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The 1997 Season
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| Mark Chmura hauls in a Brett Favre touchdown pass near the end of the first half in Super Bowl XXXII |
The Packers thus entered the 1997 season with an opportunity to win back-to-back Super Bowls for the second time - and came breathtakingly close to achieving their objective.
Sweeping to a second consecutive 13-3 mark, their victory total equaling a club record, they primed for the playoffs by closing out the regular season with a five-game winning streak, their second of the campaign. Having earned home-field advantage for their initial postseason test by winning a third straight NFC Central Division title, they launched their bid in workmanlike fashion, turning back Tampa Bay in a divisional playoff for the third straight time in the year, 21-7, therebay padding their all-time home-field, postseason record to 12-0 and extending the longest such winning streak in pro football history.
Faced with the need to win on the road to assure a return trip to the NFL's ultimate game, the Packers proceeded to smother the 49ers on a soggy, rain-swept afternoon in San Francisco's 3Com Park a week later, holding them without an offensive touchdown en route to a 23-10 victory in the NFC Championship Game and a berth in Super Bowl XXXII at San Diego.
The latter subsequently proved to be a see-saw affair, one which found the Green and Gold trailing Denver at halftime, 17-14. Hopes of a repeat were high, however, when quarterback Brett Favre guided them 85 yards to a third touchdown and a 24-24 tie early in the fourth quarter. But the Broncos later scored with only 1:45 remaining and a last-minute Packers drive for a deadlock fell short when a Favre pass for tight end Mark Chmura was incomplete inside the Denver 20-yard line with only 28 seconds remaining, sealing a 31-24 Denver win.
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Relive the Packer quest to repeat as Super Bowl Champions our special Super Bowl XXXII season in review. You'll find game by game recaps, box scores, audio clips, video clips and more... |
Related Information: Super Bowl I, Super Bowl II and Super Bowl XXXI
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