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Green Bay vs. Oakland
8/8/97 - Packers win 37-24 (Preseason)
NOTE-WORTHY:
- Friday night's victory evened the Packers' all-time, preseason won-lost
record against the Raiders at 3-3.
- It was the Packers' first visit to the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
since 1976, when they met the Raiders in a regular-season game, Oakland
emerging with an 18-14 victory on that occasion.
- The Packers had amassed 302 net yards by halftime, including 258 passing
and 44 rushing.
- Chris Darkins' 53-yard run against the Raiders was the Packers' longest
run from scrimmage of the preseason. The previous "longest," 49 yards,
belonged to Travis Jervey, who posted his excursion in the preseason opener
against Miami.
- Derrick Mayes came breathtakingly close to making 14 receptions in Friday
night's contest. He was ruled out of bounds on two early catches he made,
both in the first quarter.
- Mayes was making his first start in a Green Bay uniform.
- Third-year safety Roderick Mullen paced the Packers' defense with six
solo tackles and one pass defensed. He also had a seventh unassisted tackle
on special teams coverage.
- Free agent placekicker Ryan Longwell, hastily pressed into service
minutes before game time -- following the discovery that Brett Conway had
developed tightness in the thigh of his kicking leg -- turned in a
workmanlike performance on short notice. He not only made all three field
goals he attempted (21, 44 and 34 yards), and all four conversions he
attempted, but averaged just under 61 yards for 8 kickoffs, booming one a
yard deep in the Oakland end zone and reaching the goal line on another.
Longwell actually missed the first field goal he attempted, a 25-yard
second quarter effort which sailed wide right, but the Raiders drew a
5-yard penalty for having 12 men on the field and he made the "re-kick"
from 21 yards.
- Rookie linebacker Anthony Hicks posted 2 special teams tackles before
being sidelined by a quad muscle strain.
- Tackle Santana Dotson and linebacker Joe Cummings authored the Packers'
two sacks against the Raiders, Dotson felling Oakland quarterback David
Klingler for a 10-yard loss late in the second quarter and Cummings
dropping Donald Hollas for an identical loss in the fourth period.
- Former Chicago Bear Marcus Spears made his second straight start at right
tackle on offense, stepping in for the injured Earl Dotson (knee).
- Dorsey Levens (offense), Eugene Robinson (defense) and Terry Mickens
(special teams) were Packers captains for the Oakland contest.
- Napoleon Kaufman's 70-yard scoring run for the Raiders' first touchdown
in the opening quarter was the first touchdown the Packers' defense has
allowed this preseason.
- Raider quarterback Jeff George's 52-yard completion to James Jett on
Oakland's second offensive play of the game also was the longest pass play
the Packers have permitted to date.
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