Nelson, Driver andJones all had TD catches, the first time in franchise history thatfour different wide receivers caught TD passes in the same game.The last time an NFL team had four different listed wide receivers catchtouchdown passes in the same game was on Oct. 27, 1991, when theHouston Oilers’ foursome of Drew Hill, Haywood Jeffires, Ernest Givinsand Tony Jones all caught TD passes against the Cincinnati Bengals.Among the wide receivers, Nelson led the way with 1,263 receivingyards, with Jennings (949) and Jones (635) checking in behind him.With Driver (445) and Cobb (375) coming in behind them, the Packershave five wide receivers with 300-plus yards for the first time in franchisehistory.The Packers’ wide receivers accounted for 3,667 receiving yardslast season, an average of 229.2 per game that led the NFL, and aleague-best 38 TD catches:TeamRec. Yards from WRs1. Green Bay 3,667 (229.2)2. N.Y. Giants 3,439 (214.9)3. Pittsburgh 3,207 (200.4)TeamRec. TDs from WRs1. Green Bay 382. Dallas 273. Detroit 25A look at where the yardage and TD totals from the Green Bay widereceivers last season ranked in franchise history:SeasonRec. Yards from WRs1. 2011 3,667 (229.2)2. 2004 3,215 (200.9)3. 2007 3,140 (196.3)SeasonRec. TDs from WRs1. 2011 382. 1994 263t. 1995, 2004, 2010 23Green Bay's 38 TDs from its wide receivers ranked No. 2 in NFL historybehind only the 39 TDs posted by New England's WRs in 2007.With Jones catching his seventh TD pass of the season in Week 16, hebecame the third Green Bay wide receiver (Nelson, Jennings) in 2011 todo so. It was the first time in franchise history that Green Bay hashad three wide receivers with seven-plus TD catches in a season.77
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