Wild Card Round: Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers (Lambeau Field), the bracket opens here. Kickoff: Sat December 31, 1994 at 12:30pm. Winner advances to the divisional round. Loser starts the offseason early.[1][2]
Wild card weekend is the most chaotic football the calendar produces. Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field 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. Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers are two of them; the rest of the league is in scouting mode for the offseason. What happens in Lambeau Field shifts the rest of the tree: a road favorite winning rearranges seeding expectations; a home upset shows the bracket math underweights heart.
Detroit Lions versus Green Bay Packers 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 Detroit Lions-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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 12-4 | L1 |
| Cleveland Browns | 11-5 | W1 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 3-13 | W1 |
| Houston Oilers | 2-14 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | 10-6 | W1 |
| New England Patriots | 10-6 | W7 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 8-8 | W2 |
| Buffalo Bills | 7-9 | L3 |
| New York Jets | 6-10 | L5 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 11-5 | W2 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 9-7 | W2 |
| Los Angeles Raiders | 9-7 | L1 |
| Denver Broncos | 7-9 | L3 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 6-10 | L2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | 13-3 | L1 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 7-9 | W1 |
| New Orleans Saints | 7-9 | W1 |
| Los Angeles Rams | 4-12 | L7 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 10-6 | W1 |
| Chicago Bears | 9-7 | L1 |
| Detroit Lions | 9-7 | L1 |
| Green Bay Packers | 9-7 | W3 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 6-10 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 12-4 | L1 |
| New York Giants | 9-7 | W6 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 8-8 | -- |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 7-9 | L7 |
| Washington Redskins | 3-13 | W1 |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0031212 |
| Green Bay Packers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 710131616 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Packers | Dorsey Levens 3 yard rush ( Chris Jacke kick) | 0-7 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Packers | Chris Jacke 51 yard field goal | 0-10 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Lions | Jason Hanson 38 yard field goal | 3-10 |
| Packers | Chris Jacke 32 yard field goal | 3-13 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Lions | Brett Perriman 3 yard pass from Dave Krieg ( Jason Hanson kick) | 10-13 |
| Packers | Chris Jacke 28 yard field goal | 10-16 |
| Lions | Safety, Hentrich ran out of end zone | 12-16 |
Green Bay Packers defeated Detroit Lions 16-12 at Lambeau Field in the Wild Card Round. The final scoring play was Lions: Safety, Hentrich ran out of end zone. Top line of the day: Brett Favre: 262 pass yards on 23-of-38, 0 TD, 0 INT. Green Bay Packers advance to the divisional round.[1][2]
Green Bay Packers walked out of Lambeau Field as the team that survived a Wild Card Round Detroit Lions will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 16-12. 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 Lions: Safety, Hentrich ran out of end zone. 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 16, Detroit Lions 12. Round: Wild Card Round. Attendance: 59506. Q1: 1 scoring play. Q2: 1 scoring play. Q3: 2 scoring plays. Q4: 3 scoring plays. Top performers:
- Brett Favre: 262 pass yards on 23-of-38, 0 TD, 0 INT
- Edgar Bennett: 70 rush yards on 22 carries
- Robert Brooks: 7 catches for 88 yards
Wild Card Round, played at Lambeau Field. Final: Detroit Lions 12, Green Bay Packers 16, with Green Bay Packers taking the result by 4. **First quarter**
- Packers: Dorsey Levens 3 yard rush ( Chris Jacke kick)
Second quarter
- Packers: Chris Jacke 51 yard field goal
Third quarter
- Lions: Jason Hanson 38 yard field goal
- Packers: Chris Jacke 32 yard field goal
Fourth quarter
- Lions: Brett Perriman 3 yard pass from Dave Krieg ( Jason Hanson kick)
- Packers: Chris Jacke 28 yard field goal
- Lions: Safety, Hentrich ran out of end zone
Top performers
- Brett Favre: 262 pass yards on 23-of-38, 0 TD, 0 INT
- Edgar Bennett: 70 rush yards on 22 carries
- Robert Brooks: 7 catches for 88 yards
| Lions | Packers | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 9 | 18 |
| Total Yards | 171 | 336 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 17/35 | 23/38 |
| Pass yards | 199 | 262 |
| Pass TD | 1 | 0 |
| Interceptions | 0 | 0 |
| Sacks taken | 4 | 1 |
| Sack yards lost | 24 | 7 |
| Net pass yards | 175 | 255 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 15 | 35 |
| Rush yards | 81 | |
| Rush TD | 4 | 1 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 1 | 0 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties | 4 | 3 |
| Penalty yards | 30 | 35 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | |||||
| Dave Krieg | 17/35 | 199 | 1 | 0 | |
| GNB | |||||
| Brett Favre | 23/38 | 262 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | ||||
| Dave Krieg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Barry Sanders | 13 | -1 | 0 | 7 |
| Brett Perriman | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 |
| GNB | ||||
| Edgar Bennett | 22 | 70 | 0 | 9 |
| Robert Brooks | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Reggie Cobb | 8 | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| Brett Favre | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Dorsey Levens | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Craig Hentrich | 1 | -22 | 0 | -22 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | ||||
| Brett Perriman | 4 | 62 | 1 | 46 |
| Herman Moore | 2 | 52 | 0 | 36 |
| Aubrey Matthews | 3 | 36 | 0 | 22 |
| Rodney Holman | 4 | 30 | 0 | 12 |
| Ty Hallock | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Barry Sanders | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| GNB | ||||
| Robert Brooks | 7 | 88 | 0 | 26 |
| Mark Chmura | 5 | 75 | 0 | 33 |
| Anthony Morgan | 3 | 33 | 0 | 14 |
| Edgar Bennett | 6 | 31 | 0 | 18 |
| Reggie Cobb | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| Terry Mickens | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
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