Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.sports From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Packers stop Sanders, Lions Date: Mon, 2 Nov 92 15:45:13 EST Message-ID: \SE C;SPORTS;PRO FOOTBALL \SS (WS) \HD Packers stop Sanders, Lions \BY ASSOCIATED PRESS \DT PONTIAC, Mich. PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - The pattern was familiar. Barry Sanders couldn't run, and the Detroit Lions' once-potent offense couldn't move. Meanwhile, Green Bay's Brett Favre passed for 212 yards and two touchdowns as the Packers defeated the Lions 27-13 yesterday. The Lions (2-6), who appeared to be rebounding from a 1-5 start after bombing Tampa Bay 38-7 a week earlier, fell to dead last in the NFC Central, a notch below the Packers (3-5). "Nobody can stop Barry Sanders," Packers coach Mike Holmgren said. "But anytime you can hold him down as well as we did, that's a great job." Sanders, with only two 100-yard rushing games all season, was held to 38 yards on 12 carries by the Packers. He was almost as effective a receiver, catching five passes for 30 yards. "This was just a terrible, terrible game," a dejected Detroit coach Wayne Fontes said. "This is the worst game I've ever been associated with since I've been here." Detroit was held to just 190 yards total offense, 38 on the ground and 152 passing. The Packers rolled up 347 yards, 145 on the ground. "We didn't block anybody. We didn't tackle anybody," Fontes said. "We didn't stop anybody. We didn't move the football. It was a poor game. We're hurting at a lot of positions. Maybe it's starting to catch up with us." Favre, gaining more confidence with each start, completed 22 of 37 passes, including a 14-yard touchdown toss to Jackie Harris and a 30-yard scoring flip to Sterling Sharpe that broke it open in the fourth quarter. "The way this game started, I thought it was going to be another typical Green Bay Sunday," Favre said. "We got the ball, fumbled, and they kicked a field goal. But we came right back. We executed, and we got the job done." Rodney Peete completed 14 of 28 passes for 148 yards for the Lions' faltering offense. He was sacked four times for 29 yards in losses. Detroit's only touchdown came on the 7-yard return of a blocked punt by Bennie Blades. That cut the Packers' lead to 20-13 with 1:30 left in the third quarter. But that's when Favre, starting his fifth straight game, took over. With Favre completing eight of 11 passes for 93 yards, including three third-down conversions, the Packers took the ensuing kickoff and drove 77 yards in 12 plays. It was a killer drive that ran 6:31 off the clock and seemed to take the steam out of Detroit. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM