Power of Caring
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BY THE NUMBERS

1996 Yards per Game (NFL rank) - 1996 Record: 11-5 (first)
	Rushing	Passing	Total
OFFENSE	91.8 (26)	243.8 (3)	335.6 (7)
DEFENSE	93.9 (6)	237.7 (28)	357.7 (28)

Tough Act to Follow
Pete Carroll is the eighth coach since 1961 to take over a team that had gone to the championship game (including the AFL title game) the previous year. Three of those coaches guided their teams back to the title game in their first season.
Title-game team	Coach, W-L	Subsequent season's coach, W-L
1996 Patriots	Bill Parcells, 11-5	Pete Carroll, ?
1993 Cowboys	Jimmy Johnson, 12-4	Barry Switzer, 12-4
1990 Giants	Bill Parcells, 13-3	Ray Handley, 8-8
1988 49ers	Bill Walsh, 10-6	George Seifert, 14-2*
1967 Packers	Vince Lombardi, 9-4-1	Phil Bengston, 6-7-1
1965 Bills	Lou Saban, 10-3-1	Joe Collier, 9-4-1*
1961 Oilers	Lou Rymkus/Wally Lemm, 10-3-1	Pop Ivy, 11-3*
1960 Eagles	Buck Shaw, 10-2	Nick Skorich, 10-4
*team returned to league title game

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