GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: GREEN BAY (9-1) at DETROIT (6-4)

NFL: GREEN BAY at DETROIT

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GREEN BAY 37
DETROIT 26 0:05 LEFT, 4TH QTR

GNB BALL ON DET 28 YD LINE
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NFL: GREEN BAY at DETROIT

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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GREEN BAY 0 17 14 6 37
DETROIT 6 3 3 14 26 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: DET - FG, JASON HANSON 47 YD, 7:49. Drive: 12
plays, 52 yards in 7:49. Key plays:
Jones 13-yard run to Detroit 34;
Kitna 13-yard pass to Jones to
Detroit 47; Duckett 10-yard run to
Green Bay 34; Kitna 13-yard pass to
Johnson on 3rd-and-2 to Green Bay
13. DETROIT 3-0
DET - FG, JASON HANSON 41 YD, 8:56. Drive: 4
plays, 2 yards in 0:49. Key plays:
DeVries recovery of Favre fumble at
Green Bay 25. DETROIT 6-0
2ND QUARTER: GNB - TD, GREG JENNINGS 11 YD PASS FROM BRETT
FAVRE (MASON CROSBY KICK), 0:17.
Drive: 1 plays, 11 yards in 0:04.
Key plays: Rouse 34-yard
interception return to Detroit 11.
GREEN BAY 7-6
GNB - TD, RYAN GRANT 5 YD RUN (MASON CROSBY
KICK), 7:19. Drive: 6 plays, 80
yards in 2:51. Key plays: Favre
38-yard pass to Driver to Detroit
42; Favre 18-yard pass to Jones to
Detroit 24; Favre 19-yard pass to
Driver to Detroit 5. GREEN BAY 14-6
DET - FG, JASON HANSON 45 YD, 8:45. Drive: 4
plays, -3 yards in 1:26. Key plays:
Cason 74-yard kickoff return to
Green Bay 24. GREEN BAY 14-9
GNB - FG, MASON CROSBY 20 YD, 15:00. Drive: 9
plays, 78 yards in 2:12. Key plays:
Favre 10-yard pass to Jennings to
Green Bay 32; Favre 13-yard pass to
Grant to Green Bay 45; Favre
20-yard pass to Jones to Detroit
35; Favre 10-yard pass to Lee to
Detroit 2. GREEN BAY 17-9
3RD QUARTER: GNB - TD, GREG JENNINGS 4 YD PASS FROM BRETT
FAVRE (MASON CROSBY KICK), 3:47.
Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards in 3:47.
Key plays: Favre 43-yard pass to
Robinson to Detroit 4; Favre
7-for-7 for 80 yards. GREEN BAY
24-9
DET - FG, JASON HANSON 52 YD, 9:45. Drive: 11
plays, 42 yards in 5:58. Key plays:
Kitna 13-yard pass to Johnson to
Green Bay 47; Kitna 10-yard pass to
McDonald on 3rd-and-9 to Green Bay
36; Kitna 14-yard pass to Jones to
Green Bay 33. GREEN BAY 24-12
GNB - TD, RUVELL MARTIN 3 YD PASS FROM BRETT
FAVRE (MASON CROSBY KICK), 13:12.
Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards in 3:27.
Key plays: Favre 24-yard pass to
Jennings to Green BAy 44; Grant
31-yard run to Detroit 5. GREEN BAY
31-12
4TH QUARTER: GNB - FG, MASON CROSBY 20 YD, 1:52. Drive: 8
plays, 64 yards in 2:31. Key plays:
15-yard unnecessary roughness
penalty on Lions' Moore to Detroit
49; Favre 41-yard pass to Driver to
Detroit 4. GREEN BAY 34-12
DET - TD, CALVIN JOHNSON 6 YD PASS FROM JON
KITNA (JASON HANSON KICK), 5:02.
Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards in 3:10.
Key plays: Kitna 12-yard pass to
Johnson to Detroit 37; Kitna 9-yard
pass to Cason plus 15-yard face
mask penalty on Packers' Walker to
Green Bay 33; Kitna 7-yard pass to
Johnson on 4th-and-7 to Green Bay
23; Kitna 19-yard pass to Williams
plus 2-yard face mask penalty on
Packers' Harris to Green Bay 2.
GREEN BAY 34-19
DET - TD, KEVIN JONES 1 YD RUN (JASON HANSON
KICK), 8:26. Drive: 5 plays, 67
yards in 1:37. Key plays: Kitna
16-yard pass to Johnson on
3rd-and-5 to Green Bay 46; Kitna
16-yard pass to Johnson to Green
Bay 30; 29-yard pass interference
penalty on Packers' Bigby to Green
Bay 1. GREEN BAY 34-26
GNB - FG, MASON CROSBY 26 YD, 13:16. Drive:
10 plays, 72 yards in 4:50. Key
plays: Favre 11-yard pass to
Jennings to Green Bay 31; Grant
12-yard run to Green Bay 33; Favre
20-yard pass to Jones to Detroit
38; Grant 27-yard run to Detroit
16. GREEN BAY 37-26

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NFL: GREEN BAY at DETROIT

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NFL
GREEN BAY 37
DETROIT 26 FINAL</div>

 

NFL: GREEN BAY at DETROIT

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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GREEN BAY 0 17 14 6 37
DETROIT 6 3 3 14 26 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

7:49 DET - FG, JASON HANSON 47 YD.
Drive: 12 plays, 52 yards in 7:49.
Key plays: Jones 13-yard run to Detroit 34; Kitna 13-yard pass to
Jones to Detroit 47; Duckett 10-yard run to Green Bay 34; Kitna 13-yard
pass to Johnson on 3rd-and-2 to Green Bay 13. DETROIT 3-0.
8:56 DET - FG, JASON HANSON 41 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards in 0:49.
Key plays: DeVries recovery of Favre fumble at Green Bay 25. DETROIT
6-0.

2ND QUARTER:

0:17 GNB - TD, GREG JENNINGS 11 YD PASS FROM BRETT FAVRE (MASON CROSBY KICK).
Drive: 1 plays, 11 yards in 0:04.
Key plays: Rouse 34-yard interception return to Detroit 11. GREEN
BAY 7-6.
7:19 GNB - TD, RYAN GRANT 5 YD RUN (MASON CROSBY KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards in 2:51.
Key plays: Favre 38-yard pass to Driver to Detroit 42; Favre 18-yard
pass to Jones to Detroit 24; Favre 19-yard pass to Driver to Detroit 5.
GREEN BAY 14-6.
8:45 DET - FG, JASON HANSON 45 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, -3 yards in 1:26.
Key plays: Cason 74-yard kickoff return to Green Bay 24. GREEN BAY
14-9.
15:00 GNB - FG, MASON CROSBY 20 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 78 yards in 2:12.
Key plays: Favre 10-yard pass to Jennings to Green Bay 32; Favre
13-yard pass to Grant to Green Bay 45; Favre 20-yard pass to Jones to
Detroit 35; Favre 10-yard pass to Lee to Detroit 2. GREEN BAY 17-9.

3RD QUARTER:

3:47 GNB - TD, GREG JENNINGS 4 YD PASS FROM BRETT FAVRE (MASON CROSBY KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards in 3:47.
Key plays: Favre 43-yard pass to Robinson to Detroit 4; Favre
7-for-7 for 80 yards. GREEN BAY 24-9.
9:45 DET - FG, JASON HANSON 52 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 42 yards in 5:58.
Key plays: Kitna 13-yard pass to Johnson to Green Bay 47; Kitna
10-yard pass to McDonald on 3rd-and-9 to Green Bay 36; Kitna 14-yard pass
to Jones to Green Bay 33. GREEN BAY 24-12.
13:12 GNB - TD, RUVELL MARTIN 3 YD PASS FROM BRETT FAVRE (MASON CROSBY KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards in 3:27.
Key plays: Favre 24-yard pass to Jennings to Green BAy 44; Grant
31-yard run to Detroit 5. GREEN BAY 31-12.

4TH QUARTER:

1:52 GNB - FG, MASON CROSBY 20 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 64 yards in 2:31.
Key plays: 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Lions' Moore to
Detroit 49; Favre 41-yard pass to Driver to Detroit 4. GREEN BAY 34-12.
5:02 DET - TD, CALVIN JOHNSON 6 YD PASS FROM JON KITNA (JASON HANSON KICK).
Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards in 3:10.
Key plays: Kitna 12-yard pass to Johnson to Detroit 37; Kitna 9-yard
pass to Cason plus 15-yard face mask penalty on Packers' Walker to Green
Bay 33; Kitna 7-yard pass to Johnson on 4th-and-7 to Green Bay 23; Kitna
19-yard pass to Williams plus 2-yard face mask penalty on Packers' Harris
to Green Bay 2. GREEN BAY 34-19.
8:26 DET - TD, KEVIN JONES 1 YD RUN (JASON HANSON KICK).
Drive: 5 plays, 67 yards in 1:37.
Key plays: Kitna 16-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and-5 to Green Bay
46; Kitna 16-yard pass to Johnson to Green Bay 30; 29-yard pass
interference penalty on Packers' Bigby to Green Bay 1. GREEN BAY 34-26.
13:16 GNB - FG, MASON CROSBY 26 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 72 yards in 4:50.
Key plays: Favre 11-yard pass to Jennings to Green Bay 31; Grant
12-yard run to Green Bay 33; Favre 20-yard pass to Jones to Detroit 38;
Grant 27-yard run to Detroit 16. GREEN BAY 37-26.

GREEN BAY - DETROIT Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS GREEN BAY DETROIT

FIRST DOWNS 25 25
Rushing 3 7
Passing 19 14
Penalty 3 4
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-7-14% 5-15-33%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-2-50%
TOTAL NET YARDS 481 331
Total offensive plays 58 74
Average gain per play 8.3 4.5
NET YARDS RUSHING 100 134
Rushing attempts 17 30
Average gain per rush 5.9 4.5
Tackles for loss-yards 1-1 2-5
NET YARDS PASSING 381 197
Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 4-27
Gross passing yards 381 224
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 41-31-0 40-19-1
Avg gain per pass play 9.3 4.5
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 7-3-0 7-5-3
PUNTS: Number and Average 4-43.5 4-37.5
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 35.0 37.5
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 68 0
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-34 0-0
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-106 7-203
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-34 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 9-81 7-59
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-1 0-0
TOUCHDOWNS 4 2
Rushing 1 1
Passing 3 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 4-4 2-2
Kicking: Made-Attempts 4-4 2-2
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-3 4-4
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 4-7-57% 2-3-67%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 3-5-60% 2-2-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 25:41 34:19


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

GREEN BAY DETROIT

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R GRANT 15 101 6.7 31 1 K JONES 20 93 4.7 23 1
B FAVRE 2 -1 -0.5 0 0 T DUCKETT 7 29 4.1 10 0
J KITNA 2 9 4.5 6 0
A CASON 1 3 3.0 3 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B FAVRE 31-41-381 0 3 43 J KITNA 19-40-224 1 1 20

Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: J KITNA 4-27.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D DRIVER 10 147 14.7 41 0 C JOHNSON 7 83 11.9 16 1
R GRANT 6 31 5.2 13 0 A CASON 4 58 14.5 20 0
J JONES 5 75 15.0 20 0 R WILLIAMS 3 32 10.7 19 0
G JENNINGS 5 60 12.0 24 2 K JONES 2 27 13.5 14 0
K ROBINSON 2 50 25.0 43 0 S MCDONALD 2 18 9.0 10 0
D LEE 1 10 10.0 10 0 T WALTERS 1 6 6.0 6 0
K HALL 1 5 5.0 5 0
R MARTIN 1 3 3.0 3 1

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A ROUSE 1 34 34.0 34 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J RYAN 4 174 43.5 1 1 50 N HARRIS 4 150 37.5 2 0 46

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C WOODSON 1 34 34.0 34 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K ROBINSON 3 73 24.3 29 0 A CASON 6 188 31.3 74 0
T WILLIAMS 1 33 33.0 33 0 C FITZSIMMONS 1 15 15.0 15 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
M CROSBY 4/4 3/3 J HANSON 2/2 4/4
Dist.: 20 20 26 Dist.: 47 41 45 52

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
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B FAVRE 1 1 0 0-0 K KENNEDY 0 0 1 0-0
J JONES 1 0 0 0-0 J DEVRIES 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
N BARNETT 8 4 4 0-0 K KENNEDY 10 5 5 0-0
A KAMPMAN 6 5 1 2-12 T FISHER 7 4 3 0-0
A ROUSE 6 4 2 0-0 P LENON 6 5 1 0-0
C COLE 5 3 2 0-0 K SMITH 5 5 0 0-0
A HAWK 5 0 5 0-0 G ALEXANDER 4 3 1 0-0
F WALKER 4 4 0 0-0 C REDDING 3 3 0 0-0
A BIGBY 4 3 1 0-0 E SIMS 3 3 0 0-0
C WILLIAMS 3 2 1 1-9 S ROGERS 3 2 1 0-0
R PICKETT 3 2 1 0-0 B BAILEY 2 2 0 0-0
A HARRIS 3 2 1 0-0 K EDWARDS 2 1 1 0-0
M MONTGOMERY 3 2 1 0-0 F BRYANT 1 1 0 0-0
K GBAJA-BIAMILA 2 2 0 1-6 S WILSON 1 1 0 0-0
C PEPRAH 2 2 0 0-0 D WHITE 1 1 0 0-0
T WILLIAMS 2 2 0 0-0 L MOORE 1 1 0 0-0
C JENKINS 2 1 1 0-0 J DEVRIES 1 1 0 0-0
B POPPINGA 2 1 1 0-0
J HUNTER 1 1 0 0-0
J BUSH 1 1 0 0-0
C WOODSON 1 0 1 0-0

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DETROIT (Ticker) -- Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers haveanother reason to be thankful.


Favre completed a club record 20 consecutive passes, and threwthree touchdown passes to lead the NFC North Division-leadingPackers to a 37-26 victory Thursday against the Detroit Lions.

The win gave Green Bay a 10-1 record for its best start sincethe 1962 team also went 10-1 and gave the Packers a four-gamelead over second-place Detroit (6-5) in the division.

This was the fourth straight season that the Lions have lost intheir annual Thanksgiving Day game.


Favre completed 31-of-41 passes for 381 yards, going over 300yards for the seventh time this season, tying the club record heset in 1995.


Favre's string of 20 straight completions broke the club recordof 18 shared by Lynn Dickey and Don Majkowski.


Favre and the Packers started the second half just like theyleft off in the first. Favre completed seven straight passes for80 yards on Green Bay's first possession of the second half,the last a 4-yard touchdown pass to Greg Jennings, putting thePackers ahead 24-9.


Jason Hanson countered with his fourth field goal of the game, a52-yarder, but the Packers scored on a 3-yard pass from Favreto Ruvell Martin.


The Packers then made it 34-12 on Mason Crosby's 20-yard fieldgoal.


Detroit cut the lead to 34-19 with just under 10 minutes left inthe game on a 6-yard touchdown pass from Jon Kitna to rookiewide receiver Calvin Johnson.


Kitna completed 19-of-39 for 224 yards. Johnson caught sevenpasses for 93 yards.


The Lions also scored on their next possession, with halfbackKevin Jones going in from one yard out to make it 34-26 with6:34 left. The touchdown was set up by a pair of 16-yard passesfrom Kitna to Johnson, and a 29-yard pass interference penaltyagainst Green Bay safety Atari Bigby.


But Green Bay effectively put the game away with a 26-yard fieldgoal by Crosby with 1:48 left.


Detroit dominated the first quarter, but only had a pair offield goals by Hanson to show for its efforts.


On the game's first possession, the Lions drove from their own19 to the Green Bay 8-yard line. A 15-yard personal foul penaltyfor a chop block against center Dominic Raiola moved the ballback to the 23, and on third down, Kitna was sacked for sixyards by Aaron Kampman.


As a result, Detroit had to settle for Hanson's 47-yard fieldgoal.


Favre fumbled a hand-off to halfback Ryan Grant on the Packers'first offensive play, and Detroit's Jared DeVries recovered onthe Green Bay 25. The Lions failed to move the ball and Hansonkicked a 41-yard field goal to make it 6-0.


Green Bay ran only seven offensive plays in the first quarter,but took advantage of a Detroit turnover to score on its firstplay of the second quarter.


Free safety Aaron Rouse, replacing the injured Nick Collins,intercepted Kitna's pass and returned it 34 yards to the Detroit11-yard line. On the next play, Favre passed 11 yards toJennings for the touchdown to put the Packers ahead 7-6.

Green Bay increased its lead to 14-6 on Grant's five-yard runwith 7:11 remaining in the first half. The touchdown capped asix-play, 80-yard drive that included passes of 38 and 19 yardsto Donald Driver.


Driver caught 10 passes for 147 yards, while Grant finished with101 yards rushing on 15 carries.


A 74-yard kickoff return by Aveion Cason set up a 45-yard fieldgoal by Hanson, but the Packers answered with a 20-yard fieldgoal by Crosby as time expired in the first half. Favre was7-for-7 for 76 yards in the 78-yard drive.

 

DETROIT (Ticker) -- Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers haveanother reason to be thankful.


Favre completed a club record 20 consecutive passes, and threwthree touchdown passes to lead the NFC North Division-leadingPackers to a 37-26 victory Thursday against the Detroit Lions.

"In past years we might have lost some of these games," Favresaid. "I consider us lucky. I consider us pretty good and Ialso consider us kind of an unknown. One game isn't going todefine us one way or the other."


The win gave Green Bay a 10-1 record for its best start sincethe 1962 team also went 10-1 and gave the Packers a four-gamelead over second-place Detroit (6-5) in the division.

"Proud of how we focus," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said."They're in tune with improvement and winning. I think thisteam has arrived and is playing well in all three phases. Beingat 10 wins with five more to play is where you want to be."

This was the fourth straight season that the Lions have lost intheir annual Thanksgiving Day game.


Favre completed 31-of-41 passes for 381 yards, going over 300yards for the seventh time this season, tying the club record heset in 1995.


Favre's string of 20 straight completions broke the club recordof 18 shared by Lynn Dickey and Don Majkowski.


"I wasn't aware that that happened," Favre said of the record."I knew that we were moving the ball as efficient as we have allyear. I threw it and they caught it. It was methodicallymoving the ball down the field.


"Get it in the guys' hands and let them make plays. When you'recompleting passes you give those guys a chance to score."

The Lions weren't surprised by Favre's feat.


"I've played against him since 1996, and he's playing as well asI've ever seen him," Lions coach Rod Marinelli said. "It'stough to sack that guy, with his speed on the release, and whenthey went five-wide, it caused us some trouble."


Favre and the Packers started the second half just like theyleft off in the first. Favre completed seven straight passesfor 80 yards on Green Bay's first possession of the second half,the last a four-yard touchdown pass to Greg Jennings, puttingthe Packers ahead 24-9.


"It felt great," Jennings said. "Anytime you can get in the endzone it feels good. Obviously, he was finding me down in thered zone and we were connecting and scoring touchdowns, so italways feels good."


Jason Hanson countered with his fourth field goal of the game, a52-yarder, but the Packers scored on a three-yard pass fromFavre to Ruvell Martin.


"I'm glad to do my job to keep us in it," Hanson said. "Italways feels good when you do your job well, but that's all kindof negated when you lose, and we're just not playing wellenough right now."


The Packers then made it 34-12 on Mason Crosby's 20-yard fieldgoal.


Detroit cut the lead to 34-19 with just under 10 minutes left inthe game on a six-yard touchdown pass from Jon Kitna to rookiewide receiver Calvin Johnson.


Kitna completed 19-of-39 for 224 yards. Johnson caught sevenpasses for 93 yards.


The Lions also scored on their next possession, with halfbackKevin Jones going in from one yard out to make it 34-26 with6:34 left. The touchdown was set up by a pair of 16-yard passesfrom Kitna to Johnson, and a 29-yard pass interference penaltyagainst Green Bay safety Atari Bigby.


"Of course, you get doubtful when you lose three in a row, butat the same time, I think this team has resolve that it hasn'thad in the past," Jones said of his team's three-game swoon.

But Green Bay effectively put the game away with a 26-yard fieldgoal by Crosby with 1:48 left.


Detroit dominated the first quarter, but only had a pair offield goals by Hanson to show for its efforts.


On the game's first possession, the Lions drove from their own19 to the Green Bay 8-yard line. A 15-yard personal foulpenalty for a chop block against center Dominic Raiola moved theball back to the 23, and on third down, Kitna was sacked forsix yards by Aaron Kampman.


As a result, Detroit had to settle for Hanson's 47-yard fieldgoal.


Favre fumbled a hand-off to halfback Ryan Grant on the Packers'first offensive play, and Detroit's Jared DeVries recovered onthe Green Bay 25. The Lions failed to move the ball and Hansonkicked a 41-yard field goal to make it 6-0.


Green Bay ran only seven offensive plays in the first quarter,but took advantage of a Detroit turnover to score on its firstplay of the second quarter.


Free safety Aaron Rouse, replacing the injured Nick Collins,intercepted Kitna's pass and returned it 34 yards to the Detroit11-yard line. On the next play, Favre passed 11 yards toJennings for the touchdown to put the Packers ahead 7-6.

"I thought Aaron Rouse's play of the game was huge for ourteam," McCarthy said. "Coming in here we knew this was going tobe a dog fight as far as the environment and opponent. We wereable to go up 7-6 and we hadn't been able to do anything onoffense yet. I thought that was a huge play of the game."

Green Bay increased its lead to 14-6 on Grant's five-yard runwith 7:11 remaining in the first half. The touchdown capped asix-play, 80-yard drive that included passes of 38 and 19 yardsto Donald Driver.


Driver caught 10 passes for 147 yards, while Grant finished with101 yards rushing on 15 carries.


A 74-yard kickoff return by Aveion Cason set up a 45-yard fieldgoal by Hanson, but the Packers answered with a 20-yard fieldgoal by Crosby as time expired in the first half. Favre was7-for-7 for 76 yards in the 78-yard drive.


"He's the greatest ever," Kitna said of Favre.

 

NFL: GREEN BAY at DETROIT

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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GREEN BAY 0 17 14 6 37
DETROIT 6 3 3 14 26 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

7:49 DET - FG, JASON HANSON 47 YD.
Drive: 12 plays, 52 yards in 7:49.
Key plays: Jones 13-yard run to Detroit 34; Kitna 13-yard pass to
Jones to Detroit 47; Duckett 10-yard run to Green Bay 34; Kitna 13-yard
pass to Johnson on 3rd-and-2 to Green Bay 13. DETROIT 3-0.
8:56 DET - FG, JASON HANSON 41 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards in 0:49.
Key plays: DeVries recovery of Favre fumble at Green Bay 25. DETROIT
6-0.

2ND QUARTER:

0:17 GNB - TD, GREG JENNINGS 11 YD PASS FROM BRETT FAVRE (MASON CROSBY KICK).
Drive: 1 plays, 11 yards in 0:04.
Key plays: Rouse 34-yard interception return to Detroit 11. GREEN
BAY 7-6.
7:19 GNB - TD, RYAN GRANT 5 YD RUN (MASON CROSBY KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards in 2:51.
Key plays: Favre 38-yard pass to Driver to Detroit 42; Favre 18-yard
pass to Jones to Detroit 24; Favre 19-yard pass to Driver to Detroit 5.
GREEN BAY 14-6.
8:45 DET - FG, JASON HANSON 45 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, -3 yards in 1:26.
Key plays: Cason 74-yard kickoff return to Green Bay 24. GREEN BAY
14-9.
15:00 GNB - FG, MASON CROSBY 20 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 78 yards in 2:12.
Key plays: Favre 10-yard pass to Jennings to Green Bay 32; Favre
13-yard pass to Grant to Green Bay 45; Favre 20-yard pass to Jones to
Detroit 35; Favre 10-yard pass to Lee to Detroit 2. GREEN BAY 17-9.

3RD QUARTER:

3:47 GNB - TD, GREG JENNINGS 4 YD PASS FROM BRETT FAVRE (MASON CROSBY KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards in 3:47.
Key plays: Favre 43-yard pass to Robinson to Detroit 4; Favre
7-for-7 for 80 yards. GREEN BAY 24-9.
9:45 DET - FG, JASON HANSON 52 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 42 yards in 5:58.
Key plays: Kitna 13-yard pass to Johnson to Green Bay 47; Kitna
10-yard pass to McDonald on 3rd-and-9 to Green Bay 36; Kitna 14-yard pass
to Jones to Green Bay 33. GREEN BAY 24-12.
13:12 GNB - TD, RUVELL MARTIN 3 YD PASS FROM BRETT FAVRE (MASON CROSBY KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards in 3:27.
Key plays: Favre 24-yard pass to Jennings to Green Bay 44; Grant
31-yard run to Detroit 5. GREEN BAY 31-12.

4TH QUARTER:

1:52 GNB - FG, MASON CROSBY 20 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 64 yards in 2:31.
Key plays: 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Lions' Moore to
Detroit 49; Favre 41-yard pass to Driver on 3rd-and-6 to Detroit 4. GREEN
BAY 34-12.
5:02 DET - TD, CALVIN JOHNSON 6 YD PASS FROM JON KITNA (JASON HANSON KICK).
Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards in 3:10.
Key plays: Kitna 12-yard pass to Johnson to Detroit 37; Kitna 9-yard
pass to Cason plus 15-yard face mask penalty on Packers' Walker to Green
Bay 33; Kitna 7-yard pass to Johnson on 4th-and-7 to Green Bay 23; Kitna
19-yard pass to Williams plus 2-yard face mask penalty on Packers' Harris
to Green Bay 2. GREEN BAY 34-19.
8:26 DET - TD, KEVIN JONES 1 YD RUN (JASON HANSON KICK).
Drive: 5 plays, 67 yards in 1:37.
Key plays: Kitna 16-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and-5 to Green Bay
46; Kitna 16-yard pass to Johnson to Green Bay 30; 29-yard pass
interference penalty on Packers' Bigby to Green Bay 1. GREEN BAY 34-26.
13:16 GNB - FG, MASON CROSBY 26 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 72 yards in 4:50.
Key plays: Favre 11-yard pass to Jennings to Green Bay 31; Grant
12-yard run to Green Bay 33; Favre 20-yard pass to Jones to Detroit 38;
Grant 27-yard run to Detroit 16. GREEN BAY 37-26.

GREEN BAY - DETROIT Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS GREEN BAY DETROIT

FIRST DOWNS 25 25
Rushing 3 7
Passing 19 14
Penalty 3 4
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-7-14% 5-15-33%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-2-50%
TOTAL NET YARDS 481 331
Total offensive plays 58 74
Average gain per play 8.3 4.5
NET YARDS RUSHING 100 134
Rushing attempts 17 30
Average gain per rush 5.9 4.5
Tackles for loss-yards 1-1 2-5
NET YARDS PASSING 381 197
Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 4-27
Gross passing yards 381 224
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 41-31-0 40-19-1
Avg gain per pass play 9.3 4.5
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 7-3-0 7-5-3
PUNTS: Number and Average 4-43.5 4-37.5
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 35.0 37.5
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 68 0
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-34 0-0
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-106 7-203
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-34 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 9-81 7-59
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-1 0-0
TOUCHDOWNS 4 2
Rushing 1 1
Passing 3 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 4-4 2-2
Kicking: Made-Attempts 4-4 2-2
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-3 4-4
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 4-7-57% 2-3-67%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 3-5-60% 2-2-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 25:41 34:19


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

GREEN BAY DETROIT

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R GRANT 15 101 6.7 31 1 K JONES 20 93 4.7 23 1
B FAVRE 2 -1 -0.5 0 0 T DUCKETT 7 29 4.1 10 0
J KITNA 2 9 4.5 6 0
A CASON 1 3 3.0 3 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B FAVRE 31-41-381 0 3 43 J KITNA 19-40-224 1 1 20

Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: J KITNA 4-27.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D DRIVER 10 147 14.7 41 0 C JOHNSON 7 83 11.9 16 1
R GRANT 6 31 5.2 13 0 A CASON 4 58 14.5 20 0
J JONES 5 75 15.0 20 0 R WILLIAMS 3 32 10.7 19 0
G JENNINGS 5 60 12.0 24 2 K JONES 2 27 13.5 14 0
K ROBINSON 2 50 25.0 43 0 S MCDONALD 2 18 9.0 10 0
D LEE 1 10 10.0 10 0 T WALTERS 1 6 6.0 6 0
K HALL 1 5 5.0 5 0
R MARTIN 1 3 3.0 3 1

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A ROUSE 1 34 34.0 34 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J RYAN 4 174 43.5 1 1 50 N HARRIS 4 150 37.5 2 0 46

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C WOODSON 1 34 34.0 34 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K ROBINSON 3 73 24.3 29 0 A CASON 6 188 31.3 74 0
T WILLIAMS 1 33 33.0 33 0 C FITZSIMMONS 1 15 15.0 15 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
M CROSBY 4/4 3/3 J HANSON 2/2 4/4
Dist.: 20 20 26 Dist.: 47 41 45 52

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B FAVRE 1 1 0 0-0 K KENNEDY 0 0 1 0-0
J JONES 1 0 0 0-0 J DEVRIES 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
N BARNETT 8 4 4 0-0 K KENNEDY 10 5 5 0-0
A KAMPMAN 6 5 1 2-12 T FISHER 7 4 3 0-0
A ROUSE 6 4 2 0-0 P LENON 6 5 1 0-0
C COLE 5 3 2 0-0 K SMITH 5 5 0 0-0
A HAWK 5 0 5 0-0 G ALEXANDER 4 3 1 0-0
F WALKER 4 4 0 0-0 C REDDING 3 3 0 0-0
A BIGBY 4 3 1 0-0 E SIMS 3 3 0 0-0
C WILLIAMS 3 2 1 1-9 S ROGERS 3 2 1 0-0
R PICKETT 3 2 1 0-0 B BAILEY 2 2 0 0-0
A HARRIS 3 2 1 0-0 K EDWARDS 2 1 1 0-0
M MONTGOMERY 3 2 1 0-0 F BRYANT 1 1 0 0-0
K GBAJA-BIAMILA 2 2 0 1-6 S WILSON 1 1 0 0-0
C PEPRAH 2 2 0 0-0 D WHITE 1 1 0 0-0
T WILLIAMS 2 2 0 0-0 L MOORE 1 1 0 0-0
C JENKINS 2 1 1 0-0 J DEVRIES 1 1 0 0-0
B POPPINGA 2 1 1 0-0
J HUNTER 1 1 0 0-0
J BUSH 1 1 0 0-0
C WOODSON 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Scott Green, Umpire-Scott Dawson, Head
Linesman-Tony Veteri, Line Judge-Ron Marinucci, Field Judge-Boris
Cheek, Side Judge-Larry Rose, Back Judge-Lee Dyer.

Att: 63,257 Time of Game: 3:24</div>

 

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<font face="Arial">YAY! 10-1 go us! 'Twas a good game.</font></p>

 

Re: NFL: GREEN BAY (9-1) at DETROIT (6-4)

Dallas will be a big test next week.</p>

 

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We suck!!!</p>