GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: GREEN BAY (10-1) at DALLAS (10-1)

NFL: GREEN BAY at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NFL TD DAL
PATRICK CRAYTON 4 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO
(NICHOLAS FOLK KICK)

GREEN BAY 24
DALLAS 34 7:51 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: GREEN BAY at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NFL
GREEN BAY 24
DALLAS 34 7:46 LEFT, 4TH QTR

GNB BALL ON GNB 26 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: GREEN BAY at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NFL GREEN BAY 24
DALLAS 34 5:18 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: GREEN BAY at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NFL FG GNB
MASON CROSBY 52 YD

GREEN BAY 27
DALLAS 34 5:03 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: GREEN BAY at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NFL
GREEN BAY 27
DALLAS 34 4:57 LEFT, 4TH QTR

DAL BALL ON DAL 38 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: GREEN BAY at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NFL GREEN BAY 27
DALLAS 34 2:59 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: GREEN BAY at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 2ND HALF

GREEN BAY 27
DALLAS 34

DAL BALL ON GNB 14 YD LINE
2ND AND 8</div>

 

NFL: GREEN BAY at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NFL GREEN BAY 27
DALLAS 34 1:33 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: GREEN BAY at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NFL FG DAL
NICHOLAS FOLK 25 YD

GREEN BAY 27
DALLAS 37 1:03 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: GREEN BAY at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NFL
GREEN BAY 27
DALLAS 37 0:59 LEFT, 4TH QTR

GNB BALL ON GNB 19 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: GREEN BAY at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NFL
GREEN BAY 27
DALLAS 37 0:24 LEFT, 4TH QTR

DAL BALL ON GNB 44 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: GREEN BAY at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
GREEN BAY 10 7 7 3 27
DALLAS 13 14 0 10 37 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: GNB - FG, MASON CROSBY 47 YD, 3:28. Drive: 8
plays, 40 yards in 3:28. Key plays:
Favre 13-yard pass to Martin to
Green Bay 44; Favre 13-yard pass to
Jones to Dallas 38. GREEN BAY 3-0
DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 26 YD, 6:37. Drive: 7
plays, 47 yards in 3:09. Key plays:
Romo 12-yard pass to Owens plus
5-yard delay of game penalty on
Packers' Harris to Green Bay 37;
Romo 21-yard pass to J. Jones to
Green Bay 16. GREEN BAY 3-3
DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 51 YD, 11:45. Drive:
8 plays, 31 yards in 3:34. Key
plays: Barber 16-yard run to Green
Bay 36; Barber 16-yard pass to
Green Bay 35. DALLAS 6-3
DAL - TD, PATRICK CRAYTON 3 YD PASS FROM TONY
ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK), 13:46.
Drive: 3 plays, 41 yards in 1:44.
Key plays: Hamlin 18-yard
interception return to Green Bay
41; Romo 34-yard pass to Owens to
Green Bay 7. DALLAS 13-3
GNB - TD, RYAN GRANT 62 YD RUN (MASON CROSBY
KICK), 14:59. Drive: 3 plays, 71
yards in 1:13. DALLAS 13-10
2ND QUARTER: DAL - TD, ANTHONY FASANO 26 YD PASS FROM TONY
ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK), 1:40.
Drive: 3 plays, 76 yards in 1:40.
Key plays: Romo 48-yard pass to
Owens to Green Bay 28. DALLAS 20-10
DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 10 YD PASS FROM TONY
ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK), 5:07.
Drive: 2 plays, 45 yards in 0:18.
Key plays: Newman interception
return to Green Bay 45; 40-yard
pass interference penalty on
Packers' Bush to Green Bay 5.
DALLAS 27-10
GNB - TD, GREG JENNINGS 11 YD PASS FROM AARON
RODGERS (MASON CROSBY KICK), 14:29.
Drive: 8 plays, 74 yards in 4:52.
Key plays: Rodgers 43-yard pass to
Jennings to Dallas 32. DALLAS 27-17
3RD QUARTER: GNB - TD, RYAN GRANT 1 YD RUN (MASON CROSBY
KICK), 9:45. Drive: 12 plays, 69
yards in 7:05. Key plays: Rodgers
17-yard pass to Driver to Green Bay
47; Rodgers 22-yard pass to Lee to
Dallas 20; 10-yard face mask
penalty on Packers' Ellis on
3rd-and-4 to Dallas 11. DALLAS
27-24
4TH QUARTER: DAL - TD, PATRICK CRAYTON 4 YD PASS FROM TONY
ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK), 7:09.
Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards in 4:29.
Key plays: Romo 13-yard pass to
Witten to Dallas 38; Romo 12-yard
pass to Witten to Dallas 40; Romo
13-yard pass to Witten to Green Bay
47; 42-yard pass interference
penalty on Packers' Williams to
Green Bay 5. DALLAS 34-24
GNB - FG, MASON CROSBY 52 YD, 9:57. Drive: 7
plays, 39 yards in 2:48. Key plays:
Rodgers 13-yard run to Green Bay
45; Rodgers 11-yard pass to Driver
to Dallas 44. DALLAS 34-27
DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 25 YD, 13:57. Drive:
9 plays, 56 yards in 4:00. Key
plays: Romo 15-yard pass to Witten
to Green Bay 44; 15-yard face mask
penalty on Packers' Bigby to Green
Bay 26. DALLAS 37-27

ATT:</div>

 

IRVING, Texas (Ticker) -- Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboyssurvived a test from the Green Bay Packers - and their owncostly bobble - to lay claim to the best team in the NFC.

Romo threw four touchdown passes and the Cowboys knocked BrettFavre from the game in a 37-27 victory over the Packers onThursday night.


Patrick Crayton had a pair of TD receptions and Terrell Owenscaught seven passes for 156 yards and a TD as Dallas (11-1)notched its sixth consecutive victory.


Romo finished 19-of-30 for 309 yards and one interception inhelping the Cowboys clinch a playoff berth and snap Green Bay's(10-2) six-game winning streak. The Packers also had theirseven-game road winning streak halted.


It marked only the second matchup of teams with records of 10-1or better since 1970. The last time a pair of 10-1 teams metcame in December 1990, when the New York Giants squared off withthe San Francisco 49ers.


Favre was knocked out of this game with 10:11 to play in thefirst half when he hurt his right elbow following a blitz bycornerback Nate Jones.


Aaron Rodgers played superbly in Favre's absence, completing 11straight passes at one point and leading the Packers back froman early 27-10 deficit.


A first-round pick in 2005, Rodgers finished 18-of-25 for 201yards and a TD. Ryan Grant rushed for 94 yards and two TDs forthe Packers.


Favre, who fell to 0-9 all-time in Dallas, including threeplayoff defeats, completed 5-of-14 passes for 56 yards and twointerceptions.


The game featured some wild momentum swings and a number of bigplays - most of which were made by the Cowboys.


Owens had a monster first half, pulling in six receptions for147 yards and having a hand in all three touchdowns.

But he also had a huge gaffe in the first minute of the fourthquarter, bobbling a sure touchdown pass that Al Harrisintercepted with Dallas leading, 27-24.


Romo drove Dallas back down the field on its subsequentpossession, helped by a huge pass interference call that set upa 1st-and-goal at the 5-yard line.


Three plays later, Romo threw his second scoring pass to Craytonfrom 4 yards out to build the lead back to double digits at34-24 with 7:51 left to play.

 

IRVING, Texas (Ticker) -- Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboyssurvived a test from the Green Bay Packers - and their owncostly bobble - to lay claim to the best team in the NFC.

Romo threw four touchdown passes and the Cowboys knocked BrettFavre from the game in a 37-27 victory over the Packers onThursday night.


Patrick Crayton had a pair of TD receptions and Terrell Owenscaught seven passes for 156 yards and a TD as Dallas (11-1)notched its sixth consecutive victory.


Romo finished 19-of-30 for 309 yards and one interception inhelping the Cowboys clinch a playoff berth and snap Green Bay's(10-2) six-game winning streak. The Packers also had theirseven-game road winning streak halted.


It marked only the second matchup of teams with records of 10-1or better since 1970. The last time a pair of 10-1 teams metcame in December 1990, when the New York Giants squared off withthe San Francisco 49ers.


Favre was knocked out of this game with 10:11 to play in thefirst half when he hurt his right elbow following a blitz bycornerback Nate Jones.


Aaron Rodgers played superbly in Favre's absence, completing 11straight passes at one point and leading the Packers back froman early 27-10 deficit.


A first-round pick in 2005, Rodgers finished 18-of-25 for 201yards and a TD. Ryan Grant rushed for 94 yards and two TDs forthe Packers.


Favre, who fell to 0-9 all-time in Dallas, including threeplayoff defeats, completed 5-of-14 passes for 56 yards and twointerceptions.


The game featured some wild momentum swings and a number of bigplays - most of which were made by the Cowboys.


Owens had a monster first half, pulling in six receptions for147 yards and having a hand in all three touchdowns.

But he also had a huge gaffe in the first minute of the fourthquarter, bobbling a sure touchdown pass that Al Harrisintercepted with Dallas leading, 27-24.


Romo drove Dallas back down the field on its subsequentpossession, helped by a huge pass interference call that set upa 1st-and-goal at the 5-yard line.


Three plays later, Romo threw his second scoring pass to Craytonfrom 4 yards out to build the lead back to double digits at34-24 with 7:51 left to play.


Taking advantage of two interceptions of Favre, the quick-strikeCowboys offense needed just eight plays to score threetouchdowns and grab a 27-10 lead just over five minutes into thesecond quarter.


Romo's first TD pass to Crayton gave Dallas a 13-3 lead with1:44 left in the first quarter, but Grant's burst up the middlefor 62 yards on the Packers' next possession cut their deficitto 13-10 with one second left in the period.


Undaunted, the Cowboys struck back quickly on the nextpossession, moving 76 yards in just three plays to restore the10-point cushion.


Romo found Owens for 48 yards and one play later tossed a26-yard touchdown pass to tight end Anthony Fasano for a 20-10lead with 13:20 left in the first half.


Dallas continued to put the pressure on, knocking Favre out ofthe game when he was hit by a blitzing Jones, leading to aninterception by Terence Newman with 10:11 left in the half.

The Cowboys cashed in when Romo threw a 10-yard scoring pass toOwens to build the cushion to 27-10.


Rodgers relieved Favre and directed a late-scoring drive to cutthe deficit to 27-17 at the half.


The former first-round pick went 4-of-4 for 66 yards on thedrive, capping it with an 11-yard scoring pass to Greg Jenningswith 31 seconds left in the half.


The Packers carried the momentum into the second half, withRodgers going 6-of-6 in directing a 69-yard drive that wascapped by Grant's 1-yard plunge to slice the deficit to 27-24with 5:15 left in the third quarter.


The touchdown came after Green Bay's defense stuffed runningback Julius Jones on a 4th-and-1 at the Packers 31-yard line.

 

NFL: GREEN BAY at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
GREEN BAY 10 7 7 3 27
DALLAS 13 14 0 10 37 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

3:28 GNB - FG, MASON CROSBY 47 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 40 yards in 3:28.
Key plays: Favre 13-yard pass to Martin to Green Bay 44; Favre
13-yard pass to Jones to Dallas 38. GREEN BAY 3-0.
6:37 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 26 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 47 yards in 3:09.
Key plays: Romo 12-yard pass to Owens plus 5-yard delay of game
penalty on Packers' Harris to Green Bay 37; Romo 21-yard pass to J. Jones
to Green Bay 16. GREEN BAY 3-3.
11:45 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 51 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 31 yards in 3:34.
Key plays: Barber 16-yard run to Green Bay 36; Barber 16-yard pass
to Green Bay 35. DALLAS 6-3.
13:46 DAL - TD, PATRICK CRAYTON 3 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 41 yards in 1:44.
Key plays: Hamlin 18-yard interception return to Green Bay 41; Romo
34-yard pass to Owens to Green Bay 7. DALLAS 13-3.
14:59 GNB - TD, RYAN GRANT 62 YD RUN (MASON CROSBY KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 71 yards in 1:13.
DALLAS 13-10.

2ND QUARTER:

1:40 DAL - TD, ANTHONY FASANO 26 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 76 yards in 1:40.
Key plays: Romo 48-yard pass to Owens to Green Bay 28. DALLAS 20-10.
5:07 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 10 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
Drive: 2 plays, 45 yards in 0:18.
Key plays: Newman interception return to Green Bay 45; 40-yard pass
interference penalty on Packers' Bush to Green Bay 5. DALLAS 27-10.
14:29 GNB - TD, GREG JENNINGS 11 YD PASS FROM AARON RODGERS (MASON CROSBY KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 74 yards in 4:52.
Key plays: Rodgers 43-yard pass to Jennings to Dallas 32. DALLAS
27-17.

3RD QUARTER:

9:45 GNB - TD, RYAN GRANT 1 YD RUN (MASON CROSBY KICK).
Drive: 12 plays, 69 yards in 7:05.
Key plays: Rodgers 17-yard pass to Driver to Green Bay 47; Rodgers
22-yard pass to Lee to Dallas 20; 10-yard face mask penalty on Packers'
Ellis on 3rd-and-4 to Dallas 11. DALLAS 27-24.

4TH QUARTER:

7:09 DAL - TD, PATRICK CRAYTON 4 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards in 4:29.
Key plays: Romo 13-yard pass to Witten to Dallas 38; Romo 12-yard
pass to Witten to Dallas 40; Romo 13-yard pass to Witten to Green Bay 47;
42-yard pass interference penalty on Packers' Williams to Green Bay 5.
DALLAS 34-24.
9:57 GNB - FG, MASON CROSBY 52 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 39 yards in 2:48.
Key plays: Rodgers 13-yard run to Green Bay 45; Rodgers 11-yard pass
to Driver to Dallas 44. DALLAS 34-27.
13:57 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 25 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 56 yards in 4:00.
Key plays: Romo 15-yard pass to Witten to Green Bay 44; 15-yard face
mask penalty on Packers' Bigby to Green Bay 26. DALLAS 37-27.

GREEN BAY - DALLAS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS GREEN BAY DALLAS

FIRST DOWNS 20 23
Rushing 8 4
Passing 11 14
Penalty 1 5
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-12-42% 4-9-44%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-1-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 357 414
Total offensive plays 62 58
Average gain per play 5.8 7.1
NET YARDS RUSHING 124 105
Rushing attempts 19 28
Average gain per rush 6.5 3.8
Tackles for loss-yards 2-3 2-3
NET YARDS PASSING 233 309
Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-24 0-0
Gross passing yards 257 309
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 40-23-2 30-19-1
Avg gain per pass play 5.4 10.3
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-0-0 8-1-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 3-49.7 1-40.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 47.3 30.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 7 30
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-7 1-10
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 8-165 6-166
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-0 2-20
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 9-142 10-65
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-0 0-0
TOUCHDOWNS 3 4
Rushing 2 0
Passing 1 4
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 3-3 4-4
Kicking: Made-Attempts 3-3 4-4
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 3-6-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 3-4-75%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 29:11 30:49


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

GREEN BAY DALLAS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R GRANT 14 94 6.7 62 2 M BARBER I 17 81 4.8 17 0
A RODGERS 5 30 6.0 13 0 J JONES 9 26 2.9 12 0
T ROMO 2 -2 -1.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A RODGERS 18-26-201 0 1 43 T ROMO 19-30-309 1 4 48
B FAVRE 5-14- 56 2 0 19

Sacked-Yards Lost: A RODGERS 3-24. Sacked-Yards Lost: None

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D DRIVER 7 66 9.4 17 0 T OWENS 7 156 22.3 48 1
G JENNINGS 5 87 17.4 43 1 J WITTEN 6 67 11.2 15 0
J JONES 3 39 13.0 19 0 P CRAYTON 3 42 14.0 35 2
D LEE 3 30 10.0 22 0 A FASANO 1 26 26.0 26 1
K ROBINSON 2 16 8.0 9 0 J JONES 1 21 21.0 21 0
R MARTIN 1 13 13.0 13 0 M BARBER I 1 -3 -3.0 0 0
R GRANT 1 4 4.0 4 0
J KUHN 1 2 2.0 2 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A HARRIS 1 0 0.0 0 0 K HAMLIN 1 18 18.0 18 0
T NEWMAN 1 2 2.0 2 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J RYAN 3 149 49.7 0 1 57 M MCBRIAR 1 40 40.0 0 0 40

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T WILLIAMS 1 7 7.0 7 0 P CRAYTON 1 10 10.0 10 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K ROBINSON 4 92 23.0 29 0 M AUSTIN 6 166 27.7 38 0
T WILLIAMS 4 73 18.3 26 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
M CROSBY 3/3 2/2 N FOLK 4/4 3/3
Dist.: 47 52 Dist.: 26 51 25

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B FAVRE 1 0 0 0-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A HAWK 8 7 1 0-0 T NEWMAN 5 5 0 0-0
A BIGBY 6 5 1 0-0 R WILLIAMS 5 4 1 0-0
N BARNETT 5 5 0 0-0 J REEVES 4 4 0 0-0
A HARRIS 4 4 0 0-0 G ELLIS 4 3 1 2-15
C JENKINS 4 3 1 0-0 K BURNETT 4 3 1 0-0
R PICKETT 4 2 2 0-0 D WARE 3 3 0 1-9
N COLLINS 3 3 0 0-0 P WATKINS 3 3 0 0-0
A KAMPMAN 3 2 1 0-0 B JAMES 3 2 1 0-0
C WILLIAMS 3 2 1 0-0 A HENRY 2 2 0 0-0
B POPPINGA 3 2 1 0-0 C CANTY 2 2 0 0-0
J HARRELL 1 1 0 0-0 A AYODELE 2 1 1 0-0
N JONES 1 1 0 0-0
J HATCHER 1 1 0 0-0
K HAMLIN 1 1 0 0-0
T JOHNSON 1 1 0 0-0
J RATLIFF 1 1 0 0-0
M SPEARS 1 0 1 0-0

Att: 64,167</div>

 

Re: NFL: GREEN BAY (10-1) at DALLAS (10-1)

Yep, the boys did it, they deserve to be 2nd best team right now!</p>

 

NFL: GREEN BAY at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
GREEN BAY 10 7 7 3 27
DALLAS 13 14 0 10 37 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

3:28 GNB - FG, MASON CROSBY 47 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 40 yards in 3:28.
Key plays: Favre 13-yard pass to Martin to Green Bay 44; Favre
13-yard pass to Jones to Dallas 38. GREEN BAY 3-0.
6:37 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 26 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 47 yards in 3:09.
Key plays: Romo 12-yard pass to Owens plus 5-yard delay of game
penalty on Packers' Harris to Green Bay 37; Romo 21-yard pass to J. Jones
to Green Bay 16. GREEN BAY 3-3.
11:45 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 51 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 31 yards in 3:34.
Key plays: Barber 16-yard run to Green Bay 36; Barber 16-yard pass
to Green Bay 35. DALLAS 6-3.
13:46 DAL - TD, PATRICK CRAYTON 3 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 41 yards in 1:44.
Key plays: Hamlin 18-yard interception return to Green Bay 41; Romo
34-yard pass to Owens to Green Bay 7. DALLAS 13-3.
14:59 GNB - TD, RYAN GRANT 62 YD RUN (MASON CROSBY KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 71 yards in 1:13.
DALLAS 13-10.

2ND QUARTER:

1:40 DAL - TD, ANTHONY FASANO 26 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 76 yards in 1:41.
Key plays: Romo 48-yard pass to Owens to Green Bay 28. DALLAS 20-10.
5:07 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 10 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
Drive: 2 plays, 45 yards in 0:18.
Key plays: Newman interception return to Green Bay 45; 40-yard pass
interference penalty on Packers' Bush to Green Bay 5. DALLAS 27-10.
14:29 GNB - TD, GREG JENNINGS 11 YD PASS FROM AARON RODGERS (MASON CROSBY KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 74 yards in 4:52.
Key plays: Rodgers 43-yard pass to Jennings to Dallas 32. DALLAS
27-17.

3RD QUARTER:

9:45 GNB - TD, RYAN GRANT 1 YD RUN (MASON CROSBY KICK).
Drive: 12 plays, 69 yards in 7:05.
Key plays: Rodgers 17-yard pass to Driver to Green Bay 47; Rodgers
22-yard pass to Lee to Dallas 20; 10-yard face mask penalty on Packers'
Ellis on 3rd-and-4 to Dallas 11. DALLAS 27-24.

4TH QUARTER:

7:09 DAL - TD, PATRICK CRAYTON 4 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards in 4:29.
Key plays: Romo 13-yard pass to Witten to Dallas 38; Romo 12-yard
pass to Witten to Dallas 40; Romo 13-yard pass to Witten to Green Bay 47;
42-yard pass interference penalty on Packers' Williams to Green Bay 5.
DALLAS 34-24.
9:57 GNB - FG, MASON CROSBY 52 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 39 yards in 2:48.
Key plays: Rodgers 13-yard run to Green Bay 45; Rodgers 11-yard pass
to Driver to Dallas 44. DALLAS 34-27.
13:57 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 25 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 56 yards in 4:00.
Key plays: Romo 15-yard pass to Witten to Green Bay 44; 15-yard face
mask penalty on Packers' Bigby to Green Bay 26. DALLAS 37-27.

GREEN BAY - DALLAS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS GREEN BAY DALLAS

FIRST DOWNS 20 23
Rushing 8 4
Passing 11 14
Penalty 1 5
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-12-42% 4-9-44%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-1-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 357 414
Total offensive plays 62 58
Average gain per play 5.8 7.1
NET YARDS RUSHING 124 105
Rushing attempts 19 28
Average gain per rush 6.5 3.8
Tackles for loss-yards 2-3 2-3
NET YARDS PASSING 233 309
Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-24 0-0
Gross passing yards 257 309
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 40-23-2 30-19-1
Avg gain per pass play 5.4 10.3
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-0-0 8-1-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 3-49.7 1-40.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 47.3 30.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 7 30
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-7 1-10
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 8-165 6-166
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-0 2-20
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 9-142 10-65
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-0 0-0
TOUCHDOWNS 3 4
Rushing 2 0
Passing 1 4
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 3-3 4-4
Kicking: Made-Attempts 3-3 4-4
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 3-6-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 3-4-75%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 29:11 30:49


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

GREEN BAY DALLAS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R GRANT 14 94 6.7 62 2 M BARBER I 17 81 4.8 17 0
A RODGERS 5 30 6.0 13 0 J JONES 9 26 2.9 12 0
T ROMO 2 -2 -1.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A RODGERS 18-26-201 0 1 43 T ROMO 19-30-309 1 4 48
B FAVRE 5-14- 56 2 0 19

Sacked-Yards Lost: A RODGERS 3-24. Sacked-Yards Lost: None

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D DRIVER 7 66 9.4 17 0 T OWENS 7 156 22.3 48 1
G JENNINGS 5 87 17.4 43 1 J WITTEN 6 67 11.2 15 0
J JONES 3 39 13.0 19 0 P CRAYTON 3 42 14.0 35 2
D LEE 3 30 10.0 22 0 A FASANO 1 26 26.0 26 1
K ROBINSON 2 16 8.0 9 0 J JONES 1 21 21.0 21 0
R MARTIN 1 13 13.0 13 0 M BARBER I 1 -3 -3.0 0 0
R GRANT 1 4 4.0 4 0
J KUHN 1 2 2.0 2 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A HARRIS 1 0 0.0 0 0 K HAMLIN 1 18 18.0 18 0
T NEWMAN 1 2 2.0 2 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J RYAN 3 149 49.7 0 1 57 M MCBRIAR 1 40 40.0 0 0 40

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T WILLIAMS 1 7 7.0 7 0 P CRAYTON 1 10 10.0 10 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K ROBINSON 4 92 23.0 29 0 M AUSTIN 6 166 27.7 38 0
T WILLIAMS 4 73 18.3 26 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
M CROSBY 3/3 2/2 N FOLK 4/4 3/3
Dist.: 47 52 Dist.: 26 51 25

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
Fumbles: None

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A HAWK 8 7 1 0-0 T NEWMAN 5 5 0 0-0
A BIGBY 6 5 1 0-0 R WILLIAMS 5 4 1 0-0
N BARNETT 5 5 0 0-0 J REEVES 4 4 0 0-0
A HARRIS 4 4 0 0-0 G ELLIS 4 3 1 2-15
C JENKINS 4 3 1 0-0 K BURNETT 4 3 1 0-0
R PICKETT 4 2 2 0-0 D WARE 3 3 0 1-9
N COLLINS 3 3 0 0-0 P WATKINS 3 3 0 0-0
A KAMPMAN 3 2 1 0-0 B JAMES 3 2 1 0-0
C WILLIAMS 3 2 1 0-0 A HENRY 2 2 0 0-0
B POPPINGA 3 2 1 0-0 C CANTY 2 2 0 0-0
J HARRELL 1 1 0 0-0 A AYODELE 2 1 1 0-0
N JONES 1 1 0 0-0
J HATCHER 1 1 0 0-0
K HAMLIN 1 1 0 0-0
T JOHNSON 1 1 0 0-0
J RATLIFF 1 1 0 0-0
M SPEARS 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-John Parry, Umpire-Tony Michalek, Head
Linesman-Derick Bowers, Line Judge-John Hussey, Field Judge-Gary
Cavaletto, Side Judge-Laird Hayes, Back Judge-Perry Paganelli.

Att: 64,167 Time of Game: 3:16</div>

 

IRVING, Texas (Ticker) -- Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboyssurvived a test from the Green Bay Packers - and their owncostly bobble - to lay claim to the best team in the NFC.

Romo threw four touchdown passes and the Cowboys knocked BrettFavre from the game in a 37-27 victory over the Packers onThursday night.


Patrick Crayton had a pair of TD receptions and Terrell Owenscaught seven passes for 156 yards and a TD as Dallas (11-1)notched its sixth consecutive victory.


Romo finished 19-of-30 for 309 yards and one interception inhelping the Cowboys clinch a playoff berth and snap Green Bay's(10-2) six-game winning streak. It was his fourth game with atleast four TD passes this season and gave him 33 on the season,eclipsing the team record of 29.


"When I got out on the field tonight, I thought, 'You know, thisis pretty neat,'" Romo said. "This is why you want to playsports. This is why you want to play in games like this. Itgets your juices flowing. The competitor in you comes out."

It marked only the second matchup of teams with records of 10-1or better since 1970. The last time a pair of 10-1 teams metcame in December 1990, when the New York Giants squared off withthe San Francisco 49ers.


Favre was knocked out of this game with 10:11 to play in thefirst half when he hurt his right elbow following a blitz bycornerback Nate Jones. He also suffered a separated leftshoulder.


"I had a similar injury last year where I just hit it (elbow)right on the nerve and got a tingling feeling," Favre said. "Ididn't even know about the shoulder until much later. I expectto be back next week. I wanted to go back in tonight."

Aaron Rodgers played superbly in Favre's absence, completing 11straight passes at one point and leading the Packers back froman early 27-10 deficit.


A first-round pick in 2005, Rodgers finished 18-of-25 for 201yards and a TD. Ryan Grant rushed for 94 yards and two TDs forthe Packers.


Favre, who fell to 0-9 all-time in Dallas, including threeplayoff defeats, completed 5-of-14 passes for 56 yards and twointerceptions.


The game featured some wild momentum swings and a number of bigplays - most of which were made by the Cowboys.


Owens had a monster first half, pulling in six receptions for147 yards and having a hand in all three touchdowns.

But he also had a huge gaffe in the first minute of the fourthquarter, bobbling a sure touchdown pass that Al Harrisintercepted with Dallas leading, 27-24.


"I was on a route where I was going in and coming out and Tonyjust shot it in there before I could get my eye on it," Owenssaid of the miscue. "We still rebounded from that and thedefense did a great job of keeping them out of the end zone. Noharm, no foul."


Romo drove Dallas back down the field on its subsequentpossession, helped by a huge pass interference call that set upa 1st-and-goal at the 5-yard line.


Three plays later, Romo threw his second scoring pass to Craytonfrom 4 yards out to build the lead back to double digits at34-24 with 7:51 left to play.


Taking advantage of two interceptions of Favre, the quick-strikeCowboys offense needed just eight plays to score threetouchdowns and grab a 27-10 lead just over five minutes into thesecond quarter.


Romo's first TD pass to Crayton gave Dallas a 13-3 lead with1:44 left in the first quarter, but Grant's burst up the middlefor 62 yards on the Packers' next possession cut their deficitto 13-10 with one second left in the period.


Undaunted, the Cowboys struck back quickly on the nextpossession, moving 76 yards in just three plays to restore the10-point cushion.


Romo found Owens for 48 yards and one play later tossed a26-yard touchdown pass to tight end Anthony Fasano for a 20-10lead with 13:20 left in the first half.


Dallas continued to put the pressure on, knocking Favre out ofthe game when he was hit by a blitzing Jones, leading to aninterception by Terence Newman with 10:11 left in the half.

The Cowboys cashed in when Romo threw a 10-yard scoring pass toOwens to build the cushion to 27-10. It was Owens' 14thtouchdown of the season, tying a franchise record set by FrankClarke in 1962.


"Each week, I'm faced with different coverages," Owens said."Tonight, I was faced with a lot of man-to-man and there weretimes where they tried to double me, but if it wasn't there,Tony went elsewhere with it. I'm just doing my part andrelishing the challenge."


Rodgers relieved Favre and directed a late-scoring drive to cutthe deficit to 27-17 at the half.


The former first-round pick went 4-of-4 for 66 yards on thedrive, capping it with an 11-yard scoring pass to Greg Jenningswith 31 seconds left in the half.


"Aaron played well and gave us an opportunity to get back in thefootball game," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. "We didn'tdeviate from our plan."


The Packers carried the momentum into the second half, withRodgers going 6-of-6 in directing a 69-yard drive that wascapped by Grant's 1-yard plunge to slice the deficit to 27-24with 5:15 left in the third quarter.


The touchdown came after Green Bay's defense stuffed runningback Julius Jones on a 4th-and-1 at the Packers 31-yard line.

 

NFL: GREEN BAY at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
GREEN BAY 10 7 7 3 27
DALLAS 13 14 0 10 37 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

3:28 GNB - FG, MASON CROSBY 47 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 40 yards in 3:28.
Key plays: Favre 13-yard pass to Martin to Green Bay 44; Favre
13-yard pass to Jones to Dallas 38. GREEN BAY 3-0.
6:37 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 26 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 47 yards in 3:09.
Key plays: Romo 12-yard pass to Owens plus 5-yard delay of game
penalty on Packers' Harris to Green Bay 37; Romo 21-yard pass to J. Jones
to Green Bay 16. GREEN BAY 3-3.
11:45 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 51 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 31 yards in 3:34.
Key plays: Barber 16-yard run to Green Bay 36; Barber 16-yard pass
to Green Bay 35. DALLAS 6-3.
13:46 DAL - TD, PATRICK CRAYTON 3 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 41 yards in 1:44.
Key plays: Hamlin 18-yard interception return to Green Bay 41; Romo
34-yard pass to Owens to Green Bay 7. DALLAS 13-3.
14:59 GNB - TD, RYAN GRANT 62 YD RUN (MASON CROSBY KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 71 yards in 1:13.
DALLAS 13-10.

2ND QUARTER:

1:40 DAL - TD, ANTHONY FASANO 26 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 76 yards in 1:41.
Key plays: Romo 48-yard pass to Owens to Green Bay 28. DALLAS 20-10.
5:07 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 10 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
Drive: 2 plays, 45 yards in 0:18.
Key plays: Newman interception return to Green Bay 45; 40-yard pass
interference penalty on Packers' Bush to Green Bay 5. DALLAS 27-10.
14:29 GNB - TD, GREG JENNINGS 11 YD PASS FROM AARON RODGERS (MASON CROSBY KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 74 yards in 4:52.
Key plays: Rodgers 43-yard pass to Jennings to Dallas 32. DALLAS
27-17.

3RD QUARTER:

9:45 GNB - TD, RYAN GRANT 1 YD RUN (MASON CROSBY KICK).
Drive: 12 plays, 69 yards in 7:05.
Key plays: Rodgers 17-yard pass to Driver to Green Bay 47; Rodgers
22-yard pass to Lee to Dallas 20; 10-yard face mask penalty on Packers'
Ellis on 3rd-and-4 to Dallas 11. DALLAS 27-24.

4TH QUARTER:

7:09 DAL - TD, PATRICK CRAYTON 4 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards in 4:29.
Key plays: Romo 13-yard pass to Witten to Dallas 38; Romo 12-yard
pass to Witten to Dallas 40; Romo 13-yard pass to Witten to Green Bay 47;
42-yard pass interference penalty on Packers' Williams to Green Bay 5.
DALLAS 34-24.
9:57 GNB - FG, MASON CROSBY 52 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 39 yards in 2:48.
Key plays: Rodgers 13-yard run to Green Bay 45; Rodgers 11-yard pass
to Driver to Dallas 44. DALLAS 34-27.
13:57 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 25 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 56 yards in 4:00.
Key plays: Romo 15-yard pass to Witten to Green Bay 44; 15-yard face
mask penalty on Packers' Bigby to Green Bay 26. DALLAS 37-27.

GREEN BAY - DALLAS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS GREEN BAY DALLAS

FIRST DOWNS 20 23
Rushing 8 4
Passing 11 14
Penalty 1 5
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-12-42% 4-9-44%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-1-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 357 414
Total offensive plays 62 58
Average gain per play 5.8 7.1
NET YARDS RUSHING 124 105
Rushing attempts 19 28
Average gain per rush 6.5 3.8
Tackles for loss-yards 2-3 2-3
NET YARDS PASSING 233 309
Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-24 0-0
Gross passing yards 257 309
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 40-23-2 30-19-1
Avg gain per pass play 5.4 10.3
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-0-0 8-1-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 3-49.7 1-40.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 47.3 30.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 7 30
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-7 1-10
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 8-165 6-166
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-0 2-20
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 9-142 10-65
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 0-0
TOUCHDOWNS 3 4
Rushing 2 0
Passing 1 4
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 3-3 4-4
Kicking: Made-Attempts 3-3 4-4
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 3-6-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 3-4-75%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 29:11 30:49


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

GREEN BAY DALLAS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R GRANT 14 94 6.7 62 2 M BARBER I 17 81 4.8 17 0
A RODGERS 5 30 6.0 13 0 J JONES 9 26 2.9 12 0
T ROMO 2 -2 -1.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A RODGERS 18-26-201 0 1 43 T ROMO 19-30-309 1 4 48
B FAVRE 5-14- 56 2 0 19

Sacked-Yards Lost: A RODGERS 3-24. Sacked-Yards Lost: None

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D DRIVER 7 66 9.4 17 0 T OWENS 7 156 22.3 48 1
G JENNINGS 5 87 17.4 43 1 J WITTEN 6 67 11.2 15 0
J JONES 3 39 13.0 19 0 P CRAYTON 3 42 14.0 35 2
D LEE 3 30 10.0 22 0 A FASANO 1 26 26.0 26 1
K ROBINSON 2 16 8.0 9 0 J JONES 1 21 21.0 21 0
R MARTIN 1 13 13.0 13 0 M BARBER I 1 -3 -3.0 0 0
R GRANT 1 4 4.0 4 0
J KUHN 1 2 2.0 2 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A HARRIS 1 0 0.0 0 0 K HAMLIN 1 18 18.0 18 0
T NEWMAN 1 2 2.0 2 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J RYAN 3 149 49.7 0 1 57 M MCBRIAR 1 40 40.0 0 0 40

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T WILLIAMS 1 7 7.0 7 0 P CRAYTON 1 10 10.0 10 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K ROBINSON 4 92 23.0 29 0 M AUSTIN 6 166 27.7 38 0
T WILLIAMS 4 73 18.3 26 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
M CROSBY 3/3 2/2 N FOLK 4/4 3/3
Dist.: 47 52 Dist.: 26 51 25

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
Fumbles: None

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A HAWK 8 7 1 0-0 T NEWMAN 5 5 0 0-0
A BIGBY 6 5 1 0-0 R WILLIAMS 5 4 1 0-0
N BARNETT 5 5 0 0-0 J REEVES 4 4 0 0-0
A HARRIS 4 4 0 0-0 G ELLIS 4 3 1 2-15
C JENKINS 4 3 1 0-0 K BURNETT 4 3 1 0-0
R PICKETT 4 2 2 0-0 D WARE 3 3 0 1-9
N COLLINS 3 3 0 0-0 P WATKINS 3 3 0 0-0
A KAMPMAN 3 2 1 0-0 B JAMES 3 2 1 0-0
C WILLIAMS 3 2 1 0-0 A HENRY 2 2 0 0-0
B POPPINGA 3 2 1 0-0 C CANTY 2 2 0 0-0
J HARRELL 1 1 0 0-0 A AYODELE 2 1 1 0-0
N JONES 1 1 0 0-0
J HATCHER 1 1 0 0-0
K HAMLIN 1 1 0 0-0
T JOHNSON 1 1 0 0-0
J RATLIFF 1 1 0 0-0
M SPEARS 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-John Parry, Umpire-Tony Michalek, Head
Linesman-Derick Bowers, Line Judge-John Hussey, Field Judge-Gary
Cavaletto, Side Judge-Laird Hayes, Back Judge-Perry Paganelli.

Att: 64,167 Time of Game: 3:16</div>

 

NFL: GREEN BAY at DALLAS

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NOTE: RESENDING TO CORRECT TEAM FUMBLES FOR GREEN BAY.</div>