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Don Majkowski

Retired

Detroit Lions · QB

Don Majkowski recorded 90 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 10 rostered seasons with Detroit Lions, Indianapolis Colts, Green Bay Packers.

▶Best highlights

141.1

pass yds/gm

12.4

rush yds/gm

1

playoff games

90

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Don Majkowski's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1990
GREEN BAYPACKERS
DETROITLIONS
SEP 30, 1990

Green Bay Packers vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Sep 30, 1990

289 pass yds · 3 pass TD · 0 INT

Regular Season
1989
DALLASCOWBOYS
GREEN BAYPACKERS
OCT 8, 1989

Dallas Cowboys vs Green Bay Packers

Regular Season · Oct 8, 1989

313 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 0 INT

Regular Season
1989
GREEN BAYPACKERS
CHICAGOBEARS
DEC 17, 1989

Green Bay Packers vs Chicago Bears

Regular Season · Dec 17, 1989

244 pass yds · 1 pass TD · 1 INT

Regular Season
1987
GREEN BAYPACKERS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
DEC 27, 1987

Green Bay Packers vs New Orleans Saints

Regular Season · Dec 27, 1987

219 pass yds · 3 pass TD · 1 INT

Wild Card
1995
DETROITLIONS
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
DEC 30, 1995

Detroit Lions vs Philadelphia Eagles

Wild Card · Dec 30, 1995

206 pass yds · 3 pass TD · 2 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Don Majkowski's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 367 passing yards

Regular Season
1989
DETROITLIONS
GREEN BAYPACKERS
OCT 29, 1989

Detroit Lions vs Green Bay Packers

Regular Season · Oct 29, 1989

367 pass yds · 2 pass TD · 1 INT

Career high: 4 passing touchdowns

Regular Season
1989
DALLASCOWBOYS
GREEN BAYPACKERS
OCT 8, 1989

Dallas Cowboys vs Green Bay Packers

Regular Season · Oct 8, 1989

313 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 0 INT

Career high: 88 rushing yards

Regular Season
1990
GREEN BAYPACKERS
DETROITLIONS
SEP 30, 1990

Green Bay Packers vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Sep 30, 1990

289 pass yds · 3 pass TD · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Don Majkowski's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1968–1991

01
GBMAJKOWSKI—Don Majkowski
GBLOFTON—James Lofton
GBDICKEY—Lynn Dickey

Two decades of searching after Lombardi

Green Bay Packers · The long road back

Green Bay cycled through coaches and rarely reached the playoffs before a new front office changed the franchise's direction.

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Franchise era

1992–2007

02
GBMAJKOWSKI—Don Majkowski
GBFAVRE4Brett Favre
GBWHITE92Reggie White

Joyful improvisation returns Green Bay to the summit

Green Bay Packers · The Favre revival

Ron Wolf acquired Favre and White, restoring national relevance and winning Super Bowl XXXI under Mike Holmgren.

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Franchise era

1984–1997

03
INDMAJKOWSKI—Don Majkowski
INDDICKERSON29Eric Dickerson
INDGEORGE1Jeff George

A new city waits through upheaval

Indianapolis Colts · Indianapolis searches for a cornerstone

Dickerson supplied the first playoff breakthrough and Harbaugh's 1995 team came within one catch of the Super Bowl before the franchise found its defining draft pick.

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Franchise era

1989–1998

04
DETMAJKOWSKI—Don Majkowski
DETSANDERS20Barry Sanders
DETMOORE84Herman Moore

The league's most elusive runner

Detroit Lions · Barry Sanders

Sanders turned every carry into possibility and led the 1991 Lions to the NFC Championship Game, the franchise's lone playoff win of the era.

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Career accomplishments

NFL passing yards leader · 1989Pro Bowl selection · 198910 NFL seasons90 career games12,700 career passing yards66 career passing touchdowns1,114 career rushing yards12 career rushing touchdownsJersey: 11 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 13, 1987Most recent: Nov 17, 1996

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history