David Garrard squeezed through a hole, sliced left and found an
open lane to the end zone. He was closing in on the goal line when Will Blackmon
caught him from behind and slapped the ball away.
It bounced right into Garrard’s arms as he fell to the ground, giving
Jacksonville a much-needed break and leaving Green Bay with another
familiar-feeling loss.
Garrard threw for 238 yards and two touchdowns, ran for 31 yards and the Jaguars
snapped a four-game losing streak with a 20-16 victory over the Packers on
Sunday.
“It’s been awhile,” Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio said. “It was a happy locker
room.”
The Jaguars (5-9) won at home for the first time since September, ended Green
Bay’s slim playoff chances and left the Packers (5-9) arguing, pointing fingers
and searching for answers after another fourth-quarter collapse.
“We shouldn’t be having this miscommunication in Week 15 of the season,”
quarterback Aaron Rodgers said. “Disappointing. You get an opportunity to win
the game down the stretch and can’t do it.”...
David Garrard passed to Dennis Northcutt down the middle
for 30 yard gain (Josh Scobee made PAT)
0 - 7
2:33
GB
FG
Mason Crosby kicked a 22-yard field goal
3 - 7
2nd Quarter
8:33
GB
TD
Aaron Rodgers passed to Greg Jennings to the left for 4
yard gain (Mason Crosby made PAT)
10 - 7
1:18
GB
FG
Mason Crosby kicked a 23-yard field goal
13 - 7
3rd Quarter
NONE
13 - 7
4th Quarter
10:39
JAC
TD
David Garrard passed to Maurice Jones-Drew down the
middle for 14 yard gain (Josh Scobee made PAT)
13 - 14
5:35
GB
FG
Mason Crosby kicked a 38-yard field goal
16 - 14
1:56
JAC
TD
Maurice Jones-Drew rushed up the middle for 2 yard gain
(2pt attempt failed, Maurice Jones-Drew run up the middle)
16 - 20
Team Statistics
GB
JAC
First Downs
18
17
Passing
13
8
Rushing
4
7
Penalty
1
2
Third Down Efficiency
10-16
5-12
Fourth Down Efficiency
0-1
1-1
TOTAL NET YARDS
338
323
Total Plays
63
54
Average Gain Per Play
5.4
6.0
NET YARDS RUSHING
84
94
Rushes
28
19
Average Per Rush
3.0
4.9
NET YARDS PASSING
254
229
Completions-Attempts
20-32
21-33
Yards Per Pass Play
7.3
6.5
Times Sacked
3
2
Yards Lost to Sacks
24
9
Had Intercepted
1
0
PUNTS
2
4
Average Punt
43.5
49.5
PENALTIES
3
6
Penalty Yards
30
58
FUMBLES
1
1
Fumbles Lost
0
0
TIME OF POSSESSION
32:03
27:57
Pregame Previews, Storylines,
and News
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Preview:
A three-game losing
streak has complicated the Green
Bay Packers' postseason
aspirations. Losing four
straight contests has eliminated
the Jacksonville Jaguars from
playoff contention. The Packers
face a must-win situation on
Sunday when they visit the
slumping Jaguars. Green Bay
(5-8) and Jacksonville (4-9)
enter Week 15 in vastly
different positions than last
season, when they were playoff
contenders. The Packers finished
13-3 en route to winning the NFC
North crown before falling in
the NFC championship game to
eventual Super Bowl champion New
York, while the Jaguars went
11-5 and beat Pittsburgh in an
AFC wild-card game prior to
losing to New England in the
divisional playoffs...
Prediction: These two clubs
have imploded — the Packers in the last three weeks; the Jags around about Labor
Day. Jacksonville's 24th-ranked offense catches a break here. The Pack have
allowed 110 points in the past three games, that is nowhere near enough to
matter Packers 34 - Jaguars 20
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