Ranking the top 5 Tobin Rote performances

#4 Tobin Rote crawls out on top with sheer will-power

Tobin Rote Stampede's All Over Cardinals (courtesy Getty Images)

December 2nd, 1956; Week 10

Stats: 13-28, 168 yards passing, 0 passing TD, 3 INT, 63 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD

Coming off a win immediately following a 4-game losing streak, Rote and his Packers were desperate for a victory against the 6-3 Chicago Cardinals. Rote learned early on that this Cardinals team was no slouch as they trampled all over Rote's teammates en route to 3 early interceptions.

This angered Tobin, so he decided to forget his teammates and take care of business all by himself. He pounded the rock over and over, and eventually, using sheer will-power, pulled his team back to within one score.

He towered over his offensive line at 6 foot 3 inches and 211 pounds, dripping blood and many other inhuman juices. Rote never cried or sweated, his teammates would later recall. Rote squeezed his bloodied, oily body through the stout defensive line and scored the game-winning touchdown in the final seconds of the game.