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National Football League
Green Bay 20, Tampa Bay 3
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 21, 2014
Where: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Temperature: 75°
Head Official: Terry McAulay
Attendance: 64247

Packers 20, Buccaneers 3: Aaron Rodgers threw for 318 yards and a touchdown as visiting Green Bay got big performances from Eddie Lacy, Randall Cobb and Jordy Nelson to clinch a playoff berth.

Rodgers was 31-of-40, including 11 passes to Cobb (career-high 131 yards) and nine to Nelson (113 yards, TD), while Lacy contributed 99 yards and a score on 17 carries. Clay Matthews recorded 2.5 of the seven sacks for the Packers (11-4), who also got two from Julius Peppers while holding the Buccaneers to 109 total yards.

Tampa Bay's Josh McCown was 12-of-26 for 147 yards while Vincent Jackson had a team-high 60 yards on three receptions. Doug Martin was limited to 17 yards on 10 carries for the Buccaneers (2-13), who held the ball for less than 22 minutes in falling to 0-7 at home.

Lacy opened the scoring late in the first quarter with a 44-yard scoring rumble - his longest rush of the season and the longest TD run of his career. The Packers' next possession ended with a missed 48-yard field-goal attempt by Mason Crosby, but he made up for it shortly thereafter with a 42-yarder to make it 10-0 before Patrick Murray's 43-yarder at the buzzer created a seven-point halftime margin.

The Bucs stopped the Packers on fourth-and-goal from the 1 midway through the third, but they quickly punted and gave good field position to Green Bay, which unleashed a 12-play, 56-yard drive that ended with Crosby's 25-yard kick for a 13-3 lead with 10:19 to go in the contest. After Tampa Bay's eighth punt of the day, Rodgers drove Green Bay 71 yards, with the final yard coming on a third-down TD pass to Nelson that secured the win.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Matthews made six tackles - including three for a loss - and recorded four quarterback hits for Green Bay, which entered 3-4 away from home - with only one of those victories coming by more than three points. ... Without the late TD pass, Rodgers would have gone two straight games without throwing for a score for the first time since becoming the team's starting quarterback in 2008. ... Lacy went over 1,000 yards for the second straight season. He also scored a rushing TD for the fifth time in six games.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Green Bay   Tampa Bay
Eddie Lacy Player Doug Martin
17 Attempts 10
99 Yards 17
5.8 Avg Yards 1.7
1 Touchdowns 0
44 Long 4
Receiving
Green Bay   Tampa Bay
Randall Cobb Player Vincent Jackson
11 Receptions 3
131 Yards 60
11.9 Avg Yards 20.0
0 Touchdowns 0
30 Long 40
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
Green Bay 431 121 310 2 2 1 7.0 1
Tampa Bay 109 16 93 0 1 0 1.0 2
Upcoming Games
  • Tampa Bay will play their next game at home against New Orleans. The Buccaneers have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .154 after a loss.
  • Green Bay will play their next game at home against Detroit. The Packers have a W/L % of .636 after a win and 1.000 after a loss.