1992 Green Bay Packers season

1992 Green Bay Packers season
General manager	Ron Wolf
President	Bob Harlan
Head coach	Mike Holmgren
Home field	Lambeau Field Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	2nd NFC Central
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	QB Brett Favre WR Sterling Sharpe FS Chuck Cecil

The 1992 Green Bay Packers season was their 74th season overall and their 72nd in the National Football League. 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

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)
T Joe Sims (Falcons)	QB Blair Kiel (Falcons)
C Frank Winters (Chiefs)	QB Mike Tomczak (Browns)
FB Buford McGee (Rams)	DT Blaise Winter (Chargers)
T Harvey Salem (Broncos)

NFL draft

1992 Green Bay Packers draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	5	Terrell Buckley	CB	Florida State
2	34	Mark D'Onofrio	LB	Penn State
3	62	Robert Brooks	WR	South Carolina
4	103	Edgar Bennett	RB	Florida State
5	119	Dexter McNabb	FB	Florida
5	130	Orlando McKay	WR	Washington
6	157	Mark Chmura	TE	Boston College
7	190	Chris Holder	WR	Tuskegee
9	230	Ty Detmer	QB	BYU
9	240	Shazzon Bradley	DT	Tennessee
10	257	Andrew Oberg	OT	North Carolina
11	287	Gabe Mokuwah	LB	American
12	314	Brett Collins	LB	Washington
Made roster

Undrafted free agents

1992 Undrafted Free Agents of note

Player	Position	College
Sebastian Barrie	Defensive End	Liberty
Anthony Booker	Tackle	Indiana State
Jon Lauscher	Linebacker	UW–La Crosse

Staff

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 Head Coach – Mike Holmgren Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Sherman Lewis Quarterbacks – Steve Mariucci Running Backs – Gil Haskell Offensive Line – Tom Lovat Assistant Offensive Line/Tight Ends – Andy Reid Offensive Assistant/Quality Control – Jon Gruden

Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Ray Rhodes Defensive Line – Greg Blache Linebackers – Bob Valesente Defensive Backs/Secondary – Dick Jauron Defensive Assistant/Quality Control – Jim Lind Special teams coaches Special Teams – Nolan Cromwell Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Kent Johnston

Roster

1992 Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks 11 Ty Detmer  4 Brett Favre  7 Don Majkowski Running backs 34 Edgar Bennett 45 Dexter McNabb FB 42 Harry Sydney FB 39 Darrell Thompson 29 Marcus Wilson Wide receivers 82 Sanjay Beach 87 Robert Brooks KR/PR 81 Corey Harris KR 85 Ron Lewis 84 Sterling Sharpe Tight ends 80 Jackie Harris 88 Darryl Ingram 86 Ed West		Offensive linemen 63 James Campen C 71 Cecil Gray T 65 Ron Hallstrom G 61 Tom Neville G 73 Tootie Robbins T 75 Ken Ruettgers T 68 Joe Sims T 52 Frank Winters G/C/LS Defensive linemen 74 Lester Archambeau DE 94 Matt Brock DE 93 Robert Brown DE 99 Don Davey DE 92 John Jurkovic NT 98 Alfred Oglesby NT		Linebackers 90 Tony Bennett OLB 51 Jeff Brady ILB 55 Brett Collins ILB 56 Burnell Dent ILB 53 George Koonce ILB/OLB 91 Brian Noble ILB 95 Bryce Paup OLB Defensive backs 27 Terrell Buckley CB/PR 36 LeRoy Butler SS 21 Carl Carter CB/SS 26 Chuck Cecil FS 25 Vinnie Clark CB 24 Tim Hauck FS 47 Roland Mitchell CB 38 Adrian White SS Special teams 13 Chris Jacke K  9 Bryan Wagner P		Injured Reserve 67 Sebastian Barrie DE (IR) 89 Mark Chmura TE (IR) 90 Mark D'Onofrio LB (IR) 58 Joe Garten G/C (IR) 50 Johnny Holland LB (IR) 77 Tony Mandarich T (NF-Ill.) 23 Dave McCloughan CB (IR) 83 Orlando McKay WR (IR) 57 Rich Moran G (IR) 96 Shawn Patterson DE (IR) 72 Harvey Salem T (IR) 46 Vince Workman RB (IR) Practice Squad 60 Terry Beauford 20 Chris Holder WR Rookies in italics 47 active, 12 inactive, 2 practice squad

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
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

1 2 3 4 OT Total • Vikings 0 10 3 7 3 23 Packers 7 3 0 10 0 20 Date: September 6 Location: Lambeau Field Referee: Johnny Grier TV announcers (CBS): Mike Emrick and Matt Millen

Week 2

1 2 3 4 Total Packers 0 0 3 0 3 • Buccaneers 14 3 7 7 31 Date: September 13 Location: Tampa Stadium Referee: Ed Hochuli TV announcers (CBS): Mike Emrick and Matt Millen

Week 3 vs Bengals

Week Three: Cincinnati Bengals (2–0) at Green Bay Packers (0–2)

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

1 2 3 4 Total Steelers 3 0 0 0 3 • Packers 0 10 0 7 17 Date: September 27 Location: Lambeau Field Referee: Howard Roe TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones and Todd Christensen

Week 5

1 2 3 4 Total Packers 0 0 7 3 10 • Falcons 14 0 3 7 24 Date: October 4 Location: Georgia Dome Referee: Gordon McCarter

Week 7

1 2 3 4 Total Packers 0 0 3 3 6 • Browns 3 0 7 7 17 Date: October 18 Location: Cleveland Stadium Referee: Bob McElwee TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz and Hank Stram

Week 8

1 2 3 4 Total • Bears 3 17 3 7 30 Packers 0 10 0 0 10 Date: October 25 Location: Lambeau Field Referee: Red Cashion

Week 9

1 2 3 4 Total • Packers 7 10 3 7 27 Lions 3 0 10 0 13 Date: November 1 Location: Pontiac Silverdome Game weather: Indoors (dome) Referee: Jerry Markbreit TV announcers (CBS): Tim Ryan and Matt Millen

Week 10

1 2 3 4 Total Packers 0 7 0 0 7 • Giants 6 7 0 14 27 Date: November 8 Location: Giants Stadium Referee: Larry Nemmers TV announcers (CBS): Dick Stockton and Randy Cross

Week 11

1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 3 0 7 14 24 • Packers 0 14 0 13 27 Date: November 15 Location: Milwaukee County Stadium Referee: Gerald Austin TV announcers (CBS): James Brown and George Starke

Week 12

1 2 3 4 Total • Packers 10 0 0 7 17 Bears 3 0 0 0 3 Date: November 22 Location: Soldier Field Game start: 12:00 p.m. CST Game attendance: 56,170 Referee: Tom White TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist and Dan Fouts

Scoring summary Q1 CHI Butler 36 yard field goal CHI 3–0 Q1 GB Jacke 39 yard field goal Tie 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

Week 13

1 2 3 4 Total Buccaneers 7 0 7 0 14 • Packers 3 6 37 46 Date: November 29 Location: Milwaukee County Stadium Referee: Bernie Kukar

Week 14

1 2 3 4 Total Lions 0 10 0 0 10 • Packers 14 21 0 3 38 Date: December 6 Location: Milwaukee County Stadium Referee: Bob McElwee TV announcers (CBS): Tim Ryan and Matt Millen

Week 15

1 2 3 4 Total • Packers 0 3 6 7 16 Oilers 0 0 7 7 14 Date: December 13 Location: Astrodome Game weather: Indoors (dome) Referee: Ed Hochuli TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Patrick and Joe Theismann

Week 16

1 2 3 4 Total Rams 7 3 3 0 13 • Packers 0 28 0 0 28 Date: December 20 Location: Lambeau Field Referee: Gordon McCarter

Week 17

1 2 3 4 Total Packers 7 0 0 0 7 • Vikings 7 13 7 0 27 Date: December 27 Location: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Referee: Dale Hamer

Standings

NFC Central
	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

References

• Sportsencyclopedia.com