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
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Key Statistics:
- Completion %: 62.4% (363-582)
- Yards: 3,882
- TD's: 33
- INT's: 14
- QB rating: 90.7
Team accolades:
- Reached NFC Semifinal
- First back-to-back playoff appearances since 1967
Personal accolades:
- Set then-team records of 363 completions, 33 TD passes and 3.24% career interception ratio
Key dates:
Oct. 20 at Minnesota (13-10 loss)
6-10, 32 yards, 1 INT
- Suffered first injury to knock him out of a game, a bruised hip.
Oct. 31 at Chicago (33-6 win)
6-15, 82 yards, 1 TD
- Set career rushing high with 58 yards in Soldier Field "drench bowl"
Dec. 18 vs. Atlanta (21-17 win)
29-44, 321 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
- Clinched playoff berth with a nine-yard scoring scramble-and-run, against Coach Mike Holmgren's wishes, with 14 seconds left.
Dec. 31: NFC Wildcard vs. Detroit (16-12 win)
23-38, 262 yards
- Kept offense going while Fritz Shurmur-directed defense held Lions RB Barry Sanders to -1 yards to win first non-strike playoff home game since Ice Bowl, played 27 years before to the day.
Jan. 8: NFC Semifinals at Dallas (35-9 loss)
18-35, 211 yards