In 1996, Brett Favre led the Packers to an NFL-best 13-3 record and a 35-21 victory over New England in Super Bowl XXXI. Favre joined Joe Montana as the only players to win consecutive NFL most valuable player awards. Favre led the league with 39 touchdown passes, the third-highest total in NFL history.
Favre has been a starter in Green Bay since 1992, when he was acquired from Atlanta in a trade. He has led the Packers to three consecutive playoff appearances, the first time the team had done that since the 1960s. He has passed for more than 3,000 yards in each of the past four seasons, earning three Pro Bowl selections. In 1995, Favre led the NFC in passer rating at 99.5, as the Packers reached the NFC Championship Game for the first time in the post-Lombardi era.
Before being selected by Atlanta in the second round of the 1991 NFL draft, Favre had a fine college career at Southern Mississippi. He set numerous school passing records, leading his team to a pair of bowl victories. Before his senior season, he was in a terrible auto accident, but recovered in time to lead Southern Mississippi to an early season upset of highly ranked Alabama. Favre came from seventh on the depth chart as a freshman to become the starter three games into his sophomore season.
Raised in Kiln (pronounced "kill"), Mississippi, Favre was a football and baseball star. Playing football for his father, the coach, at Hancock North Central High School in Kiln, Favre was a quarterback, strong safety, punter, and placekicker. He and his new bride Deanna live in Kiln.
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In his first playoff game with Green Bay, Favre completed one of the most amazing passes in Packers history. With less than a minute remaining, he threw an off-balance, across-the-field pass that Sterling Sharpe caught for a dramatic, game-winning touchdown.
