September 8: New England Patriots (1-0) 26, Green Bay Packers (0-1) 20
(NEW ENGLAND) - Tony Eason threw for 241 yards and one touchdown, and New England sacked Green Bay QB Lynn Dickey seven times as the Patriots held on to beat the Packers. Eason, the league's third-rated quarterback last season, completed 21 of 28 passes, including a 3-yard scoring pass to Cedric Jones eight seconds before halftime to make the score 19-6. It ended a second quarter in which the Packers gave up a fumble, a safety and an interception in a span of five offensive plays that led to a 12-0 New England advantage. Craig James' 65-yard run made the score, 26-6, with 6:23 left in the game. The Packers rallied for two touchdowns in the last four minutes on Dickey's 8-yard pass to Paul Coffman and Jessie Clark's 23-yard run.. The Packer passing game was atrocious, completing just 19 of 59 passes.
GREEN BAY - 0 6 0 14 - 20
NEW ENGLAND - 7 12 0 7 - 26
1st - NE - Tony Collins, 11-yard run (Tony Franklin kick) NEW ENGLAND 7-0
2nd - NE - Franklin, 34-yard field goal NEW ENGLAND 10-0
2nd - NE - Safety, Don Blackmon sacked Dickey in the end zone NE 12-0
2nd - GB - Ellis, 1-yard run (Kick failed) NEW ENGLAND 12-6
2nd - NE - Cedric Jones, 3-yard pass from Tony Eason (Franklin kick) NE 19-6
4th - NE - Craig James, 65-yard run (Franklin kick) NEW ENGLAND 26-6
4th - GB - Coffman, 8-yard pass from Dickey (Del Greco kick) NE 26-13
4th - GB - Clark, 23-yard run (Del Greco kick) NEW ENGLAND 26-20
September 15 : Green Bay Packers (1-1) 23, New York Giants (1-1) 20
(GREEN BAY) - Eddie Lee Ivery ran 1 yard for a touchdown with 4:07 left as the Packers edged the Giants. The touchdown concluded a 75-yard drive by the Packers. That drive followed a 5-yard touchdown toss from Phil Simms to WR Lionel Manuel that gave the Giants the lead for first time in the game. It was Simms' second touchdown throw of the half. TE Don Hasselbeck caught a 20-yard pass from Simms in the third quarter for the Giants' first touchdown of the game Down 20-17, the Packers' Lynn Dickey made two key throws, a 34-yarder to James Lofton, and a 22-yarder to Phillip Epps, to take Green Bay to the 1-yard line. Ivery scored over the right side on the second play, but Al Del Greco missed the extra point attempt making the score 23-20. The Giants, in the last minutes, drove to the Packers' 30-yard line. But Ali Haji-Sheikh, bothered by a pulled hamstring in his left leg, missed a 47-yard field goal attempt.
NEW YORK GIANTS - 0 6 7 7 - 20
GREEN BAY - 10 7 0 6 - 23
1st - GB - Del Greco, 40-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
1st - GB - Clark, 1-yard run (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 10-0
2nd - NYG - Ali Haji-Sheikh, 23-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-3
2nd - NYG - Haji-Sheikh, 52-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-6
2nd - GB - Coffman, 1-yard pass from Dickey (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 17-6
3rd - NYG - Don Hasselbeck, 20-yd pass fr Phil Simms (Haji-Sheikh kick) GB 17-13
4th - NYG - Lionel Manuel, 5-yard pass from Simms (Haji-Sheikh kick) NY 20-17
4th - GB - Ivery, 1-yard run (Kick failed) GREEN BAY 23-20
September 22 : New York Jets (2-1) 24, Green Bay Packers (1-2) 3
(MILWAUKEE) - Tony Paige scored two touchdowns and the New York defense overwhelmed the error-prone Packers, sending starting QB Lynn Dickey to the sidelines in the third period. LB Lance Mehl had five tackles, two sacks and an interception. The Jets clinched it early in the fourth quarter when the Packers tried a fake punt deep in their own territory. Guy Prather fumbled the snap and Jets DT Tom Baldwin recovered and ran nine yards for his first NFL touchdown. Green Bay only managed 71 yards rushing on 25 carries.
NEW YORK JETS - 7 0 10 7 - 24
GREEN BAY - 3 0 0 0 - 3
1st - NYJ - Tony Paige, 5-yard pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) NY 7-0
1st - GB - Del Greco, 39-yard field goal NEW YORK JETS 7-3
3rd - NYJ - Leahy, 25-yard field goal NEW YORK JETS 10-3
3rd - NYJ - Paige, 11-yard run (Leahy kick) NEW YORK JETS 17-3
4th - NYJ - Tom Baldwin, 9-yard fumble return (Leahy kick) NEW YORK JETS 24-3
September 29 : St. Louis Cardinals (3-1) 43, Green Bay Packers (1-3) 28
(ST. LOUIS) - Leonard Smith set up 10 second-quarter points with a blocked punt and an interception and Neil Lomax passed for three touchdowns in the third and fourth quarters, helping the Cardinals roll over the Green Bay Packers. St. Louis, following a scoreless opening period, exploded for 26 points in just under 18 minutes extending to the final half. The Cards, while improving their record to 3-1, dropped Green Bay to 1-3, despite Jesse Clark's 80-yard run for the Packers, longest ever by a St. Louis opponent, and Lynn Dickey's three scoring passes. Smith, the Cards' SS, broke through to bat down Joe Prokop's punt from Green Bay's 24 with St. Louis leading 9-0 in the second quarter. Ottis Anderson banged 1 yard to score three plays afterward. Moments later, Smith plucked off a deflected Randy Wright pass and raced 67 yards to set up Neil O'Donoghue's first of two field goals in padding the Cards' lead to 19-0 at halftime. Gary Ellerson set a Packer record with eight kickoff returns.
GREEN BAY - 0 0 7 21 - 28
ST. LOUIS - 0 19 14 10 - 43
2nd - STL - Earl Ferrell, 3-yard run (Neil O'Donoghue kick) ST. LOUIS 7-0
2nd - STL - Safety, McCarren snapped the ball out of the end zone ST. LOUIS 9-0
2nd - STL - Ottis Anderson, 1-yard run (O'Donoghue kick) ST. LOUIS 16-0
2nd - STL - O'Donoghue, 22-yard field goal ST. LOUIS 19-0
3rd - GB - Ellis, 39-yard run (Del Greco kick) ST. LOUIS 26-7
3rd - STL - Pat Tilley, 11-yard pass from Lomax (O'Donoghue kick) ST. LOUIS 33-7
4th - GB - Lofton, 10-yard pass from Dickey (Del Greco kick) ST. LOUIS 33-14
4th - STL - O'Donoghue, 36-yard field goal ST. LOUIS 36-14
4th - GB - Coffman, 19-yard pass from Dickey (Del Greco kick) ST. LOUIS 36-21
4th - STL - Roy Green, 37-yard pass from Lomax (O'Donoghue kick) STL 43-21
4th - GB - Coffman, 3-yard pass from Dickey (Del Greco kick) ST. LOUIS 43-28
October 6 : Detroit Lions (4-1) 43, Green Bay Packers (1-4) 10
(GREEN BAY) - Phillip Epps caught two touchdown passes, James Lofton grabbed 10 passes for 151 yards and an aggressive Green Bay defense stifled a bumbling Detroit offense as the Packers romped over the Lions 43-10. Green Bay's offense managed to roll up 512 yards. Epps' third-quarter touchdowns came on a 9-yard pass from Lynn Dickey and a 28-yarder from Green Bay backup Randy Wright, filling in for the injured veteran. Dickey's other touchdown toss came in the first quarter. Wright also threw a 7-yard touchdown strike to TE Ed West in the third quarter. Even though Lofton didn't score, he had his best game of the season and moved into second place on the all-time list of Packers having the most yards catching passes, surpassing Don Hutson's 7,991 yards. Carroll Dale is first with 8,079 yards. Detroit had six turnovers in the game - four lost fumbles and two interceptions. The blitzing Packers sacked Lions quarterbacks four times.
DETROIT - 3 0 0 7 - 10
GREEN BAY - 7 13 23 0 - 43
1st - DET - Eddie Murray, 22-yard field goal DETROIT 3-0
1st - GB - Ivery, 2-yard pass from Dickey (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 7-3
2nd - GB - Del Greco, 33-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-3
2nd - GB - Clark, 6-yard run (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 17-3
2nd - GB - Del Greco, 21-yard field goal GREEN BAY 20-3
3rd - GB - Epps, 9-yard pass from Dickey (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 27-3
3rd - GB - West, 7-yard pass from Wright (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 34-3
3rd - GB - Epps, 28-yard pass from Wright (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 41-3
3rd - GB - Safety, Brown tackled Joe Ferguson in the end zone GREEN BAY 43-3
4th - DET - Alvin Moore, 13-yard pass from Ferguson (Murray kick) GB 43-10
October 13: Green Bay Packers (3-3) 20, Minnesota Vikings (3-3) 17
(MILWAUKEE) - Al Del Greco kicked two fourth-quarter field goals, the second with seven seconds remaining, to lift the host Green Bay Packers to a 20-17 victory over division rival Minnesota. Del Greco's 22-yard kick capped a 66-yard Packers drive that started with less than a minute and a half left to play. The big play on that drive came on a 26-yard pass from Lynn Dickey to WR James Lofton at the Minnesota 10-yard line. A roughing-the-passer penalty on Vikings DE Mark Mullaney gave the Packers a first and goal. Del Greco's kick came on second down. Two third-quarter touchdowns and extra points left the score tied 14-14 entering the fourth quarter. Green Bay took a brief third-quarter lead on an unusual play by the Packers defense, which came immediately after Minnesota LB Scott Studwell snuffed out a Packers drive by intercepting Dickey in the end zone and returning the ball to the 12-yard line. Minnesota RB Darrin Nelson took the handoff, ran left, but Green Bay DE Robert Brown forced him to fumble. The ball popped out of a knot of players into the hands of Packers CB Tim Lewis, who ran 6 yards into the end zone.
MINNESOTA - 0 7 7 3 - 17
GREEN BAY - 0 7 7 6 - 20
2nd - GB - Clark, 5-yard pass from Dickey (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
2nd - MIN - Mike Jones, 14-yd pass fr Tommy Kramer (Jan Stenerud kick) TIED 7-7
3rd - GB - T.Lewis, 6-yard fumble return (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 14-7
3rd - MINN - Leo Lewis, 43-yard pass from Kramer (Stenerud kick) TIED 14-14
4th - GB - Del Greco, 45-yard field goal GREEN BAY 17-14
4th - MINN - Stenerud, 18-yard field goal TIED 17-17
4th - GB - Del Greco, 22-yard field goal GREEN BAY 20-17
October 21: Chicago Bears (7-0) 23, Green Bay Packers (3-4) 7
(CHICAGO) - William "The Refrigerator" Perry, a 325-pound rookie DT, went on the offense Monday night to lead Walter Payton and the undefeated Chicago Bears to a 23-7 victory over the Green Bay Packers. Perry, used in short-yardage, goal- line situations, led the blocking on Payton scoring runs of two and one yards and also scored himself on a one-yard run to the delight of a Soldier Field crowd of 65,095. Payton carried 25 times for 112 yards, giving the NFL's all-time leading rusher his 66th career 100-yard game. The victory gave the Bears a 7-0 record, their best start since 1942 when the team won all 11 of its regular season games. Lynn Dickey got the Packers on the scoreboard first with a 27-yard scoring pass to James Lofton. But the Bears dominated thereafter, particularly a defense that intercepted four passes and recorded a fourth-quarter safety. Payton and Perry took care of the offense. Mike Richardson intercepted a Dickey pass and the Bears marched from the Packer 31 to the 2. Perry came into the backfield and opened a huge hole for Payton's tying touchdown. The next Bear interception was by Wilber Marshall, who returned it to the Green Bay 17. QB Jim McMahon completed a short pass to Payton and Payton carried for 10 to the Packer 1-yard line. Perry again entered the game but, instead of blocking, he plowed across for the tie-breaking touchdown. Late in the second period, the Bears drove from their own 11 to the Green Bay 1-yard line on the throwing of McMahon, who completed four passes in the drive. Perry again returned to the lineup and this time blocked as Payton scored to make it 21-7 with 1:11 left in the half.
GREEN BAY - 7 0 0 0 - 7
CHICAGO - 0 21 0 2 - 23
1st - GB - Lofton, 27-yard pass from Dickey (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
2nd - CHI - Walter Payton, 2-yard run (Kevin Butler kick) TIED 7-7
2nd - CHI - William Perry, 1-yard run (Butler kick) CHICAGO 14-7
2nd - CHI - Payton, 1-yard run (Butler kick) CHICAGO 21-7
4th - CHI - Safety, Otis Wilson sacked Zorn in the end zone CHICAGO 23-7
October 27 : Indianapolis Colts (3-5) 37, Green Bay Packers (3-5) 10
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Eugene Daniel intercepted three passes and Wayne Capers, making his first start, scored on a 20-yard run and on pass receptions of 39 and 33 yards, leading the Indianapolis Colts to a 37-10 win over the Green Bay Packers. Daniel also broke up a Green Bay pass at the Indianapolis 2-yard line and recovered two fumbles that ended Packer threats with under seven minutes remaining and in the final minute of the game. Two of Daniel's interceptions set up first-half touchdowns by the Colts, who built a 20-10 lead at intermission and put the game out of reach on their first possession of the third quarter. Runs by George Wonsley and Randy McMillan took Indianapolis to the Green Bay 39. On the next play, McMillan took the ball from QB Mike Pagel, faked a run and pitched back to Pagel who fired the touchdown pass to Capers. Capers, who joined the Colts as a free agent a week after the regular season began, got his third touchdown on a 33-yard pass from backup QB Matt Kofler with 2:50 left in the final period.
GREEN BAY - 7 3 0 0 - 10
INDIANAPOLIS - 14 6 7 10 - 37
1st - IND - Wayne Capers, 20-yard run (Raul Allegre kick) INDIANAPOLIS 7-0
1st - IND - Randy McMillan, 21-yard run (Allegre kick) INDIANAPOLIS 14-0
1st - GB - Coffman, 8-yd pass from Dickey (Del Greco kick) INDIANAPOLIS 14-7
2nd - IND - Allegre, 24-yard field goal INDIANAPOLIS 17-7
2nd - GB - Del Greco, 29-yard field goal INDIANAPOLIS 17-10
2nd - IND - Allegre, 26-yard field goal INDIANAPOLIS 20-10
3rd - IND - Capers, 39-yd pass fr Mike Pagel (Allegre kick) INDIANAPOLIS 27-10
4th - IND - Allegre, 22-yard field goal INDIANAPOLIS 30-10
4th - IND - Capers, 33-yd pass fr Matt Kofler (Allegre kick) INDIANAPOLIS 37-10
November 3 : Chicago Bears (9-0) 16, Green Bay Packers (3-6) 10
(GREEN BAY) - Walter Payton rushed for 192 yards and scampered 27 yards for a key fourth quarter touchdown and DL William "The Refrigerator" Perry caught a TD pass as the unbeaten Chicago Bears defeated the Green Bay Packers 16-10. Payton's touchdown run, giving Chicago its ninth victory of the season, followed a safety sack of Green Bay QB Jim Zorn by Steve McMichael and a short free kick by Packers' P Joe Prokop that left the Bears in good field position. Bears QB Jim McMahon hooked up with TE Tim Wrightman for a 17-yard completion for a first-down at the Green Bay 27. Payton's scoring run, with 10:31 left in the game, came on the next play. Perry, a rookie who ran for his first pro touchdown against the Packers two weeks ago, caught a 4-yard TD pass from McMahon in the second quarter, giving Chicago a 10-7 lead. Perry lined up in the left slot on a second-and-goal situation at the 4. He went in motion to the right and was unguarded in the end zone. The Packers entered the final quarter with a 10-7 lead, thanks to a 55-yard pass catch and run in the third quarter by Jessie Clark, who hauled in Zorn's first TD pass with Green Bay. Zorn was signed by Green Bay in September after his release by Seattle and was making his first NFL start in two years, in place of regular Lynn Dickey. Five unsportsmanlike conduct or unnecessary roughness penalties were called, and Packer CB Mark
NAMENOPOSHGTWGTCOLLEGEYRPRAGGHOW ACQUIRED
John Anderson 59 LB 6- 3 229 Michigan 8 8 29 16 1978 Draft - 1st round
Don Bracken 17 P 6- 0 205 Michigan 1 1 23 7 1985 FA
Robert Brown 93 DE 6- 2 270 Virginia Tech 4 4 25 16 1982 Draft - 4th round
Ronnie Burgess 39 DB 5-11 175 Wake Forest 1 1 22 11 1985 Draft - 10th round
Mike Butler 77 DE 6- 5 269 Kansas 7 7 31 12 1985 FA - TB (USFL)
Mossy Cade 24 CB 6- 1 195 Texas 1 1 23 14 1985 Trade - San Diego
Mark Cannon 58 C 6- 3 268 TX-Arlington 2 2 23 16 1984 Draft - 11th round
Alphonso Carreker 76 DE 6- 6 270 Florida State 2 2 23 16 1984 Draft - 1st round
Jim Zorn 18 QB 6- 2 200 Cal Poly-Pomona 1 10 32 13 1985 FA - Sea (1984)
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Lee was ejected.
CHICAGO - 0 7 0 9 - 16
GREEN BAY - 3 0 7 0 - 10
1st - GB - Del Greco, 40-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
2nd - CHI - William Perry, 4-yd pass fr Jim McMahon (Kevin Butler kick) CHI 7-3
3rd - GB - Clark, 55-yard pass from Zorn (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 10-7
4th - CHI - Safety, Steve McMichael sacked Zorn in the end zone GREEN BAY 10-9
4th - CHI - Walter Payton, 27-yard run (Butler kick) CHICAGO 16-10
November 10 : Green Bay Packers (4-6) 27, Minnesota Vikings (5-5) 17
(MINNESOTA) - Lynn Dickey came off the bench to complete nine of 11 passes for 135 yards, including a 63-yarder to Phillip Epps that set up Dickey's go-ahead 1-yard touchdown pass to Eddie Lee Ivery with 5:29 to play, as the visiting Green Bay Packers rallied for three touchdowns in a 3:37 span late in the game to post a 27-17 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. With the Packers trailing 17-6 with 12:39 remaining. Dickey, who had replaced ineffective starter Jim Zorn with 2:22 left in the first half, connected on 18- and 24-yard passes to help set up Gerry Ellis' l-yard run with 7:27 left to bring Green Bay within 17-13. One play after Minnesota was forced to punt, Dickey hooked up with Epps, who snared six passes for 118 yards, over Carl Lee down to Minnesota's 5-yard line. Two plays later, Dickey hit Ivery to put the Pack up for good 20-17. Mark Murphy then interecepted a Tommy Kramer pass and returned it 50 yards for the clincher with 3:56 to go. Tim Lewis also intercepted a Kramer pass late in the game. Darrin Nelson ran 21 times for a career-high 146 yards and scored on a 4-yard run that put the Vikings ahead 14-6 with 8:25 left in the third quarter. Jan Stenerud's 24-yard fourthquarter field goal gave Minnesota its 17-6 bulge. The Vikings took a 7-0 lead 10:23 into the game on Ted Brown's 1-yard run. Al Del Greco's 46- and 28-yard field goals, the latter coming with 10 seconds left in the first half, to make it 7-6 at halftime. Zorn completed only five of 13 passes for 75 yards before being pulled.
GREEN BAY - 3 3 0 21 - 27
MINNESOTA - 7 0 7 3 - 17
1st - MINN - Ted Brown, 1-yard run (Jan Stenerud kick) MINNESOTA 7-0
1st - GB - Del Greco, 46-yard field goal MINNESOTA 7-3
2nd - GB - Del Greco, 28-yard field goal MINNESOTA 7-6
3rd MINN - Darrin Nelson, 4-yard run (Stenerud kick) MINNESOTA 14-6
4th - MINN - Stenerud, 24-yard field goal MINNESOTA 17-6
November 17 : Green Bay Packers (5-6) 38, New Orleans Saints (3-7) 14
(MILWAUKEE) - Lynn Dickey tossed two second-quarter touchdowns, one to Phillip Epps, whose 46-yard punt return set up another Green Bay score, as the host Packers romped over the sluggish New Orleans Saints, 38-14. Dickey's TD passes covered 3 and 11 yards and helped the Packers to a 17-0 halftime lead. For the day, Dickey completed 22 of 35 passes for 302 yards. But he threw two interceptions, including one to Saints' S Terry Hoage near the end of the third quarter that Hoage returned 52 yards for New Orleans' first score. The Packers defense sacked New Orleans QB Bobby Hebert six times. Hebert scored his first NFL touchdown in receiving a 7-yard toss from Guido Merkens in the fourth quarter that made the score 31-14. Green Bay QB Jim Zorn, who relieved Dickey when the game was out of reach for New Orleans, also tossed a touchdown pass - an 8-yarder to Preston Dennard with just under two minutes remaining. The win improved Green Bay's record to 5-6 and kept the Packers in the hunt for a wildcard playoff spot. It was the Packers' seventh straight victory over New Orleans, including four straight at Milwaukee County Stadium.
NEW ORLEANS - 0 0 7 7 - 14
GREEN BAY - 0 17 7 14 - 38
2nd - GB - Del Greco, 27-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
2nd - GB - Moore, 3-yard pass from Dickey (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 10-0
2nd - GB - Epps, 11-yard pass from Dickey (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 17-0
3rd - GB - Ellis, 15-yard run (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 24-0
3rd - NO - Terry Hoage, 52-yard interception return (Morten Andersen kick) GB 24-7
4th - GB - Ellerson, 1-yard run (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 31-7
4th - NO - Bobby Hebert, 7-yd pass from Guido Merkens (Andersen kick) GB 31-14
4th - GB - Dennard, 8-yard pass from Zorn (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 38-14
November 24 : Los Angeles Rams (10-2) 34, Green Bay Packers (5-7) 17
(LOS ANGELES) - Olympic sprinter Ron Brown, running wild against the Green Bay
Packers, scored twice on spectacular kickoff returns and caught a touchdown pass to pace the Los Angeles Rams to a 34-17 victory. The win snapped a two-game losing skid by the Rams, 9-3, and built their NFC West lead over San Francisco to 2.5 games.
The Packers' hopes for a wildcard playoff spot dimmed as they fell to 5-7, losing for the first time in three games. Brown raced 98 yards for a touchdown with the game's opening kickoff, then ran another kickoff back 86 yards in the second quarter to give Los Angeles a 14-7 lead. Only two other players in NFL history had run back as many as two kickoffs for touchdowns in a single game - Timmy Brown of the Philadelphia Eagles in 1966 and Travis Williams of the Packers in 1967. In the second half, when the Packers kicked the ball away from him, Brown broke loose down the middle and caught a 39-yard touchdown pass from Dieter Brock to stake the Rams to a 28-17 lead early in the fourth quarter. Brown, a second-year pro who was a member of the United States' gold medal-winning 400-meter relay team in the 1984 Olympics, finished with five receptions and 87 total yards plus the two long kickoff returns. Eric Dickerson gained 150 yards on 31 carries and put the Rams ahead to stay when he scored on a 14-yard run for a 21-17 Los Angeles lead late in the third quarter. Brock completed 15 of 19 throws for 150 yards, including the toss to Brown, and was not intercepted.
GREEN BAY - 0 10 7 0 - 17
LOS ANGELES RAMS - 7 7 7 13 - 34
1st - LA - Ron Brown, 98-yard kickoff return (Mike Lansford kick) LA RAMS 7-0
2nd - LA - Brown, 86-yard kickoff return (Lansford kick) LA RAMS 14-7
2nd - GB - Del Greco, 38-yard field goal LOS ANGELES RAMS 14-10
3rd - GB - Lofton, 21-yard pass from Dickey (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 17-14
3rd - LA - Eric Dickerson, 14-yard run (Lansford kick) LOS ANGELES RAMS 21-17
4th - LA - Brown, 39-yard pass from Dieter Brock (Lansford kick) LA RAMS 28-17
4th - LA - Lansford, 43-yard field goal LOS ANGELES RAMS 31-17
4th - LA - Lansford, 32-yard field goal LOS ANGELES RAMS 34-17
December 1 : Green Bay Packers (6-7) 21, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-11) 0
(GREEN BAY) - The Packers, depending largely on the arm of veteran QB Lynn Dickey, weathered blizzard-like conditions to shut out the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 21-0. Dickey, who seemed to thrive in the adverse weather, completed 22 of 38 passes for 289 yards and ran one yard for a touchdown as the Packers rolled up 512 offensive yards. In a snowy game at Denver last season, he threw for 371 yards. Dickey said he couldn't worry about the 30-degree weather with winds gusting to 40 miles an hour. "You've got to accept" the weather, be said. "It isn't going to get any better. Just grip (the football) tight and throw the best you can." Green Bay RB Gerry Ellis adjusted to the layer of snow, setting his feet well enough to rush for 101 yards, including 35 yards for a touchdown. "It was 85 degrees in Tampa, and they come up here and the snow's blowing. I know they're not used to that," Ellis said. "It's kind of an advantage for us." Eddie Lee Ivery ran for 109 yards. A foot of snow was on the field at kickoff time and another four inches fell during it. Tampa Bay wore white uniforms, and Steve Young couldn't even see his receivers at times through the blizzard. The Bucs were outgained 512-65 which makes the final 21 point margin seem amazingly small. Less than 20,000 actually braved the conditions with over 45,000 no-shows at Lambeau Field.
TAMPA BAY - 0 0 0 0 - 0
GREEN BAY - 0 7 7 7 - 21
2nd - GB - Dickey, 1-yard run (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 7-0
3rd - GB - Ellis, 35-yard run (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 14-0
4th - GB - Clark, 3-yard run (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 21-0
December 8 : Miami Dolphins (10-4) 34, Green Bay Packers (6-8) 24
(GREEN BAY) - Dan Marino passed for 345 yards and five touchdowns, including two in the fourth quarter, as the Dolphins held off a furious second-half rally by Green Bay to hand the Packers a 34-24 defeat. The winning toss for Miami went from Marino to TE Joe Rose from two yards out with 3:18 left in the game. The Dolphins's Paul Lankford ended the next Green Bay drive, which was started by a 48-yard kickoff runback by Phillip Epps, by intercepting a Jim Zorn pass with 2:48 left Miami then scored an insurance touchdown on a 61-yard pass-play with 2:10 remaining when Dan Johnson hauled in a toss from Marino and ran to the end zone. Zorn passed for 247 yards and threw two third-quarter touchdown passes to lead Green Bay's second-half comeback. Miami led at the half 20-3. Zorn's third-quarter TD tosses went to Preston Dennard for 29 yards and to James Lofton for 56 yards. Eddie Lee Ivery dived over from short yardage with 8:32 left in the game, and Al Del Greco's kick gave Green Bay a 24-20 lead. But Miami, starting on its own 33, drove straight down the field on the next possession. A 17-yard pass to a wide open Tony Nathan was the big play and gave the Dolphins a first-and-goal on the Green Bay 3. On third-and-two, Marino passed to Rose in the left corner of the end zone, Rose leaping over LB Brian Noble to grab the ball. Marino's five TD passes in a game tied his NFL career high, equaling his performance in a September 2, 1984, game against Washington. Lynn Dickey was sidelined with an injury in this game, and would never play for the Packers again.
MIAMI - 6 14 0 14 - 34
GREEN BAY - 3 0 14 7 - 24
1st - GB - Del Greco, 22-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
1st - MIA - Tony Nathan, 10-yard pass from Dan Marino (Kick blocked) MIA 6-3
2nd - MIA - Mark Clayton, 21-yard pass from Marino (Faud Reveiz kick) MIA 13-3
2nd - MIA - Nat Moore, 16-yard pass from Marino (Reveiz kick) MIAMI 20-3
4th - GB - Ivery, 1-yard run (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 24-20
4th - MIA - Joe Rose, 2-yard pass from Marino (Reveiz kick) MIAMI 27-24
4th - MIA - Dan Johnson, 61-yard pass from Marino (Reveiz kick) MIAMI 34-24
December 15 : Green Bay Packers (7-8) 26, Detroit Lions (7-8) 23
(DETROIT) - Al Del Greco's fourth field goal, a 27-yarder as time ran out, lifted the Green Bay Packers to a 26-23 victory over the Detroit Lions. The Lions had tied the game 23-23 with 1:01 remaining on a 30-yard TD pass from Joe Ferguson to Leonard Thompson. Eddie Murray's extra point try was wide right. Mike Douglass picked off Eric Hipple's underthrown pass at the Packers' 20 and lumbered the length of the field weaving in and out of traffic and breaking tackles, to give Green Bay its first lead, 23-17, at 5:31 of the fourth quarter. It was one of five turnovers for the Lions, who had jumped out to a 14-0 first quarter lead on their NFC Central Division rivals. It was Detroit's first defeat in the seven games at the Silverdome this season and only the Packers' second road victory in seven tries. The Lions led 17-6 at halftime on the strength of two 1-yard runs by Alvin Moore and a 19-yard field goal by Murray. But the Packers needed only two plays for their first TD in the third quarter. Gary Ellerson took a handoff from Jim Zorn and ran 37 yards for the score at 3:08 of the period to put the Packers squarely back in the contest. On the first play of the fourth quarter, Del Greco, who had field goals of 38 and 29 yards in the second quarter, kicked a 25-yarder to pull the Packers within one point at 17-16. Zorn, making only his fourth start for Green Bay, completed 10 of 23 passes for 159 yards with one interception. Hipple, who twice was forced from the game with a strained left knee, was 19 of 30 for 221 yards with three interceptions. Ferguson hit 4 of 6 for 82 yards but also gave up an interception. A crowd of 49,379 watched the game. There were 8,107 no-shows.
GREEN BAY - 0 6 7 13 - 26
DETROIT - 14 3 0 6 - 23
1st - DET - Alvin Moore, 1-yard run (Eddie Murray kick) DETROIT 7-0
1st - DET - Moore, 1-yard run (Murray kick) DETROIT 14-0
2nd - GB - Del Greco, 38-yard field goal DETROIT 14-3
2nd - GB - Del Greco, 29-yard field goal DETROIT 14-6
2nd - DET - Murray, 19-yard field goal DETROIT 17-6
3rd - GB - Ellerson, 37-yard run (Del Greco kick) DETROIT 17-13
4th - GB - Del Greco, 25-yard field goal DETROIT 17-16
4th - DT - Leonard Thompson, 30-yd pass fr Joe Ferguson (Murray kick) DET 24-23
4th - GB - Del Greco, 27-yard field goal GREEN BAY 26-23
December 22 : Green Bay Packers (8-8) 20, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-14) 17
(TAMPA BAY) - Phillip Epps scored on a 30-yard flanker reverse in the first quarter and Jessie Clark ran 6 yards for a fourth- quarter TD Sunday to lead the mistake-prone Packers to a 20-17 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Clark's touchdown with 7:03 remaining capped a 13-pIay, 73-yard drive that backup QB Randy Wright engineered after Tampa Bay took a 17-13 lead on Steve Young's 3-yard scoring pass to Jimrnie Giles with 13:16 to go. Wright, who replaced Jim Zorn midway through the third period, completed passes of 18 yards to Eddie Lee Ivery and 11 yards to Gary Ellerson to highlight the march that consumed more than six minutes. Young, who completed 21 of 37 passes for 278 yards, brought Tampa Bay back, but the Bucs' bid to force overtime came up short when Donald Igwebuike's 48-yard field goal attempt sailed wide right with 2:58 left. The Packers won for the fifth time in seven games despite four turnovers and a bizarre second quarter that saw the two teams commit three turnovers apiece in the final 8:51 before halftime. During that stretch, Green Bay's Al Del Greco kicked a 47-yard field goal that was taken off the scoreboard because an official ruled time out had been called for the two- minute warning before the ball was snapped. Del Greco missed the field goal when play resumed.
GREEN BAY - 7 3 3 7 - 20
TAMPA BAY - 3 7 0 7 - 17
1st - TB - Donald Igwubuike, 33-yard field goal TAMPA BAY 3-0
1st - GB - Epps, 30-yard run (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 7-3
2nd - TB - James Wilder, 1-yard run (Igwebuike kick) TAMPA BAY 10-7
2nd - GB - Del Greco, 24-yard field goal TIED 10-10
3rd - GB - Del Greco, 40-yard field goal GREEN BAY 13-10
4th - TB - Jimmie Giles, 3-yard pass from Steve Young (Igwebuike kick) TB 17-13
4th - GB - Clark, 6-yard run (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 20-17
1985 IN REVIEW: Green Bay finished at .500 for the third consecutive season, despite a passing game (197.7 net yards per game, the worst since 1979) which was hurt by the trade of John Jefferson to Cleveland and an injury-riddled season for Lynn Dickey. The 36-year old veteran was demoted to second string for a time early in the season and went out with an injury in Week 14. Jim Zorn and Randy Wright were mostly inefficient in moving the team. Dickey would leave after the 1985 campaign, when he could not agree on a new contract. Eddie Lee Ivery, Gerry Ellis and Jessie Clark led a running game which averaged 138 yards per contest, the best since 1973. Ellis would end the season with a 5.49 yard per carry average, the best in team history. Lambeau Field also had a new look, with 72 luxury boxes being added, increasing the capacity from 56,263 to 56,926.
21 at Chicago Bears (6-0) L 7-23 3- 4-0 65,095 Dickey
27 at Indianapolis Colts (2-5) L 10-37 3- 5-0 59,708 Dickey
NOVEMBER (2-2)
3 G-CHICAGO BEARS (8-0) L 10-16 3- 6-0 56,895 Zorn
10 at Minnesota Vikings (5-4) W 27-17 4- 6-0 59,970 Zorn
24 at Los Angeles Rams (8-2) L 17-34 5- 7-0 52,710 Dickey
DECEMBER (3-1)
1 G-TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (2-10) W 21- 0 6- 7-0 19,856 Dickey
8 G-MIAMI DOLPHINS (9-4) L 24-34 6- 8-0 52,671 Zorn
15 at Detroit Lions (7-7) W 26-23 7- 8-0 49,379 Zorn
22 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-13) W 20-17 8- 8-0 33,992 Zorn
1985 PRE-SEASON RESULTS (1-3) -AUGUST
10 at Dallas Cowboys L 3-27 0- 1-0 41,847
17 at N.Y. Giants L 2-10 0- 2-0 35,798
24 M-ATLANTA FALCONS W 28-24 1- 2-0 49,703
31 G-NEW YORK JETS L 20-30 1- 3-0 56,753
1985 REGULAR SEASON RESULTS (8-8) - SEPTEMBER (1-3)
8 at New England Patriots (0-0) L 20-26 0- 1-0 49,488 Dickey
15 G-NEW YORK GIANTS (1-0) W 23-20 1- 1-0 56,149 Dickey
22 M-NEW YORK JETS (1-1) L 3-24 1- 2-0 53,667 Dickey
29 at St. Louis Cardinals (2-1) L 28-43 1- 3-0 48,598 Wright
OCTOBER (2-2)
6 G-DETROIT LIONS (3-1) W 43-10 2- 3-0 55,914 Dickey
13 M-MINNESOTA VIKINGS (3-2) W 20-17 3- 3-0 54,674 Dickey
August 10: Dallas 27, Green Bay (0-1) 3
(DALLAS) - Rookie Robert Lavette rushed for 50 yards on eight carries, including a 7-yard touchdown run, and veteran Ron Springs ran for 47 yards on seven carries for Dallas, which is without star running back Tony Dorsett, a holdout. Another Cowboys rookie, linebacker Jesse Penn, returned an intercepted pass 78 yards for a touchdown in the game at Irving, Texas. Green Bay's only points came on a 37-yard field goal by Al Del Greco. One of the few satisfactions Forrest Gregg got from the loss to the Cowboys was watching rookie QB Joe Shield surprise the enemy. The Cowboys led 27-3 in the final quarter when Shield substituted, and suddenly "the kid is driving, so they put their first defense back in," Gregg said with a slight chuckle. "He evidently struck fear in the hearts of the Cowboys," he said.
GREEN BAY - 3 0 0 0 - 3
DALLAS - 0 10 3 14 - 27
1st - GB - Del Greco, 37-yard field goal GREEN BAY 3-0
2nd - DAL - Tony Hill, 21-yd pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) DAL 7-3
2nd - DAL - Septien, 44-yard field goal DALLAS 10-3
3rd - DAL - Septien, 31-yard field goal DALLAS 13-3
4th - DAL - Robert Lavette, 7-yard run (Roach kick) DALLAS 27-3
August 17: New York Giants 10, Green Bay (0-2) 2
(NEW YORK) - Maurice Carthon scored his first touchdown in an NFL uniform and Ali Haji Sheikh booted a field goal as the New York Giants remained undefeated in the preseason with a victory over the Packers Saturday night. Green Bay fell to 0-2 after failing to score a touchdown for the second straight week. The Packers played for the second straight week with starting quarterback Lynn Dickey on the sidelines with an injury. Dickey missed last week with back spasms and was sidelined Saturday with a bruised throwing hand. Phil Simms guided the Giants on two scoring driving, the first one capped by a 30-yard field goal by Haji Sheikh and the second that Carthon ended with a 2-yard run. Linebacker Gary Reasons booted the extra point because Haji-Sheikh suffered a slight pull of his left hamstring. Green Bay took a 2-0 lead on the third play of the game when Simms was tackled in the end zone by Packers nose tackle Charles Martin. The Packers had trouble moving the ball in the first half, picking up just five first downs with Scott Brunner at quarterback.
GREEN BAY - 2 0 0 0 - 2
NY GIANTS - 3 7 0 0 - 10
1st - GB - Safety, Martin sacked Phil Simms in end zone GREEN BAY 2-0
1st - NYG - Ali Haji-Sheikh, 30-yard field goal NY GIANTS 3-2
2nd - NYG - Maurice Carthon, 2-yard run (Gary Reasons kick) NY GIANTS 10-2
August 24: Green Bay (1-2) 28, Atlanta 24
(MILWAUKEE) - Lynn Dickey, making his first appearance of the exhibition season, threw touchdown passes
to Phillip Epps and Paul Goffman to lead the Green Bay Packers over the Atlanta Falcons. Epps caught six passes for 161 yards, including a 70-yard pass play from Dickey in the second quarter. The play was Green Bay's first touchdown of the season.
ATLANTA - 0 14 3 7 - 24
GREEN BAY - 0 14 7 7 - 28
2nd - ATL - Cliff Austin, 1-yard run (Danny Miller kick) ATLANTA 7-0
2nd - GB - Coffman, 20-yard pass from Dickey (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 14-7
2nd - AT - Floyd Hodge, 12-yd pass from Steve Bartkowski (Miller kick) TIED 14-14
3rd - AT - Miller, 25-yard field goal ATLANTA 17-14
3rd - GB - Edwards, 1-yard run (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 21-17
4th - GB - Dennard, 35-yard pass from Wright (Del Greco kick) GREEN BAY 28-17
4th - ATL - Austin, 1-yard run (Mick Luckhurst kick) GREEN BAY 28-24
August 31: New York Jets 30, Green Bay (1-3) 20
(GREEN BAY) - Pat Leahy kicked 3 field goals of 24, 30 and 35 yards and Johnny Hector ran for 2 touchdowns Saturday night to boost the Jets, who led 24-10 at the half. Green Bay's defense stiffened in the second half and the Packers' offense, led by Randy Wright, began moving through the air. Green Bay narrowed the margin to 24-16 on a 35-yard touchdown pass from Wright to Phillip Epps. Al Del Greco added the extra point, then made it 24-20 with a 42-yard field goal on the Packers' next possession, which followed a sack of New York's Ken O'Brien by defensive end Robert Brown. But early in the fourth quarter, the Jets' offense recovered and got Leahy close enough for a 30-yard field goal. With 4:04 left, Leahy kicked a 35-yard field goal to put the game out of reach, following up a key interception of Wright by cornerback Bobby Jackson. Wright left the game with 2:44 remaining, having injured the same left knee that sidelined him in 1984.
NY JETS - 7 17 0 6 - 30
GREEN BAY - 0 10 10 0 - 20
1st - NYJ - Jo Jo Townsell, 18-yard pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) NY 7-0
2nd - NYJ - Leahy, 24-yard field goal NY JETS 10-0
2nd - NYJ - Johnny Hector, 2-yard run (Leahy kick) NY JETS 17-0
2nd - GB - Coffman, 1-yard pass from Wright (Del Greco kick) NY JETS 17-7
2nd - NYJ - Hector, 1-yard run (Leahy kick) NY JETS 24-7
2nd - GB - Del Greco, 38-yard field goal NY JETS 24-10
3rd - GB - Epps, 35-yard pass from Wright (Del Greco kick) NY JETS 24-17
3rd - GB - Del Greco, 42-yard field goal NY JETS 24-20
4th - NYJ - Leahy, 30-yard field goal NY JETS 27-20
4th - NYJ - Leahy, 35-yard field goal NY JETS 30-20
1985 PACKERS DRAFT (April 30 - May 1, 1985)
RND-PCKNAMEPOSCOLLEGENOTES
1 7 Ken Ruettgers T USC
2 42 Traded to Buffalo
3 71 Rich Moran C/G San Diego St
4 98 Walter Stanley WR Mesa State
5 125 Brian Noble LB Arizona State
6 155 Mark Lewis TE Texas A&M
7a 171 Eric Wilson LB Maryland (A)
7b 182 Gary Ellerson RB Wisconsin
8 209 Ken Stills S Wisconsin
9 239 Morris Johnson G Alabama A&M
10 266 Ronnie Burgess CB Wake Forest
11 294 Joe Shield QB Trinity (CN)
12 323 Jim Meyer P Arizona St
A-From Minnesota in Jan Stenerud trade
Bold - Played for the Green Bay Packers
1985 Packers Yearbook
1985 Packers Prospectus
1985 Packers Calendar
Giants at Packers Program - 15 September
Bears at Packers Program - 3 November
Packers at Rams Program - 24 November
1985 PACKER TRADES - TRANSACTIONS
APRIL 26 - Traded a 1986 6th-round draft choice to DENVER for QB Scott Brunner
APRIL 30 - Traded a 1985 1st-round draft choice and a 1985 2nd-round draft choice to BUFFALO for a 1985 1st-round draft choice (T Ken Ruettgers) and a 1986 4th-round selection (LB Tim Harris)
AUGUST 20 - Traded a 1986 12th-round draft choice to BUFFALO for WR Preston Dennard
AUGUST 26 - Traded QB Scott Brunner to ST. LOUIS for a 1986 6th-round draft choice (LB Burnell Dent)
SEPTEMBER 4 - Traded a 1986 11th-round draft choice to CINCINNATI for G/T Mike Obrovac
SEPTEMBER 5 - Traded a 1986 1st-round draft choice and a 1987 5th-round draft choice to SAN DIEGO for DB Mossy Cade
SEPTEMBER 19 - Traded WR John Jefferson to CLEVELAND for the rights for OG Tom Robison (Browns choice in '84 USFL supplemental draft) and a 1987 7th-round pick (P Bill Smith)
THE BLIZZARD OF 1995
SOURCE: BucPower.com
Week 13 was a trip to Lambeau Field to play the Packers, not exactly world-beaters at the time themselves. And it was snowing in Green Bay. Hard. And getting worse. Six inches of snow fell the day before the game, six inches fell during the game and another foot and a half the following day. It was the worst weather Lambeau Field had seen on a game day in 30 years. Total white-out conditions at times, grounds crew trying to sweep the lines between plays and coaches and commentators alike having difficulty in seeing on to the field. And the Bucs were in white.
The Bucs were outgained by the incredible margin of 512 yards to 61 and it was only two short missed fieldgoals by Al Del Greco of the Packers (basically because he couldn't stand up straight to kick them) and a pair of fumbles that stopped the game being a total annihilation on the scoreboard. A shade under 20,000 were in the stands to see the game although probably many more were unable to travel across snowbound Wisconsin to get to Lambeau Field that afternoon.
It was 30 first downs to five for the Pack and Lynn Dickey's passing performance was nothing short of unreal in the conditions. James Lofton had over 100 yards by half-time and Dickey's arm was every bit as good as Brett Favre who would follow him a decade later. Steve Young threw one out pass that sailed on the wind and flew over the receiver's head. He tried again on the next play and the wind knocked it down to fall incomplete five yards from Kevin House's feet. Backs and linemen were slipping all over the place unless they had a Packer helmet on, in which case they seemed to be playing on perfect grass.
The 1985 Bucs were not a great team and they quickly realised that as soon as the Packers scored, any hope of success was beyond them. Thanks to a fumble recovery, they did get inside the Green Bay 20-yard line at the end of the third quarter but the incompetent Leeman Bennett didn't call a time out and hence had to attempt the kick at the other end of the field at the start of the fourth quarter when the teams changed ends. I don't know if Igwebuike missed left, right or short - you simply couldn't see the ball flying off his foot.
The Bucs did get out of Wisconsin on a flight that evening but several of the players had staged a protest convinced it was not safe to fly. Eventually the pilot had to come out of the cockpit to convince them that he had a wife and family and wouldn't put them at risk by taking off in dangerous conditions. "Show us the pictures" LB and current Buc radio show host Scot Brantley remembers calling out. "You could hear a pin drop when we rolled down the runway" he added.
