15. 1984 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS at 2. 1966 SUPER BOWL CHAMPION GREEN BAY PACKERS
2. 1966 SUPER BOWL CHAMPION GREEN BAY PACKERS
Record: 12-2
Pythag: 12-2
Off: 4th
Def: 1st
1st NFL West
d. Cowboys NFC Title 34-27
d. Chiefs Super Bowl 35-10
HC Vince Lombardi DC Phil Bengsten
Lambeau Field: 40 degrees
Ray Scott
Offense
QB Bart Starr 32 All Pro Alabama
RB Elijah Pitts 28 Philander Smith
RB Jim Taylor 31 LSU
WR Boyd Dowler 29 Colorado
WR Carroll Dale 28 Va Tech
TE Marv Fleming 24 Utah
LT Bob Skoronski 32 Indiana
LG Fuzzy Thurston 33 Valpo
C Bill Curry 24 Geo Tech
RG Jerry Kramer 30 All Pro Idaho
RT Forrest Gregg All Pro 33 SMU
Defense
LDE Willie Davis 32 All Pro Grambling
LDT Ron Kostelnik 26 Cincinnati
RDT Henry Jordan 31 UVA
RDE Lionel Aldridge 25 Utah St
LLB Dave Robinson 25 Penn St
MLB Ray Nitschke 30 All Pro Illinois
RLB Lee Roy Caffey 25 All Pro A&M
LCB Herb Adderley 27 All Pro Michigan St
RCB Bob Jeter 29 Iowa
LS Willie Wood 30 All Pro USC
RS Tom Brown 26 26 Mary
K/P Don Chandler 32 Florida
KR/PR Donny Anderson 23 TTech
Dallas/Denver/San Francisco/New England all have 6 teams advancing - the first Super Bowl Champs, the '66 Packers are the second seed in the region; if they take this last slot, they move their 6th team forward. 1st in defense. 4th in offense. 5 first Team All Pros on defense - 32 year old Willie Davis, 30 year old Ray Nitschke, 25 year old Lee Roy Caffey, 27 year old Herb Adderley, 30 year old Willie Wood. On the other side, 32 year old Bart Starr is an All Pro, 16 scores and just 3 picks. 30 year old Jerry Kramer, 33 year old Forrest Gregg were also All Pro. 10 TDs in just 8 starts for 28 year old Elijah Pitts.
15. 1984 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
Record: 12-4
Pythag: 12-4
Off: 5th
Def: 5th
2nd AFC West
d. Raiders WC 13-7
Lost Dolphins Div Rnd 31-10
HC Chuck Knox OC Ray Prochaska DC Tom Catlin
Offense
QB Dave Krieg 26 Milton
RB Eric Lane 25 BYU
WR Steve Largent 30 Tulsa
WR Daryl Turner 23 R Mich St
TE Charle Young 33 USC
TE Mike Tice 25 Mary
LT Ron Essink 26 G Valley
LG Reggie McKenzie 34 Mich
C Blair Bush 28 Wash
RG Robert Pratt 33 UNC
RT Bob Cryder 28 Alabama
Defense
LDE Jacob Green 27 A&M
NT Joe Nash 24 All Pro B College
RDE Jeff Bryant 24 Clemson
LOLB Bruce Scholtz 26 Texas
LILB Shelton Robinson 24 UNC
RILB Keith Butler 28 Memphis
ROLB Greg Gaines 26 Tenn
LCB Keith Simpson 28 Memphis
RCB Dave Brown 31 Michigan
SS Kenny Easley 25 All Pro UCLA
FS John Harris 28 Ariz St
K Norm Johnson 24 All Pro UCLA
P Jeff West 31 Cincinnati
KR David Hughes 25 Boise
PR Paul Skansi 23 Wash
Seattle's '84 squad is the 15th seed in Region 11; 5th in both offensive and defense. Dave Krieg is 26, 35 scores and 24 picks. 30 year old Steve Largent had over 1100 yards receiving and a dozen scores. 3 All Pros for Seattle, 24 year old Norm Johnson, 25 year old Kenny Easley, who had 10 picks and 24 year old Joe Nash. 8 picks for 31 year old Dave Brown, 27.5 combined sacks for 27 year old Jacob Green and 24 year old Jeff Bryant. The Seahawks are looking to advance team #4 to round 2, it would take a helluva upset to do it - let's go to Lambeau to finish round 1, region 11.
1st Qtr
Packers at the 16.
1/10 - 2 yard carry for Jim Taylor.
2/8 - Taylor is stacked up.
3/8 - Bart Starr's first pass is to Carroll Dale - 12 yards to the 30.
1/10 - Elijah Pitts is stacked up.
2/11 - Jim Taylor is stacked up.
3/11 - Bart Starr - over the mid -- Picked Off By Kenny Easley -- Starr threw 3 picks all year- but Easley gets him on the opening drive - he is down at the Packer 38 yard line.
1/10 - David Hughes for 2
2/8 - Dave Krieg looks to pass - he's flushed - he scrambles for 3
3/5 - Krieg - to Paul Johns, 8 yard pickup and Seattle's at the Packer 25.
The drive ends here - Johnson hits the kick - the Seahawks go up 3.
Packers at the 27.
They get a first down, Starr to Taylor for 6 the biggest gain - but the drive ends when Jeff Bryant sacks Starr - Seattle gets the ball back at the 31.
1/10 - Krieg going downfield -- Daryl Turner -- 32 yard strike -- Big play for Seattle, they are at the Packer 37.
And that's where the drive ends -- another Johnson FG and it's 6-0.
Pack at the 19 -- Jim Taylor's 19 yard run ends the qtr.
2nd Qtr: Seahawks 6 Packers 0
All Seattle so far, 2 Norm Johnson FGs the only scoring. Pack first down at their own 38.
That's the end of the drive - Jacob Green sacks Starr, Seattle will start at their own 24.
3 and out - Willie Davis gets a sack. Back to the Pack, at their own 43.
3 and out. After the punt it's Seattle at their own 15.
1/10 - Eric Lane gets 1.
2/9 - Dan Doornink carries for 14.
1/10 - Incomplete
2/10 - Krieg is sacked - Henry Jordan gets him.
3/14 - Krieg - Charle Young --- he is just short of the sticks --- and it ends the drive.
Another punt - Packers at their own 20, little more than 5 left in the half.
1/10 - Third Seahawks sack - Joe Nash plowing Starr over.
2/15 - Elijah Pitts goes for 17.
1/10 - Jim Taylor for 19 and the Pack cross midfield.
1/10 - Taylor loses a yard.
2/11 - Hornung gains 3 and its the 2 minute warning.
3/8 - Starr -- finds Boyd Dowler -- 11 yards to the Seattle 36, Packers stop the clock.
1/10 - Taylor stacked up.
2/10 - Starr to Marv Fleming, 10 yards - Packers use their second timeout at the 26, 1:36 left.
1/10 - Starr to Dale - crossing route - he is out of bounds at the 13 yard line.
1/10 - Starr to Pitts -- 9 yard gain, Packers use their final timeout with 68 seconds left.
2/1 - Starr -- End Zone -- Fleming -- TOUCHDOWN PACKERS -- Bart Starr takes Green Bay 80 yards in the closing minutes of the first half, with less than a minute left, the Packers take their first lead.
Seahawks at the 21 - the drive ends quickly - Dave Robinson with Green Bay's 3rd sack - we go to the locker rooms.
3rd Qtr: Packers 7 Seahawks 6
Each side with 3 sacks, Seattle with a pick - but the only TD belongs to Starr - the second seeded Packers, the 22nd overall seeds in the tournament -- are in a real fight for survival.
Seahawks starting back at their own 7 yard line.
3 and out. Donny Anderson good return - Pack will start at the 31.
1/10 - Pitts for 2.
2/8 - Starr to Taylor, 5 yards.
3/3 - Taylor gets 2 - Pack has a 4th and 1 at the 22.
Lombardi's gonna go for it. We're the by god Green Bay Packers after all.
4/1 - Paul Hornung picks it up - Pack at the 18.
1/10 - 3 for Pitts
2/7 - 6 for Taylor
3/1 - Pitts gets it - first and goal at the 7 yard line.
But the drive stalls out- Seattle stiffens - chip shot makes it 10-6.
Seahawks at the 32.
One first down - it's Steve Largent's first catch, an 11 yard gain. But Ray Nitschke ends the drive with a sack - Packers take over at their own 22, 3 minutes left in the third.
3 and out. Seahawks to start at the 35 - one play, Krieg 8 yards to Turner and the quarter ends.
4th Qtr: Packers 10 Seahawks 6
Defense really controlling the game now- the 15th seeds are still in this one, they have 2nd and 2 at their own 43.
2/2 - Dan Doornink is stacked up.
3/2 - Krieg - looking to Largent -- Picked Off by Herb Adderley - Adderley has totally shut Largent down today - and now he picks off Krieg, Pack takes over at the Seattle 49.
One first down - Hornung 7 yard run the big play - but the drive dies - no long FG, the Don Chandler punt pins Seattle deep in their own end. Seahawks at their own 3 yard line, 11 minutes left, still 10-6.
1/10 - Doornink for 2.
2/8 - Krieg -- huge trouble -- Krieg throws into tr -- Picked Off by Willie Wood -- back to back drives ending in Packer interceptions -- Wood down at the Seattle 22. Packers in business now - up 4, 10 minutes left, at the 22.
1/10 - Starr to Dowler -- a dozen yards, Green Bay with a first and goal to go at the 10.
Seattle stops them again - chip shot Chandler FG is....Blocked! Blocked -- Kenny Easley blocks the Chandler FG - Easley blocks the kick -- Seattle will start at the 20, 7 minutes left, it is still 10-6.
1/10 - Krieg - Johns- 17 yard gain, Krieg's last 2 passes were intercepted - but he comes back here and picks up a first down.
1/10 - Doornink stacked up.
2/10 - Franco Harris gets his first carry, he gets 3 yards. Third down.
3/7 - Krieg - Charle Young -- Young's first catch of the day - 20 yard pickup and the Seahawks are at the Packer 40.
1/10 - 6 for Lane.
2/4 - Largent -- dozen yards to the 22 - 3 minutes left in the game - and the Seahawks have a first and 10 at the 22. It is still 10-6.
1/10 - Give to Franco - Franco through the line -- Franco Harris --- Franco Harris is gonna go INTO THE END ZONE -- TOUCHDOWN SEAHAWKS -- The veteran Franco Harris runs for 22 yards into the endzone -- Franco Harris gives the Seahawks the 13-10 lead - and with just 2:20 left in the football game, the Packers will start at their own 19 - the 22nd overall seed in the tournament are staring in the face of what would be the biggest upset we have seen to date.
1/10 - Starr - quick to Pitts, 5 yards and out of bounds.
2/5 - Give to Pitts -- Pitts gets 15 yards to the 39 - and we are at the 2 minute warning.
1/10 - Incomplete
2/10 - Starr -- downfield -- Dale -- 30 yard strike -- Packers stop the clock at the Seattle 31, 1:42 left in the game.
1/10 - Starr - Taylor, he's out of bounds with an 8 yard gain, Green Bay at the 23 yard line.
2/2 - Incomplete
3/2 - Starr - Taylor -- Jim Taylor lumbers all the way to the Seattle 8 yard line! With just 63 seconds remaining in the game, Green Bay stops the clock.
It's 13-10 Seahawks. 63 seconds left. 1st and goal at the 8.
1/goal - Starr -- Dowler -- Dowler brought down at the 3 yard line - clock still moving, Starr hustles to the line --
2/goal - Give to Taylor -- he is stopped dead at the 3, Packers have to use their final timeout, clock stopped at 37 seconds. 3rd and goal.
3/goal - Starr -- End Zone -- Incomplete
4th and goal at the 3......Lombardi sends in the kicking team -- Don Chandler...hits the 20 yard FG and the game is tied.
16 seconds left when the Seahawks get the ball back after the touchback - they are content to go to OT.
OT: Packers 13 Seahawks 13
Franco's 22 yard run gave the Seahawks the lead with less than 3 to play - Starr drove the Pack down for the game tying FG.
Sudden death in Lambeau.
Pack win the toss. Start at the 23.
1/10 - Taylor gets a yard
2/9 - Incomplete
3/9 - Starr - Dale - 14 to the 38.
1/10 - Pitts gets 2 - holding on the next play moves the Packers back 10
2/18 - Incomplete
3/18 - Incomplete
Pack needs to punt - Seattle makes a quick change, Paul Skansi has been returning punts today, Seattle inserts Kenny Easley, looking for a little juice.
Chandler punt -- Easley fields at the 29 - Easley works his way through traffic -- Easley breaks down the sideline -- KENNY EASLEY BREAKS DOWN THE SIDELINE -- KENNY EASLEY BREAKS DOWN THE SIDELINE -- KENNY EASLEY IS GONNA GO - KENNY EASLEY IS INTO THE ENDZONE ---- TOUCHDOWN SEAHAWKS -- TOUCHDOWN SEAHAWKS -- TOUCHDOWN SEAHAWKS -- Kenny Easley takes the punt 71 yards for the score -- and this game is shockingly -- stunningly over --- the Seahawk sideline comes unglued -- every player, coach - storms the field --- the 1984 Seattle Seahawks have pulled the biggest upset in the tournament to date, defeating the 1966 Super Bowl Champion Packers!!!!
Final: Seahawks 19 Packers 13
A great game for Kenny Easley, a pick, a blocked kick - and an OT punt return for a game winning score, the 15th seed beats the 2 - Seattle will move on to face the 2009 Patriots in round 2.
Krieg: 10 for 18, 169 yds, 2 INT
Starr: 18 for 27, 180 yds, 1 TD/INT
Harris: 2 carries, 25 yds, TD
Taylor: 20 carries, 69 yds
Johns: 4 catches, 74 yds
Dale: 4 catches, 69 yds
Easley: INT, blocked FG, TD
Player of the Game: Kenny Easley
And that ends Region 11 - in the next round:
1992 Cowboys v. 2004 Steelers
1954 Browns v. 2013 Broncos
1991 49ers v. 1953 Eagles
2009 Patriots v. 1984 Seahawks
