Had Green Bay qualified for the playoffs, there is no question that the 10-6 Packers might have been the one team to actually pose a meaningful challenge to the almost unstoppable 1989 14-2 49ers. The 10-6 Vikings made the playoffs by means of the tie-breaker rules (and the fact that the NFL did not add a 6th team to each conference's playoff picture until 1990). The Packers beat the Niners during the 1989 season and they seemed to show up big for important games. In the world of "what ifs", I would have loved to see a playoff team led by the Majik Man.
No one was beating the 49ers in 89. The fact that they were in a tiebreaker proves they were really no better than the Vikings in 89. It wasn't until 93 that the Packers became a contender.
Key note about that 49ers game. The Packers were driving for another TD and had the ball at the 49er 6 yard line. Majkowski threw a pass that was picked off and the defender ran it back 94 yards for a TD but it was called back because of a defensive holding penalty. To me, that is the play that saved the Packers in that game.
@@PerpetualArt Also, the reason that the Packers were 10-6 were 1. They were playing a last place schedule and 2. They had like 6 close games that fell in their favor.
Bless your soul for posting this. As an eight-year-old third-grader in Western Wisconsin, the excitement of this season is what ignited my lifelong love of the Green and Gold. Thank you for the memories.
1989 was such an exciting year for us Packer fans! Even though the Packers didn't make the playoffs that season - they finished with a record of 10-6 - we all considered it a "dream season" It was the best season the Packers had since 1972.
Technically, the NFL did not officially award division championships for the 1982 season since the season was strike-shortened to 9 games. After the strike, every team in each conference was combined into one playoff 'bowl' chase with the top 8 overall teams in each conference qualifying for the playoffs regardless of division affiliation (seeding based solely on overall record as well). That said, the Packers did finish in 1st 'technically' within the NFC Central if you consider the overall win-loss records of the 5 NFC Central foes. In my personal view, the Packers were the division champions (similarly to the baseball season of 1994 where again no official division champions were crowned but should have been).
Imagine what would have happened that season if the Packers had rookie Barry Sanders on the team. Add 1400 rushing yards and 14 TDs to that offense. The Packers had already beaten the Super Bowl champ 49ers that season.
I live in CA. and knew a lot of 49er fans in high school. I was sick of hearing them brag and my friends all knew I liked the Packers and they'd make fun of them, so when the Packers beat them in 89, I was happy. I'm sure all my NFL friends from high school thought of me that day.
As a 49ers fan the Packers were a fun, pesky and gritty team back in '89 and yes they beat my Niners that day and it would be the last Niners defeat of the year but they would have gave my Niners a run for their money in the playoffs but the Niners would have probably would had won in the postseason and you can never count out Joe Montana the quarterback of the 80's because you know he's NO chop liver in the big games. But Don Majkowski and Coach Infante had the Packers playing at a very high level.
I remember the 1990 injury. An ill-advised throwaway. (while falling, turned sideways, and throwing shoulder inches from the turf). Could have protected shoulder and taken the loss. Never the same after.
This is the season . I was 10 years old and Majik hit Sharpe for the comeback . I watched this game and cheered without a parent around me . I was hooked and to this day bleed Green and Gold ! The following seasons were a nightmare until Mike and Ron came to town and brought Brett and Reggie into the fold ! I think this 89 team could have won the super bowl had they gotten that last break on the last Monday night game of the season .
@@whataboutrob442 That 89 team was the hottest team in football at the end of that season . If you do not think they could beat the 49ers that year check your box scores of games that year the Packers BEAT the 49ers that season in Candlestick Park 21 - 17 . They sacked Montana 6 times and created 4 turnovers against that very 49ers offense . So you do not know what you are talking about ! Had that Packers team made the postseason that year they were the hottest team in the league at that point ! Here is a link to the Packers Vs 49ers postgame to disprove your train of thinking ! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4BFo8RsYfvY.html&ab_channel=RogerBunnell
1989 was like a defibrillator season shocked the franchise back to life and gave us hope. I still have my #7 Don Majikowski jersey The heart attack Pack!
Who's gonna have the Packers play like pros? Who's got a talent that's lighter than air? Who's gonna guide the Packers to the playoffs? Everyone knows it's LINDY!
1989 was really strange. The Packers picked up so much energy late in the year that they got to 10-6. Though; as their schedule was relatively weak, they shouldnt be over praised. This would probably be a 7-9 or a 8-8 team with a middle level schedule. Though, it definitely laid the grounds for 1992-2004's success under Brett Favre.
Born and raised in Wisconsin on the Packers. And I know that this team after 1989 went 6-10 and 4-12 before they hired Ron Wolf and Mike Holmgren, THEN the current domination of the Packers began. Oh, and I'm buddy-buddy with LeRoy Butler AND Gary Ellerson, been to 12 games at Lambeau, and have about 20 books about the Packers, oh, AND I have a personally autographed picture from Bart Starr You want me to keep going, since I'm already killing and burying your moronic assumptions?
Okay, trivia time: How many Hall of Famers were on the Packers' first-ever championship team? Name this Packers cornerback who compiled 52 career interceptions and 4 Pro-Bowls, all while playing with only one working eye. Name the scout who got the Packers to draft Paul Horning, Ron Kramer, Bart Starr, Jim Taylor, and Ray Nitschke. How many years was Don Hutson a coach with the Packers? Which Packers d-lineman from the 50's was more famous as a pro-wrestler?
That makes even worse that you don't know what the real is. When teams WIN, they earn more revenue. They then can afford to get a much better staff and players which started in '89. They were terrible after Starr until the 'Magik' season. Keep bragging if you want. Man.
