GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: CAROLINA (4-5) at GREEN BAY (8-1)

NFL: CAROLINA at GREEN BAY

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CAROLINA 17
GREEN BAY 31 2:00 LEFT, 4TH QTR

CAR BALL ON CAR 35 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: CAROLINA at GREEN BAY

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CAROLINA 17
GREEN BAY 31 0:30 LEFT, 4TH QTR

GNB BALL ON GNB 43 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: CAROLINA at GREEN BAY

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CAROLINA 3 0 7 7 17
GREEN BAY 7 14 7 3 31 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: GNB - TD, TRAMON WILLIAMS 94 YD PUNT RETURN
(MASON CROSBY KICK), 7:06. GREEN
BAY 7-0
CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 26 YD, 9:57. Drive: 6
plays, 53 yards in 2:51. Key plays:
Robinson 20-yard kickoff return
plus 15-yard unnecessary roughness
penalty on Packers' Morency to
Carolina 39; Testaverde 43-yard
pass to Carter to Green Bay 14.
GREEN BAY 7-3
2ND QUARTER: GNB - TD, GREG JENNINGS 4 YD PASS FROM BRETT
FAVRE (MASON CROSBY KICK), 3:47.
Drive: 6 plays, 71 yards in 3:34.
Key plays: Favre 47-yard pass to
Driver to Carolina 24; Favre
13-yard pass to Jones on 3rd-and-4
to Carolina 5. GREEN BAY 14-3
GNB - TD, DONALD LEE 26 YD PASS FROM BRETT
FAVRE (MASON CROSBY KICK), 13:44.
Drive: 7 plays, 73 yards in 3:56.
Key plays: Grant 16-yard run to
Green Bay 48; Favre 13-yard pass to
Driver on 3rd-and-8 to Carolina 37;
Favre 11-yard pass to Driver to
Carolina 26. GREEN BAY 21-3
3RD QUARTER: GNB - TD, DONALD LEE 12 YD PASS FROM BRETT
FAVRE (MASON CROSBY KICK), 2:14.
Drive: 4 plays, 28 yards in 2:14.
Key plays: Robinson 67-yard kickoff
return to Green Bay 28. GREEN BAY
28-3
CAR - TD, CHRISTIAN FAURIA 2 YD PASS FROM
VINNY TESTAVERDE (JOHN KASAY KICK),
11:39. Drive: 14 plays, 61 yards in
7:41. Key plays: Crosby missed
field goal puts ball at Carolina
39; Foster 11-yard run to Green Bay
46; Foster 6-yard run on 3rd-and-2
to Green Bay 32; Hoover 3-yard run
on 4th-and-1 to Green Bay 8. GREEN
BAY 28-10
4TH QUARTER: CAR - TD, DREW CARTER 5 YD PASS FROM VINNY
TESTAVERDE (JOHN KASAY KICK),
10:38. Drive: 8 plays, 86 yards in
1:40. Key plays: Testaverde 6-yard
pass to Colbert on 3rd-and-6 to
Green Bay 25; Testaverde 49-yard
pass to Carter to Green Bay 26;
Testaverde 21-yard pass to Foster
to Green Bay 5. GREEN BAY 28-17
GNB - FG, MASON CROSBY 47 YD, 12:19. Drive: 4
plays, 8 yards in 1:41. Key plays:
Driver 4-yard return of onside kick
to Carolina 37. GREEN BAY 31-17

ATT: 70,805</div>

 

NFL: CAROLINA at GREEN BAY

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
CAROLINA 17
GREEN BAY 31 FINAL</div>

 

NFL: CAROLINA at GREEN BAY

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CAROLINA 3 0 7 7 17
GREEN BAY 7 14 7 3 31 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

7:06 GNB - TD, TRAMON WILLIAMS 94 YD PUNT RETURN (MASON CROSBY KICK).
GREEN BAY 7-0.
9:57 CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 26 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 53 yards in 2:51.
Key plays: Robinson 20-yard kickoff return plus 15-yard unnecessary
roughness penalty on Packers' Morency to Carolina 39; Testaverde 43-yard
pass to Carter to Green Bay 14. GREEN BAY 7-3.

2ND QUARTER:

3:47 GNB - TD, GREG JENNINGS 4 YD PASS FROM BRETT FAVRE (MASON CROSBY KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 71 yards in 3:34.
Key plays: Favre 47-yard pass to Driver to Carolina 24; Favre
13-yard pass to Jones on 3rd-and-4 to Carolina 5. GREEN BAY 14-3.
13:44 GNB - TD, DONALD LEE 26 YD PASS FROM BRETT FAVRE (MASON CROSBY KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 73 yards in 3:56.
Key plays: Grant 16-yard run to Green Bay 48; Favre 13-yard pass to
Driver on 3rd-and-8 to Carolina 37; Favre 11-yard pass to Driver to
Carolina 26. GREEN BAY 21-3.

3RD QUARTER:

2:14 GNB - TD, DONALD LEE 12 YD PASS FROM BRETT FAVRE (MASON CROSBY KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 28 yards in 2:14.
Key plays: Robinson 67-yard kickoff return to Green Bay 28. GREEN
BAY 28-3.
11:39 CAR - TD, CHRISTIAN FAURIA 2 YD PASS FROM VINNY TESTAVERDE (JOHN KASAY KICK).
Drive: 14 plays, 61 yards in 7:41.
Key plays: Crosby missed field goal puts ball at Carolina 39; Foster
11-yard run to Green Bay 46; Foster 6-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Green Bay
32; Hoover 3-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Green Bay 8. GREEN BAY 28-10.

4TH QUARTER:

10:38 CAR - TD, DREW CARTER 5 YD PASS FROM VINNY TESTAVERDE (JOHN KASAY KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 86 yards in 1:40.
Key plays: Testaverde 6-yard pass to Colbert on 3rd-and-6 to Green
Bay 25; Testaverde 49-yard pass to Carter to Green Bay 26; Testaverde
21-yard pass to Foster to Green Bay 5. GREEN BAY 28-17.
12:19 GNB - FG, MASON CROSBY 47 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards in 1:41.
Key plays: Driver 4-yard return of onside kick to Carolina 37. GREEN
BAY 31-17.

CAROLINA - GREEN BAY Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS CAROLINA GREEN BAY

FIRST DOWNS 21 18
Rushing 6 5
Passing 13 12
Penalty 2 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-14-36% 5-12-42%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 382 317
Total offensive plays 68 58
Average gain per play 5.6 5.5
NET YARDS RUSHING 131 103
Rushing attempts 29 27
Average gain per rush 4.5 3.8
Tackles for loss-yards 1-1 3-4
NET YARDS PASSING 251 214
Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-7 1-4
Gross passing yards 258 218
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 37-19-2 30-22-0
Avg gain per pass play 6.4 6.9
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-0-0 6-1-1
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-37.6 4-35.5
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 37.6 10.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 0 105
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 0-0 4-102
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-89 4-105
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-3
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-25 6-75
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-1 1-0
TOUCHDOWNS 2 4
Rushing 0 0
Passing 2 3
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 1
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 4-4
Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 4-4
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-3
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 1-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 2-2-100%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 28:49 31:11


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

CAROLINA GREEN BAY

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D FOSTER 20 87 4.4 11 0 R GRANT 20 88 4.4 23 0
D WILLIAMS 6 22 3.7 9 0 B JACKSON 3 13 4.3 9 0
V TESTAVER 2 19 9.5 16 0 D DRIVER 1 5 5.0 5 0
B HOOVER 1 3 3.0 3 0 B FAVRE 3 -3 -1.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
V TESTAVER 19-37-258 2 2 49 B FAVRE 22-30-218 0 3 47

Sacked-Yards Lost: V TESTAVER 2-7. Sacked-Yards Lost: B FAVRE 1-4.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K COLBERT 6 33 5.5 7 0 G JENNINGS 7 48 6.9 12 1
D CARTER 5 132 26.4 49 1 D DRIVER 5 83 16.6 47 0
D JARRETT 3 39 13.0 19 0 D LEE 5 49 9.8 26 2
J KING 2 13 6.5 10 0 J JONES 3 25 8.3 13 0
D FOSTER 1 21 21.0 21 0 R MARTIN 1 11 11.0 11 0
D WILLIAMS 1 18 18.0 18 0 R GRANT 1 2 2.0 2 0
C FAURIA 1 2 2.0 2 1

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A ROUSE 1 3 3.0 3 0
C WOODSON 1 0 0.0 0 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J BAKER 4 160 40.0 0 1 41 J RYAN 4 142 35.5 1 3 42
J KASAY 1 28 28.0 0 0 28

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C WOODSON 3 8 2.7 5 0
T WILLIAMS 1 94 94.0 94 1

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R ROBINSON 5 89 17.8 20 0 K ROBINSON 3 101 33.7 67 0
D DRIVER 1 4 4.0 4 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J KASAY 2/2 1/1 M CROSBY 4/4 1/3
Dist.: 26 Dist.: (49) (49) 47

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
V TESTAVERDE 2 1 0 1-0 B FAVRE 1 0 0 1-0
J PEPPERS 0 0 1 0-0 C WILLIAMS 0 0 2 0-0
A KAMPMAN 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
J BEASON 9 7 2 0-0 N BARNETT 9 8 1 0-0
T DAVIS 7 5 2 0-0 A BIGBY 8 5 3 0-0
J PEPPERS 5 5 0 1-4 A HAWK 8 5 3 0-0
C HARRIS 5 3 2 0-0 C WOODSON 5 4 1 0-0
K JENKINS 4 4 0 0-0 B POPPINGA 5 4 1 0-0
C GAMBLE 4 4 0 0-0 A KAMPMAN 5 3 2 0-0
D COOPER 4 3 1 0-0 C WILLIAMS 4 4 0 2-7
P DENDY 3 3 0 0-0 R PICKETT 4 3 1 0-0
M KEMOEATU 3 3 0 0-0 A HARRIS 4 3 1 0-0
K LUCAS 2 2 0 0-0 A ROUSE 3 3 0 0-0
R MARSHALL 2 2 0 0-0 J JOLLY 1 1 0 0-0
Q TEAL 2 2 0 0-0 J BUSH 1 1 0 0-0
M RUCKER 2 1 1 0-0 M MONTGOMERY 1 1 0 0-0
N DIGGS 1 0 1 0-0 C JENKINS 1 0 1 0-0

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Re: NFL: CAROLINA (4-5) at GREEN BAY (8-1)

Woot! =D I watched the first three quaters, then played a game because it was a blow out so far, then I watched the end of the game.</p>

 

Re: NFL: CAROLINA (4-5) at GREEN BAY (8-1)

<font face="Arial">9&1 for the first time in all of the players' lives. YAY!</font></p>

 

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (Ticker) -- Tight end Donald Lee hasemerged as another weapon in the Green Bay Packers' arsenal.

Lee caught a pair of touchdown passes Sunday as the Packersdefeated the Carolina Panthers, 31-17, for their beststart in more than four decades.


With their fifth straight victory, Green Bay improved to 9-1 forthe first time since 1962, when the Vince Lombardi-led Packerswon the NFL championship with a 13-1 record.


Since signing a four-year contract extension on November 5, Leehas three touchdown receptions. He also caught a TD in lastweek's 34-0 win over the Minnesota Vikings.


The Packers appear to be getting stronger as they battle theDallas Cowboys for the best record in the NFC and made it lookeasy against the Panthers.


Green Bay has seized control of the NFC North, opening athree-game lead over the Detroit Lions (6-4), who dropped theirsecond straight on Sunday to the New York Giants.


The Packers, who have 13 of their last 14 games, dating to lastseason, play at Detroit on Thanksgiving.


Brett Favre had a relatively quiet day for Green Bay, completing22-of-30 passes for 218 yards, but he still threw threetouchdowns for the second straight week.


The Panthers (4-6) should have known they were going to be infor a long day when Tramon Williams returned a pooch punt 94yards for a touchdown to give the Packers a 7-0 lead with 8:16remaining in the first quarter.


It was the longest punt return in Green Bay history and set thetone for the afternoon.


With David Carr still recovering from a concussion, 44-year-oldVinny Testaverde made his fourth start of the season forCarolina.


But Testavarde was unable to provide a spark for the reelingPanthers, who suffered their fourth straight loss. He threw apair of interceptions and completed 19-of-37 passes for 258yards - most of it after the contest was out of reach.

John Kasay's 26-yard field goal pulled Carolina within 7-3 withfive minutes left in the first quarter, but Favre got untrackedin the second period following a slow start.


After completing just 2-of-4 passes for 14 yards in the opening15 minutes, Favre threw TD strikes of four yards to GregJennings and 26 yards to Lee that staked Green Bay to a 21-3halftime lead.


Favre and Lee hooked up again for a 12-yard TD early in thethird period to extend Green Bay's cushion to 28-3.

 

Re: NFL: CAROLINA (4-5) at GREEN BAY (8-1)

Grant playing really good and Favre looking like he is 28 again. I love it!</p>

 

NFL: CAROLINA at GREEN BAY

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CAROLINA 3 0 7 7 17
GREEN BAY 7 14 7 3 31 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

7:06 GNB - TD, TRAMON WILLIAMS 94 YD PUNT RETURN (MASON CROSBY KICK).
GREEN BAY 7-0.
9:57 CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 26 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 53 yards in 2:51.
Key plays: Robinson 20-yard kickoff return plus 15-yard unnecessary
roughness penalty on Packers' Morency to Carolina 39; Testaverde 43-yard
pass to Carter to Green Bay 14. GREEN BAY 7-3.

2ND QUARTER:

3:47 GNB - TD, GREG JENNINGS 4 YD PASS FROM BRETT FAVRE (MASON CROSBY KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 71 yards in 3:34.
Key plays: Favre 47-yard pass to Driver to Carolina 24; Favre
13-yard pass to Jones on 3rd-and-4 to Carolina 5. GREEN BAY 14-3.
13:44 GNB - TD, DONALD LEE 26 YD PASS FROM BRETT FAVRE (MASON CROSBY KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 73 yards in 3:56.
Key plays: Grant 16-yard run to Green Bay 48; Favre 13-yard pass to
Driver on 3rd-and-8 to Carolina 37; Favre 11-yard pass to Driver to
Carolina 26. GREEN BAY 21-3.

3RD QUARTER:

2:14 GNB - TD, DONALD LEE 12 YD PASS FROM BRETT FAVRE (MASON CROSBY KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 28 yards in 2:14.
Key plays: Robinson 67-yard kickoff return to Green Bay 28. GREEN
BAY 28-3.
11:39 CAR - TD, CHRISTIAN FAURIA 2 YD PASS FROM VINNY TESTAVERDE (JOHN KASAY KICK).
Drive: 14 plays, 61 yards in 7:41.
Key plays: Crosby missed field goal puts ball at Carolina 39; Foster
11-yard run to Green Bay 46; Foster 6-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Green Bay
32; Hoover 3-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Green Bay 8. GREEN BAY 28-10.

4TH QUARTER:

10:38 CAR - TD, DREW CARTER 5 YD PASS FROM VINNY TESTAVERDE (JOHN KASAY KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 86 yards in 1:40.
Key plays: Testaverde 6-yard pass to Colbert on 3rd-and-6 to Green
Bay 25; Testaverde 49-yard pass to Carter to Green Bay 26; Testaverde
21-yard pass to Foster to Green Bay 5. GREEN BAY 28-17.
12:19 GNB - FG, MASON CROSBY 47 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards in 1:41.
Key plays: Driver 4-yard return of onside kick to Carolina 37. GREEN
BAY 31-17.

CAROLINA - GREEN BAY Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS CAROLINA GREEN BAY

FIRST DOWNS 21 18
Rushing 6 5
Passing 13 12
Penalty 2 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-14-36% 5-12-42%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 382 317
Total offensive plays 68 58
Average gain per play 5.6 5.5
NET YARDS RUSHING 131 103
Rushing attempts 29 27
Average gain per rush 4.5 3.8
Tackles for loss-yards 1-1 3-4
NET YARDS PASSING 251 214
Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-7 1-4
Gross passing yards 258 218
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 37-19-2 30-22-0
Avg gain per pass play 6.4 6.9
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-0-0 6-1-1
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-37.6 4-35.5
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 37.6 10.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 0 105
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 0-0 4-102
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-89 4-105
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-3
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-25 6-75
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-1 1-0
TOUCHDOWNS 2 4
Rushing 0 0
Passing 2 3
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 1
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 4-4
Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 4-4
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-3
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 1-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 2-2-100%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 28:49 31:11


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

CAROLINA GREEN BAY

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D FOSTER 20 87 4.4 11 0 R GRANT 20 88 4.4 23 0
D WILLIAMS 6 22 3.7 9 0 B JACKSON 3 13 4.3 9 0
V TESTAVER 2 19 9.5 16 0 D DRIVER 1 5 5.0 5 0
B HOOVER 1 3 3.0 3 0 B FAVRE 3 -3 -1.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
V TESTAVER 19-37-258 2 2 49 B FAVRE 22-30-218 0 3 47

Sacked-Yards Lost: V TESTAVER 2-7. Sacked-Yards Lost: B FAVRE 1-4.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K COLBERT 6 33 5.5 7 0 G JENNINGS 7 48 6.9 12 1
D CARTER 5 132 26.4 49 1 D DRIVER 5 83 16.6 47 0
D JARRETT 3 39 13.0 19 0 D LEE 5 49 9.8 26 2
J KING 2 13 6.5 10 0 J JONES 3 25 8.3 13 0
D FOSTER 1 21 21.0 21 0 R MARTIN 1 11 11.0 11 0
D WILLIAMS 1 18 18.0 18 0 R GRANT 1 2 2.0 2 0
C FAURIA 1 2 2.0 2 1

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A ROUSE 1 3 3.0 3 0
C WOODSON 1 0 0.0 0 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J BAKER 4 160 40.0 0 1 41 J RYAN 4 142 35.5 1 3 42
J KASAY 1 28 28.0 0 0 28

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C WOODSON 3 8 2.7 5 0
T WILLIAMS 1 94 94.0 94 1

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R ROBINSON 5 89 17.8 20 0 K ROBINSON 3 101 33.7 67 0
D DRIVER 1 4 4.0 4 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J KASAY 2/2 1/1 M CROSBY 4/4 1/3
Dist.: 26 Dist.: (49) (49) 47

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
V TESTAVERDE 2 1 0 1-0 B FAVRE 1 0 0 1-0
J PEPPERS 0 0 1 0-0 C WILLIAMS 0 0 2 0-0
A KAMPMAN 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
J BEASON 9 7 2 0-0 N BARNETT 9 8 1 0-0
T DAVIS 7 5 2 0-0 A BIGBY 8 5 3 0-0
J PEPPERS 5 5 0 1-4 A HAWK 8 5 3 0-0
C HARRIS 5 3 2 0-0 C WOODSON 5 4 1 0-0
K JENKINS 4 4 0 0-0 B POPPINGA 5 4 1 0-0
C GAMBLE 4 4 0 0-0 A KAMPMAN 5 3 2 0-0
D COOPER 4 3 1 0-0 C WILLIAMS 4 4 0 2-7
P DENDY 3 3 0 0-0 R PICKETT 4 3 1 0-0
M KEMOEATU 3 3 0 0-0 A HARRIS 4 3 1 0-0
K LUCAS 2 2 0 0-0 A ROUSE 3 3 0 0-0
Q TEAL 2 2 0 0-0 J JOLLY 1 1 0 0-0
R MARSHALL 2 2 0 0-0 J BUSH 1 1 0 0-0
M RUCKER 2 1 1 0-0 M MONTGOMERY 1 1 0 0-0
G GIBSON 1 1 0 0-0 C JENKINS 1 0 1 0-0
N DIGGS 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Gene Steratore, Umpire-Richard Hall, Head
Linesman-Gary Slaughter, Line Judge-Darryll Lewis, Field Judge-Rob
Vernatchi, Side Judge-Mike Weatherford, Back Judge-Kirk Dornan.

Att: 70,805 Time of Game: 3:08</div>

 

NFL: CAROLINA at GREEN BAY

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CAROLINA 3 0 7 7 17
GREEN BAY 7 14 7 3 31 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: GNB - TD, TRAMON WILLIAMS 94 YD PUNT RETURN
(MASON CROSBY KICK), 7:06. GREEN
BAY 7-0
CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 26 YD, 9:57. Drive: 6
plays, 53 yards in 2:51. Key plays:
Robinson 20-yard kickoff return
plus 15-yard unnecessary roughness
penalty on Packers' Morency to
Carolina 39; Testaverde 43-yard
pass to Carter to Green Bay 14.
GREEN BAY 7-3
2ND QUARTER: GNB - TD, GREG JENNINGS 4 YD PASS FROM BRETT
FAVRE (MASON CROSBY KICK), 3:47.
Drive: 6 plays, 71 yards in 3:34.
Key plays: Favre 47-yard pass to
Driver to Carolina 24; Favre
13-yard pass to Jones on 3rd-and-4
to Carolina 5. GREEN BAY 14-3
GNB - TD, DONALD LEE 26 YD PASS FROM BRETT
FAVRE (MASON CROSBY KICK), 13:44.
Drive: 7 plays, 73 yards in 3:56.
Key plays: Grant 16-yard run to
Green Bay 48; Favre 13-yard pass to
Driver on 3rd-and-8 to Carolina 37;
Favre 11-yard pass to Driver to
Carolina 26. GREEN BAY 21-3
3RD QUARTER: GNB - TD, DONALD LEE 12 YD PASS FROM BRETT
FAVRE (MASON CROSBY KICK), 2:14.
Drive: 4 plays, 28 yards in 2:14.
Key plays: Robinson 67-yard kickoff
return to Green Bay 28. GREEN BAY
28-3
CAR - TD, CHRISTIAN FAURIA 2 YD PASS FROM
VINNY TESTAVERDE (JOHN KASAY KICK),
11:39. Drive: 14 plays, 61 yards in
7:41. Key plays: Crosby missed
field goal puts ball at Carolina
39; Foster 11-yard run to Green Bay
46; Foster 6-yard run on 3rd-and-2
to Green Bay 32; Hoover 3-yard run
on 4th-and-1 to Green Bay 8. GREEN
BAY 28-10
4TH QUARTER: CAR - TD, DREW CARTER 5 YD PASS FROM VINNY
TESTAVERDE (JOHN KASAY KICK),
10:38. Drive: 8 plays, 86 yards in
1:40. Key plays: Testaverde 6-yard
pass to Colbert on 3rd-and-6 to
Green Bay 25; Testaverde 49-yard
pass to Carter to Green Bay 26;
Testaverde 21-yard pass to Foster
to Green Bay 5. GREEN BAY 28-17
GNB - FG, MASON CROSBY 47 YD, 12:19. Drive: 4
plays, 8 yards in 1:41. Key plays:
Driver 4-yard return of onside kick
to Carolina 37. GREEN BAY 31-17

ATT: 70,805</div>

 

Re: NFL: CAROLINA (4-5) at GREEN BAY (8-1)

The best part about today's win: after tough, grinding, back-and-forth games lately, the last two games have been relatively easy wins, giving us the chance to just sit back and marvel at what a tremendous season it's been up to this point. Like many other Packer fans, I really didn't expect much out of the team this season. Realisticly, I didn't even expect us to be in playoff contention. My thoughts this summer where 'man, it'd really be nice just to get another winning year and send Brett out with a final playoff appearance.' Now, it seems like the sky's the limit, and I feel like I'm playing with the house's money due to my tempered expectations.</p>

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All in all, I've got to say it's a great time to be a Packer fan. Go Pack, and enjoy this season, guys. Like the legend Chris Berman says, when Brett Favre and his Packers are playing well, all just seems right in the world </p>

 

NFL: CAROLINA at GREEN BAY

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
CAROLINA 17
GREEN BAY 31 FINAL</div>

 

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (Ticker) -- Tight end Donald Lee hasemerged as another weapon in the Green Bay Packers' arsenal.

Lee caught a pair of touchdown passes Sunday as the Packersdefeated the Carolina Panthers, 31-17, for their best start inmore than four decades.


With their fifth straight victory, Green Bay improved to 9-1 forthe first time since 1962, when the Vince Lombardi-led Packerswon the NFL championship with a 13-1 record.


"No disrespect to history - 9-1 is impressive - but you need tokeep your focus on the next opponent," Green Bay coach MikeMcCarthy said.


Since signing a four-year contract extension on November 5, Leehas three touchdown receptions. He also caught a TD in lastweek's 34-0 win over the Minnesota Vikings.


"There's not a harder worker on this team and that pays off,"Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre said of Lee, who caught fivepasses for 49 yards. "He's a little undersized, but makes upfor it with his determination."


The Packers, who appear to be getting stronger as they battlethe Dallas Cowboys for the best record in the NFC, made it lookeasy against the Panthers.


Green Bay has seized control of the NFC North, opening athree-game lead over the Detroit Lions (6-4), who fell to theNew York Giants on Sunday for their second straight loss.

The Packers, who have 13 of their last 14 games dating to lastseason, play at Detroit on Thanksgiving.


"Our defense has been the most consistent," McCarthy added. "Wehave a good defense. I am proud of how our players are lookingand doing."


Favre had a relatively quiet day for Green Bay, completing22-of-30 passes for 218 yards, but he still threw threetouchdowns for the second straight week.


"We are relaxed, playing confident and playing smart," Favresaid. "We are riding the wave. By no means can we rest or saywe have arrived."


Still, at 9-1, the Packers are starting to draw comparisons tothe 1996 Super-Bowl winning team.


"The only way to compare this team to '96 is if we win the SuperBowl," Favre said.


The Panthers (4-6) should have known they were going to be infor a long day when Tramon Williams returned a pooch punt 94yards for a touchdown to give the Packers a 7-0 lead with 8:16remaining in the first quarter.


It was the longest punt return in Green Bay history and set thetone for the afternoon.


With David Carr still recovering from a concussion, 44-year-oldVinny Testaverde made his fourth start of the season forCarolina.


But Testavarde was unable to provide a spark for the reelingPanthers, who suffered their fourth straight loss. He threw apair of interceptions and also lost a fumble.


Testaverde completed 19-of-37 passes for 258 yards, but most ofit after the contest was out of reach.


"We needed more big plays in the first half," Testaverde said."I didn't have my best ballgame and in order for us to win, itstarts with the quarterback."


Carolina played without wide receiver Steve Smith, who wasinactive due to a shin injury that kept him out of practice allweek.


"I thought the difference in the game was a couple big specialteams plays and the fact that we were 0-3 in the turnovermargin, which gave them more opportunities," Carolina coach JonFox said.


John Kasay's 26-yard field goal pulled Carolina within 7-3 withfive minutes left in the first quarter, but Favre got untrackedin the second period following a slow start.


After completing just 2-of-4 passes for 14 yards in the opening15 minutes, Favre threw TD strikes of four yards to GregJennings and 26 yards to Lee that staked Green Bay to a 21-3halftime lead.


Favre and Lee hooked up again for a 12-yard TD early in thethird period to extend Green Bay's cushion to 28-3.

Testaverde tossed a pair of late touchdowns before Green Bayrookie Mason Crosby completed the scoring with a 47-yard fieldgoal with 2:41 remaining.


Green Bay's Ryan Grant fell just short of his third 100-yardgame in four weeks, rushing for 88 yards on 20 carries.