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Green Bay Packers (7-1) 31, Detroit Lions (3-4) 7

Sunday October 30th 1966 (at Detroit)

GAME RECAP (GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE)

(DETROIT) - 

GREEN BAY -  0 17  7  7 - 31

DETROIT   -  0  7  0  0 -  7

                       GREEN BAY       DETROIT

First downs                   19            19

Rush-yards-TDs          43-174-3       22-84-1

Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 13-15-170-1-0 21-45-271-0-3

Sacked-yards                 0-0          4-38

Net pass yards               170           233

Total yards                  344           317

Fumbles-lost                 2-2           3-2

Turnovers                      2             5

Penalties-yards             4-33          4-52

SCORING

2nd - GB - Elijah Pitts, 4-yard run (Don Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 7-0

2nd - GB - Chandler, 40-yard field goal GREEN BAY 10-0

2nd - DET - Tom Nowatske, 2-yard run (Wayne Walker kick) GREEN BAY 10-7

2nd - GB - Pitts, 24-yard pass from Bart Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 17-7

3rd - GB - Jim Taylor, 1-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 24-7

4th - GB - Pitts, 3-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 31-7

RUSHING

GREEN BAY - Elijah Pitts 21-99 2 TD, Jim Taylor 16-50 1 TD, Bart Starr 2-16, Donny Anderson 2-15, Jim Grabowski 2-(-6)

DETROIT - Tom Nowatzke 9-52 1 TD, Amos Marsh 13-32

PASSING

GREEN BAY - Bart Starr 13-11-154 1 TD, Zeke Bratkowski 2-2-16

DETROIT - Karl Sweetan 45-21-271 3 INT

RECEIVING

GREEN BAY - Boyd Dowler 3-30, Marv Fleming 3-28, Elijah Pitts 2-31 1 TD, Jim Taylor 2-13, Carroll Dale 1-52, Donny Anderson 1-11, Jim Grabowski 1-5

DETROIT - Pat Studstill 7-164, Ron Kramer 5-51, Tom Nowatzke 3-4, Gail Cogdill 2-23, John Henderson 2-8, Bill Malinchak 1-13, Bruce McLenna 1-8

Green Bay Packers running back Elijah Pitts (22)

Detroit Lions running back Tom Nowatzke (35) is hit by Green Bay Packers linebackers Ray Nitschke (66) and Lee Roy Caffey (60)

Detroit Lions quarterback Karl Sweetan (14) scrambles under pressure from Green Bay Packers defensive tackle Robert Brown (78) at Tigers Stadium.

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