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Brett Favre's Top 10 Football Moments
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A look back at the top ten career moments in Green Bay Packers quarterback, Brett Favre's football career:
| 1. | Super Bowl XXXI - Date: Jan. 26, 1997 - Score: Packers 35, Patriots 21 - Favre passed for two touchdowns (54, 81 yards) -- including one on the second play of the game -- and ran for another in the Packers' first Super Bowl in 29 years. |
| 2. | Playing for his father - Date: Dec. 22, 2003 - Score: Packers 41, Raiders 7 - Just one day after the sudden death of his father, Irv, Favre passed for 399 yards and four touchdowns on "Monday Night Football" in a blowout win. |
| 3. | The legend begins - Date: Sept. 20, 1992 - Score: Packers 24, Bengals 23 - Favre joined Green Bay prior to the season and played in mop-up duty the week before as the Pack fell to 0-2. This day, he came off the bench to replace an injured Don Majkowski and threw the game-winning TD pass to Kitrick Taylor with 13 seconds remaining. |
| 4. | Record breaking - Date: Sept. 30, 2007 - Score: Packers 23, Vikings 16 - In his former house of horrors (the Metrodome), Favre throws a pair of touchdown passes -- his first being the 421st of his career, making him the NFL's all-time leader in that category. |
| 5. | Playoff bound - Date: Dec. 18, 1994 - Score: Packers 21, Falcons 17 - Favre orchestrated a final drive, capped off when he ran for the game-winning touchdown with 14 seconds left against the Falcons to keep the Packers' playoff hopes alive. Green Bay ended up making the playoffs for the second straight season. |
| 6. | NFC Wild Card - Date: Jan. 8, 1994 - Score: Packers 28, Lions 24 - Trailing 24-21 in Detroit, Favre threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Sterling Sharpe with 55 seconds left for the Packers' first playoff win in 11 years. |
| 7. | Tying Marino - Date: Sept. 23, 2007 - Score: Packers 31, Chargers 24 - With the Packers trailing by four points late in the fourth quarter, Favre throws a 57-yard TD pass to Greg Jennings for the go-ahead score. It was the 420th touchdown pass in Favre's career, tying Dan Marino for the all-time record. |
| 8. | Medical marvel - Date: Dec. 24, 1995 - Score: Packers 24, Steelers 19 - In a game the Packers needed to win to win the NFC Central, Favre came back after coughing up blood to throw a touchdown pass to tight end Mark Chmura. |
| 9. | MVP-bound - Date: Nov. 12, 1995 - Score: Packers 35, Bears 28 - Favre returns just one week after severely spraining his ankle to toss for 336 yards and a career-high five touchdown passes. He would go on to win his first MVP that season. |
| 10. | MNF miracle - Date: Sept. 11, 1995 - Score: Packers 27, Bears 24 - Favre tied an NFL record with a 99-yard touchdown pass to Robert Brooks in the second quarter on "Monday Night Football" -- and finished the game with 312 pass yards and three touchdowns. |
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