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B-2 Monday, Oct. 14, 1985 Green Bay Press-Gazette The game story Minnesota notices Prokop's slowness On the next play, Nelson ran off left tackle for an apparent loss of 3 yards. Before he hit the ground, however, the Packers' Robert Brown hit Nelson in the back. The ball popped loose, and Packers' corner-back Tim Lewis caught it on one bounce and ran 6 yards for a touchdown with 1:49 left in the third quarter. Green Bay 14, Minnesota 14 Nelson returned the ensuing kickoff 26 yards to the Vikings' 40.

Four plays later, Kramer found Leo Lewis open behind Tim Lewis on the left sideline. Leo Lewis caught the ball near the 20, cut back to the middle and eluded Murphy and Gary Hayes to complete a 43-yard scoring play with 36 seconds left in the third quarter. Green Bay 17, Minnesota 14 On second-and-17 early in the fourth quarter, Kramer tried to hit Anthony Carter on a crossing pattern. Packers linebacker John Anderson got a good deep drop and intercepted Kramer's pass at the Vikings' 43, returning it 2 yards. I On third-and-nine from the Vikings' 28, Lofton got open near the right corner of the end zone, but slipped attempting to come backjto Dickey's pass.

The Packers settled for a 45-yard field goal, into the wind, by Al Del Greco with 10:31 left. i Green Bay 1 7, Minnesota 1 7 The Vikings took advantage of some good field position and a cosfly penalty on Mark Cannon to tie the score with 1:24 remaining. The Packers had the ball, first-and-10 on their own 27, with 8:46 remaining. Ivery took a pitchout tothe left side and gained 14 yards, but the play was wiped out when Cannon was called for holding the Vikings' Mark Mullaney. The Packers wound up punting from their own 17, and Minnesota took over at its own 45.

After being sacked by the Packers' Donnie Humphrey, Kramer completed a 23-yard pass to Jones for a first down at the Packers' 23-yard line. Five plays later, the Vikings had first-and-goal at the Packers' 3. Minnesota never moved the ball across the goal line. Brown gained 2 yards on first down, but Allen Rice was stopped by Brian Noble for no gain on second down. On third down, Kramer faked a dive Nelson and rolled right, but was forced to throw the ball away when tight end Mike Mularkey was covered.

Stenerud kicked an 18-yard field goal on fourth down. Green Bay 20, Minnesota 17 Gerry Ellis returned the Vikings' kickoff 24 yards to the Packers' 29. Ivery caught passes for gains of 12, 19 and 7 yards, but Dickey and Lofton combined for the biggest play of the drive. On third-and-six from the Vikings' 36, Dickey dropped back to pass. Forced up in the pocket, he unloaded the ball.

Ixfton adjusted his route and caught the ball at the 10-yard line. The Vikings' Mark Mullaney was called for roughing the passer on the play, moving the ball to the 5-yard line. After Dickey dived into the line for no gain, Del Greco came out and kicked a game-winning 22-yard field goal with 7 seconds left. Minnesota 0 7 7 3 17 Green Bay 0 7 7 6 20 GB: Clark, 5-yard pass from Dickey (Del Greco kick). Jones, 14-yard pass from Kramer (Stenerud kick).

GB: T. Lewis, 6-yard return of fumble recovery (Del Greco kick). L. Lewis, 43-yard pass from Kramer (Stenerud kick). GB: Del Greco, 45-yard field goal.

Stenerud, 18-yard field goal. GB: Del Greco, 22-yard field goal. Tickets distributed: 56,170. Actual attendance: 54,674. No-shows: 1,496.

By Jim Egle Of the Press-Gazette Green Bay 7, Minnesota 0 The Vikings had the first opportunity to score. On their first possession, they moved the ball from the Minnesota 35 to the Green Bay 30. Ex-Packers kicker Jan Stenerud, however, hit the right upright on a 47-yard field goal attempt and missed. A subsequent Packers' drive ended when tight end Paul Coffman was hit by safety Joey Browner at the Vikings' 12. Coffman fumbled, and Browner recovered the ball.

The Vikings soon turned the ball back over to Green Bay. Minnesota quarterback Tommy Kramer tried to throw the ball over the middle to Darrin Nelson on third-and-eight from the Minnesota 25. Kramer threw the ball too far, and the Packers' Mark Murphy made a diving interception at the Minnesota 32. The Packers gained the remaining 32 yards in nine plays. Eddie Lee Ivery had runs of 8 and 7 yards on the drive.

The touchdown came on a 5-yard lob pass from Lynn Dickey to Jessie Clark in the left comer of the end zone with 9:55 left in the second quarter. Green Bay 7, Minnesota 7 The Vikings put together an 11-play, 80-yard scoring drive to tie the game before halftime. Kramer completed passes of 12 and 16 yards to tight end Steve Jordan and 14 yards to Ted Brown, before throwing a 14-yard touchdown pass to Mike Jones with 1:09 left in the first half. Green Bay 14, Minnesota 7 Another exchange of turnovers led directly to a Packers' score. With help from punts of 55 and 47 yards by Joe Prokop, Green Bay kept Minnesota pinned deep in its own territory early in the second half.

The Packers moved the ball from their own 47 to the Vikings' 8 late in the third quarter, but Minnesota's Scott Studwell intercepted a pass from Dickey intended for Clark in the end zone. think it was more of a clip," Cannon said. "It's legal to clip from tackle to tackle. That's what I thought it was, a clean clip. Apparently the ref thought I was pulling him down from the back." The Packers continued to make changes with their nickel linebackers.

For the first time in two weeks, outside linebacker John Anderson played in the nickel. He replaced Guy Prather, who played there last game. Meanwhile, the Packers stayed with strong safety Daryll Jones at the other linebacker position in the 4-2. Late in the first half, the Packers had seven defensive backs on the field in a prevent alignment. The only defensive back on the roster who wasn't in the game was corner-back Mossy Cade.

Midway in the third quarter, the Packers were preparing to take over on offense when the fans at Milwaukee County Stadium were beginning The Wave cheer. On the sidelines, Coach Forrest Gregg flagged his hands up and down several times to quell the noise. The fans seemed to respond and The Wave died in a hurry. They said it: Gregg: "The offensive line was the key in the last drive. They gave Lynn (Dickey) time to find his receivers." Comerback Tim Lewis: "As a defensive back, I feel agile enough to scoop (fumbles) and go.

If I was 300 pounds, I'd probably just dive on it." Vikings comerback Willie Teal (on holding Phillip Epps without a reception): "We were pressing him. But they really didn't throw too many balls his way." Gregg (after repeated questions about the upcoming Chicago game): "I wish you guys would get off of this and let me enjoy this win for a few minutes before we start thinking about next week. It's something we'll have to deal with. It certainly will help having won today going into that game." 1 vcvo MmmmW CUSTOM TAILORING I Alterations ReweovingRepoirj i j. I One of the largest selections in the Midwest of Imported Hont Woolens.

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Holt, a rookie second-round draft choice, came close to blocking Prokop's second punt. "They've had trouble with their punt unit all year," Holt said. "It's very noticeable. (It is) slowness, and maybe just one person missing a block. Today, I think they were just a little slow." Holt said that the Vikings decided not to make a concerted effort to block any punts after his near miss.

Tackle Greg Koch and center Mark Cannon were guilty of inopportune penalties in the fourth quarter that became less crucial when the Packers captured a 20-17 victory on Al Del Greco's field goal with seven seconds left. Koch's penalty was an offsides on third-and-one from the Vikings 31 with 29 seconds left. Eddie Lee Ivery ran for what was close to a first down, but the play was nullified. Lynn Dickey completed a 26-yard pass to James Lofton on the next play. "I'm a nine-year veteran and I should have a lot more poise than that," said Koch.

"Stupid. Very stupid. It takes some of the luster off the victory for me because I get pretty mad at myself when I make mistakes." Cannon was called for holding defensive tackle Mark Mullaney with about 8V6 minutes left on a play in which Ivery gained 14 yards. Three plays later the Packers had to punt. The Vikings then drove for the tying field goal.

"He called me for holding, but I Ellis gave Packers lift with return By Cliff Christl Of the Press-Gazette MILWAUKEE Twenty-seven-year-old running backs with five years experience as a starter usually aren't asked to return kickoffs. That duty usually is assigned to some aspiring and fearless rookie. But Sunday Gerry Ellis returned kickoffs for the first time in his football career. And his second of two returns started the Packers on their way to kicking a game-winning field goal. After the Vikings tied the score at 17 on a Jan Stenerud field goal, Ellis took the ensuing kickoff at the 5-yard line and returned it 24 yards.

It wasn't exactly a play that will be long remembered or even make it on tonight's halftime highlights. But Coach Forrest Gregg labeled it one of the biggest plays in the Packers' 20-17 victory over Minnesota. "We didn't know what they were going to do on the kickoff," said "I didn't think they would onside kick. But you never know. We put our hands team on the field and I think (the Vikings) kind of relaxed a little bit, figuring they had the advantage.

"The return by Gerry Ellis was a heckuva big play. Instead of having the ball way back there deep, it was in field position where we could do anything we wanted to do with the football." What probably was more impressive than the length of the return was the way Ellis took off upfield. There was no pussyfooting, no detours. He ran straight and hard. "You can't do any dancing," said Ellis.

"You just have to get back there and put your Bronko Nagur-skis on. Any time you start sidestepping, that's when they're going to get you." Ellis replaced rookie Walter Stanley on the kickoff team and had two returns for 43 yards. And despite his veteran status, Ellis said he didn't mind the duty. (neman Loon I UU TVH FJSffljf Advanced computer UU treaddesign. HT 0f Exceptional wet Lao ll surface traction Plush, quiet ride.

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