Green Bay's 2010 Super Bowl squad rank 25th
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Aaron Rodgers and the MASH unit known as the 2010 Packers joined three other Green Bay Super Bowl winners with their 31-25 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Using our NFL simulation engine we wanted to see how these Super Bowl champs would fare against the franchise’s other three championship rosters.
So we simulated the 2010 Packers in head-to-head competition with the 1966, 1967 and 1996 Green Bay teams 1,001 times.
Packers Super Bowl Teams Head-to-Head: 1,001 Sims | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Win% | Avg. Points Scored | Avg. Points Allowed |
| 1996 Green Bay Packers | 70 | 20.0 | 14.3 |
| 2010 Green Bay Packers | 48 | 16.5 | 17.2 |
| 1967 Green Bay Packers | 42 | 15.2 | 17.8 |
| 1966 Green Bay Packers | 40 | 14.9 | 17.3 |
Brett Favre’s 1996 season included him passing for nearly 3,900 yards, 39 touchdowns and only 13 interceptions en route to the Packers’ Super Bowl win over the New England Patriots. Even more remarkable is the team defense, anchored by Reggie White, which locked down teams to the tune of a meager 253 yards and 13.1 points per game.
Green Bay’s mid-1960s dominance may not be reflected in this simulation, but only because the statistical makeup of the Packers has evolved along with the game. Favre and Rodgers produced mind-boggling numbers when compared to Bart Starr and company. For those who preach “defense wins championships” and think the Pack’s 1966 and ’67 defenses are getting slighted, you could argue the 1996 and 2010 units were statistically similar.
We also simulated the 2010 Packers against the other 44 Super Bowl champions to see where they rank. Using our NFL Simulation engine, we created a round-robin tournament in which each team played the others 251 times to generate each team’s winning percentage and average score. Unlike a year ago when the New Orleans Saints tallied 25.6 points per game, the 2010 Packers could muster only 18.6. But thanks to a defense that allowed only 18.1 points., Green Bay won 51.1 percent of its games to rank 25th among Super Bowl champions.
All-Time Super Bowl Power Rankings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Win% | Avg PPG | Avg PPA | |
| 1 | 1999 St. Louis Rams | 75.4 | 26.4 | 17.7 |
| 2 | 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers | 66.5 | 22.8 | 17.2 |
| 3 | 1985 Chicago Bears | 63.2 | 20.6 | 16.3 |
| 4 | 1984 San Francisco 49ers | 63.0 | 24.0 | 19.8 |
| 5 | 1996 Green Bay Packers | 62.8 | 20.6 | 16.7 |
| 6 | 1991 Washington Redskins | 61.9 | 22.5 | 18.7 |
| 7 | 1989 San Francisco 49ers | 61.6 | 22.4 | 18.8 |
| 8 | 1998 Denver Broncos | 60.7 | 23.2 | 19.9 |
| 9 | 1993 Dallas Cowboys | 59.0 | 23.4 | 20.5 |
| 10 | 1992 Dallas Cowboys | 58.4 | 21.1 | 18.3 |
| 11 | 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 57.3 | 17.6 | 15.5 |
| 12 | 1969 Kansas City Chiefs | 57.3 | 20.2 | 17.6 |
| 13 | 1971 Dallas Cowboys | 56.9 | 19.8 | 17.4 |
| 14 | 1973 Miami Dolphins | 56.3 | 20.2 | 18.0 |
| 15 | 1995 Dallas Cowboys | 56.2 | 23.2 | 21.3 |
| 16 | 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers | 56.1 | 19.5 | 17.7 |
| 17 | 2000 Baltimore Ravens | 54.8 | 17.5 | 16.2 |
| 18 | 1972 Miami Dolphins | 54.6 | 21.9 | 19.9 |
| 19 | 1988 San Francisco 49ers | 54.1 | 21.3 | 20.2 |
| 20 | 2009 New Orleans Saints | 53.7 | 25.6 | 24.4 |
| 21 | 2008 Pittsburgh Steelers | 53.4 | 17.2 | 16.2 |
| 22 | 1975 Pittsburgh Steelers | 53.2 | 20.2 | 19.2 |
| 23 | 1977 Dallas Cowboys | 52.7 | 18.4 | 17.4 |
| 24 | 1994 San Francisco 49ers | 51.5 | 20.0 | 19.7 |
| 25 | 2010 Green Bay Packers | 51.1 | 18.6 | 18.1 |
| 26 | 1968 New York Jets | 50.8 | 18.8 | 18.6 |
| 27 | 2004 New England Patriots | 50.3 | 21.6 | 21.4 |
| 28 | 1976 Oakland Raiders | 47.7 | 21.5 | 22.2 |
| 29 | 1987 Washington Redskins | 47.6 | 20.5 | 21.2 |
| 30 | 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers | 47.0 | 17.2 | 17.9 |
| 31 | 2003 New England Patriots | 46.6 | 16.5 | 17.6 |
| 32 | 1997 Denver Broncos | 45.2 | 21.9 | 23.3 |
| 33 | 1978 Pittsburgh Steelers | 43.2 | 16.3 | 18.6 |
| 34 | 1983 Los Angeles Raiders | 42.6 | 18.3 | 20.6 |
| 35 | 1986 New York Giants | 42.1 | 17.9 | 20.5 |
| 36 | 2007 New York Giants | 41.9 | 19.2 | 21.8 |
| 37 | 1990 New York Giants | 41.8 | 16.6 | 19.4 |
| 38 | 1982 Washington Redskins | 40.7 | 17.3 | 20.1 |
| 39 | 1966 Green Bay Packers | 36.7 | 15.6 | 19.1 |
| 40 | 1981 San Francisco 49ers | 33.7 | 15.7 | 21.0 |
| 41 | 2001 New England Patriots | 29.8 | 16.5 | 23.3 |
| 42 | 1980 Oakland Raiders | 29.4 | 14.7 | 21.4 |
| 43 | 1967 Green Bay Packers | 29.3 | 15.7 | 22.7 |
| 44 | 2006 Indianapolis Colts | 27.3 | 20.8 | 28.8 |
| 45 | 1970 Baltimore Colts | 25.5 | 13.6 | 21.5 |
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Ryan Fowler is the Content Manager for Whatifsports.com. He can be reached at rfowler@whatifsports.com.
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