The 49ers (4-1) travel to Lambeau Field for a 1:00 ET kickoff against the Green Bay Packers (5-0). Brett Favre is the Packers' starter; Edgar Bennett and Dorsey Levens share the backfield. Antonio Freeman and Robert Brooks are the receivers. The Packers come off five straight wins.
Elvis Grbac remains the starter for the third straight week. Steve Young is on the injury report.[1][2]
Lambeau Field at 5-0 against 4-1 is the kind of road game the 49ers' staff has been pointing toward since the offseason. Brett Favre has thrown 14 touchdowns across the first five games. Antonio Freeman is in his second NFL year. The Packers' offense is the conference's projected one-seed. The 49ers' Sunday issue is Elvis Grbac's pocket against the Packers' defensive front. Reggie White is in his fourteenth season. Santana Dotson is the run-stop tackle.
Week 7 has the conference's most-anticipated road game plus a slate where the early-season tiers are settling. The Cowboys sit at 4-2; the Packers 5-0; the Panthers 3-3. The AFC East has the Patriots at 5-1 and the Bills 4-2. Around the league the storyline is the Packers' undefeated start. The 49ers' Sunday at Lambeau is the conference's only matchup of NFC contenders.
Through five games the 49ers sit at 4-1 with a plus 73 point differential. Grbac is on pace for 3,600 passing yards. Loville is at 218 rushing across the first five. The defense has produced 16 sacks. The Packers are 5-0 with Favre averaging 270 passing per game and 14 touchdown throws. Vegas opens the Packers as 7-point home favorites. Tracking today: Bryant Young's chase of 10 sacks at midseason.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 4-1 | W4 |
| Houston Oilers | 3-2 | W1 |
| Baltimore Ravens | 2-3 | L1 |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 2-4 | L1 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 1-4 | L2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 4-1 | W2 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 4-1 | L1 |
| Miami Dolphins | 3-2 | L2 |
| New England Patriots | 3-2 | W3 |
| New York Jets | 0-6 | L6 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 5-1 | W2 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 4-2 | L2 |
| San Diego Chargers | 4-2 | L1 |
| Oakland Raiders | 2-4 | W1 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 2-4 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | 4-1 | W2 |
| Carolina Panthers | 3-2 | L2 |
| St. Louis Rams | 1-4 | L4 |
| New Orleans Saints | 1-5 | W1 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 0-5 | L5 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | 5-1 | W2 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 5-1 | W1 |
| Detroit Lions | 4-2 | W3 |
| Chicago Bears | 2-4 | L1 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0-5 | L5 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | 4-1 | W4 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 3-2 | L1 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 2-3 | -- |
| Dallas Cowboys | 2-3 | W1 |
| New York Giants | 2-3 | W2 |
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1996-10-14 San Francisco 49ers vs Green Bay PackersBrett Favre threw for 395 yards and a touchdown, Don Beebe caught 11 for 220 with a touchdown and the Green Bay Packers held off the 49ers 23-20 at Lambeau Field. Elvis Grbac threw for 182 yards and two touchdowns. Jerry Rice caught 7 for 84 with two scores. Terry Kirby caught 4 for 15. The 49ers trailed 17-3 at halftime and 23-13 in the fourth quarter.[1][2]
Don Beebe caught eleven balls for two hundred and twenty yards at Lambeau Field and the Packers beat the 49ers 23-20. The journeyman wide receiver, in his ninth NFL season, posted the kind of single-game line that, in any other calendar, anchors a Packers blowout.
Elvis Grbac threw two touchdowns to Jerry Rice. The 49ers cut the lead to 23-20 in the fourth quarter on a Wade Richey field goal but the offense's closing two possessions ended in punts. Brett Favre's 395 passing line is the highest single-game total against the 49ers in three years.
The 49ers walk back to the airport 4-2 with the home game against the Bengals on Sunday next. The road record is 1-2. The wire copy is going to spend the column on the secondary's coverage on Beebe. The film room is going to spend the week on the Cover 2 alignment that surrendered the 11-catch afternoon.
Packers 23, 49ers 20. Margin: minus 3. Record: 4-2.
A 23-20 road loss at Lambeau Field. The 49ers fall to 4-2.
How it unfolded
The Packers opened with a Favre touchdown drive ending in the Beebe 59-yard touchdown. A Wade Richey field goal cut it to 7-3. The second quarter produced two more Packers field goals to push the lead to 13-3. A Favre touchdown to Bennett made it 20-3 at the half. The third quarter saw a Grbac touchdown to Rice to cut it to 20-10. A Packers field goal made it 23-10. Grbac added a second touchdown to Rice to cut it to 23-17. A Richey fourth-quarter field goal made it 23-20. The 49ers' closing two possessions ended in punts.
The turning point
The second-quarter Beebe-related Favre passing day. With the Packers up 13-3 and the offense facing third-and-eight at midfield, Favre found Beebe on a 36-yard reception. The Packers drove for the Bennett touchdown to make it 20-3 at the half and the 49ers' offense never closed the gap.
By the numbers
Grbac 21-of-39 for 182 with two touchdowns and two picks. Rice 7 catches for 84 with two scores. Vardell 6 catches for 44. Defensively the front produced one sack of Favre across 61 dropbacks. The secondary surrendered the 11-catch, 220-yard line to Beebe; the highest single-game receiving total against the 49ers' defense in three years.
Personnel watch
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | |||||
| Elvis Grbac | 21/39 | 182 | 2 | 2 | |
| GNB | |||||
| Brett Favre | 28/61 | 395 | 1 | 2 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | ||||
| Tommy Vardell | 8 | 31 | 0 | 15 |
| Terry Kirby | 10 | 27 | 0 | 5 |
| Anthony Lynn | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| Derek Loville | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Elvis Grbac | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GNB | ||||
| Brett Favre | 6 | 24 | 0 | 12 |
| Edgar Bennett | 7 | 18 | 0 | 6 |
| Dorsey Levens | 10 | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| William Henderson | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | ||||
| Jerry Rice #80 | 7 | 84 | 2 | 24 |
| Tommy Vardell | 6 | 44 | 0 | 22 |
| Ted Popson | 3 | 39 | 0 | 17 |
| Terry Kirby | 4 | 15 | 0 | 5 |
| Derek Loville | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GNB | ||||
| Don Beebe | 11 | 220 | 1 | 59 |
| Antonio Freeman | 6 | 71 | 0 | 16 |
| Keith Jackson | 2 | 53 | 0 | 50 |
| Desmond Howard | 4 | 30 | 0 | 12 |
| William Henderson | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 |
| Derrick Mayes | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Edgar Bennett | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Dorsey Levens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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