SCORING

FINAL	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Detroit	7	0	0	7	14
Green Bay	3	27	10	0	40

Scoring
1st Quarter
GNB	FG	RYAN LONGWELL 30 YD, 7:13 Drive: 13 plays, 74 yards in 7:13 Key Plays:   Favre 11-yard pass to Driver to Green Bay 25   Favre 30-yard pass to Walker on 3rd-and-11 to Detroit 46   Favre 19-yard pass to Franks to Detroit 22 GREEN BAY 3-0
DET	TD	AZ-ZAHIR HAKIM 64 YD PASS FROM JOEY HARRINGTON (JASON HANSON KICK), 7:28 Drive: 1 plays, 64 yards in :15 DETROIT 7-3
2nd Quarter
GNB	TD	BUBBA FRANKS 4 YD PASS FROM BRETT FAVRE (RYAN LONGWELL KICK), 0:25 Drive: 9 plays, 64 yards in 4:52 Key Plays:   Green 14-yard run to Detroit 39   Favre 14-yard pass to Franks to Detroit 25   Favre 10-yard pass to Green on 3rd-and-9 to Detroit 14 GREEN BAY 10-7
GNB	FG	RYAN LONGWELL 40 YD, 6:03 Drive: 9 plays, 65 yards in 4:03 Key Plays:   Green 9-yard run to Green Bay 22   Favre 16-yard pass to Franks to Green Bay 38   Favre 38-yard pass to Driver to Detroit 31 GREEN BAY 13-7
GNB	FG	RYAN LONGWELL 36 YD, 9:09 Drive: 7 plays, 17 yards in 1:47 Key Plays:   Green Bay takes over on downs at Detroit 35 GREEN BAY 16-7
GNB	TD	MARQUES ANDERSON 14 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (RYAN LONGWELL KICK), 13:13 GREEN BAY 23-7
GNB	TD	NAJEH DAVENPORT 1 YD RUN (RYAN LONGWELL KICK), 14:43 Drive: 6 plays, 68 yards in 1:03 Key Plays:   Favre 10-yard pass to Driver to Green Bay 46   Favre 12-yard pass to Driver to Detroit 42 GREEN BAY 30-7
3rd Quarter
GNB	FG	RYAN LONGWELL 33 YD, 4:29 Drive: 6 plays, 51 yards in 2:35 GREEN BAY 33-7
GNB	TD	WILLIAM HENDERSON 9 YD PASS FROM BRETT FAVRE (RYAN LONGWELL KICK), 10:05 Drive: 9 plays, 69 yards in 4:21 Key Plays:   Davenport 12-yard run to Green Bay 43   Favre 12-yard pass to Driver on 3rd-and-9 to Detroit 44 GREEN BAY 40-7
4th Quarter
DET	TD	MIKHAEL RICKS 1 YD PASS FROM JOEY HARRINGTON (JASON HANSON KICK), 4:14 Drive: 5 plays, 65 yards in 1:56 GREEN BAY 40-14

Statistics

Passing
Detroit Att Cmp Yds Td Int Harrington, Joey 44 20 236 2 2	Green Bay Att Cmp Yds Td Int Favre, Brett 39 26 351 2 0 Pederson, Doug 3 3 12 0 0

Rushing
Detroit Att Yds Stewart, James 15 122 Schlesinger, Cory 1 4 Harrington, Joey 1 0	Green Bay Att Yds Davenport, Najeh 10 73 Green, Ahman 12 50 Fisher, Tony 12 27

Receiving
Detroit Rec Yds Hakim, Az-Zahir 7 143 Crowell, Germane 3 32 Stewart, James 2 19 Cason, Aveion 3 17 Anderson, Scotty 1 15 Schlesinger, Cory 3 9 Ricks, Mikhael 1 1	Green Bay Rec Yds Driver, Donald 11 130 Glenn, Terry 3 82 Franks, Bubba 4 53 Walker, Javon 2 50 Green, Ahman 3 20 Henderson, William 2 14 Fisher, Tony 4 14

Tackles-Assists-Sacks (unofficial)

Detroit T A S Lyght, Todd 7 0 0 Davis, Eric 7 0 0 Cash, Chris 7 0 0 Curry, Donte' 6 1 0 Harris, Corey 6 6 1 Claiborne, Chris 4 3 0 Kirschke, Travis 3 1 0 Devries, Jared 3 2 0 Green, Barrett 3 3 0 Goodman, Andre 3 1 0 Porcher, Robert 3 1 1 Gooch, Jeff 2 0 0 Rogers, Shaun 1 2 0 Elliss, Luther 1 0 0 Hall, James 1 2 0 Pritchett, Kelvin 1 2 0 Edwards, Kalimba 0 2 0 Walker, Bracy 0 2 0

Green Bay T A S Sharper, Darren 6 0 0 Wayne, Nate 4 1 0 Anderson, Marques 4 0 0 McBride , Tod 3 0 0 McKenzie, Mike 3 2 0 Marshall, Torrance 2 0 0 Nickerson, Hardy 2 2 0 Williams, Tyrone 2 0 0 Reynolds, Jamal 1 2 0 Brown, Gilbert 1 0 0 Lenon, Paris 1 0 0 Kampman, Aaron 1 0 0 Bowen, Matt 1 0 0 Warren, Steve 1 0 0 Walker, Rod 1 0 0 Gbaja-Biamila, Kabeer 1 0 0 Edwards, Antuan 1 0 0 Diggs, Na'Il 0 1 0 Gordon, Darrien 0 1 0

Missed Field Goals
Detroit   Hanson, Jason 50	Green Bay   None

Interceptions
Detroit INT Yards None	Green Bay INT Yards Anderson, Marques 1 14 Wayne, Nate 1 3

Fumbles Lost
Detroit   None	Green Bay   Davenport, Najeh 1 Fisher, Tony 1

Opponent's Fumbles Recovered
Detroit   Rogers, Shaun 2	Green Bay   None

Officials

Referee- Dick Hantak, Umpire- Carl Madsen, Head linesman- George Hayward, Line judge- Darryll Lewis, Field judge- Jim Saracino, Side judge- Mike Weatherford, Back judge- Don Dorkowski

Attendance - Time

63,313; 3:30

Team Statistics	Detroit	Green Bay
First downs	13	24
Rushing	3	7
Passing	10	17
Penalty	0	0
3rd-Down Efficiency	1-13	8-17
4th-Down Efficiency	1-4	0-0
Total Net Yards	362	503
Total Plays	61	78
Average Gains	5.9	6.4
Net Yards Rushing	126	150
Rushes	17	34
Average Per Rush	7.4	4.4
Net Yards Passing	236	353
Completed-Attempted	20-44	29-42
Yards Per Pass	5.4	8.4
Sacked-Yards Lost	0-0	2-10
Had Intercepted	2	0
Punts-Average	7-36.6	5-42
Return Yardage	1	31
Punts-Returns	3-1	5-14
Kickoffs-Returns	9-214	3-58
Interceptions-Returns	0-0	2-17
Penalties-Yards	1-10	8-53
Fumbles-Lost	0-0	3-2
Time Of Possession	20:37	39:23

News: 11/11/02

If you look past the bright smile, the broad shoulders, the well-spoken sound bites and the recent Sports Illustrated cover, you'll find a quarterback not only struggling, but also regressing.
   Worse, Joey Harrington's glow has all but worn off. His presence, which once electrified teammates and fans this season, isn't enough anymore.
   Harrington must simply do something he hasn't for more than a month -- produce. By this point, after seven starts, one would have thought that Harrington would be progressing nicely toward the quarterback that most believe he will eventually become.
   Instead, the Lions' offense has sputtered with Harrington. To say the least, the numbers are horrid. Not only did Harrington come into Sunday's game as the NFL's lowest-rated passer, he also remained there with his second straight unimpressive outing.
   In the Lions' 40-14 loss to the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field, Harrington was 20-of-44 passing for 236 yards and two touchdowns, with two interceptions. Most of the positive numbers came only after the outcome had been decided.
   The only difference between this week and last is that most forgot the Dallas stinker immediately because the Lions won. Here, it's impossible to ignore what is, er, isn't happening on offense.
   "I had a lot of success early," said Harrington, whose offense has scored just one touchdown in the second half in the last six games. "I've been trying to talk people down all season.
   "It was one game, two games in there where I played well. I'm a rookie. I feel very good with the way I'm playing right now. I feel on track, like I'm playing where I should be. But I obviously want to be playing a lot better."
   Even so, few doubt that Harrington, the No. 3 overall pick in the draft, is the Lions' quarterback of the future. He has all the ingredients to be a Pro Bowler down the road. That road, however, is long and winding.
   Granted, Harrington's receivers haven't helped his progress -- there were more dropped passes again Sunday.
   "I think he threw some great balls today," linebacker Chris Claiborne said. "You have to catch them. It's doesn't matter how good your quarterback is if the guys aren't catching the ball."
   Still, Harrington's shoddy performance left a lot to be desired.
   "He missed some things early, there's no question," Coach Marty Mornhinweg said. "Now, we have to help him and it starts with me.
   "When he makes the right read and makes some good throws, we have to catch those."
   Few quarterbacks have played well as a starter in their first year. But Dan Marino, Kerry Collins and Chris Chandler won as rookies. So it's not impossible to be productive.
   One had to figure that Harrington would have been somewhere in the middle -- not great, but pretty good. The worst, though?
   He hasn't been as accurate as advertised.
   "We're professionals," tight end Mikhael Ricks said. "We practice day-in and day-out on catching balls. If the ball even slightly touches your hand, you need to catch it."
   Harrington isn't dejected.
   "Because I had some success, I know what it's like," he said. "I know the mistakes I'm making. I've got to make them so I can learn."

RECAP

Brett Favre stood on the sideline after playing one of his best games, with the Green Bay Packers in the middle of a 37-0 run. With the game in hand, the Lambeau Field crowd had just one request for Darren Sharper.

They wanted to him to put a licking on former teammate Bill Schroeder during the Packers' 40-14 rout of the Lions on Sunday.

"People in the stands were yelling at me to take a shot at him and hit him,'' Sharper said. "But he didn't catch any passes, so I didn't get an opportunity to.''

Schroeder dropped three passes, one of which was intercepted by rookie safety Marques Anderson and returned for a touchdown, and another that Schroeder bobbled away in the end zone as time expired.

"I don't want to say I hope he would have caught any passes,'' Sharper said. "I like to keep him oh-for-whatever he was, like we did today.''

The shutout of Schroeder was the icing for Green Bay, which improved its NFL-best record to 8-1 while taking a five-game lead over second-place Detroit (3-6) in the NFC North.

Favre's sprained left knee gave him no problems in his second start since getting hurt, as he threw for 351 yards and two touchdowns.

"Green Bay put a football clinic on ... today, period.'' Lions coach Marty Mornhinweg said. "We're not going to make any excuses.''

The only negative for Green Bay was injuries to running backs (mild concussion) and Najeh Davenport (sprained ankle).

Green had 12 carries for 50 yards and didn't play after halftime. Davenport gained 73 yards on 10 carries before getting hurt in the third quarter. Coach Mike Sherman hopes to have both available next week.

After Davenport went out, Sherman took no more chances with Favre, who guided the Packers on seven scoring drives in 10 possessions and completed 26 of 39 passes. He had 295 yards passing by halftime, a career-best.

"The knee feels fine,'' Favre said. "It's a little tight. The only time I felt it was when I tackled Terry Glenn in the end zone'' on a score that was overturned by a review.

"He's fine,'' Favre said of Glenn. "He said he felt a little woozy.''

Donald Driver caught a career-high 11 passes for 130 yards, and Ryan Longwell kicked four field goals in Green Bay's seventh straight victory -- their longest streak in the regular season since 1963.

Anderson also had an interception return for a TD in Green Bay's 37-31 victory at Detroit on Sept. 22.

His score was part of a 27-point second-quarter outburst by the Packers, whose defense regrouped quickly after allowing Joey Harrington's 64-yard touchdown pass to Az-Zahir Hakim on Detroit's first offensive play.

Green Bay led 16-7 at the two-minute warning of the first half, behind Longwell's field goals of 30, 40 and 36 yards -- the last of which came after Hardy Nickerson stopped Harrington on fourth down at the Detroit 35 -- and a 4-yard touchdown pass from Favre to tight end Bubba Franks.

Then Schroeder let Harrington's short pass go through his arms, and Anderson was there to return it 14 yards for the score.

"I thought he was going to stop and slide outside, but he slid inside,'' Harrington said. "It was a miscommunication.''

Anderson said Schroeder was looking for the defenders and not the ball all afternoon.

"He had his head on a swivel,'' Anderson said.

It was that kind of criticism that caused Schroeder to wear out his welcome in Green Bay.

Schroeder made a beeline for the bus and didn't answer questions afterward.

"Bill's fighting through some things,'' Mornhinweg said. "I know he expected to play very well, and I expected him to play well. We need him and we have to get him going.''

The Packers went 74 yards in 13 plays on the opening drive, which ended with Longwell's 30-yard field goal. It took the Lions 15 seconds to answer when cornerback Mike McKenzie bit on Harrington's pump fake, and Hakim was wide open at the 35 for a 64-yard touchdown and a 7-3 Lions lead.

"That was a little freebie,'' McKenzie said. "And after that, everything is on tape.''

The Lions only gained 56 more yards before halftime, and they only had the ball for 5:49 in the first half.

"After the first touchdown, I don't think anybody panicked,'' Sherman said. "Good teams don't panic.''

Scott's Game Commentary:

Did anyone expect anything different from the honolulu blue and silver heading into Lambeau Field to face the best team in the NFL? Although the Lions had played their last six games relatively close, this game had "blow out" written all over it. For the 13th consecutive road game under the M&M regime, the Lions failed to get a victory. The game started off with Green Bay marching down the field, but the Defense held and only gave up a field goal. Joey Harrington, on the 1st offensive play from scrimmage, completed a 64 yard touchdown pass to Hakim that gave the Lions their only lead of the game. From that point on, the offense played one of their worst games this year. They did not get another touchdown until the 4th quarter after the Packers put in their scrubs. The defense was just as pathetic as the offense yielding over 500 yards and giving up 40+ points for the 2nd time this year. If there is one spot the Lions MUST address during the offseason, it is the secondary. Like he always does in Lambeau Field, Farve exposed the Lions secondary for it is: one of the worst in the NFL. It has been ages since the Lions played a close game in Lambeau Field and haven't won there since the 1991 season.

Grades:

Offense: --- F. Not converting a 3rd down play until late in the 4th quarter when the Packers had their scrubs in the game? Having the ball for only 20 minutes the entire game? Numerous dropped passes, including three by Bill Schroeder which I'm sure the Packers got a laugh out of since that is why they did not resign him. Yes, it was that bad, but it is not surprising given the Lions Offense always struggles every year in Lambeau Field. Joey Harrington had one great throw the entire day to Hakim that gave the Lions a brief led, but struggled most of the game. He was stuffed on a QB sneak on 4th and 1 in the 2nd quarter that led to a Packers field goal. James Stewart was silent most of the game until the game was well out of reach and finished with 122 yards on only 15 carries. The offensive line did a good job protecting Harrington and didn't give up a sack the entire game. Until the receivers, especially Schroeder, learn to make catches, the Offense will continue to struggle.

Defense: --- F. Giving up over 500 yards and 40 points (30 in the 1st half) is just darn right embarrassing! Farve, like he always does at home, shredded the Lions Defense. After the Lions gambled on a 4th and 1 and got stuffed, the defense held strong but Chris Cash missed a golden opportunity for an interception and that lead to a 16-7 Packers lead and they never looked back. The Packers had the ball for almost 40 minutes and dominated the line of scrimmage the entire game. Shaun Rogers had two fumble recovers when the game was well out of hand. For playing so well last week against the Cowboys, the Defense fell flat on their faces today. Giving up a total of 77 points to the Packers this year shows that they cannot stay with the upper tier teams in the NFL.

Special Teams: --- C. Hanson missed his only field goal of the day, Jett had a mediocre day punting and coverage wasn't all that great. Desmond had some decent returns, but will never again be the returner he once was

Coaching: --- F. Deciding to go for a 4th and 1 down 13-7 in the 2nd quarter was a monumental mistake. The Offense was only on their own 35 yard line and has struggled all year long getting a yard when they need it. I still cannot understand why Mornhinweg refuses to run Stewart. He hardly had any carries until the game was well out of reach. How embarrassing it must be to have a 0-13 record as head coach on the road.

Overall: --- F. This game was in the loss column before it even began. I was hoping that the Lions would at least play competitive football, but once again got shellacked on the road to a far superior team. They are 3-6 so far this year and once again have to be looking forward to the conclusion of yet another disappointing year. Next up are the New York Jets, which is the last team the Lions beat on the road way back on December 17, 2000. The Jets are a very unpredictable team, so anything goes next week at Ford Field. If the Lions play like they have at home, they should keep the game close and possibly win the game. But, until they learn to win games away from home, they will continue to struggle to gain the respect they desperately lack right now.

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