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2B Monday, January 14, 2002 SPORi! THE BATTAUCl Packers stay perfect at home, drop 49ers 25-15 Miami trumped by wild card Ravens, 20-3 GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Lam beau mystique lives on. Brett Favre threw two touch down passes as the Green Bay Packers stayed perfect at home in the playoffs with a 25-15 victory over San Francisco on Sunday. The Packers (13-5), who ad vanced to face the St. Louis Rams next week, improved to 13-0 at home in playoff games. Favre improved to 31 -0 in starts at Lambeau Field with the tem perature 34 degrees or colder. It was 28 degrees at kickoff Sunday, and Favre was 22-of-29 for 269 yards, two touchdowns and one interception., Favre guided Green Bay on a 93-yard touchdown drive after Tyrone Williams’ interception of a deflection by Mike McKenzie with five minutes left and the Packers clinging to an 18-15 lead. Ahman Green capped the TD drive with a 9-yard run. For a time, the Niners made Packers coach Mike Sherman pay for his questionable decision to go for a 2-point conversion that failed with Green Bay ahead 15-7. The Niners tied it at 15 on Tai Streets’ 14-yard touchdown and his wide-open catch on the two- point conversion with 12 min utes left. But Ryan Longwell, who had his first extra point blocked in the first quarter, kicked a 45-yard field goal with 7:02 left for an 18-15 lead. The Packers, who surren dered an average of 170 yards rushing the last four weeks — all to nonplayoff teams — shored up their run defense with linebacker Nate Wayne (back) and nose tackle Gilbert Brown (foot) returning to health. The 49ers ran for just 71 yards, and comeback player of the year Garrison Hearst finished with just 42 yards on 13 carries. Favre hit fellow Pro Bowl selection Bubba Franks with a 19-yard touchdown pass with 3:26 left in the third quarter, one play after Bradford’s 51- yard catch. That made it 15-7, but instead of sending out Longwell, Sher man went for 2, and it failed when Donald Driver was tackled shy of the end zone after a reception. That made it a one-posses sion game, and the 49ers quickly made Sherman pay for his questionable call when Jeff Garcia (22-of-32 for 233 yards) drove San Francisco 61 yards in six plays for the tying touchdown and two-point con version. Longwell kicked a 26-yard field goal for a 9-7 lead when Green Bay’s opening drive of the second half stalled at the 8. MIAMI (AP) — Bruising de fense, a grinding ground game and one pivotal pass put the Baltimore Ravens one victory closer to a possible return to the Super Bowl. Baltimore scored on touch down marches of 90 and 99 yards and allowed only 151 yards to beat the Miami Dolphins 20-3 in a wild-card playoff game Sunday. The Ravens, who needed a win last week over Minnesota to make the playoffs, advanced to a sec ond-round game Sunday at AFC Central champion Pittsburgh. Baltimore won at Pittsburgh 13-10 on Nov. 4. but lost 26-21 at home to the Steelers on Dec. 16. It was a painfully familiar end ing for the Dolphins (11 -6). 'ITiey are the only team to reach the playoffs each of the past five years, but they’ve made an early exit every time by a combined score of 161-16. Miami still hasn’t advanced to the AFC championship game since the 1992 season or the Su per Bowl since the 1984 season. The Ravens played the sort of smothering defense that took them to the NFL title last year. Miami’s lone score came after Baltimore fumbled the opening kickoff, and the Dolphins man- The road to the Super Bowl ‘ST ■MHI + mum * Wild-card round Divisional playoffs Conference Championship Sunday. Jan. 27 Conference Championship Sunday Jan 27 N.Y. Jets „ Jan. 12 Oakland 38 Baltimore 20 Jan. 13 Miami 3 I Oakland Saturday, Jan. 19, 8 p.m. (CBS) at New England -j Baltimore Sunday. Jan. 20, 12:30p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Feb. 3, 6:18 p.m. (FOX) At New Orleans AFC champion vs. NFC champion All times ESI (at Pittsburgh Divisional playoffs Philadelphia Saturday. Jan Iff. 4:30 pm. (FOX) at Chicago Green Bay Sunday. Jan 20, 4 p m (FOX) at St. Louis Wild-card round Tampa Bay 9 Jan 12 Philadelphia 31 San Francisco 15 Jan 13 Green Bay 25 SOURCE: Associated Press AP aged just one first down i opening 23 minutes. The defending champ also showed surprising on offense, rushing for yards and converting 10of third dow ns. Terry Allenca 25 times for 109 yards i score, and Jason Bro added 65 yards in lOatten The Ra\ ens went aheadtos w ith a 17-play, 90-yard ma began midway through th |\ - nod and UH>k 8:51. Allens on a 4 yard run. capping ad that included seven first i four on third dow n. A bold call helped the Riv put the game away in the! period. Nursing a 7-3 lead, facing a third-and-1 at theE more 10-yard line. Elvis! fooled Miami b\ throwingi to frav is Taylor, w ho beat! Surtain for a 45-yard gam. Fight plays later, agak third down. Taylor beat! for a 4-yard touchdown i The two drives were the I of the season for the Rave The Ravens’ defense this season from its 20( but was still ranked No. 2if NFl.. and it was in fine: against Miami. Bultimores the Dolphins’ feeble gro game, blanketed their recen: Miami's Tamar Smith, rushed for 158 yards last* against Buffalo, w as limited on six carries. Aggies Continued from page IB Tiffany Moore swept the distance events, winning both the 500-and 1000-yard freestyle. Megan Zack rounded out the first place finishes by sweeping both the 1- and 3-meter diving competitions. The most dominating team performances of the day came from four Aggie freshmen. Patterson, Ash ley Roark, Christina Thompson and Dia Gentile swept the top four spots in both the 100- and 200- yard backstroke events. “I was really happy with how we all swam because we just got back from our training trip,” said Court ney Patterson, a freshman from Plano, Texas. "We all worked really hard there so coming in and winning this meet and going 1-2-3-4 in the backstroke in the 100 and doing as well in the 200, it shows a lot about our team. We knew we had the ability to win Uxlay. but even after the training trip, we still stood up and raced well.” The meet with Kansas was a solid win over a con ference opponent that the Aggie swimmers w ill sec again later this season when Texas A&M host Big 12 Championships m February. “This is huge for us because they’re obviat conference rival.” Ho said. “Not only that, but record isn't as good as we would have wanted be this year.” The Aggies will travel to Baton Rouge. La. to face Louisiana State University. 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