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Green Bay vs. New England
10/27/97 - Packers Win 24-10
Narrowly out front 14-10 at halftime, the Packers quite possibly validated their 1997 season in the third quarter of their 'Monday Night Football' showdown against the Patriots.
As the second half began, it looked for all the world as though the Pats were bent on taking charge. On a roll following the third quarter kickoff, they moved to the Green Bay one-yard line in 7 plays, chief among them a 49-yard pass-run collaboration between Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe and wide receiver Terry Glenn.
There, however, the competitive complexion began to change. On first down, Santana Dotson and LeRoy Butler combined to stop the Pats' redoubtable running back, Curtis Martin, for no gain. Then followed three consecutive incomplete passes, the latter two broken up by left cornerback Tyrone Williams.
Brett Favre and the Packers offense then applied the coup de grace with a 99-yard scoring drive, the longest in the NFL this season. A 17-play marathon, it required 9 minutes and 31 seconds to complete.
The longest previous drive of the season was a 98-yard effort put together by the Arizona Cardinals.
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Levens with the first TD catch |
Perhaps the most impressive aspect of the Packers' performance was the length of all four scoring drives. In addition to the 17-play, 99-yard effort, they marched 81 yards in 13 plays for their first score of the evening, capped by a 6-yard Favre flare pass to Levens on a drive which timed out at 4 minutes, 43 seconds; a 9-play, 75-yard production for their second score, capped by a 32-yard Favre bullseye to tight end Mark Chmura in the heart of the end zone, which took 1minute, 50 seconds; and a 15-play, 85-yard drive for their final touchdown, finished off by Levens' 3-yard run. A most impressive project, it took half of the final quarter (7 minutes, 24 seconds) to complete.
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Chmura takes in a long TD pass down the middle. |
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Brooks makes the third TD catch |
Levens closed out a highly productive evening with 100 rushing yards in 26 attempts, a 3.8-yard average, and caught 7 passes for 40 more, with one touchdown -- to close out the evening with 140 yards of total offense.
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Levens with a 3 yard TD run. |
Favre, spreading the football among six receivers, completed 23 of 34 passes for 239 yards and 3 touchdowns -- with no interceptions -- and also rushed 9 times for 32 yards.
Veteran free safety Eugene Robinson, posting the 49th interception of his career, set the pace defensively with 11 tackles, seven of them solos.
Scoring Summary
- 1st Quarter
- G.B.: 6 yard TD Pass Favre to Levens (Longwell kick) (3:19)
- 2nd Quarter
- N.E.: 11 yard TD Pass Bledsoe to Coates (Vinatieri kick) (10:55)
- N.E.: 38 yard FG Vinatieri (2:12)
- G.B.: 32 yard TD Pass Favre to Chmura (Longwell kick) (0:22)
- 3rd Quarter
- G.B.: 20 yard TD Pass Favre to Brooks (Longwell kick) (0:15)
- 4th Quarter
- G.B.: 3 yard TD Run Levens (Longwell kick) (2:46)
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