Brett Favre, Mike Holmgren, and Don Majkowski during the game where Favre replaced

Brett Favre, Mike Holmgren, and Don Majkowski during the game where Favre replaced "Majik" as quarterback against the Cincinnati Bengals in 1992. | Photo: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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Favre: 1992

By Jay Sorgi

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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

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