# 1992 Green Bay Packers 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 would be a turning point for the Packers, as the team saw the emergence of QB Brett Favre and the start of the Packers' success of the 1990s.

## Offseason

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.
| Additions | Subtractions |
| QB Brett Favre (Falcons) | C Blair Bush (Rams) |
| OT Joe Sims (Falcons) | QB Blair Kiel (Falcons) |
| C Frank Winters (Chiefs) | QB Mike Tomczak (Browns) |
| FB Buford McGee (Rams) | S Mike Murphy (retirement) |
| OT Harvey Salem (Broncos) | LB Scott Stephen (Rams) |
| S Adrian White (Giants) | WR Charles Wilson (Buccaneers) |
| OT Tootie Robbins (Cardinals) | RB Keith Woodside (Cowboys) |
| WR Sanjay Beach (49ers) | RB Vai Sikahema (Eagles) |
| RB Marcus Wilson (Raiders) | WR Erik Affholter (Chargers) |
| RB Harry Sydney (49ers) | WR Jeff Query (Bengals) |
| RB Greg Bell (Raiders) | LB Reggie Burnette (Buccaneers) |
| CB Lewis Billups (Bengals) | |
| DE Andre Townsend (Broncos) | |
| C David Viaene (Patriots) | |
| LB Jeff Brady (Steelers) | |

### NFL draft

1992 Green Bay Packers draft :
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College |
| 1 | 5 | Terrell Buckley | Cornerback | Florida State |
| 2 | 34 | Mark D'Onofrio | Linebacker | Penn State |
| 3 | 62 | Robert Brooks | Wide receiver | South Carolina |
| 4 | 103 | Edgar Bennett | Running back | Florida State |
| 5 | 119 | Dexter McNabb | Fullback | Florida |
| 5 | 130 | Orlando McKay | Wide receiver | Washington |
| 6 | 157 | Mark Chmura * | Tight end | Boston College |
| 7 | 190 | Chris Holder | Wide receiver | Tuskegee |
| 9 | 230 | Ty Detmer | Quarterback | BYU |
| 9 | 240 | Shazzon Bradley | Defensive tackle | Tennessee |
| 10 | 257 | Andrew Oberg | Offensive tackle | North Carolina |
| 11 | 287 | Gabe Mokuwah | Linebacker | American |
| 12 | 314 | Brett Collins | Linebacker | Washington |
| Made roster * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career ||||||

### Undrafted free agents

1992 Undrafted Free Agents of note :
| Player | Position | College |
| Sebastian Barrie | Defensive End | Liberty |
| Anthony Booker | Offensive Tackle | Indiana State |
| Jon Lauscher | Linebacker | UW–La Crosse |

## Regular season
### Schedule

| 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 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | 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
#### Brett Favre

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.
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, 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. 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.
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. 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.

#### Week 1: vs. Minnesota Vikings

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Vikings | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| Packers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin
* Date: September 13, 1992
* Game time: 12:00 p.m. CST
* Game weather: 68 °F (20 °C), wind 9 mph (14 km/h)
* TV announcers (CBS): Mike Emrick and Matt Millen
Game information :
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Top passers
MIN – Rich Gannon – 21/44, 266 yards, 2 TD, INT
GB – Don Majkowski – 27/38, 189 yards, 2 TD, INT
Top rushers
MIN – Terry Allen – 12 rushes, 140 yards
GB – Vince Workman – 25 rushes, 89 yards
Top receivers
MIN – Steve Jordan – 4 receptions, 77 yards
GB – Sterling Sharpe – 8 receptions, 99 yards, TD :

#### Week 2: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Packers | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Buccaneers | 14 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
at Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida
* Date: September 13, 1992
* Game time: 12:00 p.m. CST
* Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C), wind 10 mph (16 km/h)
* TV announcers (CBS): Mike Emrick and Matt Millen
Game information :
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Top passers
GB – Don Majkowski – 10/15, 75 yards, 1 INT
TAM – Vinny Testaverde – 22/25, 363 yards, 2 TD
Top rushers
GB – Vince Workman – 7 rushes, 36 yards
TAM – Reggie Cobb – 10 rushes, 30 yards
Top receivers
GB – Sterling Sharpe – 8 receptions, 62 yards
TAM – Mark Carrier – 7 receptions, 115 yards, TD :

#### Week 3: vs. Cincinnati Bengals

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bengals | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| Packers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 24 |
at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin
* Date: September 20
* Game time: 12:00 p.m. CST
* Game weather: Clear, 56 °F (13 °C)
* Game attendance: 57,272
* Referee: Dick Hantak
* TV announcers (NBC): Jim Lampley and Ahmad Rashad
* Box Score, Box Score
Game information :
First quarter
No scoring
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
CIN – Eric Ball 17-yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick), 2:21. Bengals 17–3.
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
CIN – Boomer Esiason – 11/23, 128 yards, TD, 2 INT
GB – Brett Favre – 22/39, 289 yards, 2 TD
Top rushers
CIN – Harold Green – 21 rushes, 101 yards
GB – Vince Workman – 14 rushes, 50 yards
Top receivers
CIN – Tim McGee – 3 receptions, 43 yards
GB – Sterling Sharpe – 7 receptions, 109 yards, TD :

#### Week 4: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Steelers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Packers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin
* Date: September 27, 1992
* Game time: 12:00 p.m. CST
* Game weather: 57 °F (14 °C), wind 12 mph (19 km/h)
* TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones and Todd Christensen
Game information :
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Top passers
PIT – Neil O'Donnell – 16/41, 224 yards
GB – Brett Favre – 14/16, 210 yards, 2 TD
Top rushers
PIT – Barry Foster – 12 rushes, 117 yards
GB – Vince Workman – 26 rushes, 85 yards
Top receivers
PIT – Dwight Stone – 5 receptions, 101 yards
GB – Sterling Sharpe – 2 receptions, 93 yards, TD :

#### Week 5: at Atlanta Falcons

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Packers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| • Falcons | 14 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 24 |

#### Week 7: at Cleveland Browns

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Packers | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Browns | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
at Cleveland Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
* Date: October 18, 1992
* Game time: 12:00 p.m. CST/1:00 p.m. EST
* Game weather: 38 °F (3 °C), wind 11 mph (18 km/h)
* TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz and Hank Stram
Game information :
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Top passers
GB – Brett Favre – 20/33, 223 yards
CLE – Mike Tomczak – 13/21, 158 yards
Top rushers
GB – Vince Workman – 10 rushes, 30 yards
CLE – Kevin Mack – 19 rushes, 75 yards, 2 TD
Top receivers
GB – Vince Workman – 8 receptions, 84 yards
CLE – Michael Jackson – 4 receptions, 43 yards :

#### Week 8: vs. Chicago Bears

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Bears | 3 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 30 |
| Packers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

#### Week 9: at Detroit Lions

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Packers | 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| Lions | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
at Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan
* Date: November 1, 1992
* Game time: 12:00 p.m. CST/1:00 p.m. EST
* Game weather: None (played indoors)
* Game attendance: 60,594
* TV announcers (CBS): Tim Ryan and Matt Millen
Game information :
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Top passers
GB – Brett Favre – 22/37, 212 yards, 2 TD
DET – Rodney Peete – 14/28, 148 yards
Top rushers
GB – Vince Workman – 23 rushes, 101 yards
DET – Barry Sanders – 12 rushes, 38 yards
Top receivers
GB – Sterling Sharpe – 6 receptions, 84 yards, TD
DET – Brett Perriman – 5 receptions, 67 yards :

#### Week 10: at New York Giants

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Packers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| • Giants | 6 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 27 |

#### Week 11: vs. Philadelphia Eagles

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| • Packers | 0 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 27 |

#### Week 12: at Chicago Bears

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Packers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Bears | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

#### Week 13: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| • Packers | 3 | 6 | 37 | | 46 |

#### Week 14: vs. Detroit Lions

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lions | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| • Packers | 14 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 38 |

#### Week 15: at Houston Oilers

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Packers | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| Oilers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
at Astrodome, Houston, Texas
* Date: December 13, 1992
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CST
* Game weather: None (played indoors)
* Game attendance: 57,285
* TV announcers (EPSN): Mike Patrick and Joe Theismann
Game information :
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Top passers
GB – Brett Favre – 19/30, 155 yards, TD, INT
HOU – Cody Carlson – 25/36, 330 yards, 2 INT
Top rushers
GB – Darrell Thompson – 15 rushes, 30 yards
HOU – Lorenzo White – 15 rushes, 54 yards
Top receivers
GB – Sterling Sharpe – 6 receptions, 46 yards, TD
HOU – Curtis Duncan – 6 receptions, 100 yards :

#### Week 16: vs. Los Angeles Rams

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| • Packers | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 |

#### Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Packers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Vikings | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
* Date: December 27, 1992
* Game time: 12:00 p.m. CST
* Game weather: None (played indoors)
* Game attendance: 61,461
* TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist and Dan Fouts
Game information :
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Top passers
GB – Brett Favre – 23/35, 187 yards, 3 INT
MIN – Sean Salisbury – 20/33, 292 yards, 2 TD
Top rushers
GB – Edgar Bennett – 2 rushes, 18 yards
MIN – Terry Allen – 10 rushes, 100 yards, TD
Top receivers
GB – Sterling Sharpe – 6 receptions, 45 yards
MIN – Steve Jordan – 6 receptions, 69 yards, TD :

### Standings

NFC Central :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK |
| $^{(3)}$ Minnesota Vikings | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 7–1 | 8–4 | 374 | 249 | W2 |
| Green Bay Packers | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 4–4 | 6–6 | 276 | 296 | L1 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5 | 11 | 0 | .313 | 3–5 | 5–9 | 267 | 365 | W1 |
| Chicago Bears | 5 | 11 | 0 | .313 | 3–5 | 4–8 | 295 | 361 | L2 |
| Detroit Lions | 5 | 11 | 0 | .313 | 3–5 | 3–9 | 273 | 332 | L1 |

## Awards and records

* Brett Favre, NFC Pro Bowl
* Brett Favre, NFC Leader, Completions (tied): 302