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| Year/Season: |
2001-2002 |
| Date: |
1/20/2002 |
| League/Sport: |
NFL |
| Event: |
NFC Divisional Playoff |
| Visitors: |
Green Bay Packers |
| Home: |
St. Louis Rams |
| Location: |
St. Louis, Missouri - Trans World Dome |
| Network: |
Fox |
| Length: |
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| Commercials: |
All |
| Pregame: |
Complete |
| Halftime: |
Complete |
| Postgame: |
Complete |
| Type: |
Converted From VHS Master |
| Comments: |
The matchup between two of the league`s highly rated quarterbacks — the Packers` Brett Favre and Rams` Kurt Warner, who shared a combined total of five NFL MVP awards, became lopsided thanks to St. Louis` improved defense, which forced eight turnovers. Although Favre threw for 281 yards, he tied a playoff record by tossing six interceptions, three of which were returned for touchdowns. The Packers generated most of their offense early in the contest, but the turnovers gave the Rams a 24–10 halftime lead. The Rams then returned two interceptions in the second half to put the game away.
Rams defensive back Aeneas Williams opened up the scoring by returning an interception from Favre 29 yards for a touchdown. The next time Green Bay had the ball, they turned it over again when safety Kim Herring stripped the ball from Ahman Green and rookie Adam Archuleta recovered it. However, the Rams were unable to take advantage of this turnover. A few plays later, Warner`s pass was intercepted by Darren Sharper on the Packers 35-yard line. Favre then completed a pair of passes to Corey Bradford and Donald Driver for gains of 27 and 16 yards, before tying the game with a 22-yard touchdown pass to Antonio Freeman. But the Rams stormed right back with a 15-yard completion to Az-Zahir Hakim and a 38-yard burst from running back Marshall Faulk advancing the ball to the Packers 11-yard line. Two plays later, Warner completed a 4-yard touchdown pass to Torry Holt to put the Rams back in the lead. Then on Green Bay`s next drive, Herring intercepted a pass from Favre and returned it 45 yards to the Packers 4-yard line, setting up a 4-yard touchdown catch by fullback James Hodgins early in the second quarter. Allen Rossum returned the ensuing kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, but a holding penalty on Torrance Marshall eliminated the score. Green Bay still managed to score with a Ryan Longwell field goal, but Rams kicker Jeff Wilkins responded with a field goal of his own to give the Rams a 24–10 halftime lead.
In the second half, the Rams scored two touchdowns in a span of 92 seconds. On Green Bay`s opening drive, Green`s 49-yard run moved the ball into Rams territory. But three plays later, Williams stripped the ball from Freeman, dove on it, then got up and returned it for a touchdown. A replay challenge overruled the score, showing Williams was down by contact when he recovered the fumble, but three plays later, Holt`s 50-yard reception set up a 7-yard touchdown run by Faulk. Then on Green Bay`s next possession, Rams lineman [[Grant Wistrom]] deflected a pass from Favre into the arms of linebacker Tommy Polley, who returned the interception 34 yards for a touchdown.
In fourth quarter, the Rams defense scored again with another interception return from Williams, making him the first player ever to return two interceptions for touchdowns in a playoff game. Meanwhile, they managed to pin down the Packers, only allowing a meaningless score on an 8-yard touchdown pass from Favre to Freeman with 5:46 left in the game.
This was the second postseason meeting between the Packers and Rams, with Green Bay having won the only prior meeting when the Rams were previously in Los Angeles. |
| Format: |
DVD-R |
| # of discs/tapes: |
4 |
| Format Comments: |
Pat Summerall, John Madden and Ron Pitts on the call. It contains Pregame, Commercials, Halftime and Postgame. |
| Grade: |
8.5 |
| Own/Want: |
Own |
| Email: |
Email thacozzman |
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