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The Packers lost to the [[1998 San Francisco 49ers|San Francisco 49ers]] in the [[1998–99 NFL playoffs#NFC: San Francisco 49ers 30, Green Bay Packers 27|Wild Card Round]] in [[1998 Green Bay Packers season|1998]]. Favre had rallied the team with a touchdown pass to wide receiver [[Antonio Freeman]] with 1:56 remaining in the game to put the Packers up 27–23. However, [[Steve Young (American football)|Steve Young]] responded with a [[The Catch II|touchdown]] of his own to wide receiver [[Terrell Owens]] with three seconds remaining to end the Packers season.<ref name="Niners">{{Cite web |date=January 4, 1999 |title=Young stuns Packers with amazing TD pass in final seconds |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/1998/playoffs/news/1999/01/03/49ers_first/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026105840/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/1998/playoffs/news/1999/01/03/49ers_first/ |archive-date=October 26, 2012 |access-date=January 21, 2010 |website=CNN/Sports Illustrated |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> Favre and the Packers failed for the first time since 1994 to at least reach the NFC Championship.<ref name="NFCChamps">{{Cite web |title=National Football Conference Champions |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=nfl&id=4837678 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104155439/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=nfl&id=4837678 |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |access-date=January 21, 2010 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref>
Favre led the Packers to an NFL record 29 consecutive home wins (25 regular season, 4 post season) until they were defeated by the [[1998 Minnesota Vikings season|Minnesota Vikings]] on ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' on October 5, 1998.<ref name="Home Streak">{{Cite news |last=Shapiro |first=Leonard |date=October 6, 1998 |title=Vikings End Pack Home Streak |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1998/10/06/vikings-end-pack-home-streak/2d9d727b-2878-4ea6-993d-8ee2457c4451/ |url-status=live |access-date=June 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213200010/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1998/10/06/vikings-end-pack-home-streak/2d9d727b-2878-4ea6-993d-8ee2457c4451/ |archive-date=February 13, 2020}}</ref> Favre's record for consecutive regular season home wins stood until [[2010 NFL season|2010]] when [[Tom Brady]] led the [[2010 New England Patriots season|New England Patriots]] to a home victory over the [[2010 New York Jets season|New York Jets]] on December 6, 2010.<ref name="Brady Ties NFL record">{{Cite web |last=Kukura |first=Joe |date=November 22, 2010 |title=Brady Ties NFL Consecutive Home Wins Record |url=https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/brady-ties-nfl-consecutive-home-wins-record/1855707/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211010923/https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/brady-ties-nfl-consecutive-home-wins-record/1855707/ |archive-date=December 11, 2019 |access-date=February 13, 2020 |website=NBC Connecticut}}</ref>
During the final game of the [[1999 NFL season]], Favre and the [[1999 Green Bay Packers season|Packers]] were involved in what has been described as a [[NFL playoffs#Breaking ties|bizarre tie-breaking scenario]] which resulted in four teams that finished with 8–8 records where two of the teams would qualify for the playoffs and the other two would be eliminated. Going into their season finale against the [[1999 Arizona Cardinals season|Arizona Cardinals]], the Packers needed to win their game, have the [[1999 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]] lose their game later that afternoon, and also needed the Packers to win the net points scored tie-breaker versus the [[1999 Carolina Panthers season|Carolina Panthers]] (who were facing the [[1999 New Orleans Saints season|New Orleans Saints]]). The Packers and Panthers were playing during the noon-time slot and the Packers held a net eighteen-point advantage. As the game progressed, the Panthers were winning their game by a sizable margin to the point that they had overtaken the Packers in net points for a brief time. Since both teams were neck and neck for the tie-break advantage, both teams were frantically trying to score as many points as possible despite leading on the scoreboard by a sizable margin. The Cardinals and Saints also tried to score frantically as the game progressed to stop their opponents from gaining the net points advantage. Ultimately, the Packers prevailed in net points by +11. In the end however, the Cowboys won their afternoon contest against the [[1999 New York Giants season|New York Giants]] to claim the final playoff spot and thus eliminate the Packers from playoff contention. Over a 26-minute period (from 2:51 pm to 3:17 pm) Favre led the Packers on a 99-yard touchdown drive utilizing a [[hurry-up offense]] despite leading their game 35–17 culminating on a 32-yard touchdown pass to [[Bill Schroeder (wide receiver)|Bill Schroeder]], and then shortly thereafter threw a 43-yard pass down to the one-yard line to set up another score. The Packers won their game 49–24 and the Panthers won their game 45–13.<ref name="tiebreaker">{{Cite web |last=Radcliffe |first=J. R. |date=December 26, 2019 |title=Packers' bizarre, frenetic finale 20 years ago featured a tiebreaker scenario for the ages |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2019/12/26/packers-season-finale-20-years-ago-featured-frenetic-tiebreaker-battle/2665742001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703034735/https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2019/12/26/packers-season-finale-20-years-ago-featured-frenetic-tiebreaker-battle/2665742001/ |archive-date=July 3, 2022 |access-date=June 27, 2022 |website=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel}}</ref>
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In the regular-season finale of 2001, Favre was the target of minor controversy when, in a game against the [[2001 New York Giants season|New York Giants]] at [[Giants Stadium]], he was sacked by the Giants defensive end [[Michael Strahan]]. It was Strahan's lone sack of the game and gave him the NFL's single–season sack record of 22.5, which topped [[Mark Gastineau]]'s record of 22 set in 1984.<ref name="Sacksleaderboard">{{Cite web |title=Record and Fact Book: The Definitive Source for NFL Information |url=http://www.nfl.com/history/randf/records/indiv/sacks |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203220913/http://www.nfl.com/history/randf/records/indiv/sacks |archive-date=February 3, 2020 |access-date=November 15, 2006 |website=NFL.com}}</ref> The controversy (Favre fell over unusually easily) has followed Strahan continuously since he set the record. [[Jim Fassel]], Strahan's coach in 2001, said that when a respected athlete like Strahan gets close to an all-time record, sometimes opponents want him to break it.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 16, 2013 |title=Michael Strahan on NFL sack record: If you don't like it, break it |url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000264285/article/michael-strahan-on-nfl-sack-record-if-you-dont-like-it-break-it |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016131338/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000264285/article/michael-strahan-on-nfl-sack-record-if-you-dont-like-it-break-it |archive-date=October 16, 2013 |access-date=October 16, 2013 |website=NFL.com}}</ref>
By the end of his tenth year in the league as a starter, Favre had thrown 287 touchdown passes, which was more than 100 touchdown passes than the second-ranked quarterback over the same time period ([[Steve Young]], 181 touchdown passes), an NFL record for touchdown pass differential.<ref name="Decade of Dominance">{{Cite web |last=Novick |first=Alex |date=August 5, 2016 |title=Seven stats that put Brett Favre in a class of his own |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/list/brett-favre-career-stats-numbers-hall-of-fame-packers/1ter4egwmn33r1tdivlxsyajos |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214025359/https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/list/brett-favre-career-stats-numbers-hall-of-fame-packers/1ter4egwmn33r1tdivlxsyajos |archive-date=February 14, 2020 |access-date=February 14, 2020 |website=[[Sporting News]]}}</ref>
Favre and the Packers continued posting positive results through the next few seasons, making the playoffs in both [[2002–03 NFL playoffs|2002]] and [[2003–04 NFL playoffs|2003]] and finishing with 12–4 and 10–6 records. However, they did suffer their first home playoff loss in [[2002 Green Bay Packers season|2002]] at the hands of the [[2002 Atlanta Falcons season|Atlanta Falcons]], and [[4th and 26|a heartbreaking playoff loss]] to the [[2003 Philadelphia Eagles season|Eagles]] in 2003. Through the 2004 season, the Packers had the longest streak of non-losing seasons (13) in the NFL, despite an 8–8 record under head coach [[Ray Rhodes]], a 9–7 season under head coach [[Mike Sherman]], and no playoff berths in either 1999 or 2000. The streak ended in 2005, with the Packers finishing with a 4–12 record.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2005 Green Bay Packers Statistics & Players |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/2005.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107183417/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/2005.htm |archive-date=November 7, 2021 |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com}}</ref>
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