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Show NFLFOOTBALL/WEATHER Monday,January1996 The Salt Lake Tribune A Lovely Dayfor The Pack GAME SUMMARY 7 3010-20 W130 1037 Flurries, Fog Help 18 Fint Downs Rushes-Vardage Pas etal hemonYards Interception Return Yards Comp-attlnt ands Last ATED PRESS GREEN BAY. Wis. — Perfect quarterback Brett Favre thought 290 4.350 19 443 00 536 of Possession 81.05 INDINTDUAL LEADERS RUSHING —Avlanta Hep George 1.0 Green By Denil 26108, Lets 21 FAsING 166 GreenBay, Favre TECRNING — Aa, MelIK Be 6-4, ra 6.82, Mathis 5.93, ard 9-20, T Brown 1-14 1) creBay, Brak 8. Morgan436. Jackson $11, Levens 2-19, Chur 15, Freeman 1-14. Henderson 1-4 Ingram 1-4 MISSEDFIELD GOALS — Green Jacke 4 as he awoketo fresh-fallen snow Sunday The Green Bay Packers had their impeccablesetting. Not only had they neverlost a home playoff gameat LambeauField, Favre had never lost in bad weather. Favre kept both marks unblemished Sunday and his fabulous season continued with three touchdownpasses as the Packers knocked th Atlanta Falcons from 20 DanCurrier The Asso ted Press Green Bay's defense, led by (from left) Matt LaBounty, LeRoy Butler and John Jurkovic, swarms over Atlanta's Craig Heyward. The Packers had an easy time advancing with big win. You don't have to throw for ocd yards to be successful.” said Fayre. who threw for 199 yards aft nassing 4413 during the season. “I threw three touchdowns today and wewereprecise whenwehadtobe. Favre, who threw an NFC-best 38 touchdowns this year, picked apart the Falcons’ against the NF as the Packers improved to 9-0 in playoff games at Lambeau. Amidst fog andflurries in the first half, Favre found nine different receivers in completing 16 of 22 passes for 115 of his 199 yards. Two of the incompletions were drops. Hefinished 24-for-35 all-time worst pass defense helped the Packers build a 27-10 halftime leadafter Jeff George shocked Green Bay with a 65-yard touchdownpass to Erie Metcalf three minutes into beleaguered secondary, which yielded an Y ecord 4, yards passing the game Favre, the league’s Offensive in 1995, Player of the Year, had plenty of playoff Saturday If they were watching today Favresaid, they knownot to take playoff us lightly.” rookie Antonio Freeman returneda punt 76 yards for a score passing pinpoint with no interceptions. help Edgar Bennett, thefirst 1,000yard rusher in Green Bay since 1978, carried 24 times for a team Hewill lead the Packers (12-5) to San Francisco for a divisional avre's record 108 yards After the Falcons, who reached the playoffs with a victory over the 49ers last week. cut the lead to 27-17, Favre tossed an 18-yard TD to Dorsey Levens with 7:45 and left to iceit George finished 30-of-54 for Colts Find New Star Indianapolis an Diego ing run since Ron Lee’s against Oakland in 1977 his thrilling 66-yard touchdown run with 11:28 remaining. Chargers end Leslie O'Neal overran the delay play and Crockett chugged up the middle of the field, picking up a block fromfellow running back Lamont Warrenat the 10 to give the Colts a 28-20 lead. “That might have beenthebig dagger right there, man,” Harbaugh said. Onhis first touchdownrun, Crockett 13-yarder The Chargers were eliminated after 5 recorded through 5 p.m. ye day 70at St George Brian Head Utah highest precio 1.96 at Alta 0 Oa Northern Utah Today will feature uds ar shine alor Temperatures the next several days will slowly fall as windsshift to the north bringing cooler air in from Canada. The next sever al days will re nain dry as high - . pressure dominate . Randolph } 32/-2 '| Heber City = 38/7 \ i = Wendover 9 maddy, — Indianapolis 35, San Die- eS y, Jan. 6 Buffalo atPittsBia"0.30am, Channel5 Sunday, Jan. 7 — Indianapolis at KansasCity, 2pm. Channel5 NFC @ Saturday — Philadelphia 58, Detroit 37 day —- Green Steen Bay Bay 37, Atlanta 20 Sunday, Jan. 7 — Philadelphia at Dallas,10:30a.m., Channel13 _ “IT never would have thought without Faulk in the game somebodycould rush e saw gameand stunned the crowd with clinching 66-yard TDrunin the fourth quarterwas the longest rushing play by the Colts since Matte hada 58-yarderin that Super Bowl, and the longest scor- AFC Saturday — Butfalo37, Miami22 _ made a shambles of a defense noted for its play against the run, going untouched for 33 yards and a 14-10 lead with 1:47 left in the second quarter. gamesto recover froma4-7 start to get back into the playoffs. Crockett, a 241-pounder who was a third-round draft pick out of Florida State, gave the Colts control of a see- @ Continued from C1 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING — Inuianap ulk 148, NFL PLAYOFFS 366 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. All of Atlanta’s last 29 plays were passes, including the final one, which was picked off by Doug Evans. Safety George Teague intercepted George’s second pass of the game “Coming out and making the big play early gave a boostto the defense and wesaid, ‘Hey, we can deal with these guys.’ " Teague said. The Packers had set an NFL record for fewest takeaways with just 16 during the season. winning their last five regular-season = In Upset Win Ind—Crockett 39 run (Bl ard kick Third Quart m Humphnes \Cai= ins 42 pass fromm Hartaueh (Blan Fourth Quarter ing from the fullback position, that kind of scary, man. I'm kind of glad I don’t have to look at the films. I don't want to see those plays again. “What a great win — to come on the road against the defending AFC champs and win without Marshall,” Harbaugh said. “I guess that says a lot about our team.” Hg > TaManni Statistics recordedat the Utah Division of Air ually rough &pm. asia) on Monoxide Particulates Ozone Salt Lake ty NA SL.&Davis County 21 NA | Provo NA Utah County 47 | Ogden 38 Weber County tA 16 4 4 ‘5 0:50 Good. 51-100 Moderate 101-200, 88 5 Today Sait Lake City. Davis and Weber | NA NA NA | Unhealthful 201-300. Very Unhealthtul : Vernal gen > s Green River ® Gn Milford = Today 7:52 aim a rey 4ap5 Tonight 5:10pm. | ae | mae 5324 ZONNP. . econ Nee $127 Jan5 40/19 Bullfrog 45/31 Pas z PSI AE AT ee hath TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 669. 975-4400. Air Quaiity . BYS/506E Yesterday Hi Lo Prep Snow City City 964-6¢ Avalanche cohgiions 5 aun aes 158 os ne beat Jan20 erp Yesterday Today Hi Lo Prep. Hi LoW sitions of weather system ature bandsare high: Flagstat Page Phoenix Tucson 59.92 60 39 day. Forecast highilow temperatures are given for selectedcities, Stationary iemgenfile |S Yesterday's National Extre: | Jan 27 Low: -18 in Allagash, Maine; High: 79 in McAllen, Texas All maps,forecasts and data provided by AccuWeather,inc. © 1996 ra a <iicheliend a 34 178 2 WEDNESDAY s A large storm beginning to take shapein the south-central portion of the nation today will spread moisture northward throughthe Midwest. Colder air will dive southward the Southwest e . City Albany Anchorage Atlanta anticCity ustin Baltimore Birmingham Bismarck Boston Heston, SC NV Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Ci THURSDAY SSer se Today Lo Prep. Hi Lo W 27 32 196 15 Tr 19 sn 42 50 sh 35 Yesterday Hi 7 29 48 48 city Louisville Montgomery Montpelier Nashville Sp 44/20 4218 oS; ape 38/12 40/14 40/16 Ey FRIDAY ~~ 38/14 Philadelphia Pittsburgh Portland, ME Ponland,OR Providence Raleigh Rapid City Richmond Sacramento St. Louis San Dieg “ ee THURSDAY 38/14 Fronts Cold <yaymey Warm lll rae | throughthe northern Plains. Temperatureswill rise no higherthan the teens and 20s Hi Low throughout the Dakotas and Minnesota. The new year will start pleasantly warmin ARIZONA + eanntadh 9 TUESDAY Flurries She = auay National summ catlenoa 4 . 38/22 TODAY \ NARS Miami <S.g270 vs - lc Rain 2:28 pm Utan Weather Highway Conditions Temperatures are today's highs/tonight’s lows. i Jan13 38/14 a a) Blanding ena -0s[Toe]10s | 208 [i308] 6|0s 705 5 Tooe a i [sos me to Weed ™ Cedar City FESS] sh Showers fE20) [coal Testorms Ice Ad 43/17 5 counties Good Ogden/Provo: Salt Lake & Utahcounties Price 39/17 . an aietias pects to return for the final year of his contract, but his staff and lineup maylook muchdifferent. As the preseason AFC favorites, the Dolphinsstarted 4-0 but wononly five of 13 games the rest ofthe way. Theysaved their worst performanceforlast at Buffalo, falling behind 27-0, dropping 11 passes and allowing 341 yards rushing, a team record and the most in an NFLpostseason game since 1940, “It’s a real disappointment to me that we didn’t challenge in a game that was so important to us,” Shula said. Miami's coach turns 66 Thursday, and while critics say Shula shouldretire, he wants to return for a 27th season with the Dolphins. Owner Wayne Huizenga has said the decision is Shula’s, who signed an agreementthat extended his contract through ‘96. Although Cox reinforced his reputation as a hothead during a turbulent 1995 season, his comments carry considerable weight because he is respected by his teammates and usually refrains fromcriticizing them publicly. Im a ee| sc . m Nephi THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DAVIE, Fla. — Brutalized at Buffalo, the Miami Dolphins took a verbalbeating Sunday from one of their own players. Pro Bowllinebacker Bryan Cox cleaned out his locker and fired a parting shot at unspecified teammates in the wake of Saturday’s ugly 37-22 loss to the Bills. Don Shula and his coaching staff, Cox said, are not the Dolphins’ problem. “Anybody short of Jesus Christ could coach this team, and we wouldn't win,” Cox said. “That's because you have people that don’t have the desire. You have people trying to undercut the team chemistry. We had people who werejealous of each other.” Cornerback Troy Vincent agreed with Cox, saying that some of their teammatesquit. “Hopefully the coaches knowit and can get rid of those people,” Cox said. “becauseit’s like cancer. It spreads quickly.” With the Dolphins’ disappointing year concluded, an offseason shakeupis anticipated. 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