brett favre has the record for most interceptions in the nfl.
brett favre has the record for most interceptions in the nfl.
who has the record for most interceptions in the nfl?
brett favre
during the 2009 nfl season, two match-ups between the franchise and its former quarterback brett favre were highly anticipated after favre's arrival with the division-rival vikings in august. the first encounter took place in week 4, on a monday night football game which broke several tv audience records. the scheduling of this game was made possible when baseball commissioner and packer board of directors member bud selig forced baseball's minnesota twins to play 2 games within a 12-hour span. the vikings won the game 30–23. brett favre threw 3 tds, no interceptions, and had a passer rating of 135. the teams met for a second time in week 8, favre leading the vikings to a second win, 38–26, in green bay. rodgers was heavily pressured in both games, being sacked 14 times total, but still played well, throwing five touchdowns and only one interception. the next week, the packers were upset by the win-less tampa bay buccaneers. following a players-only meeting, the team found some stability on the offensive line with the return of tackle mark tauscher bringing a minor halt to sacks to rodgers and opening the running game to ryan grant and the other running backs. green bay finished the season strongly, winning 7 out of their last 8 games, including winning their 16th regular season finale in the past 17 seasons, and earning a nfc wild-card playoff bid with an 11–5 regular-season record. the packers defense was ranked no. 2 and the offense was ranked no. 6 with rookies brad jones and clay matthews iii becoming sensations at linebacker and young players like james jones, brandon jackson, jermichael finley and jordy nelson becoming threats on offense. rodgers also became the first quarterback in nfl history to throw for at least 4,000 yards in each of his first two seasons as a starter. also, cornerback charles woodson won nfl defensive player of the year honors after recording 9 interceptions, forcing four fumbles, 3 touchdowns and registering 74 tackles and 2 sacks. in fact, woodson's 9 interceptions were more than the 8 collected by all packer opponents that season. though the defense was ranked high, injuries to al harris, tramon williams, will blackmon, atari bigby and brandon underwood severely limited the depth of the secondary and teams like the minnesota vikings and pittsburgh steelers used that to their advantage by unleashing aerial assaults against inexperienced players with the nfl's best receivers. the season ended with an overtime loss in a wild card round shootout at the arizona cardinals, 51–45.
green bay packers
sandifer was drafted by the washington redskins in the 1948 nfl draft out of louisiana state, and that same season he led the nfl with a then record 13 interceptions. dick "night train" lane's 14 interceptions in a season is the only time sandifer's record was surpassed in nfl history. sandifer's 13 interceptions remains the all-time single season interception record for the washington redskins. he also is included in a group of nfl players who hold the record for most interceptions in a game, intercepting four passes against the boston yanks on halloween 1948, returning two of them for touchdowns, a record that has never been broken. sandifer also spent time on the offense during his career. he had 74 career carries for 247 yards and one touchdown, with his first two seasons with the redskins and his 1951 season with the eagles being where he had most of his use. he also had 30 receptions for 510 yards and 5 touchdowns. he also returned 72 punts for 767 yards (with a 10.7 yards per return). he finished in the top 10 of punt returns in the league three times, finishing 3rd in 1948 (20), 6th in 1949 (18), and 9th in 1950 (15). he also had 63 kickoffs for 1,367 yards (with a 21.7 yards per return) and one touchdown. he was first in kick return yards and kick returns in 1948 along with 1st in kick returns in 1949 and 2nd in kickoff returns. he also finished in the top 5 of all-purpose yards, finishing 3rd in 1948 with 1,340 and 4th the next year with 1,161. he had 23 career interceptions, with 13 being in his rookie season.
dan sandifer