Wild Card Round: Atlanta Falcons at Green Bay Packers (Lambeau Field), the bracket opens here. Kickoff: Sun December 31, 1995 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. Atlanta Falcons 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. Atlanta Falcons 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.
Atlanta Falcons 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 Atlanta Falcons-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 | 11-5 | L1 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 7-9 | W1 |
| Houston Oilers | 7-9 | W2 |
| Cleveland Browns | 5-11 | L1 |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 4-12 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 10-6 | L1 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 9-7 | W1 |
| Miami Dolphins | 9-7 | W1 |
| New England Patriots | 6-10 | L2 |
| New York Jets | 3-13 | L4 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | 13-3 | W2 |
| San Diego Chargers | 9-7 | W5 |
| Denver Broncos | 8-8 | W1 |
| Oakland Raiders | 8-8 | L6 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 8-8 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | 11-5 | L1 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 9-7 | W1 |
| Carolina Panthers | 7-9 | L1 |
| New Orleans Saints | 7-9 | W1 |
| St. Louis Rams | 7-9 | L3 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | 11-5 | W2 |
| Detroit Lions | 10-6 | W7 |
| Chicago Bears | 9-7 | W2 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 8-8 | L2 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7-9 | L2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 12-4 | W2 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 10-6 | L1 |
| Washington Redskins | 6-10 | W2 |
| New York Giants | 5-11 | L2 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 4-12 | -- |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 710102020 |
| Green Bay Packers | 14 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 1427273737 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Falcons | Eric Metcalf 65 yard pass from Jeff George ( Morten Andersen kick) | 7-0 |
| Packers | Edgar Bennett 8 yard rush ( Chris Jacke kick) | 7-7 |
| Packers | Robert Brooks 14 yard pass from Brett Favre ( Chris Jacke kick) | 7-14 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Falcons | Morten Andersen 31 yard field goal | 10-14 |
| Packers | Antonio Freeman 76 yard punt return | 10-20 |
| Packers | Mark Chmura 2 yard pass from Brett Favre ( Chris Jacke kick) | 10-27 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| No scoring this quarter. | ||
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Falcons | J.J. Birden 27 yard pass from Jeff George ( Morten Andersen kick) | 17-27 |
| Packers | Dorsey Levens 18 yard pass from Brett Favre ( Chris Jacke kick) | 17-34 |
| Falcons | Morten Andersen 22 yard field goal | 20-34 |
| Packers | Chris Jacke 25 yard field goal | 20-37 |
Green Bay Packers defeated Atlanta Falcons 37-20 at Lambeau Field in the Wild Card Round. The final scoring play was Packers: Chris Jacke 25 yard field goal. Top line of the day: Jeff George: 366 pass yards on 30-of-54, 2 TD, 2 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 Atlanta Falcons will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 37-20. The final scoring play came from Packers: Chris Jacke 25 yard field goal. 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 37, Atlanta Falcons 20. Round: Wild Card Round. Attendance: 60453. Q1: 3 scoring plays. Q2: 3 scoring plays. Q4: 4 scoring plays. Top performers:
- Jeff George: 366 pass yards on 30-of-54, 2 TD, 2 INT
- Edgar Bennett: 108 rush yards on 24 carries
- Eric Metcalf: 8 catches for 114 yards
Wild Card Round, played at Lambeau Field. Final: Atlanta Falcons 20, Green Bay Packers 37, with Green Bay Packers taking the result by 17. **First quarter**
- Falcons: Eric Metcalf 65 yard pass from Jeff George ( Morten Andersen kick)
- Packers: Edgar Bennett 8 yard rush ( Chris Jacke kick)
- Packers: Robert Brooks 14 yard pass from Brett Favre ( Chris Jacke kick)
Second quarter
- Falcons: Morten Andersen 31 yard field goal
- Packers: Antonio Freeman 76 yard punt return
- Packers: Mark Chmura 2 yard pass from Brett Favre ( Chris Jacke kick)
Fourth quarter
- Falcons: J.J. Birden 27 yard pass from Jeff George ( Morten Andersen kick)
- Packers: Dorsey Levens 18 yard pass from Brett Favre ( Chris Jacke kick)
- Falcons: Morten Andersen 22 yard field goal
- Packers: Chris Jacke 25 yard field goal
Top performers
- Jeff George: 366 pass yards on 30-of-54, 2 TD, 2 INT
- Edgar Bennett: 108 rush yards on 24 carries
- Eric Metcalf: 8 catches for 114 yards
| Falcons | Packers | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 18 | 23 |
| Total Yards | 360 | 307 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 30/54 | 24/35 |
| Pass yards | 366 | 199 |
| Pass TD | 2 | 3 |
| Interceptions | 2 | 0 |
| Sacks taken | 3 | 1 |
| Sack yards lost | 27 | 9 |
| Net pass yards | 339 | 190 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 10 | 29 |
| Rush yards | 21 | 117 |
| Rush TD | 0 | 1 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 1 | 0 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties | 5 | 5 |
| Penalty yards | 67 | 36 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL | |||||
| Jeff George | 30/54 | 366 | 2 | 2 | |
| GNB | |||||
| Brett Favre | 24/35 | 199 | 3 | 0 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL | ||||
| Craig Heyward | 9 | 21 | 0 | 10 |
| Jeff George | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GNB | ||||
| Edgar Bennett | 24 | 108 | 1 | 15 |
| Dorsey Levens | 2 | 12 | 0 | 8 |
| Brett Favre | 3 | -3 | 0 | 1 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL | ||||
| Eric Metcalf | 8 | 114 | 1 | 65 |
| Terance Mathis | 5 | 93 | 0 | 55 |
| J.J. Birden | 6 | 64 | 1 | 27 |
| Bert Emanuel | 6 | 62 | 0 | 18 |
| Craig Heyward | 3 | 20 | 0 | 15 |
| Tyrone Brown | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Mitch Lyons | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| GNB | ||||
| Robert Brooks | 7 | 73 | 1 | 20 |
| Anthony Morgan | 4 | 36 | 0 | 11 |
| Keith Jackson | 3 | 23 | 0 | 12 |
| Dorsey Levens | 2 | 19 | 1 | 18 |
| Mark Chmura | 2 | 15 | 1 | 13 |
| Antonio Freeman | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Edgar Bennett | 3 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| Mark Ingram | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| William Henderson | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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