The Green Bay Packers have seven touchdown passes of at least 90 yards in the team’s history.
Future Hall of Famer Aaron Rodgers and current Hall of Famers Brett Favre, Bart Starr and Arnie Herber all threw one. Rodgers’ 93-yard touchdown was the last, and he threw it to arguably his favorite target during a historic season of offense in Green Bay.
The last Packers’ touchdown pass of at least 90 yards: Jordy Nelson’s 93-yard score from Rodgers during Week 6 of the 2011 season.
Nelson’s touchdown, the longest of his career, gave the Packers a 17-0 lead over the St. Louis Rams at Lambeau Field on Oct. 16, 2011.
Packers.com has video of the play.
Nelson beat former Packers cornerback Al Harris on a stop-and-go, caught Rodgers’ pass in stride and split a pair of tackle attempts before racing into the open field for the 93-yard score, the fourth-longest passing touchdown in team history.
The touchdown is Rodgers’ only completion of at least 90 yards. He has seven total touchdowns of at least 80 yards, including four scores to Nelson.
Favre’s 99-yard touchdown pass to Robert Brooks in 1995 was the Packers’ last touchdown pass of at least 90 yards. It is tied for the NFL record for the longest touchdown from scrimmage. Starr threw a 91-yard touchdown pass to Boyd Dowler in 1960, while Herber hit Don Hutson for a 92-yard score in 1939.
Rodgers threw 45 touchdown passes and led the Packers to 14 wins over his first 15 starts during the 2011 regular season. He later won the league’s MVP award. Nelson caught a career-high 15 scores, including 12 from Rodgers. The Packers scored a franchise-record 560 points.
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