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5 Fourth Quarter Comebacks, 11 Game-Winning Drives
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Notes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1977 | 10 | 1977-11-20 | 26-071 | DET | TAM | W 16-7 | 7 | 17 | 41.18 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 31.5 | 4.71 | 2.06 | 3 | 31 | 10.33 | 0 | 4QC / GWD | |
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Notes | ||||||
| 2 | 1978 | 13 | 1978-11-23 | 27-074 | DET | DEN | W 17-14 | 10 | 18 | 55.56 | 112 | 0 | 1 | 51.2 | 6.22 | 3.72 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 4QC / GWD | |
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Notes | ||||||
| 3 | 1980 | 6 | 1980-10-12 | 29-032 | DET | NOR | W 24-13 | 13 | 19 | 68.42 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 99.9 | 9.79 | 9.79 | 5 | 46 | 9.20 | 0 | GWD | |
| 4 | 1980 | 9 | 1980-11-02 | 29-053 | DET | SFO | W 17-13 | 23 | 32 | 71.88 | 263 | 1 | 2 | 80.6 | 8.22 | 6.03 | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 1 | 4QC / GWD | |
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Notes | ||||||
| 5 | 1981 | 1 | 1981-09-06 | 29-361 | DET | SFO | W 24-17 | 16 | 27 | 59.26 | 196 | 2 | 1 | 91.0 | 7.26 | 7.07 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | GWD | |
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Notes | ||||||
| 6 | 1983 | 16 | 1983-12-18 | 32-099 | DET | TAM | W 23-20 | 9 | 12 | 75.00 | 143 | 1 | 0 | 142.0 | 11.92 | 13.58 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | GWD | |
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Notes | ||||||
| 7 | 1984 | 2 | 1984-09-09 | 32-365 | DET | @ | ATL | W 27-24 | 21 | 32 | 65.63 | 250 | 2 | 0 | 110.2 | 7.81 | 9.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | GWD | |
| 8 | 1984 | 7 | 1984-10-14 | 33-034 | DET | TAM | W 13-7 | 6 | 12 | 50.00 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 103.1 | 7.58 | 9.25 | 5 | 39 | 7.80 | 1 | GWD | |
| 9 | 1984 | 8 | 1984-10-21 | 33-041 | DET | @ | MIN | W 16-14 | 19 | 28 | 67.86 | 260 | 0 | 1 | 82.4 | 9.29 | 7.68 | 6 | 14 | 2.33 | 0 | 4QC / GWD |
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Notes | ||||||
| 10 | 1985 | 13 | 1985-12-01 | 34-082 | CLE | @ | NYG | W 35-33 | 8 | 17 | 47.06 | 135 | 1 | 1 | 69.5 | 7.94 | 6.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4QC / GWD | |
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Notes | ||||||
| 11 | 1988 | 1 | 1988-09-04 | 36-360 | CLE | @ | KAN | W 6-3 | 18 | 29 | 62.07 | 170 | 0 | 1 | 63.9 | 5.86 | 4.31 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | GWD |
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