Story Created:
Mar 5, 2008
Story Updated:
Mar 5, 2008
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Favre Year-By-Year:
• 1992 | 1993
• 1994 | 1995
• 1996 | 1997
• 1998 | 1999
• 2000 | 2001
• 2002 | 2003
• 2004 | 2005
• 2006 | 2007
Key Statistics:
- Completion %: 64.1% (302-471)
- Yards: 3,227
- TD's: 18
- INT's: 13 (tied career low)
- QB rating: 85.3
Team accolades:
- First winning season in non-strike year since 1978
Personal accolades:
- First of nine Pro Bowl selections
- Team records:
- Completion %: 64.12%
- 200-yd passing games: 11
Key dates:
Feb. 10: Traded to the Green Bay Packers from the Atlanta Falcons in exchange for a first round draft pick.
Sept. 13 at Tampa Bay (31-3 loss)
8-14, 73 yards, 1 INT
- Threw his first completion - to himself - on a deflection, for seven yards.
Sept. 20 vs. Cincinnati (24-23 win)
22-39, 289 yards, 2 TDs, 2 fumbles lost
- "Birth of a Legend," when Favre takes over for Don Majkowski, who had an injured ankle, and threw for two scores, including the game winner to Kittrick Taylor with 35 seconds left
Sept. 27 vs. Pittsburgh (17-3 win)
14-19, 210 yards, 2 TDs
- First of 253 consecutive starts at quarterback (through 2007 season), an NFL record
Nov. 15 vs. Philadelphia at Milwaukee (27-24 win)
23-33, 275 yards, 2 TDs, 2 INTs
- Played through separated shoulder injury in game that impressed Reggie White enough to help convince him to join Packers the next season; first game where Favre used pain relief medication vicodin, to which he eventually began a chemical dependency
Nov. 22 at Chicago (17-3 win)
16-24, 209 yards, 1 TD, 1 TD rush
- First of 13 road wins against the Bears
Dec. 20 vs. L.A. Rams (28-13 win)
14-23, 199 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
- Victory guaranteed first winning season for Packers since 1982, first in non-strike year since 1978
Feb. 7, 1993 at NFL Pro Bowl (23-20 NFC win)
4-8, 74 yards
- First of nine Pro Bowl selections