Green Bay at San Francisco "Favre Shines In Huge Upset" (1995 NFC Divisional) GB's GG

Brett Favre throws for 299 yards and 2 TDs as the Packers march into Candlestick Park and upset the defending Super Bowl champion 49ers in the 1995 NFC Divisional Playoffs.

[@SASPAT31]

Imagine going to a football game and watching Steve Young, Jerry Rice, Brett Favre and Reggie White. Incredible.

[@123Booduh]

Never thought about that. My memories of this game flooding back after Newome's recovery, and TD. Could you imagine if Sterling Sharpe didnt have to retire, because of injury...

[@justink9912]

Man i wish the Packers defense always stayed playing all over the field like this..

[@markcubanz43]

For real!

[@vegangainsfather2877]

I was able to do in back in the 99 wildcard game when the Packer played the 49ers. Right here at this stadium

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

And then again...and again. And then again. And then one more time. They met five times from 1995 (here) to the 1998 wild card.

[@autopilot0015]

Favre slipping, getting up and just SLINGING it is a perfect summary of what he did his entire career man.

[@scots04]

@Jar of Smegma still one of the most exciting QBs to ever watch play the game.

[@wce05308]

@Jar of Smegma geez champ having a bad day?

[@mortenpotzdidler4677]

The following play @ 7:59 is similar. He runs it, ultimately stepping out of bounds. But he winds up to throw it just before making the decision to step out. You know if there was even the smallest opening downfield he would have gone for it. That's Favre An amazing talent. To this day, the toughest modern QB. And the strongest Arm in NFL history, bar none.

[@mortenpotzdidler4677]

@Jar of Smegma Favre has Kobe's Gunner Mentality with John Stockton's huge hands and arm strength. Kobe's biggest problem was that his athleticism was overated positionally, and his hands were too damn small -- causing him huge headaches in heavy traffic. Favre's biggest problem was that he played for an organization that stood lat year after year post-Reggie White. This was especially bad as far as run game, which actually mattered for much of Favre's career. Favre is essentially an arrogant asshole, yes. But also a physical freak that has rarely been seen in the NFL. Match his talent to a more aggressive front office, and many of these attacks about his "Gunner Mentality" would either be moot or simply be a compliment.

[@mortenpotzdidler4677]

*stood pat

[@frankfurfaro2165]

This was when gb had a defense

[@tomrugger677]

My son was born that morning. I remember watching the game in the birthing room and holding him. I could hardly contain myself as I had to be quiet. I always tell my son his birthday is on day Packers arrived by beating the 49ers, not the actual calendar date.

[@brites1126]

I will always remember watching this game like it was just played a couple hours ago. Going bonkers after the Newsome TD to being in disbelief they were winning 21-0 in a game NOBODY expected them to win. This game put the word Titletown back in Green Bay.

[@marknan5352]

I forgot how much fun it was watching #4. Greatest " school yard " QB i ever saw. How much fun could it have been to be in a huddle with him!

[@Wolfie66]

Favre was the definition of Iron Man!

[@ericclaeyborn7008]

Has there ever been a QB that loved the game more than Brett Favre?

[@Alex-gb8em]

being high on vicodin makes even work fun so i can imagine playing football on vikes

[@troyfoleydotcom]

Yes.

[@waylenwaddlefinsup9876]

Yes

[@mikerusso703]

Yes...plenty

[@1donmegaa]

yeah. dozens

[@packersfaninvegas]

The Packers are one of only teams that get louder cheers in opposing stadiums!!!

[@123Booduh]

Never thought about that. My memories of this game flooding back after Newome's recovery, and TD. Could you imagine if Sterling Sharpe didnt have to retire, because of injury. For Favre always wanting to show off his arm strength, he threw a beautiful fade route. I was born and raised in Wisconsin, and still live here. Just so non-Packer fans understand how crazy we are. I was in 4th Grade during the 1996 Superbowl win, and in my hometown school was canceled the Monday after. GO PACK GO!!!!

[@upcoyote]

Remember this game so well, was a great day to be Packer fan

[@MrCFH420]

The good ole days.

[@ericholley2274]

Watching Brett play led me to play Quarterback. The best I saw as a kid!

[@BeefPapa]

This game was won at the line of scrimmage.

[@andrewdunn49ers]

As a young Niners fan, this game shocked and broke my heart. Thought it was destiny for Dallas and SF to constantly meet in the NFC Championship.

[@ericholley2274]

Lol! Packer had the 9ers number

[@Kathyskollectables]

My brother and I went to a bar to watch this game. Meanwhile it started to snow on our way to said bar. By the time the game was over there was 6 inches on the ground. The forecast was for flurries that night so we didn't think twice about going. Well, on the way home, my brother's car did not handle the snow very well. We were swerving all over the road. Finally made it to his house several hours later. The next day, there was around a foot of snow on the ground. What a time that was!!

[@PhilJHaast7695]

The 90s 49ers were, other than that one season, just out of reach of the Super Bowl. They figured out how to beat Dallas, and then the Packers emerged.

[@mayhemjr.803]

We weren't ready to play these guys at all that game. Truly a humiliating loss.

[@davidford3968]

I think the 49ers were victims of their own success on this day, and what I mean by that is after having the bye week they were stale and the Packers came out and punched them in the mouth and they just couldn't get it together, and truthfully I think they were looking past the Packers and getting ready for another NFC championship game against Dallas

[@JoseDiaz-rd9fh]

We never really ever ready for farve and this Packers team during this era. Even the wild card win against them was controversial and that's all we got. Styles make fights for whatever reason we didn't match up well

[@jillconner5062]

@ Jose Diaz. Exactly. Niners are lucky Dallas ( who had Favre number) had to deal with them the previous two years. Because they had with the Bears the previous year. In the 2nd round. And even though the murdered the Giants the year before. That 93 was definitely beatable. And probably Seiferts worse team.

[@supersimpextraordinaire5362]

@@jillconner5062 No way this happens in 94. Packers caught the 9ers on the decline.

[@youreokayboah2128]

@@supersimpextraordinaire5362 1996 packers smokes 1994 49ers

[@jagger9031]

This was the upset Game ..that really turned the Packers into contenders

[@woodiethompson526]

Even today Brett Favre is mister football !

[@bostonredsox49]

7:25-7:30 Brett Favre is the greatest....and I'm a Patriots fan

[@traviscooper6675]

Freakin laser beam

[@cherbutler85]

Yeah,...Brady can't even make that throw in his dreams.

[@bostonredsox49]

@@cherbutler85 he could make that throw....just not after falling down haha

[@steveoliver5251]

I remember this game clearly. I had suffered through too many poor Packer seasons since the Ice Bowl. When Craig Newsome took the fumble to the House, I knew it was going to be a win. Brett Favre is easily one of the three greatest Green Bay Packers players. Curley Lambeau, Bart Starr, Brett Favre.

[@highlightcenter5651]

Bart starr was great for his time but he was moreso a game manager. Aaron Rodgers is the most skilled and talented QB we have ever had. Unfortunately he’s hardly had a defense through his prime

[@thomasgivens187]

If only Holmgren had stayed in GB for Favre's entire career....

[@Nightwing300]

Knowing what I know now about how shity Green Bay’s front office is. I do not blame him for leaving. Green Bay hasn’t a fucking clue how to build a team. It’s a damn shame. They should have won at least 3 to 4 Super Bowls with Favre and at least 4 to 5 with Rodgers. Green Bay front office is piss poor and don’t care about winning shit. They only care about being relevant on espn.

[@Nightwing300]

I only wash my hands when I shit on them lol a franchise with back to back HOF QBs under the right management that can put together players to form teams and a right head coach and coaching staff that doesn’t skip out on meetings for massages with happy endings sure the fuck can win that many Super Bowls Green Bay did it in the 60’s. Pats did It nowadays. Rodgers fell victim of a piss poor defense with an amazing offense. Now it’s he has no one to throw too and a defensive that can’t stop a nosebleed. Because the front office has and always will be trash. Like the shit on your hands after you lick them clean.

[@paulberthold932]

@@Nightwing300 Wow. Would like to hear what you think of the Bears!

[@paulberthold932]

@@Nightwing300 Packers are 9-3

[@Nightwing300]

@@paulberthold932 with 2 Super Bowls since 93 when Brett took over that’s sad

[@NuBombTurk55]

that Craig Newsome fumble return for a TD was the turning point of the game!

[@mikeschaeffer7262]

Man... back when they used to play football. Now, half those hits would have yellow handkerchiefs on the field

[@Flossin-Mine]

Steve Young got his ass kicked that day

[@Alex-gb8em]

i mean they still playing football with big hits, its the new rules that have fucked up the flow of the game

[@jeffjohnson2958]

Wow, half a lifetime ago for me now, thanks for this. Too me, this is without a doubt the game where the Packers 'arrived'. Green Bay was a large underdog. I have four memories from this game. As ppj0241 said, Wayne Simmons beat the hell out of Brent Jones the entire game. Mauled him. I loved Craig Newsome. When he took the fumble to the house and gave the look it was as if he knew it was on and was saying, Game On...(you know what follows that). When Green Bay took that 21-0 lead on Farve to Chmura I remember saying these guys ain't shit, as SF had a huge regular season and were so hyped. Brett was heavy on the meds at this time and very shortly after the next week loss to Dallas entered rehab.

[@packman4664]

I have always said this is the game GB made the statement that they were finally back from all those horrible post Lombardi years. A run that has continued for almost 30 years now.

[@jeffjohnson2958]

@@packman4664 Hell yeah PACK MAN!!!

[@bar0nv0nstrubel57]

God damn that Favre slipping play was incredible. The sheer strength of his arm on that throw with no legs under him whatsoever is insane.

[@RedFoxAce]

I still can't help but wonder who would have won had it been a Dallas-San Fran conference championship game for the 4th year in a row

[@timmer693]

One of the greatest games ever...such a surprise. Wayne Simmons' hit, /fumble, set the stage.

[@grouchomarxist5612]

For GB fans, this was the turning point. But equally unforgettable was the following season's GB v. SF tilt on MNF at Lambeau Field. Brooks was knocked out early and for the balance of the season. Don Beebe had a career night. Chris Jacke won it in OT with a 50+ kick. Most memorable was the intensity of the defensive play and the physicality on both sides. Go back and watch it; it was a gritty slog. No quarter expected; none given. Epic game.

[@ppj0241]

Wayne Simmons was a beast in this game. He stopped Brent Jones most of the game.

[@mikerusso703]

He dead

[@Tyrunner0097]

The day the 49ers' dynasty ended.

[@StarWarsBatmanShow10]

Tyrunner0097 the dynasty ended when Montana left. Young and company kept them relevant, but it was the Cowboys and then the Packers that took over the NFC during the 90's

[@mayhemjr.803]

Not really

[@Flossin-Mine]

@@mayhemjr.803 yes really

[@mayhemjr.803]

@@Flossin-Mine nahhh!

[@Flossin-Mine]

@Brock Main3 lmao your insane. Stop it!!!!

[@Koyasama]

This was the game where the Packers truly arrived. No one thought anything of them; they were 9 1/2-point underdogs, expected to be a mere stepping stone on the way to yet another Dallas-San Francisco NFC Championship. And then Green Bay marched in and *dismantled* the 49ers from the opening kickoff. San Francisco was never in the game, and by the final whistle, everyone knew that there was a third juggernaut in the NFC.

[@davem7139]

Was in high school at the time, watched this at my friend’s house on a Saturday afternoon in WI. Good times.

[@myysticranger]

Oh the nostalgia is strong with this one....

[@EliteTeamKiller2.0]

49ers pass rush was as dominant as it was all year, but Favre probably played the best game of his career. (don't just consider the stats, consider the defense he was playing, which was number 1 in the league and had the Cowboys down 31-7 at half time in Dallas with Steve Young on the bench earlier in the year).

[@brianjohnson3782]

Been looking for replays of this game since after it was originally played.

[@jamesz4771]

Got any games featuring Sterling Sharpe? He played a bit before my time but it’d be awesome to see him at his potential HOF prime!

[@obersports]

A few. 92 vs Cincy and 94 playoffs vs Detroit are already uploaded, if you’d like to check them out.

[@lightyagami3492]

Sad that you didn't get to see him because you should have if he didn't have that spinal cord injury

[@JDMatthias]

He is HOF. He'll get in eventually

[@Flossin-Mine]

@@obersports Do you have the 96 super bowl 30 Cowboys vs Steelers? Classic one.

[@joeyweiss2098]

Do packers vs jets 2019. It did not mean anything for the playoffs but it was an amazing game

[@brandonsavitski]

I lived in Germany at the time and we had a friend (Reuben Sanchez) and he was a huge 49ers fan. I am a MIAMI DOLPHINS fan and my brother is Dallas Cowboys fan. He used to rub it in our faces the entire year how great his team was because they crushed the San Diego Chargers in the Super Bowl the previous year. The 49ers beat both our teams that year in 1995 and he was talking so much smack talk that year. This game was great to watch him get his comeuppance. It's nice when karma hits smack talkers. I hope he watches this and gets his reminder of the humble pie he was served this game. The Dallas Cowboys wound up winning the Super Bowl this year. The MIAMI DOLPHINS should have never gotten rid of Keith Jackson as well.

[@jillconner5062]

I remember being 16 watching this. And being so happy we were finally getting a different match up on the championship game! I had only been watching for five years. So all but 1 was S.F./Dallas to that point. And at that age. 1 year is an eternity. So it felt like S.F./Calls had been playing for a decade to my adolescent mind. Even though I wasn't a Packers fan.

[@workct4102]

Favre was a great football player...throwing blocks, falling making completions, pocket awareness, and a fastball that probably has never been beat.

[@dogeandty]

This is what I call a GREAT game! GoPackGo!

[@dbrown7733]

Loved it. GO PACK GO forever!

[@C_and_C...]

Denied a fourth straight 49ers Cowboys championship game.

[@1234qwer1002]

Watching these is making me miss football so much more :( my favorite sports team is the Tampa Bay Rays but I won't sit here and lie and say baseball is my favorite sport. I've actually been saying baseball is my favorite sport the last few years but I don't miss baseball (a little bit I do) I truly miss football.

[@koryclarke1991]

That fumble changed the whole momentum of that game.

[@danielwerner5882]

Wow I was only 9 when this game was playing and I remember watching it as a kid.

[@dansmolen1618]

Yeah baby!!! The gunslinger in action!! GO PACK!!!

[@stevechambers500]

Back when football was *football!!*

[@matthewrock6418]

I need this same outcome tomorrow 🍻🧀👑🏈🙏🤞

[@PaulJohnson-vn7eh]

You forgot the funniest part of the game. After Frisco scored their first TD, the Niners had to call a timeout because Young wanted to go for 2 and refused to come off of the field. He was still screaming at Seifert from the bench after the next kickoff.

[@goldenstate2192]

Im a Niner fan, but I think this is the game that Brett Favre proved he was the REAL DEAL!! Nobody expected this in SF at the time.

[@pauljohnson3340]

The one thing I'll never forget from this game was Frisco scoring a touchdown and they had to call a timeout because Young was so pissed off that he refused to come off the field. He was demanding a 2 point try. Niner poise my ass.

[@dicksatan6444]

SAN Francisco

[@scottbrown7497]

Keith Jackson was so huge for our Green Bay Packers during their runs to the Superbowl. I don't think I have ever seen a tight end since Keith. That could open up the moddel of the field as he did.

[@sputnikalgrim]

Omg, how did we watch anything without HD? It’s like the dark ages.

[@scottfarmer8758]

This was when the Packers finally showed that the NFC wasn't a two team conference anymore. The previous three years in was San Francisco and Dallas in the NFC Championship Game each year.

[@jzamora3801]

I threw a soda at the t.v.

[@destined4xcelince762]

Wow this is bittersweet lol... At 14 I was all SF.... From 19 to today I'm all GB...

[@austinoldfield5246]

We didn need a fan like you anyways lol

[@KarenLianIsASpoiledBrat]

As a 49er fan, this game pretty much ended the dynasty. The 1st half of this game was so reminiscient of Cowboys-Packers wild card 2023.

[@joshuarayborn]

Such a hard hitting game. Back when football was football.

[@mrwright1221]

My man Steve Young at 2:25 runs from one side of the field to the other just to take a sack for a loss, lmao. Never once thought about throwing the ball out of bounds.

[@d.i.g.i.t.a.l.9268]

they were delusional to think they could win a chip with Derek Loville and Adam Walker in the backfield 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@jpete3027666]

The packers only rushed 3 most of the game and played nickel and still stuffed the run and got pressure on Young.

[@bobbycraig6168]

Boy I tell you The Dallas Cowboys we’re breathing a Massive Sigh Of Relief after following The Outcome Of The Green Bay Packers victory over The San Francisco 49ers And Where Giving Them the full advantage of Excelling further into the 1995 NFC Playoffs !!!! 😫😫😫😫😫🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈

[@tanksherman9875]

This is the best Packers team of all time

[@BlizzardPeak]

Also, question, where do you find these old game highlights?

[@obersports]

I find the full games and download them off KZbin then edit it down to just the highlights

[@jeffryhammel3035]

They were great. Thanks for the fine editing too!

[@lightyagami3492]

The next week the Packers got beat by dallas on their way to their 3rd superbowl in 4 years if i remember correctly

[@BlizzardPeak]

Light Yagami yeah NFC Championship Dallas 38 Green Bay 27

[@bobbysolar7172]

Well it was the Green Bay Packers vs the Dallas cowboys and the referees. That game had horrible penalties.

[@larryyeadeke7409]

Back in those days every time GB played Dallas, they played them in Dallas. I think some rich Cowboy owner was paying the schedulers some side money.

[@lightyagami3492]

@@larryyeadeke7409 if it was in the playoffs maybe Dallas had the better seeding? Idk I'd have to look up the playoff brackets from back then.

[@d.i.g.i.t.a.l.9268]

This was the start of GB owning SF 3 years straight in playoffs until The Catch by TO. Looks like the tables have turned in that rivalry nowadays lol

[@t-gotitanup9386]

Everyone was waiting for Cowboys vs 49ers NFC Championship IV instead a young gunslinger was taking the league by storm and shocked everyone with his performance against a top team of the NFC

[@chrisuncleahmad]

The day the NFC’s SF/DAL hegemony ended

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Damn, they PICKED on Tim McDonald. Unlike Dallas, Green Bay had the right weapons in Jackson and Chmura to exploit the 49ers only real defensive weakness...linebacker coverage. Norton, Woodall, and Plummer just weren't coverage LB's and that meant McDonald, who normally could attack against other teams, had to do something HE wasn't good at...play back in coverage. You can see his visible frustration at 3:05 after Chmura scores...that wasn't even busted coverage, he just couldn't stay with him.

[@jackdull5699]

Farve was the ultimate gunslinger. Mahomes will be the future ultimate gunslinger.

[@BlizzardPeak]

Cool 😎

[@isaactrujillo5396]

Now here we are. #CreateHistory #GoPackGo

[@h1maldonado05]

Now that defense could tackle!

[@stevechambers500]

They would lose to the Cowboys in the next game as this was the year if Dallas's last SB win. Favre and the Packers won the Super Bowl the following year!! :)

[@justink9912]

Die hard Packer and Favre fan, but Steve Young was the original machine. Damn can buddy run. Favre could sling it to the impossible. Steve young was like a first version Micheal Vick

[@JoseDiaz-rd9fh]

Farve was just hands down better at this point in their respective careers and I say that as a long time niner fan. Steve young look bewildered and scared playing Green bay. Brett's craftiness and mobility from within the pocket just killed us repeatedly. Can't really expect a different result in this era when one quarter back was consistently outplaying the other

[@kevincampbell1395]

This kind of football game doesn't happen any more. The crowd noise, the hitting, the great plays by great players. As a GB fan I'm biased but the road to the top for the Packers was epic too. The PC nfl sucks now

[@IvanVikktor715]

This was when the world was Properly introduced to #4

[@tublisvaj8966]

Packers is a 4-3 defense team but this game they do a 3-4 and Steve young got confused

[@masteryang7243]

Farve was the 49ers killer.

[@tomrugger677]

Back when GB could beat the 49ers.

[@wallypalmer4704]

Sometimes Favre was the most boneheaded, confounding QB ever. Sometimes (more often than not) he made it look effortless. This one was a gem of a game. I had high hopes when they went into Dallas the following week, but alas, the Dallas Curse reared its ugly head once again, and our season was done.

[@jonessparkman]

"He's still not through....now he is" :)

[@michaelleroy9281]

From 1996 the Packers owned the 49 ers until the Catch II

[@morefiction3264]

I could have sworn Reggie White had a couple of impressive sacks in this game.

[@RyanWehr]

watching this now... how many of those hits would be penalties now. I can't remember when so many were going down the middle and getting just smashed.

[@lexrenda7629]

This was the biggest postseason upset since the Chiefs beat the Vikings in Super Bowl IV.

[@t-gotitanup9386]

Ummm I think Jacksonville who only at the time had 2 years in the league went to Denver and beat the 13-3 John Elway led Denver Broncos in Mile High was prolly the biggest upset of the 90's this was a any given Sunday upset but for Denver to lose to Jacksonville 9-7,barely made the playoffs, and we're only 2 years in the league was stunning

[@paolosanchez2927]

Ugh, as a 49ers fan, I disliked this. I remember being around 10 years old when this happened and hating Adam Wallker for fumbling, and missing Ricky Watters. Man Green Bay had the Niners number back then. A little different nowadays though lol

[@terryhill4732]

Brett Favre, the gunslinger played football like sandlot football with reckless abandon

[@amcynic]

John Taylor's last game.

[@omahacheddar8471]

Comming out party for the Pack.

[@brites1126]

Is it me or does it seem like Chris Jacke either misses a FG or gets one blocked in everyone of these game highlights he played in!? I don't remember him being that bad but I was also a kid....just think....Chris Jacke was ONLY 2 kickers ago and he hasn't been on the team since 1996 lol

[@skylerbehunin7777]

All the farve highlights are nothing to the fact that he was a qb that was physical when he needed to be. Tough as nails to play through every injury he could too.

[@karlslough1332]

Sorry", folks that was a "OFF', YEAR for THE boy's!😁😁😁!!" Watch this year's D'

[@joeheasley8046]

Favre owner my 9ers. Stick rd Rodgers we like playing u ha

[@coffeeandcigarettes2885]

The owner or whomever's decision it was , was an idiot for laying a fresh natural grass turf right on top of the old natural grass turf . thats why you see these guys slipping and divots flying all over and holes in the field . You have to remove a natural turf . then lay the fresh new natural turf at least a month prior to it being played on . You must lay grass turf on dug up ground or dirt so its roots attach themselves into the ground and that takes time before it can be played on . note: I am not a 49ers fan .

[@joshuayoungs9971]

As a huge 49ers fan the offensive line is cringy

[@1baby12bear]

I fucking hate the prevent defence! It lets teams back in the game. It gives us fans an ulcer watching it.