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C.Peprah 4 2 0 6 0-0 0 0 0 2-116 2
F.Zombo 1 2 0 3 0-0 1 0 0 0-0 0
S.Shields 3 0 0 3 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 1
E.Walden 3 2 2 5 1-1 6 0 0 0-0 1
R.Pickett 2 4 0 6 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 1
C.Woodson 5 1 0 6 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0
A.Hawk 4 3 0 7 0-0 1 0 0 0-0 0
D.Bishop 6 4 1 10 1-9 0 0 0 0-0 1
UT A TFL TT Sck QBH FF FR Int PD
UT A TFL TT Sck QBH FF FR Int PD
M.Burnett 1 1 0 2 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 1
B.Raji 1 1 0 2 0-0 1 0 0 0-0 0
T.Williams 1 1 0 2 0-0 0 0 0 1-43 2
J.Wynn 1 1 0 2 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
C.Matthews 1 0 0 1 0-0 4 0 0 0-0 0
C.Wilson 1 0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
H.Green 0 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
Totals 34 23 3 57 2-10 13 1 0 3-159 9
Team Qtr Time Play Description (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Visitor Home
Chargers 1 10:32 V.Jackson 23 yd. pass from P.Rivers (N.Novak kick) (8-80, 4:28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 7
Packers 1 5:40 J.Finley 5 yd. pass from A.Rodgers (M.Crosby kick) (8-63, 4:52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7
Packers 1 4:33 C.Peprah 40 yd. interception return (M.Crosby kick) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7
Packers 1 1:52 T.Williams 43 yd. interception return (M.Crosby kick) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 7
Chargers 2 14:08 M.Tolbert 8 yd. run (N.Novak kick) (6-66, 2:44) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 14
Chargers 2 5:48 N.Novak 52 yd. Field Goal (10-30, 4:19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 17
Packers 2 0:18 J.Nelson 16 yd. pass from A.Rodgers (M.Crosby kick) (12-74, 5:30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 17
Packers 3 8:25 M.Crosby 47 yd. Field Goal (11-51, 6:35) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 17
Chargers 3 1:58 A.Gates 11 yd. pass from P.Rivers (N.Novak kick) (12-84, 6:27) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 24
Packers 4 13:00 J.Jones 21 yd. pass from A.Rodgers (M.Crosby kick) (7-73, 3:58) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 24
Packers 4 10:27 G.Jennings 4 yd. pass from A.Rodgers (M.Crosby kick) (3-68, 1:04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 24
Chargers 4 7:32 V.Jackson 5 yd. pass from P.Rivers (N.Novak kick) (7-80, 2:55) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 31
Chargers 4 6:25 V.Jackson 29 yd. pass from P.Rivers (N.Novak kick) (3-55, 1:07) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 38
GREEN BAY 45, SAN DIEGO 38
SAN DIEGO -- Aaron Rodgers was at his best, throwing lasers where only his receivers could catch them and finding four different teammates
in the end zone.
Yes, Rodgers had a lot to do with the Green Bay Packers remaining undefeated with a crazy 45-38 win over the staggering San Diego Chargers
on Sunday.
Peprah and Tramon Williams returned pickoffs for touchdowns in a span of six plays in the first quarter, and Peprah’s second pick in the closing
seconds sealed the win for the Packers (8-0).
Rodgers completed 21 of 26 passes for 247 yards and ran his NFL-leading total to 24 TD throws. He had scoring passes of 5 yards to Jermichael
Finley, 16 to Jordy Nelson, 21 to James Jones and 4 to Greg Jennings.
The Chargers (4-4) have lost three straight games, including road collapses at the New York Jets and on Monday night at Kansas City, when Rivers
inexplicably fumbled a snap in the final minute of regulation.
Rivers also threw four touchdown passes Sunday to tie his career high, three of them to Vincent Jackson.
Rivers was 26 of 46 for 385 yards. It was the first time in his career that he threw three interceptions in a game.
The Packers led by 21 points early in the fourth quarter before Rivers threw touchdown passes of 5 and 29 yards to Jackson in the span of 1:07
midway through the quarter.
San Diego had a final chance to tie it, starting a drive at its 32 with 1:05 remaining and no timeouts left. Aided by a pass interference call against
Charles Woodson, Rivers moved the Chargers to the Packers 41 before putting up a deep ball that Peprah easily picked off and returned 76 yards to
the San Diego 6. The Packers took a knee to end the game.
Rivers threw two pick-6s that gave the Packers a 21-7 lead.
Desmond Bishop tipped a pass intended for tight end Antonio Gates and Peprah intercepted. He broke four tackles during his 40-yard return and
got a big block by Clay Matthews.
On the next Chargers possession, Williams jumped a route for an interception and 40-yard TD return.
Rivers and Mike Tolbert kept the Chargers in the game. Tolbert scored on an 8-yard run and, after the Chargers held the Packers on fourth-and-2
at the San Diego 36, Nick Novak kicked a career-best 52-yard field goal to pull to 21-17.
Amazingly, the Packers’ next drive was just their third of the first half. Although he was sacked twice, Rodgers moved the Packers to the San Diego
16 before throwing a TD pass to Nelson, who hauled it in at the 1 and then rolled into the end zone for a 28-17 halftime lead.
After Rivers hit Gates with an 11-yard TD pass in the third quarter, Rodgers threw a perfect 21-yarder to Jones and then a 4-yarder to Jennings
early in the fourth quarter to seemingly put away the game.
OFFICIALS — Referee: Clete Blakeman (34); Line Judge: Jeff Seeman (45); Head Linesman: Tony Veteri (36); Field Judge: Buddy Horton (82);
Umpire: Garth DeFelice (53); Side Judge: Greg Meyer (78); Back Judge: Terrence Miles (111); Replay Official: Dick Creed
GREEN BAY SUBSTITUTIONS —K 2 M.Crosby, P 8 T.Masthay, WR 18 R.Cobb, CB 22 P.Lee, CB/S 24 J.Bush, FB 30 J.Kuhn, RB 33 B.Saine,
S 43 M.Jennings, RB 44 J.Starks, LB 51 D.Smith, LB 58 F.Zombo, LB 59 B.Jones, LS 61 B.Goode, C/G 62 E.Dietrich-Smith, TE 82 R.Taylor, TE 83
T.Crabtree, TE 84 D.Williams, WR 87 J.Nelson, WR 89 J.Jones, DE 94 J.Wynn, NT 95 H.Green, DE 98 C.Wilson.
DID NOT PLAY — QB 10 M.Flynn, T/G 78 D.Sherrod. INACTIVES — CB 31 D.House, LB 49 R.Francois, LB 57 J.Lattimore, G/T 73
R.Dominguez, T 76 C.Clifton, DE 96 M.Neal, LB 97 V.So’oto.
FIELD GOALS (made ( ) & missed)
M.Crosby (47) N.Novak (52)
1 2 3 4 OT Total
VISITOR: Green Bay Packers 21 7 3 14 0 45
HOME: San Diego Chargers 7 10 7 14 0 38
GREEN BAY DEFENSIVE STATISTICS (official)
GAME
Qualcomm Stadium, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011. Attendance: 68,908. Time: 3:18. Weather: Rain.
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Green Bay Packers
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
J.Starks 13 66 5.1 20 0
A.Rodgers 8 52 6.5 25 0
R.Grant 4 16 4.0 6 0
J.Kuhn 1 2 2.0 2 0
Total 26 136 5.2 25 0
PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN RT
A.Rodgers 26 21 247 4/15 4 64 0 145.8
Total 26 21 247 4/15 4 64 0 145.8
PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
G.Jennings 6 46 7.7 21 1
J.Nelson 5 105 21.0 64 1
J.Finley 5 44 8.8 13 1
D.Driver 2 18 9.0 10 0
J.Jones 1 21 21.0 21t 1
J.Starks 1 9 9.0 9 0
J.Kuhn 1 4 4.0 4 0
Total 21 247 11.8 64 4
INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
C.Peprah 2 116 58.0 76 1
T.Williams 1 43 43.0 43t 1
Total 3 159 53.0 76 2
PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG
T.Masthay 2 108 54.0 42.5 0 0 55
Total 2 108 54.0 42.5 0 0 55
PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD
R.Cobb 1 11 11.0 0 11 0
(downed) 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
Returns 1 11 11.0 0 11 0
KICK RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD
R.Cobb 5 128 25.6 0 30 0
C.Woodson 1 9 9.0 0 9 0
Returns 6 137 22.8 0 30 0
Own Opp Out
FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec Yds TD FF Rec Yds TD Bds
C.Woodson 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Packers Chargers
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 21 28
By Rushing 8 5
By Passing 10 20
By Penalty 3 3
THIRD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-10-60% 5-11-45%
FOURTH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 368 460
Total Offensive Plays 56 69
Average gain per offensive play 6.6 6.7
NET YARDS RUSHING 136 85
Total Rushing Plays 26 21
Average gain per rushing play 5.2 4.0
Tackles for a loss-number and yards 0-0 1-1
NET YARDS PASSING 232 375
Times thrown - yards lost attempting to pass 4-15 2-10
Gross yards passing 247 385
PASS ATT-COMP-INT 26-21-0 46-26-3
Avg gain per pass play 7.7 7.8
KICKOFFS Number-In EZ-Touchbacks 8-8-5 7-4-0
PUNTS Number and Average 2-54.0 2-49.0
Had Blocked 0 0
San Diego Chargers
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
M.Tolbert 19 83 4.4 9 1
J.Hester 1 3 3.0 3 0
P.Rivers 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0
Total 21 85 4.0 9 1
PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN RT
P.Rivers 46 26 385 2/10 4 38 3 85.9
Total 46 26 385 2/10 4 38 3 85.9
PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
A.Gates 8 96 12.0 19 1
V.Jackson 7 141 20.1 38 3
V.Brown 4 79 19.8 31 0
M.Tolbert 4 59 14.8 27 0
P.Crayton 1 5 5.0 5 0
R.McMichael 1 3 3.0 3 0
J.Hester 1 2 2.0 2 0
Total 26 385 14.8 38 4
INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
Total 0 0 0.0 0 0
PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG
M.Scifres 2 98 49.0 43.5 0 1 60
Total 2 98 49.0 43.5 0 1 60
PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD
P.Crayton 2 23 11.5 0 14 0
Returns 2 23 11.5 0 14 0
KICK RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD
R.Goodman 3 89 29.7 0 42 0
(t’back) 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
Returns 3 89 29.7 0 42 0
Own Opp Out
FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec Yds TD FF Rec Yds TD Bds
P.Rivers 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J.Hester 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
STARTING LINEUPS
Green Bay Packers San Diego Chargers
Offense Defense Offense Defense
WR 85 G.Jennings LDE 79 R.Pickett WR 83 V.Jackson LE 92
LT 74 M.Newhouse NT 90 B.Raji LT 73 M.McNeill DT 90 V.Martin
LG 70 T.Lang LOLB 52 C.Matthews LG 69 T.Green OLB 98 T.Harris
C 63 S.Wells BLB 50 A.Hawk C 61 N.Hardwick ILB 51 A.Barnes
RG 71 J.Sitton MLB 55 D.Bishop RG 65 L.Vasquez ILB 56 T.Spikes
RT 75 B.Bulaga ROLB 93 E.Walden RT 66 J.Clary OLB 99 D.Butler
TE 88 J.Finley LCB 21 C.Woodson TE 85 A.Gates LCB 23 T.LaBoy
WR 80 D.Driver RCB 38 T.Williams WR 86 V.Brown RCB 33 Q.Jammer
TE 81 A.Quarless 3CB 37 S.Shields TE 81 R.McMichael 3CB 38 D.Hughes
QB 12 A.Rodgers SS 26 C.Peprah QB 17 P.Rivers SS 28 M.Gilchrist
S.Gregory
RB 25 R.Grant FS 42 M.Burnett RB 35 M.Tolbert FS 32 E.Weddle Visitor Home
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Packers Chargers
FGs - PATs had blocked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 0-0
Net Punting Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42.5 43.5
TOTAL RETURN YARDS (not inc. kickoffs). 170 23
No. and Yards Punt Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 2-23
No. and Yards Kickoff Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-137 3-89
No. and Yards Interception Returns . . . . . . . . .3-159 0-0
PENALTIES Number and Yards . . . . . . . . . . .5-33 8-64
FUMBLES Number and Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 2-0
TOUCHDOWNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5
Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 1
Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4
Interceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0
EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . .6-6 5-5
Kicking Made-Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-6 5-5
FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1 1-1
RED-ZONE EFFICIENCY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-75% 3-3-100%
GOAL-TO-GO EFFICIENCY. . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3-67% 2-2-100%
SAFETIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0
FINAL SCORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 38
TIME OF POSSESSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29:45 30:15