According to Elias Sports Bureau, the Packers are 75-7 when Packers quarterback Brett Favre compiles a passer rating of at least 100.0. Here’s a look at Favre’s rating in games played at the Metrodome, along with the final score.
1992: 43.4 rating; Vikings 27, Green Bay 7
1993: 49.1 rating; Vikings 15, Green Bay 13
1994: 25.8 rating; Vikings 13, Green Bay 10, overtime
1995: 46.1 rating; Vikings 27, Green Bay 24
1996: 85.1 rating; Vikings 30, Green Bay 21
1997: 84.8 rating; Green Bay 27, Vikings 11
1998: 105.4 rating; Vikings 28, Green Bay 14
1999: 52.2 rating; Vikings 24, Green Bay 20
2000: 117.2 rating; Green Bay 33, Vikings 28
2001: 79.3 rating; Vikings 35, Green Bay 13
2002: 63.7 rating; Vikings 31, Green Bay 21
2003: 105.4 rating; Green Bay 30, Vikings 27
2004: 109.2 rating; Green Bay 34, Vikings 31
2005: 121.6 rating; Vikings 23, Green Bay 20
2006: 100.0 rating; Green Bay 23, Vikings 17
Favre is 5-10 at the Metrodome in his career entering Sunday’s game against the Vikings. Notice at one point Favre was 1-7 at the Dome. Through 2002, he was 2-9 in the stadium; since then he has won three of four starts.
Here’s another one. Care to guess how many starting quarterbacks the Vikings have used since Favre took over as the Packers starter in 1992? The answer is 13. Here’s the list:
– Todd Bouman
– Daunte Culpepper
– Randall Cunningham
– Gus Frerotte
– Rich Gannon
– Jeff George
– Kelly Holcomb
– Tarvaris Jackson
– Brad Johnson
– Jim McMahon
– Warren Moon
– Sean Salisbury
– Spergon Wynn
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