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- 1997_Green_Bay_Packers_season abstract "The 1997 Green Bay Packers season was the team's 78th season in the National Football League. The season concluded with the team winning its second consecutive NFC championship, but losing in a 31–24 upset to John Elway's Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXXII. The team narrowly missed its opportunity to post back-to-back Super Bowl wins.After a dominating 1996 campaign which ended with a victory in Super Bowl XXXI, many expected the Packers to repeat as champions in 1997. During training camp, star safety LeRoy Butler, among others, said that the Packers had the chance to run the table and go 19–0. This opinion drew increased coverage from the media as the Packers notched impressive victories in all five preseason games. The undefeated hype ended quickly, however, when Green Bay lost week 2 in Philadelphia.Following a relatively slow 3–2 start, the Packers caught fire in the second half of the season, finishing with a 13–3 regular season record and 8–0 home record for the second consecutive year. In the playoffs, Green Bay defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Lambeau Field in the divisional round, and San Francisco 49ers at 3Com Park in the NFC Championship. Some in the media dubbed the NFC title game as \"the real Super Bowl\" because of the 49ers' and Packers' league dominance, and the relative inferiority of the AFC in recent Super Bowls. Green Bay's win marked the third consecutive year the team had defeated San Francisco in the playoffs.The Packers entered Super Bowl XXXII as 11 1/2 point favorites. The point spread was likely determined by Green Bay's victory in the previous Super Bowl, the AFC's string of 13 consecutive Super Bowl losses, and Denver's losses in four previous Super Bowls. The game itself was a seesaw battle, and one of the most exciting Super Bowls in history. The Broncos won the thriller 31–24, earning John Elway his first Super Bowl victory at the age of 37, and the first championship in franchise history. Years later, Brett Favre said the Broncos were far underrated, and credited Denver's innovative blitz packages and strategies, foreign to the league at that time, for confusing the Packers.Packers' quarterback Brett Favre was named the league's MVP for the third year in a row in 1997. Favre was the first player in the history of the award to win three MVPs, and remains the only player to have won three MVPs consecutively. The Packers became the first team to have six NFL MVP award winners.The 1997 Packers are one of only two teams in NFL history to win seven games against teams that would go on to make the playoffs.".
- 1997_Green_Bay_Packers_season coach Mike_Holmgren.
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- 1997_Green_Bay_Packers_season wikiPageWikiLink Aaron_Taylor_(American_football,_born_1972).
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- 1997_Green_Bay_Packers_season wikiPageWikiLink All-Pro.
- 1997_Green_Bay_Packers_season wikiPageWikiLink Andy_Reid.
- 1997_Green_Bay_Packers_season wikiPageWikiLink Anthony_Hicks_(American_football).
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- 1997_Green_Bay_Packers_season wikiPageWikiLink Barry_Rubin_(American_football).
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- 1997_Green_Bay_Packers_season wikiPageWikiLink Brad_Edwards_(American_football).
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- 1997_Green_Bay_Packers_season wikiPageWikiLink Brian_Williams_(linebacker).
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- 1997_Green_Bay_Packers_season wikiPageWikiLink Dorsey_Levens.
- 1997_Green_Bay_Packers_season wikiPageWikiLink Doug_Evans_(American_football).
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- 1997_Green_Bay_Packers_season wikiPageWikiLink Earl_Dotson.
- 1997_Green_Bay_Packers_season wikiPageWikiLink Edgar_Bennett.
- 1997_Green_Bay_Packers_season wikiPageWikiLink Emory_Smith.
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- 1997_Green_Bay_Packers_season wikiPageWikiLink Eric_Matthews_(American_football).
- 1997_Green_Bay_Packers_season wikiPageWikiLink Erik_Kramer.
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- 1997_Green_Bay_Packers_season wikiPageWikiLink Gerald_Williams_(American_football).
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- 1997_Green_Bay_Packers_season wikiPageWikiLink History_of_the_St._Louis_Rams.
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- 1997_Green_Bay_Packers_season wikiPageWikiLink John_Dorsey_(American_football).
- 1997_Green_Bay_Packers_season wikiPageWikiLink John_Elway.
- 1997_Green_Bay_Packers_season wikiPageWikiLink John_Krueger.
- 1997_Green_Bay_Packers_season wikiPageWikiLink John_Michels.