Wild Card Round: Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers (Lambeau Field), the bracket opens here. Kickoff: Sun January 9, 2005 at 4:39pm. Winner advances to the divisional round. Loser starts the offseason early.[1][2]
Wild card weekend is the most chaotic football the calendar produces. Minnesota Vikings 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. Minnesota Vikings 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.
Minnesota Vikings 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 Minnesota Vikings-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 |
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 14-2 | W2 |
| New York Jets | 10-6 | L2 |
| Buffalo Bills | 9-7 | L1 |
| Miami Dolphins | 4-12 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 15-1 | W14 |
| Baltimore Ravens | 9-7 | W1 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 8-8 | W2 |
| Cleveland Browns | 4-12 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Colts | 12-4 | L1 |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 9-7 | W1 |
| Houston Texans | 7-9 | L1 |
| Tennessee Titans | 5-11 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 12-4 | W1 |
| Denver Broncos | 10-6 | W2 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 7-9 | L1 |
| Oakland Raiders | 5-11 | L2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | 9-7 | W2 |
| St. Louis Rams | 8-8 | W2 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 6-10 | -- |
| San Francisco 49ers | 2-14 | L3 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | 13-3 | L2 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 6-10 | L1 |
| New York Giants | 6-10 | W1 |
| Washington Redskins | 6-10 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | 10-6 | W2 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 8-8 | L2 |
| Detroit Lions | 6-10 | L1 |
| Chicago Bears | 5-11 | L4 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 11-5 | L2 |
| New Orleans Saints | 8-8 | W4 |
| Carolina Panthers | 7-9 | L1 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5-11 | L4 |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 17 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1724243131 |
| Green Bay Packers | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 310101717 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Vikings | Moe Williams 68 yard pass from Daunte Culpepper ( Morten Andersen kick) | 7-0 |
| Vikings | Randy Moss 20 yard pass from Daunte Culpepper ( Morten Andersen kick) | 14-0 |
| Vikings | Morten Andersen 35 yard field goal | 17-0 |
| Packers | Ryan Longwell 43 yard field goal | 17-3 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Packers | Bubba Franks 4 yard pass from Brett Favre ( Ryan Longwell kick) | 17-10 |
| Vikings | Nate Burleson 19 yard pass from Daunte Culpepper ( Morten Andersen kick) | 24-10 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| No scoring this quarter. | ||
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Packers | Najeh Davenport 1 yard rush ( Ryan Longwell kick) | 24-17 |
| Vikings | Randy Moss 34 yard pass from Daunte Culpepper ( Morten Andersen kick) | 31-17 |
Minnesota Vikings defeated Green Bay Packers 31-17 at Lambeau Field in the Wild Card Round. The final scoring play was Vikings: Randy Moss 34 yard pass from Daunte Culpepper ( Morten Andersen kick). Top line of the day: Daunte Culpepper: 284 pass yards on 19-of-29, 4 TD, 0 INT. Minnesota Vikings advance to the divisional round.[1][2]
Minnesota Vikings walked out of Lambeau Field as the team that survived a Wild Card Round Green Bay Packers will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 31-17. The final scoring play came from Vikings: Randy Moss 34 yard pass from Daunte Culpepper ( Morten Andersen kick). Whether it was the game-decider or just the period at the end of the sentence depends on what the camera caught earlier. Minnesota Vikings advance to the divisional round.
Minnesota Vikings 31, Green Bay Packers 17. Round: Wild Card Round. Attendance: 71075. Q1: 4 scoring plays. Q2: 2 scoring plays. Q4: 2 scoring plays. Top performers:
- Daunte Culpepper: 284 pass yards on 19-of-29, 4 TD, 0 INT
- Ahman Green: 80 rush yards on 20 carries
- Donald Driver: 7 catches for 78 yards
Wild Card Round, played at Lambeau Field. Final: Minnesota Vikings 31, Green Bay Packers 17, with Minnesota Vikings taking the result by 14. **First quarter**
- Vikings: Moe Williams 68 yard pass from Daunte Culpepper ( Morten Andersen kick)
- Vikings: Randy Moss 20 yard pass from Daunte Culpepper ( Morten Andersen kick)
- Vikings: Morten Andersen 35 yard field goal
- Packers: Ryan Longwell 43 yard field goal
Second quarter
- Packers: Bubba Franks 4 yard pass from Brett Favre ( Ryan Longwell kick)
- Vikings: Nate Burleson 19 yard pass from Daunte Culpepper ( Morten Andersen kick)
Fourth quarter
- Packers: Najeh Davenport 1 yard rush ( Ryan Longwell kick)
- Vikings: Randy Moss 34 yard pass from Daunte Culpepper ( Morten Andersen kick)
Top performers
- Daunte Culpepper: 284 pass yards on 19-of-29, 4 TD, 0 INT
- Ahman Green: 80 rush yards on 20 carries
- Donald Driver: 7 catches for 78 yards
| Vikings | Packers | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 18 | 24 |
| Total Yards | 384 | 306 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 4 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 19/29 | 22/33 |
| Pass yards | 284 | 216 |
| Pass TD | 4 | 1 |
| Interceptions | 0 | 4 |
| Sacks taken | 4 | 2 |
| Sack yards lost | 23 | 15 |
| Net pass yards | 261 | 201 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 26 | 29 |
| Rush yards | 123 | 105 |
| Rush TD | 0 | 1 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 2 | 3 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties | 7 | 8 |
| Penalty yards | 56 | 55 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | |||||
| Daunte Culpepper | 19/29 | 284 | 4 | 0 | |
| GNB | |||||
| Brett Favre | 22/33 | 216 | 1 | 4 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | ||||
| Daunte Culpepper | 7 | 47 | 0 | 27 |
| Onterrio Smith | 11 | 38 | 0 | 17 |
| Michael Bennett | 9 | 31 | 0 | 13 |
| GNB | ||||
| Ahman Green | 20 | 80 | 0 | 12 |
| Najeh Davenport | 5 | 14 | 1 | 6 |
| Brett Favre | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Tony Fisher | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | ||||
| Moe Williams | 2 | 72 | 1 | 68 |
| Randy Moss | 4 | 70 | 2 | 34 |
| Nate Burleson | 4 | 60 | 1 | 29 |
| Jermaine Wiggins | 3 | 32 | 0 | 13 |
| Onterrio Smith | 2 | 22 | 0 | 16 |
| Michael Bennett | 2 | 12 | 0 | 9 |
| Kelly Campbell | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Marcus Robinson | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| GNB | ||||
| Donald Driver | 7 | 78 | 0 | 16 |
| Bubba Franks | 2 | 32 | 1 | 28 |
| Javon Walker | 2 | 27 | 0 | 21 |
| William Henderson | 3 | 27 | 0 | 17 |
| Antonio Chatman | 2 | 25 | 0 | 15 |
| Ahman Green | 2 | 16 | 0 | 14 |
| Nick Luchey | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| Tony Fisher | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
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