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
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Wild-card round
Divisional
playoffs
Conference
Championship
Sunday. Jan. 27
Conference
Championship
Sunday Jan 27
N.Y. Jets
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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
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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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