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Drew Brees

Drew Christopher Brees (twitter: @drewbrees)

Position: QB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 209 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: January 15, 1979 in Austin, TX
College: Purdue   (school history)    (Brees college stats)
Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 2nd round (32nd overall) of the 2001 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 125 (30th overall since 1950)
6-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Drew Brees's Career 4th quarter comebacks and game-winning drives

The research for this page was done by Scott Kacsmar. Read his extensive three-part article (Part I - Part II - Part III) for full details.

View complete leaderboards for game-winning drives and comebacks.

20 fourth quarter comebacks, 31 game-winning drives

Age is Years-Days
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
1 2002 6 2002-10-13 23-271 SDG KAN W 35-34 28 41 68.29% 319 2 2 87.3 7.78 6.56 5 27 5.40 0 4QC / GWD
2 2002 7 2002-10-20 23-278 SDG @ OAK W 27-21 16 25 64.00% 170 2 0 110.4 6.80 8.40 2 0 0.00 1 GWD
3 2002 10 2002-11-17 23-306 SDG SFO W 20-17 29 50 58.00% 336 2 1 83.4 6.72 6.62 2 15 7.50 0 4QC / GWD
4 2002 12 2002-12-01 23-320 SDG DEN W 30-27 27 41 65.85% 217 0 0 79.0 5.29 5.29 1 0 0.00 0 GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
5 2003 16 2003-12-28 24-347 SDG OAK W 21-14 15 28 53.57% 97 1 0 73.1 3.46 4.18 5 2 0.40 0 GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
6 2004 1 2004-09-12 25-241 SDG @ HOU W 27-20 17 24 70.83% 209 2 0 125.2 8.71 10.38 5 -2 -0.40 0 GWD
7 2004 11 2004-11-28 25-318 SDG @ KAN W 34-31 28 37 75.68% 378 2 0 125.7 10.22 11.30 8 23 2.88 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
8 2005 11 2005-11-27 26-316 SDG @ WAS W 23-17 22 44 50.00% 215 0 3 35.7 4.89 1.82 1 2 2.00 0 4QC / GWD
9 2005 14 2005-12-18 26-337 SDG @ IND W 26-17 22 33 66.67% 255 1 2 74.7 7.73 5.61 1 0 0.00 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
10 2006 2 2006-09-17 27-245 NOR @ GNB W 34-27 26 41 63.41% 353 2 1 96.9 8.61 8.49 4 -4 -1.00 0 GWD
11 2006 6 2006-10-15 27-273 NOR PHI W 27-24 27 37 72.97% 275 3 2 98.4 7.43 6.62 4 -1 -0.25 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
12 2007 6 2007-10-21 28-279 NOR ATL W 22-16 22 34 64.71% 219 2 1 90.2 6.44 6.29 2 8 4.00 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
13 2008 1 2008-09-07 29-236 NOR TAM W 24-20 23 32 71.88% 343 3 1 124.9 10.72 11.19 3 -2 -0.67 0 4QC / GWD
14 2008 13 2008-12-07 29-327 NOR ATL W 29-25 18 32 56.25% 230 2 0 99.7 7.19 8.44 2 0 0.00 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
15 2009 6 2009-10-25 30-283 NOR @ MIA W 46-34 22 38 57.89% 298 1 3 58.9 7.84 4.82 2 3 1.50 2 4QC / GWD
16 2009 8 2009-11-08 30-297 NOR CAR W 30-20 24 35 68.57% 330 1 1 96.1 9.43 8.71 2 4 2.00 0 GWD
17 2009 12 2009-12-06 30-325 NOR @ WAS W 33-30 35 49 71.43% 419 2 1 102.3 8.55 8.45 0 0 0 4QC / GWD
18 2009 13 2009-12-13 30-332 NOR @ ATL W 26-23 31 40 77.50% 296 3 0 122.5 7.40 8.90 2 -2 -1.00 0 GWD
19 2009 18 2010-01-24 31-009 NOR MIN W 31-28 17 31 54.84% 197 3 0 106.5 6.35 8.29 1 0 0.00 0 GWD
20 2009 19 2010-02-07 31-023 NOR N IND W 31-17 32 39 82.05% 288 2 0 114.5 7.38 8.41 1 -1 -1.00 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
21 2010 2 2010-09-20 31-248 NOR @ SFO W 25-22 28 38 73.68% 254 2 0 108.9 6.68 7.74 0 0 0 GWD
22 2010 4 2010-10-03 31-261 NOR CAR W 16-14 33 48 68.75% 275 1 0 90.2 5.73 6.15 1 -1 -1.00 0 4QC / GWD
23 2010 11 2010-11-25 31-314 NOR @ DAL W 30-27 23 39 58.97% 352 1 1 86.7 9.03 8.38 3 -3 -1.00 0 4QC / GWD
24 2010 12 2010-12-05 31-324 NOR @ CIN W 34-30 24 29 82.76% 313 2 1 120.3 10.79 10.62 0 0 0 4QC / GWD
25 2010 15 2010-12-27 31-346 NOR @ ATL W 17-14 35 49 71.43% 302 1 2 77.1 6.16 4.73 2 -2 -1.00 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
26 2011 3 2011-09-25 32-253 NOR HOU W 40-33 31 44 70.45% 370 3 2 99.6 8.41 7.73 4 -1 -0.25 0 4QC / GWD
27 2011 5 2011-10-09 32-267 NOR @ CAR W 30-27 32 45 71.11% 359 2 1 100.1 7.98 7.87 0 0 0 4QC / GWD
28 2011 10 2011-11-13 32-302 NOR @ ATL W 26-23 30 43 69.77% 322 2 0 106.9 7.49 8.42 0 0 0 GWD
29 2011 13 2011-12-11 32-330 NOR @ TEN W 22-17 36 47 76.60% 337 2 0 110.0 7.17 8.02 2 6 3.00 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
30 2012 5 2012-10-07 33-266 NOR SDG W 31-24 29 45 64.44% 370 4 1 110.4 8.22 9.00 2 -2 -1.00 0 4QC / GWD
31 2012 15 2012-12-23 33-343 NOR @ DAL W 34-31 37 53 69.81% 446 3 0 114.2 8.42 9.55 1 -1 -1.00 0 GWD

2 other games of note

Age is Years-Days
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
1 2004 13 2004-12-12 25-332 SDG TAM W 31-24 17 23 73.91% 220 2 2 96.3 9.57 7.39 4 -3 -0.75 0 QB deserves no credit
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
2 2006 5 2006-10-08 27-266 NOR TAM W 24-21 21 33 63.64% 171 1 0 86.8 5.18 5.79 1 -3 -3.00 0 QB deserves no credit