September 12: Green Bay Packers (1-0) 35, Los Angeles Rams (0-1) 23
(MILWAUKEE) - Lynn Dickey rifled two fourth-quarter touchdown passes 17 seconds apart to cap a Green Bay rally as the Packers surged to a 35- 23 victory over the Los Angeles Rams. Dickey hit TE Paul Coffman with a 10-yard pass with 11:12 to play, moments after LB Guy Prather recovered a Robert Alexander fumble on a kick return. The TD gave the Packers a 28-23 lead. It came on the heels of a 15-yard scoring pass from Dickey to James Lofton as the Packers came to within 23-21 of the Rams, who led 23-0 at halftime. Dickey overcame a brilliant Los Angeles debut for quarterback Bert Jones, who completed 17 of 31 passes for 202 yards and one touchdown. The Rams acquired Jones in a trade with Baltimore during the preseason. The Packers preserved the victory when ILB George Cumby intercepted a Jones pass at the Packer 34 midway through the final period, and when OLB John Anderson picked off a Jones throw at the Packer 7-yard line with 1:33 left. Green Bay RB Eddie Lee Ivery, who rushed for 109 yards on 17 carries, capped the scoring with a 27-yard burst up the middle with 3:06 remaining. Green Bay performed the largest rally in team history, surpassing their 18-point comeback against the Lions in 1965. The Packers rang up 234 yards on offense in the final two quarters, and held the Rams to 117.
LOS ANGELES RAMS - 10 13 0 0 - 23
GREEN BAY - 0 0 14 21 - 35
1st - LA - Wendell Tyler, 4-yard run (Mike Lansford kick) LA RAMS 7-0
1st - LA - Lansford, 32-yard field goal LOS ANGELES RAMS 10-0
2nd - LA - Mike Barber, 8-yard pass from Bert Jones (Lansford kick) LA 17-0
2nd - LA - Lansford, 29-yard field goal LOS ANGELES RAMS 20-0
2nd - LA - Lansford, 28-yard field goal LOS ANGELES RAMS 23-0
3rd - GB - Coffman, 4-yard pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) LA RAMS 23-7
3rd - GB - Ivery, 3-yard run (Stenerud kick) LOS ANGELES RAMS 23-14
4th - GB - Lofton, 15-yard pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) LA RAMS 23-21
4th - GB - Coffman, 10-yard pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GREEN BAY 28-23
4th - GB - Ivery, 27-yard run (Stenerud kick) GREEN BAY 35-23
September 20 : Green Bay Packers (2-0) 27, New York Giants (0-2) 19
(NEW YORK) - Green Bay Packers QB Lynn Dickey likes a winning season, even if it's only two games. "If there's going to be a strike, I'd rather be 2-0 than 0-2," Dickey said after the Packers pulled another second-half comeback and thrashed the New York Giants 27-19 Monday night. When the clock ran out, the National Football League players strike had begun. James Lofton, whose 83-yard end-round touchdown run late in the third quarter swung the momentum to the Packers, said the players were distracted by the announcement of a strike hours earlier. Lofton said he was sorry the strike had been announced before the game. "It kind of took some of the air out of us," he said. The Packers scored only once in the first half, on Dickey's 7-yard touchdown pass to fullback Jim Jensen. Before Lofton's late third-quarter touchdown, the Giants had built a 19-7 lead. The Giants scored on 8- and 2-yard touchdown runs by rookie Joe Morris and Cliff Chatman, respectively, as well as a 37-yard Joe Danelo field goal and a Packers' team safety. Lofton raced elegantly to the end zone, holding the football high in the air as the Giants scrambled at his heels with 1:37 left in the third quarter. Eddie Lee Ivery's 11-yard touchdown run pushed the Packers ahead of the Giants, 21-19, and Jan Stenerud completed the score with 37-and 22-yard field goals. The game was a near mirror-image of Green Bay's 35-23 season opener victory over the Los Angeles Rams a week ago. "Second halves are tough on coaches," said Packers Coach Bart Starr, who refused to discuss the strike, called by the players' union after it and the NFL Management Council failed to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement. The job action failed to dampen Starr's sense of humor. Twice during the game, the power went out at Giants Stadium. Thirty seconds into the second quarter, virtually all the lights went cut, bringing a loud and lengthy cheer from the fans.
GREEN BAY - 0 7 7 13 - 27
NEW YORK GIANTS - 9 3 7 0 - 19
1st - NYG - Joe Morris, 2-yard run (Joe Danelo kick) NEW YORK GIANTS 7-0
1st - NYG - Safety, ball snapped out of the end zone NEW YORK GIANTS 9-0
2nd - NYG - Danelo, 37-yard field goal NEW YORK GIANTS 12-0
2nd - GB - Jensen, 7-yard pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) NY GIANTS 12-7
2nd - NYG - Cliff Chatman, 2-yard run (Danelo kick) NEW YORK GIANTS 19-7
3rd - GB - Lofton, 83-yard run (Stenerud kick) NEW YORK GIANTS 19-14
4th - GB - Ivery, 11-yard run (Stenerud kick) GREEN BAY 21-19
4th - GB - Stenerud, 37-yard field goal GREEN BAY 24-19
4th - GB - Stenerud, 22-yard field goal GREEN BAY 27-19
November 21 : Green Bay Packers (3-0) 26, Minnesota Vikings (1-2) 7
(MILWAUKEE) - Eddie Lee Ivery caught a 5-yard deflected pass from Lynn Dickey for Green Bay's go-ahead touchdown and Maurice Harvey scored on a 25-yard run with a recovered fumble, leading the Packers to a 26-7 win over the Minnesota Vikings. Dickey, who left the game with a bruised hip midway through the third quarter and did not return, completed 15 of 22 passes for 244 yards for the Packers. The Packers took the lead for good at 13-7 with 1:37 left in the first half when Dickey's pass bounced off the hands of fullback Gerry Ellis and Ivery made a lunging catch in the end zone. The Packers outgained the Vikings, 359 yards to 184. Phil Epps set a team record with 8 punt returns for 49 yards. Green Bay was 3-0 for the first time since 1966, when they started out 4-0 en route to the NFL championship and Super Bowl I.
MINNESOTA - 0 7 0 0 - 7
GREEN BAY - 0 13 13 0 - 26
2nd - GB - Stenerud, 18-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
2nd - GB - Stenerud, 32-yard field goal GREEN BAY 6-0
2nd - MINN - Tommy Kramer, 4-yard run (Rick Danmeier kick) MINNESOTA 7-6
2nd - GB - Ivery, 5-yard pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GREEN BAY 13-7
3rd - GB - Harvey, 25-yard fumble return (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 19-7
3rd - GB - Ivery, 1-yard run (Stenerud kick) GREEN BAY 26-7
November 28 : New York Jets (3-1) 15, Green Bay Packers (3-1) 13
(NEW YORK) - Pat Leahy, victimized by two blown extra-point attempts, rebounded with a 25-yard field goal late in the third that gave the Jets a win over the Packers. "The first one, that was me," Leahy said of his first conversion attempt, which hooked to the left of the uprights. "The second one was blocked. I don't know if it would've been good." Bart Starr saw a difference between this game and last year's 28-3 loss to the Jets, which put New York in the playoffs and knocked Green Bay out of them. "The last time we came in here, the Jets beat us. They beat us bad," Starr said. "This time, we beat ourselves." Tbe Packers' two touchdowns came on passes of 24 and 23 yards from Lynn Dickey to rookie WR Phillip Epps, the first giving them a 6-0 lead after Jan Stenerud's extra point hit the left upright, the second making it 13-6 at the half. The Jets, whose first score came on Richard Todd's 23-yard pass to Johnny "Lam" Jones, tying the score 6-6, cut Green Bay's lead to 13-12 at the 11:01 mark of the third quarter on Mike Augustyniak's 4-yard touchdown run. Leahy, whose first extra point was wide to the left, had this one blocked by TE Gary Lewis. But the Jets held Green Bay on its next possession; RB Freeman McNeil sprinted 36 yards to the Packers' 13-yard line, then Leahy kicked his game-winner with 50 seconds remaining in the quarter. The Jets drove to the Packers' 1-yard line early in the fourth quarter and had a Todd-to-Augustyniak scoring pass wiped out by offensive interference. New York then turned the ball over, and Green Bay drove from its 2 to the New York 32, but Stenerud was just short on a 50-yard field goal attempt with 4:56 to play. The Jets sold 60,372 tickets for the game, and 53,872 fans showed up in overcast, sprinkly weather. There were 6,500 no shows. In the game, Stan Blinka delivered a forearm to WR John Jefferson, which led to Bart Starr calling him a "hoodlum". Blinka was penalized, but not fined.
GREEN BAY - 6 7 0 0 - 13
NEW YORK JETS - 6 0 9 0 - 15
1st - GB - Epps, 24-yard pass from Dickey (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 6-0
1st - NYJ - Lam Jones, 23-yard pass from Richard Todd (Kick failed) TIED 6-6
2nd - GB - Epps, 23-yard pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GREEN BAY 13-6
3rd - NYJ - Mike Augustyniak, 4-yard run (Kick blocked) GREEN BAY 13-12
3rd - NYJ - Pat Leahy, 25-yard field goal NEW YORK JETS 15-13
December 5 : Green Bay Packers (4-1) 33, Buffalo Bills (3-2) 21
(MILWAUKEE) - Jan Stenerud said he never had played under worse conditions, but Green Bay's placekicker set a milestone, and so did the rest of the Packers. Stenerud kicked four field goals, moving into third place on the NFL's career scoring list with 1,381 points, to help the Packers defeat the Buffalo Bills, 33-21, in driving rain and thick mud. In the process, the Packers stamped themselves among the top contenders for the playoffs with a 4-1 record. Del Rodgers recovered a fumble in the end zone for Green Bay's go-ahead touchdown, while Eddie Lee Ivery powered a yard for another score. Lynn Dickey passed for 195 yards, including a 23-yard strike to John Thompson for another touchdown, for the Packers, who forced five Bills' turnovers. Coaches Bart Starr of the Packers and Chuck Knox of the Bills both were upset that the baseball infield part of the field had not been sodded. "It was very unfortunate to have to put up with that," Starr said. "I was very disappointed. A ball game could have been decided by the weather. That would have been a real tragedy." The Packers took the lead to stay at 13-7 on Rodgers' touchdown with 2:54 in the first half. Gerry Ellis fumbled on second and 7 from the Bills 10, and the ball rolled forward to the end zone, where Rodgers fell on it. It was the first touchdown allowed by the Bills in 11 quarters, and the first touchdown rushing against them in 23 quarters. Ivery's touchdown capped a 60-yard drive at the start of the second half and made it 20-7. James Lofton set up the score with a 30-yard run on a flanker reverse to the 3. The Packers built their lead to 27-7 with 12:24 to play on Dickey's touchdown pass to Thompson.
BUFFALO - 0 7 0 14 - 21
GREEN BAY - 6 7 7 13 - 33
1st - GB - Stenerud, 33-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
1st - GB - Stenerud, 25-yard field goal GREEN BAY 6-0
2nd - BUF - Joe Cribbs, 1-yard run (Efren Herrera kick) BUFFALO 7-6
2nd- GB - Rodgers, fumble recovery in the end zone (Stenerud kick) GB 13-7
3rd - GB - Ivery, 1-yard run (Stenerud kick) GREEN BAY 20-7
4th - GB - Thompson, 23-yard pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GREEN BAY 27-7
4th - GB - Stenerud, 25-yard field goal GREEN BAY 30-7
4th - BUF - Mark Brammer, 8-yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Herrera kick) GB 30-14
4th - GB - Stenerud, 42-yard field goal GREEN BAY 33-14
4th - BUF - Brammer, 6-yard pass from Matt Robinson (Herrera kick) GB 33-21
December 12: Detroit Lions (3-3) 30, Green Bay Packers (4-2) 10
(GREEN BAY) - Billy Sims rushed for 109 yards and an aroused Detroit defense intercepted five passes to help the Lions end a three-game losing streak with a 30-10 rout of Green Bay. Detroit's first victory since the players' strike ended - and its first at Green Bay since 1975 - evened the Lions' record at 3-3. Green Bay, flirting with its first playoff appearance since 1972, fell to 4-2 and lost its share of the NFC lead. Sims, held to just 43 yards in last week's loss to the New York Jets, carried 29 times and scored the Lions' first touchdown on a 1-yard dive in the first quarter. Detroit also tallied on a 98-yard kickoff return by Alvin Hall, a 21-yard pass from Gary Danielson to Freddie Scott and three Eddie Murray field goals.
DETROIT - 17 6 7 0 - 30
GREEN BAY - 0 0 3 7 - 10
1st - DET - Eddie Murray, 27-yard field goal DETROIT 3-0
1st - DET - Billy Sims, 1-yard run (Murray kick) DETROIT 10-0
1st - DET - Freddie Scott, 21-yd pass from Gary Danielson (Murray kick) DET 17-0
2nd - DET - Murray, 27-yard field goal DETROIT 20-0
2nd - DET - Murray, 25-yard field goal DETROIT 23-0
3rd - DET - Alvin Hall, 96-yard kickoff return (Murray kick) DETROIT 30-0
3rd - GB - Stenerud, 31-yard field goal DETROIT 30-3
4th - GB - Ellis, 1-yard run (Stenerud kick) DETROIT 30-10
December 19: Green Bay Packers (4-2-1) 20, Baltimore Colts (0-6-1) 20 (Tie)
(BALTIMORE) - A young and spirited Baltimore Colts team fought the Green Bay
Packers for four quarters and an overtime to come away with a 20-20 tie and end a six-game losing streak. "A tie is not a loss. It's far from a victory but we could have conceivably lost this game except for the blocked field goal (in overtime)," said Green Bay Coach Bart Starr. But Baltimore Coach Frank Rush seemed to take little consolation in the outcome of the game, which was sent into overtime by Randy McMillan's 1-yard run with 82 seconds left in regulation. Rush did praise the play of his team's defense which worked hard to contain Green Bay QB Lynn Dickey. The Colts were unable to establish a running game agaist the Packers, gaining only 110
yards on the ground. Green Bay had a chance to win with less than two minutes left in overtime, but a 47-yard field goal attempt by Jan Stenerud was short. In their final possession, the Colts were unable to move the ball and the game marked the first tie of the strike-shortened season. Lynn Dickey completed 16-of-34 passes for 213 yards to lead the Green Bay offense and his counterpart, rookie Mike Pagel, completed 23-of-39 passes for 211 yards. Baltimore scored on field goals of 23 and 40 yards by newly acquired kicker Dan Miller, a 12-yard scoring strike from Pagel to Matt Bouza and McMillan's TD run. Green Bay scored on field goals of 25 and 40 yards by Stenerud, a 1-yard run by Eddie Lee Ivery and a 1-yard pass from Dickey to John Thompson. Late in the fourth quarter, the Colts, relying mainly on the pass, drove 55 yards on 12 plays to tie the game 20-20 on McMillan's scamper from a yard out. Seemingly stopped, McMillan bounced off would-be Green Bay tacklers and went around the left side for the score with 1:22 left, Pagel completed five passes for 49 yards in that drive.
GREEN BAY - 0 10 3 7 0 - 20
BALTIMORE - 3 0 3 14 0 - 20
1st - BAL - Danny Miller, 23-yard field goal BALTIMORE 3-0
2nd - GB - Stenerud, 40-yard field goal TIED 3-3
2nd - GB - Thompson, 1-yard pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GREEN BAY 10-3
3rd - BAL - Miller, 40-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-6
3rd- GB - Stenerud, 25-yard field goal GREEN BAY 13-6
4th - GB - Ivery, 1-yard run (Stenerud kick) GREEN BAY 20-6
4th - BAL - Matt Bouza, 12-yard pass from Mike Pagel (Miller kick) GB 20-13
4th - BAL - Randy McMillan, 1-yard run (Miller kick) TIED 20-20
December 26 : Green Bay Packers (5-2-1) 38, Atlanta Falcons (5-3) 7
(ATLANTA) - Lynn Dickey said it's doubtful he has ever thrown the long ball better as a pro, and the Falcons were willing verify that statement after being bombed 38-7 by the Packers. Dickey teamed with James Lofton on touchdown passes of 80 and 57 yards and his 50-yard completion to rookie Phillip Epps set up another score as the Packers clinched a playoff spot with the lopsided victory. Dickey completed 10 of 17 passes for 248 yards In just over three quarters of action. Eddie Lee Ivery ran for two more touchdowns for the Packers and the Green Bay defense limited the NFC's leading rushing attack to only 58 yards. It was only the Packers second victory in the last five games and snapped Atlanta's three-game winning streak. The Falcons got their touchdown on a 3-yard pass from Steve Bartkowski to William Andrews in the second quarter to cut the Packers' lead to 14-7. But the Dickey-to-Lofton touchdown passes, which came with 1:47 left in the second quarter and with 8:12 left in the third, ended the Falcons' comeback hopes, and the Packers turned the game into a rout. It was Atlanta's most lopsided loss since a 37-8 loss to New Orleans in 1979. The Packers drove 80 yards for their first touchdown, with the key play a 43-yard pass interference call on Atlanta's Bobby Butler that put the ball on the Falcons' 25. Ivery got the touchdown on a 2-yard run off left tackle with 1:31 left in the first quarter. Dickey hit Epps with a 50-yard pass down the right sideline to the Atlanta 12 to set up the second Green Bay touchdown which came a play later on Ivery's 12-yard sweep around left end. The Falcons then drove 79 yards to their only score when Bartkowski, who hit 24-of-35 passes for 267 yards, completed throws of 18 and 17 yards to Floyd Hodge and 20 yards to Andrews before hitting Andrews with the TD pass. The Packers answered immediately when Lofton got behind Atlanta's Kenny Johnson for an 80-yard score with 1 47 left in the half. The TD pass was the longest of the year for Dickey, and the longest scoring reception in Lofton's career. The Packers made it 28-7 when Lofton again beat Johnson for a 57-yard TD catch in the third period and then added the final touchdown on a 9-yard run by Del Rodgers on the first play of the fourth. Jan Stenerud closed out the scoring with a field goal with 11.22 remaining.
GREEN BAY - 7 14 7 10 - 38
ATLANTA - 0 7 0 0 - 7
1st - GB - Ivery, 2-yard run (Stenerud kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
2nd - GB - Ivery, 12-yard run (Stenerud kick) GREEN BAY 14-0
2nd - GB - Lofton, 80-yard pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GREEN BAY 21-7
3rd - GB - Lofton, 57-yard pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GREEN BAY 28-7
4th - GB - Rodgers, 9-yard run (Stenerud kick) GREEN BAY 35-7
4th - GB - Stenerud, 22-yard field goal GREEN BAY 38-7
January 2 : Detroit Lions (4-5) 27, Green Bay Packers (5-3-1) 24
(DETROIT) - Rookie TE Rob Rubick scored his first NFL touchdown on a 2-yard reverse with 5:47 left to play as Detroit edged Green Bay 27-24 to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 1970. Backup QB Eric Hippie replaced starting Detroit QB Gary Danielson with 10:34 left and promptly directed the Lions on the game winning 60-yard drive. He completed all three passes on the drive, including an 18-yarder to TE David Hill that set up Rubick's touchdown. Combined with the Los Angeles Rams' 21-20 upset victory over defending Super Bowl champion San Francisco, the Lions ended the season at 4-5 to qualify for one of eight playoff spots in the NFC. Green Bay took the lead 24-20 early in the final quarter when rookie Del Rodgers recovered a fumble by teammate Gerry Ellis in Detroit's end zone. Before being yanked for Hipple, Danielson tossed scoring strikes of 9 yards to Hill and 25 yards to WR Leonard Thompson in the first quarter. Green Bay QB Lynn Dickey hit WR James Lofton for a 17-yard touchdown pass, also in the first quarter. Detroit's Eddie Murray booted a 49-yard field goal in the second quarter, then hit a 28-yard kick in the third quarter. Green Bay's other scores came on an 11-yard run by Eddie Lee Ivery in the third quarter and a 48-yard field goal by Jan Stenerud also in the third quarter. For the Packers, the loss mean they would have the third seed in the playoffs. A win would have given them the second seed and home field for the first two rounds.
GREEN BAY - 7 7 10 0 - 24
DETROIT - 14 3 3 7 - 27
1st - DET - David Hill, 9-yd pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) DET 7-0
1st - DET - Leonard Thompson, 25-yd pass from Danielson (Murray kick) DET 14-7
2nd - DET - Murray, 49-yard field goal DETROIT 17-7
2nd - GB - Ivery, 11-yard run (Stenerud kick) DETROIT 17-14
3rd - DET - Murray, 48-yard field goal DETROIT 20-14
3rd - GB - Stenerud, 48-yard field goal DETROIT 20-17
3rd - GB - Rodgers, fumble recovery in the end zone GREEN BAY 24-20
4th - DET - Rob Rubick, 1-yard run (Murray kick) DETROIT 27-24
(GREEN BAY) - Green Bay's Lynn Dickey, the highest-ranked passer in the NFL, broke out of his late-season slump and led the Packers into the NFC playoff semifinals. Dickey passed for 260 yards and four touchdowns, including a 60-yard strike to John Jefferson for Green Bay's go-ahead score in the first quarter, and the Packers rolled to a 41-16 first-round playoff victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. "Our pass protection was excellent and our passing game was as good as we've had it," Packer Coach Bart Starr said. "If you look back over the season, any time we were running the ball effectively it opened up the passing game," Dickey said. "If we can't run, the defense isn't dumb. It knows it can tee off. Today we had a good day rushing the football." 'Dickey also passed for touchdowns covering 20 yards to James Lofton, four yards to Eddie Lee Ivery and seven yards to Jefferson, while Ivery scored on a one-yard run and Jan Stenerud kicked two field goals for the Packers. Jefferson, who had been used mostly as a decoy in recent weeks and had not caught a touchdown pass all season, had six receptions for 148 yards. Neil Lomax threw touchdown passes of 5 yards to Pat Tilley and 18 to Mike Schumann, and Neil O'Donoghue kicked an 18-yard field goal. However, O'Donoghue missed 44- and 45-yard field goal attempts and had a 44-yarder blocked by Gary Lewis, who also deflected a conversion attempt. The Cardinals lost star running back Ottis Anderson, who sprained his left ankle on the second play of the second quarter and did not return after he had rushed for 58 yards on eight carries. Tilley, the Cardinals' top receiver, went out with a sprained knee in the third quarter. The Packers, who built a 28-9 halftime lead, sacked
(DALLAS) - In a can-you-top-this game of wild plays, the Dallas Cowboys eliminated the Green Bay Packers, 37-26, from the playoffs. The Cowboys earned their third chance in three years at the NFC title. Two years ago, they lost at Philadelphia. Last year, they fell at San Francisco. As coach Tom Landry had predicted, the game was not a defensive bore. "We just had to keep bombing the goal line," Landry said. The final bomb blew Green Bay away. The Packers outgained Dallas, 363-206, in the second half to come back from a 20-7 half time deficit. They closed to 30-26 when Danny White, on a third-and-3 from his 15, tried to hit Timmy Newsome coming out of the backfield on a little swing pass. The ball was thrown a bit behind Newsome and bounced off his right hand to CB Mark Lee, who ran 22 yards for the score with 7:23 left. Green Bay had momentum. The Cowboys had the ball. They needed to score. They started to move upfield and were faced with a thirdand- 4 from the 43. White hit Doug Cosbie for seven to keep the drive alive. "It you're looking for the key play of the game, there it is," said White, who hit 23-of-36 for 225 yards. The biggest big play, the bomb, came next. In the second quarter, White threw a screen left to Drew Pearson that picked up three yards. But Pearson and Tony Hill noticed all the defenders came up on the play, leaving Hill alone. Landry noticed, too. Now, it was first down at the 50. Landry called the same quick screen to Pearson. This time, Pearson was given the freedom to unload. "He said if I don't have the touchdown, then I don't have anything," Pearson said. "I just threw it up, and Tony made the play." "When I saw Drew wind up, I thought he was going to throw it out of the stadium," Hill said. "It was a great pass. The wide receivers on this team feel if the ball is up there we can get it." Pearson's throw wobbled, it changed direction, it went over Hill's, wrong shoulder. But Hill came down with it at the 1, fighting off Mike McCoy. "Lo and behold," Hill said, "it stuck." On the next play, Robert Newhouse scored. Just 4:24 remained, and that was the game. The Cowboys ran off the game's first 19 plays, but managed just a 6-0 lead. Rafael Septien hit a 50-yard field goal to cap the Cowboys' first series and was good from 34 yards after Del Rodgers fumbled the kickoff, which Jeff Rohrer recovered. Green Bay was baffled offensively
for much of the first half. The Packers didn't pick up their initial first down until 11:31 remained in the second quarter, and they held the ball for only 7:41 of the half. That didn't stop them from taking a 7-6 lead six minutes
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SEASON REVIEW - A 57-day strike by the NFL players shortened the 1982 season to nine games. At the end of the abbreviated season, Green Bay rolled into the playoffs with a 5-3-1 record, good for third in the NFC. It was their first playoff berth since 1972. The union called for the strike immediately following the Packers' Monday night win over the New York Giants on September 20. At that point, Green Bay was 2-0, having opened the season with a record-setting come-from-behind win. Trailing the Rams 23-0 at the half, the Packers scored 35 unanswered points to win. There were changes on the coaching staff, as Bob Schnelker was named offensive coordinator in February. Schnelker had been a Packer assistant from 1965-1971. Assistant coach Zeke Bratkowski left to become the offensive coordinator of the Baltimore Colts. There were also changes in the front office. Packer President Dominic Olejniczak, who had been in office since 1958, was replaced in May by Judge Robert Parins, the eighth president in team history. In the playoffs, Green Bay would crush St.Louis, then lose a heartbreaker to Dallas in the NFC Semifinals.
1982 PRE-SEASON RESULTS (2-2) - AUGUST (2-1)
14 G-NEW YORK JETS W 21-19 1- 0-0 53,531
20 M-CINCINNATI BENGALS W 41-27 2- 0-0 52,636
29 at Los Angeles Raiders L 3-24 2- 1-0 40,906
SEPTEMBER (0-1)
4 at New England Patriots L 27-41 2- 2-0 39,888
1982 REGULAR SEASON RESULTS (5-3-1) - SEPTEMBER (2-0)
12 M-LOS ANGELES RAMS (0-0) W 35-23 1- 0-0 53,694 Dickey
20 at New York Giants (0-1) W 27-19 2- 0-0 68,405 Dickey
28 at New York Jets (2-1) L 13-15 3- 1-0 53,872 Dickey
DECEMBER (2-1-1)
5 M-BUFFALO BILLS (3-1) W 33-21 4- 1-0 46,655 Dickey
12 G-DETROIT LIONS (2-3) L 10-30 4- 2-0 51,875 Dickey
19 at Baltimore Colts (0-6) T 20-20(OT) 4- 2-1 25,920 Dickey
26 at Atlanta Falcons (5-2) W 38- 7 5- 2-1 50,245 Dickey
JANUARY 1983 (1-0)
2 at Detroit Lions (3-5) L 24-27 5- 3-1 64,377 Dickey
1982 PLAYOFFS (1-1) - JANUARY 1983
NFC FIRST ROUND
8 G-ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (5-4) W 41-16 54,282 Dickey
NFC SECOND ROUND
16 at Dallas Cowboys (7-3) L 26-37 63,972 Dickey
August 14: Green Bay (1-0) 21, New York Jets 19
(GREEN BAY) - Rich Campbell threw a four yard touchdown pass to Paul Coffman, while Eddie Lee Ivery and rookie Willard Reaves both scored on a 3-yard plunges, leading the Green Bay Packers over the New York Jets Saturday night. Campbell, who entered the game with 6:33 left in the second quarter and played the rest of the way at quarterback, completed 8 of 17 passes for 98 yards and had two intercepted in his most extensive action since the Packers drafted him on the first round in 1981. After the Jets scored on a 42 yard field goal by Jeff Brockhaus in the first quarter, the Packers took the lead for good on Ivery's 3-yard scoring run with 8:22 left in the second quarter.
NY JETS - 3 0 3 13 - 19
GREEN BAY - 0 14 0 7 - 21
1st - NYJ - Jeff Brockhaus, 42-yard field goal NY JETS 3-0
2nd - GB - Ivery, 3-yard run (Garcia kick) GREEN BAY 7-3
2nd - GB - Coffman, 4-yard pass from Campbell (Garcia kick) GREEN BAY 14-3
3rd - NYJ - Brian Happel, 36-yard field goal GREEN BAY 14-6
4th - NYJ - Dwayne Crutchfield, 3-yard run (Brockhaus kick) GREEN BAY 14-13
4th - GB - Reaves, 3-yard run (Garcia kick) GREEN BAY 21-13
4th - NYJ - Tom Coombs, 16-yard pass from John Rogan (Pass failed) G BAY 21-19
August 20: Green Bay (2-0) 41, Cincinnati 27
(MILWAUKEE) - QB Rich Campbell came off the bench Friday night to ignite a 24-point third quarter that rallied the Packers to a nationally televised victory over the Bengals. Campbell entered the game at the start of the second half and promptly erased a 27- 7 deficit with touchdown passes of 9 yards to Gary Lewis and 11 yards to Wamon Buggs. The Packers, now 2-0, also scored on Virgil Livers' 36-yard run with a fumble recovery, a 1-yard run by starting quarterback Lynn Dickey and a 10-yard pass from Dickey to Paul Coffman.
CINCINNATI - 6 21 0 0 - 27
GREEN BAY - 14 3 24 0 - 41
1st - GB - Dickey, 1-yard run (Stenerud kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
1st - GB - Coffman, 10-yard pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GREEN BAY 14-0
1st - CIN - Charles Alexander, 5-yard run (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 14-6
2nd - CIN - Pete Johnson, 1-yard run (Jim Breech kick) GREEN BAY 14-13
2nd - CIN - Ken Anderson, 1-yard run (Breech kick) CINCINNATI 20-14
2nd - CIN - Jim Hargrove, 9-yard pass from Anderson (Breech kick) CIN 27-14
2nd - GB - Stenerud, 40-yard field goal CINCINNATI 27-17
3rd - GB - Buggs, 11-yard pass from Campbell (Garcia kick) GREEN BAY 34-27
3rd - GB - Livers, 36-yard fumble return (Garcia kick) GREEN BAY 41-27
August 29: Los Angeles Raiders 24, Green Bay (2-1) 3
(LOS ANGELES) - Marc Wilson threw for one touchdown and Frank Hawkins and Billy Taylor scored on short runs Sunday night as the Los Angeles Raiders debuted in their new home with a victory over the Green Bay Packers. The Raiders, who had won the right to move to Los Angeles in a federal court battle with the NFL, drew a crowd of 40,906 for their inaugural home contest in the LA Coliseum. Officials said 54,268 tickets had been sold for the televised contest. Hawkins put the Raiders ahead 10-3 midway through the third quarter when he capped a Jim Plunkett-directed march of 64 yards with his short touchdown burst. Wilson hit Malcolm Barnwell with a 7-yard touchdown pass with 3:30 left to give Los Angeles breathing room. Taylor wound up scoring on a 3-yard run with two seconds left. Eddie Garcia had given the Packers a 3-0 lead with a 49-yard field goal six minutes into the contest.
GREEN BAY - 3 0 0 0 - 3
LA RAIDERS - 0 3 7 14 - 24
1st - GB - Garcia, 49-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
2nd - LA - Chris Bahr, 44-yard field goal TIED 3-3
3rd - LA - Frank Hawkins, 2-yard run (Bahr kick) LA RAIDERS 10-3
4th - LA - Malcolm Barnwell, 6-yard pass from Marc Wilson (Bahr kick) LA 17-3
4th - LA - Billy Taylor, 2-yard run (Bahr kick) LA RAIDERS 24-3
September 4: New England 41, Green Bay (2-2) 27
(NEW ENGLAND) - Tony Collins rushed for 130 yards on 14 carries and caught a 16-yard touchdown pass from Matt Cavanaugh Saturday while New England took advantage of four Green Bay turnovers, powering the Patriots to a 41-27 exhibition victory over the Packers. Cavanaugh solidified his status as starting quarterback by completing eight of 16 pisses for 77 yards, throwing touchdown passes to Collins and Preston Brown. Dave Jacobs, who is pressing incumbent John Smith for the Patriots kicking job, added field goals of 39 and 20 yards.
GREEN BAY - 0 13 7 7 - 27
NEW ENGLAND - 21 3 10 7 - 41
1st - NE - Mosi Tatupu, 7-yard fumble return (Dave Jacobs kick) N ENGLAND 7-0
1st - NE - Preston Brown, 25-yard pass from Matt Cavanaugh (Jacobs kick) NE 21-0
2nd - GB - Ellis, 1-yard run (Stenerud kick) NEW ENGLAND 21-7
2nd - GB - Ellis, 7-yard pass from Dickey (Kick blocked) NEW ENGLAND 21-13
2nd - NE - Jacobs, 39-yard field goal NEW ENGLAND 24-13
3rd - GB - Ivery, 3-yard run (Garcia kick) NEW ENGLAND 24-20
3rd - NE - Tony Collins, 16-yard pass from Cavanaugh (Jacobs kick) NE 31-20
3rd - NE - Jacobs, 20-yard field goal NEW ENGLAND 34-20
4th - NE - Robert Weathers, 1-yard run (Jacobs kick) NEW ENGLAND 41-20
4th - GB - Lewis, 66-yard pass from Campbell (Garcia kick) NEW ENGLAND 41-27
1982 PACKERS DRAFT (April 27-28, 1982)
RND-PCKNAMEPOSCOLLEGENOTES
1 22 Ron Hallstrom G Iowa
2 40 Traded To San Diego in John Jefferson trade
3 71 Del Rodgers RB Utah
4 98 Robert Brown LB Virginia Tech
5 126 Mike Meade FB Penn State
6 152 Chet Parlavecchio LB Penn State
7 183 Joe Whitley DB Texas-El Paso
8 210 Thomas Boyd LB Alabama
9 237 Charles Riggins DE Bethune-Cook.
10 264 Eddie Garcia K SMU
11 294 John Macaulay C Stanford
12 321 Phillip Epps WR TCU
Bold - Played for the Green Bay Packers
1982 Packers Yearbook
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Lomax five times for 38 yards in losses and forced four turnovers. It was the first playoff game at Lambeau Field since the famed Ice Bowl 14 years before. Still, the game was not even a sellout, mainly because the strike had soured many fans on pro football.
ST. LOUIS - 3 6 0 7 - 16
GREEN BAY - 7 21 10 3 - 41
1st - STL - Neil O'Donoghue, 18-yard field goal ST. LOUIS 3-0
1st - GB - Jefferson, 60-yard pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GREEN BAY 7-3
2nd - GB - Lofton, 20-yard pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GREEN BAY 14-3
2nd - GB - Ivery, 2-yard run (Stenerud kick) GREEN BAY 21-3
2nd - GB - Ivery, 4-yard pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GREEN BAY 28-3
2nd - STL - Pat Tilley, 5-yard pass from Neil Lomax (Kick blocked) GR BAY 28-9
3rd - GB - Stenerud, 46-yard field goal GREEN BAY 31-9
3rd - GB - Jefferson, 7-yard pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GREEN BAY 38-9
4th - GB - Stenerud, 34-yard field goal GREEN BAY 41-9
4th - STL - Mike Shumann, 18-yard pass from Lomax (O'Donoghue kick) GB 41-16
into the second quarter. They moved 73 yards to a second-and-goal at the 1. James Lofton and John Jefferson lined up on the left. Jefferson ran a crossing pattern, clearing out the middle. Lofton put an outside fake on Dennis Thurman - he would retaliate later with three interceptions - and cut inside to grab a pass from Lynn Dickey. The Cowboys, however, came right back, moving 80 yards, with the score coming on a 2-yard run by Newsome. Green Bay got the ball back on its 25 with 1:13 showing. Instead of running out the clock, Packers coach Bart Starr instructed Dickey to throw an out pattern to Jefferson down the left sideline. "He tried to push me off," said Thurman, who had Jefferson in single coverage. "At that point, I knew he was running an out pattern. I read his route and got underneath him." Thurman stepped in front of Jefferson, caught the ball in full stride and went 39 vards for the touchdown. Presto, 20-7, two touchdowns in 14 seconds, and half time.
GREEN BAY - 0 7 6 13 - 26
DALLAS - 6 14 3 14 - 37
1st - DAL - Rafael Septien, 50-yard field goal DALLAS 3-0
1st - DAL - Septien, 34-yard field goal DALLAS 6-0
2nd - GB - Lofton, 6-yard pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GREEN BAY 7-6
2nd - DAL - Timmy Newsome, 2-yard run (Septien kick) DALLAS 13-7
2nd - DAL - Dennis Thurman, 39-yard interception return (Septien kick) DAL 20-7
3rd - GB - Stenerud, 30-yard field goal DALLAS 20-10
3rd - GB - Stenerud, 33-yard field goal DALLAS 20-13
3rd - DAL - Septien, 24-yard field goal DALLAS 23-13
4th - DAL - Robert Newhouse, 1-yard run (Septien kick) DALLAS 37-26
1982 PACKER TRADES - TRANSACTIONS
JUNE 10 - Traded DL Bruce Clark to PITTSBURGH for a 1983 1st-round draft choice (CB Tim Lewis)
JULY 27 - Traded a 1983 3rd-round draft choice to HOUSTON for OT Angelo Fields
AUGUST 29 - Traded OT Mark Koncar to HOUSTON for a 1983 10th-round draft choice (WR Byron Williams)
THE PLAYER'S ALL-STAR SEASON (P.A.S.S.)
Green Bay LB Jim Laslavic is the answer to one of the toughest trivia questions in history. Who was the only Packer to take part in the NFL Players' Association All-Star Games held during the 1982 strike? Laslavic, who was acquired off waivers from San Diego on September 14, is the only answer. The linebacker had played five years with Detroit after being picked in the third round of the 1973 draft. He was traded to the Chargers in 1978.
Following the start of the player's strike, the NFLPA announced plans to host a series of All-Star games to fill the void. The NFL immediately tried to crush those plans, but, on October 6, federal judge John Penn declined to issue an immediate injunction against the all-star games, so the new league could commence operations pending a review of Penn's judgment. The PASS league, as it was known, signed a television contract with Ted Turner, and scheduled 19 games, with teams being made up of all-stars from each division.
In the first replacement contest set for Sunday October 17 in Washington, the National East would host American East. The new league had everything – big league players with guaranteed paychecks, equipment, a TV contract, major league stadiums. All it needed now was fans. RFK Stadium had 55,000 seats. The union hoped to sell 30,000 tickets, but fewer than 5,000 fans were willing to pay $8 to $15 for a seat. Mark Moseley booted a 45 yarder to win the game for the National East, 23-22.
The second game on October 18 was a disaster. Tickets to the Los Angeles Coliseum were priced from $6 to $12, but only 680 fans paid to get in. Even a ticket giveaway brought a crowd of only 3,000 in the 90,000 seat stadium. To save money, the league left the scoreboard clock dark. The bigger issue, though, was players. The American West and National West teams were short of players, so participants were brought in from all over the country. Among those was Laslavic. The American West won 31-27.
Ted Turner lost an estimated $500,000 in making the games possible, but was ready to continue. Games were scheduled for Toronto and Atlanta, but the league was apparently down to four teams, no National Central or American Central. The league died on October 20, when a three judge panel of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Judge Penn by a 2-1 vote and held that the NFL was not limited to a single federal court in suing players. The union could not afford to take on 28 teams in federal courts across the nation, and cancelled the remainder of the schedule. The Players' AII-Star Season was history after playing two games.
