NFL team season
The 1992 season was the Green Bay Packers ' 72nd season in the National Football League (NFL), their 74th overall. The team finished with a 9–7 record under new coach Mike Holmgren , earning them a second-place finish in the NFC Central division. 1992 saw the emergence of QB Brett Favre and the start of the Packers' success of the 1990s.
Offseason [ edit ] On December 22, 1991, the Packers fired Lindy Infante after four seasons. On January 11, 1992, the Packers hired Mike Holmgren as their new head coach. Holmgren came from the San Francisco 49ers , where he served as quarterbacks coach under Bill Walsh and offensive coordinator under George Seifert .[1]
NFL draft [ edit ] Undrafted free agents [ edit ] 1992 Green Bay Packers staff Front office
President/Chief Executive Officer – Bob Harlan Executive Vice President/General Manager – Ron Wolf Director of Pro Personnel – Jesse Kaye Director of College Scouting – John Math Assistant Director of Pro Personnel – Ted Thompson Head coaches
Offensive coaches
Defensive coaches Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
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1992 Green Bay Packers roster Quarterbacks Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
Offensive linemen Defensive linemen
Linebackers Defensive backs
Special teams
Injured Reserve Practice Squad
Rookies in italics
47 active, 12 inactive, 3 practice squad
Regular season [ edit ] Schedule [ edit ] Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 6 Minnesota Vikings L 20–23 (OT) 0–1 Lambeau Field 58,617 2 September 13 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 3–31 0–2 Tampa Stadium 50,051 3 September 20 Cincinnati Bengals W 24–23 1–2 Lambeau Field 57,272 4 September 27 Pittsburgh Steelers W 17–3 2–2 Lambeau Field 58,724 5 October 4 at Atlanta Falcons L 10–24 2–3 Georgia Dome 63,769 6 Bye 7 October 18 at Cleveland Browns L 6–17 2–4 Cleveland Stadium 69,268 8 October 25 Chicago Bears L 10–30 2–5 Lambeau Field 59,435 9 November 1 at Detroit Lions W 27–13 3–5 Pontiac Silverdome 60,594 10 November 8 at New York Giants L 7–27 3–6 Giants Stadium 72,038 11 November 15 Philadelphia Eagles W 27–24 4–6 Milwaukee County Stadium 52,689 12 November 22 at Chicago Bears W 17–3 5–6 Soldier Field 56,170 13 November 29 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 19–14 6–6 Milwaukee County Stadium 52,347 14 December 6 Detroit Lions W 38–10 7–6 Milwaukee County Stadium 49,469 15 December 13 at Houston Oilers W 16–14 8–6 Astrodome 57,285 16 December 20 Los Angeles Rams W 28–13 9–6 Lambeau Field 57,796 17 December 27 at Minnesota Vikings L 7–27 9–7 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 61,461
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Season summary [ edit ] Brett Favre [ edit ] In the second game of the 1992 season, the Packers played the Tampa Bay Buccaneers . The Buccaneers were leading 17–0 at half time when head coach Mike Holmgren benched starting quarterback Don Majkowski and Favre played the second half. On his first regular season play as a Packer, Favre threw a pass which was deflected and caught by himself. Favre was tackled and the completion went for −7 yards. The Packers lost the game 31–3, chalking up only 106 yards passing.[3] [4]
In the third game of the 1992 season, then-starting quarterback Don Majkowski injured a ligament in his ankle against the Cincinnati Bengals , an injury severe enough that he would be out for four weeks. Favre replaced Majkowski for the remainder of the contest. Favre fumbled four times during the course of the game,[4] a performance poor enough that the crowd chanted for Favre to be removed in favor of another Packers backup quarterback at the time, Ty Detmer .[5] However, down 23–17 with 1:07 left in the game, the Packers started an offensive series on their own 8 yard line. Still at the quarterback position, Favre completed a 42-yard pass to Sterling Sharpe . Two plays later, Favre threw the game-winning touchdown pass to Kitrick Taylor with 13 seconds remaining.[4]
The next week's game against the Pittsburgh Steelers began the longest consecutive starts streak for a quarterback in NFL history. The game ended in a 17–3 victory and his passer rating was 144.6. During the season, Favre helped put together a six-game winning streak for the Packers, the longest winning streak for the club since 1965. They ended 9–7 that season, missing the playoffs on their last game.[4] Favre finished his first season as a Packer with 3,227 yards and a quarterback rating of 85.3, helping him to his first Pro Bowl .[6]
1 2 3 4 OT Total • Vikings 0 10 3 7 3 23 Packers 7 3 0 10 0 20
Date: September 6Location: Lambeau Field Referee: Johnny GrierTV announcers (CBS): Mike Emrick and Matt Millen
1 2 3 4 Total Packers 0 0 3 0 3 • Buccaneers 14 3 7 7 31
Date: September 13Location: Tampa Stadium Referee: Ed HochuliTV announcers (CBS): Mike Emrick and Matt Millen
Week 3 vs Bengals [ edit ] Game information First quarter Second quarter CIN – Jim Breech 20-yard field goal, 9:44. Bengals 3–0. CIN – Carl Pickens 95-yard punt return (Jim Breech kick), 6:55. Bengals 10–0. GB – Chris Jacke 37-yard field goal, 0:36. Bengals 10–3. Third quarter Fourth quarter GB – Terrell Buckley 58-yard punt return (Chris Jacke kick), 12:43. Bengals 17–10. GB – Sterling Sharpe 5-yard pass from Brett Favre (Chris Jacke kick), 10:49. Tie 17–17. CIN – Jim Breech 34-yard field goal, 8:05. Bengals 20–17. CIN – Jim Breech 41-yard field goal, 2:07. Bengals 23–17. GB – Kitrick Taylor 35-yard pass from Brett Favre (Chris Jacke kick), 0:13. Packers 24–23. Top passers Top rushers Top receivers
1 2 3 4 Total Steelers 3 0 0 0 3 • Packers 0 10 0 7 17
Date: September 27Location: Lambeau FieldReferee: Howard RoeTV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones and Todd Christensen
1 2 3 4 Total Packers 0 0 7 3 10 • Falcons 14 0 3 7 24
1 2 3 4 Total Packers 0 0 3 3 6 • Browns 3 0 7 7 17
Date: October 18Location: Cleveland Stadium Referee: Bob McElweeTV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz and Hank Stram
1 2 3 4 Total • Bears 3 17 3 7 30 Packers 0 10 0 0 10
Date: October 25Location: Lambeau FieldReferee: Red Cashion
1 2 3 4 Total • Packers 7 10 3 7 27 Lions 3 0 10 0 13
Date: November 1Location: Pontiac Silverdome Game weather: Indoors (dome)Referee: Jerry MarkbreitTV announcers (CBS): Tim Ryan and Matt Millen
Week 10 [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Packers 0 7 0 0 7 • Giants 6 7 0 14 27
Date: November 8Location: Giants Stadium Referee: Larry NemmersTV announcers (CBS): Dick Stockton and Randy Cross
Week 11 [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 3 0 7 14 24 • Packers 0 14 0 13 27
Date: November 15Location: Milwaukee County Stadium Referee: Gerald AustinTV announcers (CBS): James Brown and George Starke
Week 12 [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total • Packers 10 0 0 7 17 Bears 3 0 0 0 3
Scoring summary Q1 CHI Butler 36 yard field goalCHI 3–0 Q1 GB Jacke 39 yard field goalTie 3–3 Q1 GB Sharpe 49 yard pass from Favre (Jacke kick)GB 10–3 Q4 GB Favre 5 yard run (Jacke kick) GB 17–3
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Week 13 [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Buccaneers 7 0 7 0 14 • Packers 3 6 37 46
Date: November 29Location: Milwaukee County StadiumReferee: Bernie Kukar
Week 14 [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Lions 0 10 0 0 10 • Packers 14 21 0 3 38
Date: December 6Location: Milwaukee County StadiumReferee: Bob McElweeTV announcers (CBS): Tim Ryan and Matt Millen
Week 15 [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total • Packers 0 3 6 7 16 Oilers 0 0 7 7 14
Date: December 13Location: Astrodome Game weather: Indoors (dome)Referee: Ed HochuliTV announcers (ESPN): Mike Patrick and Joe Theismann
Week 16 [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Rams 7 3 3 0 13 • Packers 0 28 0 0 28
Week 17 [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Packers 7 0 0 0 7 • Vikings 7 13 7 0 27
Standings [ edit ] Awards and records [ edit ] Brett Favre, NFC Pro Bowl Brett Favre, NFC Leader, Completions (tied): 302 References [ edit ] ^ "Mike Holmgren" . Pro Football History.com . Pro Football History.com. Retrieved September 10, 2023 . ^ "All Time Coaches Database" . Packers.com . Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2013 . ^ "NFL Box Score for 9/13/1992" . Databasefootball.com. Archived from the original on December 25, 2007. Retrieved February 7, 2007 . ^ a b c d McGinn, Bob (October 1, 2005). "Favre bursts onto the NFL scene in 1992" . Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved February 8, 2007 . ^ "La Salle University article on Brett Favre" . Lasalle.edu. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved February 24, 2007 . ^ "1992 Green Bay Packers" . Databasefootball.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2007. Retrieved February 7, 2007 . ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com . Retrieved 2014-Jan-18.
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