Wild Card Round: Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions (Pontiac Silverdome), the bracket opens here. Kickoff: Sat January 8, 1994 at 4:00pm. Winner advances to the divisional round. Loser starts the offseason early.[1][2]
Wild card weekend is the most chaotic football the calendar produces. Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions at Pontiac Silverdome is the kind of game that decides whether a season was a long buildup or a quick exit. These are the games where the second-tier playoff teams have to prove they belong. Most don't. The few who do define the rest of January.
The bracket has narrowed to the teams that survived the regular season. Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions are two of them; the rest of the league is in scouting mode for the offseason. What happens in Pontiac Silverdome shifts the rest of the tree: a road favorite winning rearranges seeding expectations; a home upset shows the bracket math underweights heart.
Green Bay Packers versus Detroit Lions in the Wild Card Round. 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 Green Bay Packers-Detroit Lions 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | 12-4 | W11 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 9-7 | W1 |
| Cleveland Browns | 7-9 | L1 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 3-13 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 12-4 | W4 |
| Miami Dolphins | 9-7 | L5 |
| New York Jets | 8-8 | L3 |
| New England Patriots | 5-11 | W4 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 4-12 | L4 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | 11-5 | W1 |
| Los Angeles Raiders | 10-6 | W1 |
| Denver Broncos | 9-7 | L2 |
| San Diego Chargers | 8-8 | W2 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 6-10 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | 10-6 | L2 |
| New Orleans Saints | 8-8 | W1 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 6-10 | L3 |
| Los Angeles Rams | 5-11 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 10-6 | W2 |
| Green Bay Packers | 9-7 | L1 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 9-7 | W3 |
| Chicago Bears | 7-9 | L4 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5-11 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 12-4 | W5 |
| New York Giants | 11-5 | L2 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 8-8 | W3 |
| Phoenix Cardinals | 7-9 | W3 |
| Washington Redskins | 4-12 | L2 |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 07212828 |
| Detroit Lions | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 310172424 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Lions | Jason Hanson 47 yard field goal | 0-3 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Packers | Sterling Sharpe 12 yard pass from Brett Favre ( Chris Jacke kick) | 7-3 |
| Lions | Brett Perriman 1 yard pass from Erik Kramer ( Jason Hanson kick) | 7-10 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Lions | Mel Jenkins 15 yard interception return ( Jason Hanson kick) | 7-17 |
| Packers | Sterling Sharpe 28 yard pass from Brett Favre ( Chris Jacke kick) | 14-17 |
| Packers | George Teague 101 yard interception return ( Chris Jacke kick) | 21-17 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Lions | Derrick Moore 5 yard rush ( Jason Hanson kick) | 21-24 |
| Packers | Sterling Sharpe 40 yard pass from Brett Favre ( Chris Jacke kick) | 28-24 |
Green Bay Packers defeated Detroit Lions 28-24 at Pontiac Silverdome in the Wild Card Round. The final scoring play was Packers: Sterling Sharpe 40 yard pass from Brett Favre ( Chris Jacke kick). Top line of the day: Erik Kramer: 248 pass yards on 22-of-31, 1 TD, 2 INT. Green Bay Packers advance to the divisional round.[1][2]
Green Bay Packers walked out of Pontiac Silverdome as the team that survived a Wild Card Round Detroit Lions will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 28-24. 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: Sterling Sharpe 40 yard pass from Brett Favre ( Chris Jacke 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 advance to the divisional round.
Green Bay Packers 28, Detroit Lions 24. Round: Wild Card Round. Attendance: 68479. Q1: 1 scoring play. Q2: 2 scoring plays. Q3: 3 scoring plays. Q4: 2 scoring plays. Top performers:
- Erik Kramer: 248 pass yards on 22-of-31, 1 TD, 2 INT
- Barry Sanders: 169 rush yards on 27 carries
- Brett Perriman: 10 catches for 150 yards
Wild Card Round, played at Pontiac Silverdome. Final: Green Bay Packers 28, Detroit Lions 24, with Green Bay Packers taking the result by 4. **First quarter**
- Lions: Jason Hanson 47 yard field goal
Second quarter
- Packers: Sterling Sharpe 12 yard pass from Brett Favre ( Chris Jacke kick)
- Lions: Brett Perriman 1 yard pass from Erik Kramer ( Jason Hanson kick)
Third quarter
- Lions: Mel Jenkins 15 yard interception return ( Jason Hanson kick)
- Packers: Sterling Sharpe 28 yard pass from Brett Favre ( Chris Jacke kick)
- Packers: George Teague 101 yard interception return ( Chris Jacke kick)
Fourth quarter
- Lions: Derrick Moore 5 yard rush ( Jason Hanson kick)
- Packers: Sterling Sharpe 40 yard pass from Brett Favre ( Chris Jacke kick)
Top performers
- Erik Kramer: 248 pass yards on 22-of-31, 1 TD, 2 INT
- Barry Sanders: 169 rush yards on 27 carries
- Brett Perriman: 10 catches for 150 yards
| Packers | Lions | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 16 | 25 |
| Total Yards | 293 | 410 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 15/26 | 22/31 |
| Pass yards | 204 | 248 |
| Pass TD | 3 | 1 |
| Interceptions | 1 | 2 |
| Sacks taken | 0 | 4 |
| Sack yards lost | 0 | 13 |
| Net pass yards | 204 | 235 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 25 | 29 |
| Rush yards | 89 | 175 |
| Rush TD | 0 | 1 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 2 | 2 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties | 6 | 5 |
| Penalty yards | 49 | 35 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GNB | |||||
| Brett Favre | 15/26 | 204 | 3 | 1 | |
| DET | |||||
| Erik Kramer | 22/31 | 248 | 1 | 2 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GNB | ||||
| Darrell Thompson | 12 | 41 | 0 | 12 |
| Edgar Bennett | 9 | 30 | 0 | 10 |
| Brett Favre | 4 | 18 | 0 | 10 |
| DET | ||||
| Barry Sanders | 27 | 169 | 0 | 44 |
| Derrick Moore | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Erik Kramer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GNB | ||||
| Sterling Sharpe | 5 | 101 | 3 | 40 |
| Ed West | 3 | 40 | 0 | 23 |
| Darrell Thompson | 3 | 32 | 0 | 13 |
| Edgar Bennett | 2 | 21 | 0 | 12 |
| Mark Clayton | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Robert Brooks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DET | ||||
| Brett Perriman | 10 | 150 | 1 | 31 |
| Willie Green | 2 | 33 | 0 | 21 |
| Rodney Holman | 3 | 31 | 0 | 16 |
| Herman Moore | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| Derrick Moore | 4 | 14 | 0 | 10 |
| Barry Sanders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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