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CARDINALS AT PACKERS – PRESEASON WEEK 1
SACKING PACK
The Packers finished in the top five in the league last season in both sacks
and sack yardage, the second time they have done so in both categories in
the last three seasons (also 2010):
Team Sacks (2012)
1t. Denver, St. Louis 52
3. Cincinnati 51
4. Green Bay 47
5t. Houston, Minnesota 44
Team Sack Yardage (2012)
1. Denver 364
2. Cincinnati 341
3. St. Louis 325
4. Green Bay 309
5. Chicago 289
Green Bay's sack total last season was tied for the fifth best in franchise
history (since team sacks began to be recorded in 1963):
Season
Sacks
1. 2001 52
2. 1998 50
3t. 1978, 1985 48
5t. 1966, 2010, 2012 47
The Packers had 15 different players register at least one full sack last
season, No. 2 in the NFL behind only the Browns:
Team
Players With A Sack
1. Cleveland 16
2. Green Bay 15
3t. Cincinnati, St. Louis 13
With the 15 players in 2012, the Packers tied the top single-season mark
in franchise history:
Season
Packers With A Sack
1t. 1987, 2012 15
3t. 2003, 2009, 2010 14
Since 2010, the Packers have registered 123 sacks, which is tied for
No. 4 in the league over that span:
Team Sacks (Since 2010)
1. St. Louis 134
2. N.Y. Giants 127
3. Minnesota 125
4t. Green Bay 123
4t. Cincinnati 123
KEEPING THEM OUT
Since defensive coordinator Dom Capers joined the staff in 2009, the
Packers have been one of the best defenses in the league when it comes
to points and touchdowns allowed.
The Packers rank No. 4 in the league in both scoring defense and
overall touchdowns allowed since 2009:
Team
Points Allowed Per Game
1. Pittsburgh 17.1
2. San Francisco 17.6
3. Baltimore 17.8
4. Green Bay 19.3
5. Atlanta 19.7
Team
Overall TDs Allowed
1. Baltimore 113
2. Pittsburgh 115
3. San Francisco 117
4. Green Bay 138
5. Chicago 140
Green Bay’s defense has been particularly stingy when it comes to rushing
TDs given up, ranking No. 3 in the NFL in that category since ’09:
Team
Rushing TDs Allowed
1. Pittsburgh 28
2. San Francisco 31
3. Green Bay 33
4. Minnesota 35
5. Baltimore 38
The Packers allowed an average of 21.0 points per game last season,
which ranked No. 11 in the league.
The Packers allowed 101 touchdowns from 2009-11, the fewest
allowed by the team over a three-year span since Green Bay
gave up 99 touchdowns from 2001-03.
In 2011, the Packers ranked No. 19 in the league in scoring defense at
22.4 points per game.
That came on the heels of a 2010 Super Bowl campaign that saw Green
Bay finish No. 2 in the NFL at 15.0 points per game, the team’s best
scoring-defense mark since its Super Bowl title team of 1996 (13.1 ppg.).
It was the second consecutive top-10 finish in scoring defense for the
Packers after they ranked No. 7 in the league in 2009 at 18.6 ppg.
Green Bay is 52-9 (.852) under Head Coach Mike McCarthy when it
allows 20 or fewer points and 70-18 (.795) when it allows less than 30
points. A look at the Packers’ regular-season record since 2006 by
points allowed:
Points Allowed GB Record Since 2006
10 or less 20-1 (.952)
11-20 32-8 (.800)
21-29 18-9 (.667)
30-plus 4-20 (.167)
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