NFL Championship: Dallas Cowboys travel to face Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field, one win from a Super Bowl berth. Winner advances to the Super Bowl. Loser carries one of the year's hardest what-ifs into the offseason.
Dallas Cowboys at Green Bay Packers in the NFL Championship, with a Super Bowl berth on the line. The conference title round is the one that turns nameplates into legacy. For Green Bay Packers, the home crowd at Lambeau Field is asked to be a player; for Dallas Cowboys, the road environment is supposed to be the test that breaks lesser teams. Coaches will lean on what worked all year. Players will lean on what their bodies have left in them.
Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers have outlasted everyone else in their conference. One walks out of Lambeau Field with the conference title; the other walks out with a brutal what-if. Around the league, coaches are watching tape on both staffs for next year's prep. Every Super Bowl-bound team starts the offseason as the team to beat.
Dallas Cowboys versus Green Bay Packers in the NFL Championship. The teams who reach this round have already proven they survive a long schedule; the stats that matter most now are the ones that compress: scoring differential, red-zone efficiency, turnover margin. At this stage of the year, the simple math is that defenses tighten and the team that protects the ball wins more often than the team that scores the most. Whichever side of Dallas Cowboys-Green Bay Packers cleans up the careless plays first usually walks out with the result. Conservative-game expectations should not surprise the reader; both staffs know exactly what worked all season and will lean hard on what travels. The early answer is the kicking game, where any swing of field position compounds.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 9-5 | L1 |
| New York Giants | 7-7 | W1 |
| Washington Redskins | 5-6-3 | L1 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 6-7-1 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | 9-5 | L1 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 6-7-1 | L2 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 4-9-1 | W1 |
| New Orleans Saints | 3-11 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | 11-1-2 | L1 |
| Los Angeles Rams | 11-1-2 | W8 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 7-7 | W2 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 1-12-1 | L7 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | 9-4-1 | L2 |
| Chicago Bears | 7-6-1 | W1 |
| Detroit Lions | 5-7-2 | W2 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 3-8-3 | L1 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 010101717 |
| Green Bay Packers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 714142121 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Packers | Boyd Dowler 8 yard pass from Bart Starr ( Don Chandler kick) | 0-7 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Packers | Boyd Dowler 46 yard pass from Bart Starr ( Don Chandler kick) | 0-14 |
| Cowboys | George Andrie 7 yard defensive fumble return ( Danny Villanueva kick) | 7-14 |
| Cowboys | Danny Villanueva 21 yard field goal | 10-14 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| No scoring this quarter. | ||
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Cowboys | Lance Rentzel 50 yard pass from Dan Reeves ( Danny Villanueva kick) | 17-14 |
| Packers | Bart Starr 1 yard rush ( Don Chandler kick) | 17-21 |
| Cowboys | Packers | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 11 | 18 |
| Total Yards | 192 | 195 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 11/26 | 14/24 |
| Pass yards | 109 | 191 |
| Pass TD | 1 | 2 |
| Interceptions | 1 | 0 |
| Sacks taken | 1 | 8 |
| Sack yards lost | 9 | 76 |
| Net pass yards | 100 | 115 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 33 | 32 |
| Rush yards | 92 | 80 |
| Rush TD | 0 | 1 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 3 | 3 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties | 7 | 2 |
| Penalty yards | 58 | 10 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | |||||
| Don Meredith | 10/25 | 59 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dan Reeves | 1/1 | 50 | 1 | 0 | |
| GNB | |||||
| Bart Starr | 14/24 | 191 | 2 | 0 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | ||||
| Don Perkins | 17 | 51 | 0 | 8 |
| Dan Reeves | 13 | 42 | 0 | 11 |
| Don Meredith | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Craig Baynham | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 |
| Frank Clarke | 1 | -8 | 0 | -8 |
| GNB | ||||
| Donny Anderson | 18 | 35 | 0 | 9 |
| Chuck Mercein | 6 | 20 | 0 | 8 |
| Travis Williams | 4 | 13 | 0 | 7 |
| Ben Wilson | 3 | 11 | 0 | 13 |
| Bart Starr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | ||||
| Lance Rentzel | 2 | 61 | 1 | 50 |
| Frank Clarke | 2 | 24 | 0 | 14 |
| Bob Hayes | 3 | 16 | 0 | 10 |
| Dan Reeves | 3 | 11 | 0 | 7 |
| Craig Baynham | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 |
| GNB | ||||
| Boyd Dowler | 4 | 77 | 2 | 43 |
| Donny Anderson | 4 | 44 | 0 | 17 |
| Carroll Dale | 3 | 44 | 0 | 17 |
| Chuck Mercein | 2 | 22 | 0 | 19 |
| Travis Williams | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Green Bay Packers defeated Dallas Cowboys 21-17 at Lambeau Field in the NFL Championship. The final scoring play was Packers: Bart Starr 1 yard rush ( Don Chandler kick). Top line of the day: Bart Starr: 191 pass yards on 14-of-24, 2 TD, 0 INT. Green Bay Packers advance to the Super Bowl.
Green Bay Packers walked out of Lambeau Field as the team that survived an NFL Championship Dallas Cowboys will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 21-17. A one-score game throughout. The decisive points came on the fewest possible margin, which is how these matchups usually resolve. The final scoring play came from Packers: Bart Starr 1 yard rush ( Don Chandler kick). Whether it was the game-decider or just the period at the end of the sentence depends on what the camera caught earlier. Green Bay Packers are bound for the Super Bowl.
Green Bay Packers 21, Dallas Cowboys 17. Round: NFL Championship. Q1: 1 scoring play. Q2: 3 scoring plays. Q4: 2 scoring plays. Top performers: - Bart Starr: 191 pass yards on 14-of-24, 2 TD, 0 INT - Don Perkins: 51 rush yards on 17 carries - Boyd Dowler: 4 catches for 77 yards
NFL Championship, played at Lambeau Field. Final: Dallas Cowboys 17, Green Bay Packers 21, with Green Bay Packers taking the result by 4. **First quarter**
- Packers: Boyd Dowler 8 yard pass from Bart Starr ( Don Chandler kick)
**Second quarter**
- Packers: Boyd Dowler 46 yard pass from Bart Starr ( Don Chandler kick) - Cowboys: George Andrie 7 yard defensive fumble return ( Danny Villanueva kick) - Cowboys: Danny Villanueva 21 yard field goal
**Fourth quarter**
- Cowboys: Lance Rentzel 50 yard pass from Dan Reeves ( Danny Villanueva kick) - Packers: Bart Starr 1 yard rush ( Don Chandler kick)
**Top performers**
- Bart Starr: 191 pass yards on 14-of-24, 2 TD, 0 INT - Don Perkins: 51 rush yards on 17 carries - Boyd Dowler: 4 catches for 77 yards