editionTier

UNCOMMON

Player Name

James Lofton

playerFirstName

James

playerLastName

Lofton

playerPosition

WR

playType

Reception

seriesName

Historical (2025 Release)

setName

Gridiron

teamName

Green Bay Packers

awayTeamName

Green Bay Packers

awayTeamScore

26

description

Home to a handful of NFL history’s most quietly-elite pass-catchers, James Lofton used 1982’s NFC Divisional Round to illustrate why he stood at No. 1 on the Packers’ receiving yardage leaderboards by career’s end. Knowing the endzone to be only six yards away, Lofton — 6-foot-3, with a revered reputation as one of the game’s great athletes — left a Cowboys defender in the dust on a slant route before absorbing a go-ahead touchdown. In between breakaway reverse runs and highlight snags, Green Bay’s future Hall of Famer concluded with a five-catch, 109-yard, one-touchdown afternoon, alongside a one-carry, 71-yard, one-touchdown complement, marking a valiant effort in Jan. 16, 1983’s 37-26 loss to Dallas.

editionID

3990

gameDate

01/16/1983