Aaron Rodgers played 18 seasons with the Green Bay Packers and was the team’s starter for 15 of them. The future Hall of Famer set many team records for the Packers and led the team to the playoffs 11 times and led them to a win in Super Bowl XLV. He was named MVP of that game. He was also named NFL MVP four times during his tenure with the team. But Aaron Rodgers also set a very Packers franchise record with the Packers that will be nearly impossible to beat.

Packers Franchise Record Aaron Rodgers Set that Will Be Nearly Impossible to Beat: The Record

Rodgers threw 475 regular season touchdown passes with the Packers. His first career touchdown pass came in his third NFL season in a Week 13 game with the Cowboys. Coming off the bench to replace Brett Favre, he threw for 11-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Greg Jennings.

His final touchdown pass as a Packer came in Rodgers’ last game with the team, a disappointing 20-16 home loss to the Lions. The Packers would have made the playoffs with a win. In the third quarter, Rodgers found wide receiver Allen Lazard on a 13-yard touchdown pass. That put the Packers head 16-13.

In between those two touchdown tosses, Rodgers set one particular record that will be difficult for any quarterback to break: he threw four or more touchdowns in a game 33 times. That’s nearly two complete seasons of games with four or more touchdown tosses.

Since leaving the Packers, Rodgers added three more games of four or more touchdown passes, one with the Jets and two with the Steelers.

The Biggest Games

Twice in his career, Rodgers threw six touchdown passes in a game. The first in Week 6 of the 2012 season in a road game against the Houston Texans. Jordy Nelson caught three of those touchdowns and finished the game with nine catches for 121 yards. He opened the scoring with a 41-yard touchdown catch. James Jones caught two touchdown passes in the game and tight end Tom Crabtree had one. Crabtree’s was the longest of the day, a 48-yard effort early in the fourth quarter. The Packers went on to win the game 42-24. Rodgers threw 338 yards and did not throw an interception.

Two years later, Rodgers again connected for six touchdown passes in the Packers 55-14 Week 10 drubbing of the Bears. Rodgers completed just 18 passes in the game and left it early in the second half. The Packers led 42-0 at the half which is why Rodgers left the game early. Nelson was the only player with more than one touchdown catch in the game. He caught a pair of scoring passes, one from 73 yards out and another from 40. The other long touchdown pass in the game was a 56-yard effort to running back Eddie Lacy. The scoring opened with a one-yard touchdown pass to tight end Brandon Bostick and closed with an 18-yard touchdown to Randall Cobb with 14 seconds left in the half. The other touchdown pass was caught by Andrew Quarless from four yards out in the first quarter.

Packers Franchise Record Aaron Rodgers Set that Will Be Nearly Impossible to Beat: Five Touchdown Efforts

Three times Rodgers threw five touchdown passes in a game. The first came on Christmas Day in 2011 in a 35-21 win over the Bears. Nelson and James Jones had two touchdown catches each while tight end Jermichael Finley caught the other.

Four years later, Rodgers threw five touchdown passes in a 38-28 win over the Chiefs on Monday Night Football in Week 3. Cobb caught three touchdown passes while James Jones and Ty Montgomery had one each.

The final five touchdown pass game that Rodgers had came in 2019 against the Raiders. The Packers won the game 42-24. Five different receivers caught a touchdown pass from Rodgers in this game. They included running backs Aaron Jones and Jamaal Williams, tight end Jimmy Graham, and wideouts Jake Kumerow and Marquez Valdes-Scantling. Rodgers also ran for a touchdown in the game.

The previous record for four or more touchdown passes in a game by a Packers quarterback was Brett Favre with 19. He threw five TD passes in a game three times and four in a game 16 times. Current quarterback Jordan Love has thrown for four touchdowns three times in his three seasons as the starter. For now, it seems Rodgers’ record will remain safe for years to come.

 

 

 

 

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