Game 1
Packers 27, Eagles 20
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Aaron Rodgers threw a pair of touchdown passes, Mason Crosby kicked a team-record 56-yard field goal and Green Bay won despite a vintage performance by Philadelphia’s Michael Vick.
In their first game since trading Donovan McNabb to Washington, the Eagles started with Kevin Kolb and finished with Vick. Kolb left with a concussion at halftime, so Vick played meaningful snaps for an extended period for the first time in nearly four years.
Vick, a three-time Pro Bowl quarterback during six seasons in Atlanta, invigorated an offense that was awful in the first half. He finished with 175 yards passing and ran for 103, but could not overcome a 20-3 deficit.
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Game 2
Packers 34, Bills 7
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Clay Matthews had three sacks to lead a Green Bay’s dominant defense and Aaron Rodgers threw for two TDs and scrambled for another for the Packers.
Rodgers threw for 255 yards, with touchdowns to Donald Driver and James Jones. He also ran 9 yards for a score.
Linebacker Brandon Chillar and rookie safety Morgan Burnett intercepted Trent Edwards and the Packers (2-0) held the Bills (0-2) to 186 yards of total offense.
Edwards was 11 of 18 for 102 yards.
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Game 3
Bears 20, Packers 17
CHICAGO (AP) – Jay Cutler threw for 221 yards, Brian Urlacher forced a key fumble and Chicago took advantage of a team-record-tying 17 penalties by the Packers to beat Green Bay 20-17.
The Packers’ James Jones lost a fumble on a hit by Urlacher in the final minutes. Then Morgan Burnett was called for pass interference on Earl Bennett, setting up the winning 19-yard field goal by Robbie Gould with 4 seconds left.
Chicago is 3-0 and alone atop the NFC North. The Packers fell to 2-1.
The Bears had tied it at 17 on a 25-yard field goal by Gould when Urlacher jarred the ball out of Jones’ hands after the receiver caught a pass from Aaron Rodgers near midfield. Tim Jennings recovered, giving Chicago the ball on the Packers 46 with 2:18 remaining.
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Game 4
Packers 28, Lions 26
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Charles Woodson returned an interception 48 yards for a touchdown and Green Bay narrowly held off a comeback by Detroit.
The Packers (3-1) led 28-14 after Woodson scored early in the third quarter, but the Lions rallied for four straight Jason Hanson field goals to cut the lead to two points in the fourth quarter. A final drive by the Packers ran out the clock.
Aaron Rodgers threw for 181 yards with three touchdowns but also had a pair of interceptions.
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Game 5
Redskins 16, Packers 13, OT
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) – Graham Gano kicked a 33-yard field goal 6:54 into overtime to lift Washington.
The winning score was set up by LaRon Landry’s diving interception of Aaron Rodgers at the Packers 39. The Redskins moved the ball with the help of two penalties to set up Gano’s kick.
Washington overcame a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit, tying the game on Gano’s 44-yard field goal with 1:07 to play. Green Bay’s Mason Crosby hit the left upright from 53 yards with 1 second left in regulation.
Both teams are 3-2.
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Game 6
Dolphins 23, Packers 20 OT
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Dan Carpenter kicked a 44-yard field goal with 9:01 left in overtime to lift Miami.
It was the second straight overtime loss for the injury-riddled Packers (3-3).
And it was a special teams-driven victory for the Dolphins (3-2), who had a bye week to think about a loss to New England that resulted in the firing of their special teams coach.
Aaron Rodgers started for Green Bay one week after sustaining a concussion, and scored on a sneak with 13 seconds left in regulation. The Packers tied the game with the extra point and forced overtime.
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Game 7
Packers 28, Vikings 24
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Brett Favre threw three second-half interceptions to his former team and Green Bay held on.
Favre appeared to deliver another signature comeback win with an apparent touchdown strike to Percy Harvin with 48 seconds left – but the play was ruled incomplete on a replay review. With one more chance on fourth-and-15 at the 20, Favre threw incomplete out of bounds.
Green Bay (4-3) turned a pair of third-quarter interceptions by Favre into touchdowns for the Packers that erased the Vikings’ halftime lead, including a 32-yard return for a touchdown by Packers linebacker Desmond Bishop.
Aaron Rodgers was 21 of 34 for 295 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.
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Game 8
Packers 9, Jets 0
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) – Mason Crosby kicked three field goals for Green Bay, and that was all the Packers needed to beat the rested but sloppy Jets.
Mark Sanchez and the Jets’ offense couldn’t get much of anything going as New York, which entered tied for the league’s best record, had its five-game winning streak end. The Jets (5-2) were shut out for the first time since a 10-0 loss to Chicago on Nov. 19, 2006, at home.
Aaron Rodgers and the Packers (5-3) didn’t exactly light things up, either, but did just enough to win their second straight.
The wind might have caused some problems for both teams’ passing and kicking games. Crosby and the Jets’ Nick Folk missed field goal attempts, while Sanchez and Rodgers misfired often with balls sailing past receivers.
Rodgers finished 15 of 34 for 170 yards, while Sanchez was 16 of 38 for 256 yards and two interceptions.
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Game 9
Packers 45, Cowboys 7
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Aaron Rodgers threw for 289 yards and three touchdowns, Brandon Jackson scored twice and the Green Bay Packers beat the disintegrating Dallas Cowboys 45-7.
It was a new low point in a lost season for the Cowboys (1-7), who came into 2010 with Super Bowl aspirations.
James Jones caught eight passes for 123 yards and a touchdown for the Packers (6-3), who have won three straight.
Green Bay’s Clay Matthews added a final dose of embarrassment in the fourth quarter, picking off a pass from Jon Kitna and running it back 62 yards for a touchdown.
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Game 10
Packers 31, Vikings 3
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Aaron Rodgers threw for 301 yards, with three of his four touchdown passes to Greg Jennings, and Green Bay beat Brett Favre and Minnesota for the second time this season.
The Packers (7-3) kept pace in the NFC North race with the Chicago Bears (7-3) and ruined any realistic hope the Vikings (3-7) had left to give Favre another shot at a playoff run in his 20th NFL season.
Instead, this 100th meeting between these border-state rivals, likely the last for the 41-year-old Favre, was marked by costly turnovers, untimely penalties and some sideline shouting by the frustrated Vikings.
Tramon Williams intercepted Favre to stop a long Vikings drive, and Rodgers took the Packers the other way for a touchdown to James Jones in the final minute of the first half to give the visitors a 17-3 lead.
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Game 11
Falcons 20, Packers 17
ATLANTA (AP) – Matt Bryant kicked a 47-yard field goal with 9 seconds remaining to give the NFC-leading Falcons their fifth straight win.
The Falcons (9-2) have their longest winning streak since 1998 and assured themselves of a third straight winning season. Of course, they have much higher aspirations sitting atop the conference standings with five weeks to go.
Aaron Rodgers guided Green Bay (7-4) on a 90-yard drive to tie the game with 56 seconds remaining. He converted a pair of fourth-down passes, including a 10-yard touchdown pass to Jordy Nelson that made it 17-all.
But Eric Weems broke loose on the kickoff return and was dragged down by Matt Wilhelm with a flagrant facemask tackle. The Falcons took over at the Green Bay 49, Matt Ryan completed four straight short passes and Bryant made the winning kick.
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Game 12
Packers 34, 49ers 16
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Donald Driver’s catch-and-run for a 61-yard touchdown broke open a tight game in the third quarter.
Greg Jennings caught six passes from Aaron Rodgers for 122 yards and a pair of touchdowns for the Packers (8-4), who picked up a critical win as they try to make a push for the playoffs in the final month of the season.
It was a wintry day at Lambeau Field, with temperatures in the 20s and a stiff, steady 16-mph wind that seemed to throw off the Packers’ passing game early on.
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Game 13
Lions 7, Packers 3
DETROIT (AP) – Drew Stanton threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Will Heller midway through the fourth quarter, and Green Bay couldn’t come back without an injured Aaron Rodgers.
Detroit (3-10) snapped a five-game losing streak and a 19-game skid against the NFC North, the NFL’s worst slump within a division since the merger four decades ago.
Green Bay (8-5) lost Rodgers and a game it desperately needed to win for playoff positioning. The star quarterback was knocked out in the second quarter with his second concussion this season.
Matt Flynn got Green Bay to the Detroit 31 before turning the ball over on downs with an incomplete pass into the end zone just past a diving Greg Jennings in the final minute.
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Game 14
Patriots 31, Packers 27
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) – Dan Connolly rumbled 71 yards with what is believed to be the longest kickoff return by an offensive lineman in NFL history, and Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes and New England edged Green Bay for its sixth straight win.
The Patriots, who had outscored their previous two opponents 81-10, had their hands full even with Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers missing the game with a concussion. Matt Flynn threw his first three pro touchdown passes in his place.
The game went down to the final play when Flynn, with the ball at the Patriots 15-yard line, lost it and Vince Wilfork recovered for New England (12-2). Green Bay (8-6) trails Chicago by 1 1/2 games in the NFC North.
The return by the 313-pound Connolly set up Brady’s 2-yard scoring pass to Aaron Hernandez, cutting Green Bay’s lead at halftime to 17-14.
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Game 15
Packers 45, Giants 17
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Aaron Rodgers threw for 404 yards and four touchdowns in his return from a concussion to lead Green Bay.
The loss leaves the Giants (9-6) clinging to fading playoff hopes and wondering if there was a hangover effect from the previous week’s collapse against Philadelphia. New York’s turnover issues continued, as the Giants lost two fumbles and Eli Manning threw four interceptions.
John Kuhn ran for two touchdowns and caught a pass for a score for the Packers (9-6).
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Game 16
Packers 10, Bears 3
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Aaron Rodgers’ 1-yard touchdown pass to tight end Donald Lee to give Green Bay the lead, and its defense held on to clinch a wild card berth.
Nothing came easy for the Packers (10-6), They trailed 3-0 at halftime and were tied going into the fourth quarter with the Bears – a team that didn’t have anything to play for in terms of playoff seeding, but still played to win with its starters.
Rodgers and the Green Bay offense sputtered for three quarters, but the Packers’ quarterback broke through with back-to-back big passing plays early in the fourth quarter to set up the go-ahead touchdown. The defense did the rest, as Nick Collins’ interception ended a late drive for the Bears (11-5).
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Wild-Card Playoffs
Packers 21, Eagles 16
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Green Bay discovered a running game in beating Philadelphia 21-16, the third road victory during wild-card weekend.
Aaron Rodgers threw for three scores and sixth-round draftee James Starks, who had 101 yards rushing during the regular season, powered through NFC East champ Philadelphia for 123 yards.
Rodgers had TD passes of 7 yards to Tom Crabtree, 9 to James Jones and 16 to Brandon Jackson, who used a convoy of blockers on a screen pass for the winning points midway in the third quarter.
Then Green Bay (11-6) held on as Michael Vick brought Philadelphia (10-7) close, but was intercepted in the end zone by Tramon Williams in the final seconds.
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Divisional Playoffs
Packers 48, Falcons 21
ATLANTA (AP) – Sixth-seeded Green Bay routed the Falcons 48-21 in Atlanta as Aaron Rodgers threw for three touchdowns and ran for one.
Rodgers completed 31 of 36 passes for 366 yards, more yards than Brett Favre ever threw for in a playoff game.
The 48 points were the most for the Packers in a postseason game. Plus, Tramon Williams had two interceptions, returning the second 70 yards on the final play of the first half, and Green Bay never punted. Other than a 102-yard kickoff return by Eric Weems in the first half, the Packers (12-6) shut down Atlanta (13-4) when the outcome was in doubt.
The Falcons were set up to make a run at just the second Super Bowl in franchise history, but four turnovers and five sacks made for an ugly night that sent most of the home fans heading for the exits before the final quarter.
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NFC Championship
Packers 21, Bears 14
CHICAGO (AP) – Aaron Rodgers ran for a touchdown and made a saving tackle, B.J. Raji returned an interception for a score and Sam Shields had two interceptions to lead Green Bay to a 21-14 win over Chicago.
It was the 182nd meeting in the league’s most historic feud, and the stakes had never been bigger.
Raji’s TD return in the final quarter put the Packers up 21-7. Green Bay then withstood a rally led by Chicago third-string quarterback Caleb Hanie. He led two fourth-quarter TD drives, but Chicago’s last chance to tie the game ended in the final minute when Shields came up with his second interception in Packers’ territory.
Bears starter Jay Cutler hurt his knee and played only one series in the third quarter.
The sixth-seeded Packers won road games in Philadelphia, Atlanta and Chicago to make it to the Super Bowl.
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