5 best NFL revenge games of all-time

Brett Favre vs the Green Bay Packers
Brett Favre vs the Green Bay Packers

#3 - Deion Sanders vs the Atlanta Falcons (1994)

Deion Sanders with the San Francisco 49ers
Deion Sanders with the San Francisco 49ers

Following a five-year stint with the Atlanta Falcons, Deion Sanders returned to play them as a member of the San Francisco 49ers, and Primetime put on a show.

The 49ers demolished the Falcons in their own stadium 42-3 and Sanders had a 93-yard interception returned for a touchdown.

On one occasion, after he passed the last Falcons player attempting to tackle him, Sanders taunted the Atlanta players on the sideline. He then did his iconic high-step dance as he went into the end zone.

Falcons receiver Andre Rison got into a scuffle with his former teammate Sanders. But the NFL Pro Football Hall of Famer got the last laugh as not only did he get the win, but Rison was held to just 32 yards receiving.


#2 - Joe Montana vs the San Francisco 49ers (1994)

Joe Montana with the Kansas City Chiefs
Joe Montana with the Kansas City Chiefs

Speaking of the 49ers, NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana had a revenge game against them as a Kansas City Chief in 1994.

Montana’s injury issues had led to the emergence of Steve Young who had taken over as starter and saw Montana traded to the Chiefs before the start of the 1993 season.

When the pair faced off in the 1994 season of NFL, Montana didn’t let his former team forget about his talents, passing for two scores in a 24-17 win. This included passing a touchdown to his offensive lineman Joe Valerio on a trick play.

Montana beat Young, who had replaced him, but Young wouldn't have been too unhappy, as San Francisco would win the Super Bowl that year.


#1 - Brett Favre vs the Green Bay Packers (2009)

Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers
Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers

There was only one player who was going to top the NFL revenge game list! Brett Favre spent 16 hugely successful years as the starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers.

But when this NFL team decided Aaron Rodgers was going to be the future starter, Favre moved to the New York Jets for a year before joining the Packers’ division rival Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings would play Green Bay twice a year.

In Week 8 of NFL that year, Favre returned to Lambeau Field and put on a show, passing for 244 yards and four touchdowns, as the Vikings ran out 38-26 winners. In two games against Green Bay that year, Favre had seven touchdown passes, zero interceptions, and most importantly, two wins.

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