A LEGEND IS BORN September 20 1992 was a sunny afternoon in northeast Wisconsin The Green Bay Packers trailed the Cincinnati Bengals 23 17 with just over a minute left in the game They had to go 92 yards with no timeouts and their backup quarterback was in the game Impossible For most maybe But on this day the backup quarterback was Brett Favre It took five plays and 53 seconds for a legend to be born FAST FACT Brett Favre got his break against the Bengals after starting quarterback Don Majkowski injured his ankle
Brett Favre prepares to drive the Packers offense to victory against the Cincinnati Bengals on September 20 1992
FAST FACT In 47 career NFL games Kitrick Taylor caught just one touchdown pass the game winner in Brett Favre's first victory
Favre led the Packers on an improbable drive With 13 seconds left he launched a missile down the right sideline Wide receiver Kitrick Taylor hauled it in for a 35 yard touchdown The crowd at Lambeau Field went crazy Chris Jacke's extra point kick completed the comeback Green Bay won 24 23 The next week Favre started his first National Football League NFL game He went on to start the next 253 games for Green Bay Favre threw 442 touchdown passes in 16 seasons with the Packers He also won a Super Bowl and three NFL Most Valuable Player MVP Awards Brett Favre gets ready to fire against the Cincinnati Bengals on September 20 1992
