November 24, 2013 - 12:00 p.m. - FOX
Lambeau Field
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Packers 26 - Vikings 26
The Packers and the division rival Minnesota Vikings played for 75 minutes resulting in a rare tie for a football game.
Scott Tolzien made his second consecutive start for the Packers and it was a dud. Tolzien struggled against the lowly Vikings finishing with a stat line of 7/17 for 98 passing yards before being replaced by Matt Flynn mid-way through the third quarter.
The Packers struck first in this football game on a Tolzien 6-yard run that included a video game spin move for the ages. From that point forward, the Packers offense hit a wall and trailed the Vikings going into halftime 13-7. Tolzien continued to struggle in the third quarter and after a Vikings touchdown to extend their lead to 20-7, head coach Mike McCarthy made the switch at quarterback.
Matt Flynn gave this football team a spark of energy. With less than a minute into the fourth quarter, the Vikings added a field goal to give the Vikings a sixteen point lead at 23-7. And at that point, Flynn began to work his magic to mount a comeback. Flynn led the Packers on a eight play 80-yard drive with heavy doses of Eddie Lacy into the end zone. After a failed two-point conversion, the Packers trailed the Vikings 23-13 with eleven minutes to play. After a defensive stop, Flynn led the Packers on a twelve play 77-yard drive ending with a touchdown pass to Jarrett Boykin. The Packers trailed the Vikings with three and half minutes to play. The Packers defense stepped up again holding the Vikings to a three and out and giving Matt Flynn a chance to tie or win the game. A ten play drive including a fourth down conversion resulted in a Mason Crosby field goal sending the game to overtime.
The Packers won the toss and elected to receive in the overtime period. Flynn and the Packers drove the field all the way to the Minnesota 2-yard line. But the Packers could not punch it into the end zone. Mason Crosby hit a 20-yard field goal to give the Packers the 26-23 lead. However, due to the new overtime rules, the Vikings would receive an opportunity to tie the game or win it with a touchdown. The Vikings drove the field as well all the way to the Green Bay 17-yard line. The Vikings tied the game again with a Blair Walsh field goal sending the game into sudden death for the remainder of the overtime period.
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| Photo credit: packers.com |
The Packers and Vikings both possessed the football twice after the tie in overtime, but neither could move the ball. The clock slowly ticked down to triple zeros ending the game in a rare tie. Head coach Mike McCarthy said the ending of the game left an "empty feeling," as neither team won, nor lost.
This was the first game in NFL history to end in a tie despite scoring taking place during the overtime period (due to the new overtime rules).
This tie was the Packers fifth game all-time ending in a tie. That mark is the most by a team in NFL history.
After replacing the ineffective Scott Tolzien, Matt Flynn finished the day 21/36 for 218 yards and a touchdown. Eddie Lacy ran all over the Vikings for 110 yards and a touchdown.
The Vikings Christian Ponder finished the day 21/30 for 233 yards and a touchdown. Adrian Peterson continued his success against the Packers rushing for 146 yards on the ground and had one touchdown. Former Packer Greg Jennings had an unproductive two receptions for 29 yards in his return to Lambeau Field. Jennings was booed heavily by the Lambeau faithful.
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