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Charlie
Garner dives into the end zone for a second quarter touchdown. Chronicle
Photo by Michael Macor |
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP)
- Bruised and battered, Brett Favre finally had the time.
He put Ryan Longwell in position
to kick a 35-yard field goal with 54 seconds left, giving the Green Bay
Packers a 31-28 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.
The 49ers' desperation drive
ended when Scott McGarrahan tackled Charlie Garner at the Packers 28 after
a 33-yard catch-and-run.
San Francisco quarterback Jeff
Garcia, the league's leading passer, completed 27 of 42 passes for 336
yards and four touchdowns, giving him an NFL-best 19 TD passes.
Favre barely outperformed him.
Behind two rookie tackles,
the Packers' weary quarterback got enough time to stay in the pocket and
guide Green Bay (3-4) on five scoring drives.
He finished 20-of-27 for 266
yards and threw a 67-yard TD pass to Antonio Freeman, who had his first
100-yard receiving day in 14 games.
Favre appeared to jam his right
shoulder on the Packers' final drive when Nate Hobgood-Chittick drove him
into the turf at the 2-minute warning.
Favre didn't throw another
pass but did hand off on three plays to set up Longwell's second game-winning
field goal of the season.
San Francisco (2-5) fell for
the second straight week despite erasing a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit
behind Terrell Owens' two TD catches.
The Packers also ran for three
scores, tripling their season total.
Ahman Green had his first two-TD
game of his career, and Dorsey Levens' first TD of the year came on a 1-yard
dive midway through the third quarter and gave Green Bay a 21-7 lead.
San Francisco responded with
a 77-yard drive capped by Garcia's 23-yard TD toss to J.J. Stokes, who
faked out rookie Tod McBride to get open. But Stokes made the mistake of
doing a Lambeau Leap and he was shoved back onto the field by infuriated
fans in the south end zone.
Garcia hit Owens with a 16-yard
TD pass to tie it at 21 with 11:36 left. Owens broke tackles by Bernardo
Harris and Darren Sharper.
Green broke a 21-21 tie on
a 1-yard run with eight minutes remaining. Stuffed on a third-down dive,
he lunged forward and finally got into the end zone on his third surge.
But Owens wasn't done, slipping
four tackles on a 37-yard TD reception that tied it at 28 with 5:30 left.
The 49ers had to travel only 60 yards because Longwell kicked off out of
bounds.
Green's 2-yard run 51 seconds
before halftime gave Green Bay a 14-7 lead. He set up his own score with
a 20-yard run to the San Francisco 4 and a 7-yard run to the 2 after a
false start by rookie left tackle Chad Clifton, making his first start
as Favre's blindside protector.
Clifton joined right tackle
Mark Tauscher, playing in place of injured right tackle Earl Dotson, to
give the Packers rookie bookends on their offensive line.
FINAL |
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
4th
|
Total
|
San Francisco |
0
|
7
|
7
|
14
|
28
|
Green Bay |
7
|
7
|
7
|
10
|
31
|
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SCORING
SUMMARY |
1st
Quarter |
GNB |
TD |
ANTONIO FREEMAN 67 YD
PASS FROM BRETT FAVRE (RYAN LONGWELL KICK), 12:43. Drive: 3 plays, 90 yards
in 1:27. Key plays: Favre 18-yard pass to Freeman to San Francisco 28.
GREEN BAY 7-0 |
2nd
Quarter |
SFO |
TD |
CHARLIE GARNER 39 YD PASS FROM JEFF
GARCIA (WADE RICHEY KICK), 9:33. Drive: 5 plays, 52 yards in 1:21. Key
plays: Garner 8-yard run on 3rd-and-5 to Green Bay 39. SAN FRANCISCO 7,
GREEN BAY 7 |
GNB |
TD |
AHMAN GREEN 2 YD RUN (RYAN LONGWELL
KICK), 14:09. Drive: 10 plays, 74 yards in 4:31. Key plays: 5-yard illegal
conduct penalty on 49ers' Norton to Green Bay 42; Levens 11-yard run to
San Francisco 47; Favre 11-yard pass to Franks to San Francisco 24; Green
20-yard run to San Francisco 4. GREEN BAY 14-7 |
3rd
Quarter |
GNB |
TD |
DORSEY LEVENS 1 YD RUN (RYAN LONGWELL
KICK), 6:09. Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards in 6:09. Key plays: Favre 9-yard
pass to Freeman to Green Bay 45; Levens 13-yard run on 3rd-and-10 to Green
Bay 49; Favre 14-yard pass to Schroeder to San Francisco 35; Favre 29-yard
pass to Green to San Francisco 1. GREEN BAY 21-7 |
SFO |
TD |
JJ STOKES 23 YD PASS FROM JEFF GARCIA
(WADE RICHEY KICK), 12:50. Drive: 12 plays, 77 yards in 6:41. Key plays:
Garcia 12-yard pass to Stokes on 3rd-and-9 to San Francisco 36; Garcia
6-yard pass to Rice on 3rd-and-4 to San Francisco 48; Garcia 17-yard pass
to Streets to Green Bay 35. GREEN BAY 21-14 |
4th
Quarter |
SFO |
TD |
TERRELL OWENS 16 YD PASS FROM JEFF
GARCIA (WADE RICHEY KICK), 3:24. Drive: 8 plays, 71 yards in 2:21. Key
plays: Garner 23-yard run to Green Bay 48; Garcia 16-yard pass to Rice
to Green Bay 32; Garner 16-yard run on 3rd-and-10 to Green Bay 16. SAN
FRANCISCO 21, GREEN BAY 21 |
GNB |
TD |
AHMAN GREEN 1 YD RUN (RYAN LONGWELL
KICK), 6:59. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards in 3:35. Key plays: Favre 37-yard
pass to Levens to San Francisco 38; 33-yard pass interference penalty on
49ers' Webster to San Francisco 1. GREEN BAY 28-21 |
SFO |
TD |
TERRELL OWENS 37 YD PASS FROM JEFF
GARCIA (WADE RICHEY KICK), 9:30. Drive: 5 plays, 60 yards in 2:31. Key
plays: McKenzie 5-yard defensive holding penalty on 3rd-and-5 to midfield;
Garcia 10-yard pass to Rice to Green Bay 37. SAN FRANCISCO 28, GREEN BAY
28 |
GNB |
FG |
RYAN LONGWELL 35 YD, 14:06. Drive:
9 plays, 44 yards in 4:36. Key plays: Rossum 32-yard kickoff return to
Green Bay 39; Favre 14-yard pass to Franks to Green Bay 43; Favre 11-yard
run to San Francisco 46; Favre 11-yard pass to Freeman to San Francisco
35; Farve 7-yard pass to Freeman to San Francisco 25. GREEN BAY 31-28 |
Team
Stats |
SFO |
GNB |
FIRST
DOWNS
Rushing
Passing
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION |
23
5
15
7-12
0-0
414
63
6.6
95
19
5.0
319
27-42
7.3
2-17
5-33.6
104
2-7
5-97
0-0
4-53
1-0
27:36 |
22
10
10
5-11
0-0
378
60
6.3
132
31
4.3
246
20-27
8.5
2-20
5-38.4
129
0-0
5-129
0-0
9-65
0-0
32:24 |
INDIVIDUAL
LEADERS |
Missed field goals
None.
San Francisco rushing
Charlie Garner 14-84, Jeff Garcia
4-6, Fred Beasley 1-5.
Green Bay rushing
Dorsey Levens 17-57, Ahman Green
11-40, Brett Favre 3-35.
San Francisco passing
Jeff Garcia 27-42 for 336 yards,
0 INT, 4 TD.
Green Bay passing
Brett Favre 20-27 for 266 yards,
0 INT, 1 TD.
San Francisco receiving
Terrell Owens 8-93, Jerry Rice 6-77,
Charlie Garner 5-92, Tai Streets 3-25, Fred Beasley 3-14, Jj Stokes 2-35.
Green Bay receiving
Antonio Freeman 6-116, Dorsey Levens
4-42, Bubba Franks 4-40, Ahman Green 2-25, Bill Schroeder 2-23, Donald
Driver 1-10, William Henderson 1-10.
San Francisco tackles-assists-sacks
(unofficial)
Lance Schulters 8-4-0, Monty Montgomery
5-1-0, Pierson Prioleau 4-1-0, Brentson Buckner 3-2-0.5, Ken Norton 3-1-0,
Ahmed Plummer 3-1-0, John Engelberger 2-2-0, Jeff Posey 2-2-0.5, Bryant
Young 3-0-1, Chike Okeafor 2-1-0, Edward Thomas 2-0-0, Jason Webster 2-0-0,
Artie Ulmer 1-1-0, Ronnie Heard 1-0-0, Cedric Killings 1-0-0, John Milem
1-0-0, Anthony Pleasant 1-0-0, Nate Hobgood-chittick 0-1-0.
Green Bay tackles-assists-sacks
(unofficial)
Brian Williams 5-3-0, Bernardo Harris
6-1-0, Leroy Butler 4-3-0, Darren Sharper 4-2-0, Tyrone Williams 4-2-0,
Na'il Diggs 4-0-0, Tod Mcbride 4-0-0, John Thierry 3-1-0.5, Antwan Edwards
2-0-0, Cleditus Hunt 1-0-1, Russell Maryland 1-0-0, Scott Mcgarrahan 1-0-0,
Nate Wayne 1-0-0, Kabeer Gbaja-biamila 0-1-0.5, Mike Mckenzie 0-1-0.
Interceptions
None.
Fumbles lost
None.
Opponent's fumbles recovered
None.
Officials
Referee-Bob Mcelwee, Umpire-Jeff
Rice, Head linesman-Tony Veteri, Line judge-Don Phares, Field judge-Bill
Lovett, Side judge-Neely Dunn, Back judge-Scott Steenson.
A: 59,870; T: 3:09. |
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