Packers all-time tournament: Starr passes fourth-seeded 1961 team past 2014
The 2014 Packers had no answer for Bart Starr.
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The 1961 Green Bay quarterback lit up the ’14 defense with four touchdown passes as the ’61 team rolled to a 38-20 victory.
The game really wasn’t even that close.
Starr had three of his TD throws in the first half – to Jim Taylor, Lew Carpenter and Max McGee – as the ’61 Packers took a 21-7 lead.
Paul Hornung kicked a 46-yard field goal and ran for a 5-yard score as the 1961 Packers extended their lead to an insurmountable 31-7.
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Aaron Rodgers (210 yards, 2 TDs) led the 2014 Packers to three scoring drives in the fourth quarter, but two were Mason Crosby field goals (40 and 49 yards).
That got the ’14 Packers within 31-20 with just under five minutes to play, but Starr and Taylor put the nail in the coffin with a 71-yard catch-and-run touchdown for the game’s final score.
Taylor finished with 177 yards from scrimmage (87 rushing, 90 receiving).
The 2014 Packers were held to 2.5 yards per rush with a long of 16 and converted just 4-of-16 third-down conversions.
| TEAM | TIME | RESULT | SCORING PLAY | SCORE |
| 1st quarter | ||||
| 61 GB | 10:06 | TD | Jim Taylor 7 yd. pass from Starr (Hornung kick) | 0-7 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| 14 GB | 14:17 | TD | James Starks 2 yd. pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick) | 7-7 |
| 61 GB | 2:18 | TD | Lew Carpenter 13 yd. pass from Starr (Hornung kick) | 7-14 |
| 61 GB | 0:36 | TD | Max McGee 5 yd. pass from Starr (Hornung kick) | 7-21 |
| 3rd Quarter | ||||
| 61 GB | 9:42 | FG | Paul Hornung 46 yds. | 7-24 |
| 61 GB | 2:35 | TD | Paul Hornung 5 yd. run (Hornung kick) | 7-31 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| 14 GB | 13:27 | FG | Mason Crosby 40 yds. | 10-31 |
| 14 GB | 7:47 | FG | Mason Crosby 49 yds. | 13-31 |
| 14 GB | 4:57 | TD | Davante Adams 11 yd. pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick) | 20-31 |
| 61 GB | 4:27 | TD | Jim Taylor 71 yd. pass from Starr (Hornung kick) | 20-38 |
STATISTICS
| PASSING | ||||||
| 2014 PACKERS | Comp | Att | Yards | TD | INT | |
| Aaron Rodgers | 16 | 28 | 210 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1961 PACKEERS | Comp | Att | Yards | TD | INT | |
| Bart Starr | 16 | 23 | 266 | 4 | 0 | |
| RUSHING | ||||||
| 2014 PACKERS | Att | Yds | 20+ | L | TD | |
| Eddie Lacy | 16 | 61 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| James Starks | 9 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Randall Cobb | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| DuJuan Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aaron Rodgers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| John Kuhn | 3 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1961 PACKERS | Att | Yds | 20+ | L | TD | |
| Jim Taylor | 20 | 87 | 1 | 24 | 0 | |
| Paul Hornung | 12 | 49 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |
| Tom Moore | 2 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Lew Carpenter | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bart Starr | 2 | -2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
| 2014 PACKERS | Rec | Yds | 20+ | 40+ | L | TD |
| Richard Rodgers | 2 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 0 |
| Randall Cobb | 5 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Andrew Quarless | 1 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| Jordy Nelson | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Davante Adams | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| Eddie Lacy | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| James Starks | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1961 PACKERS | Rec | Yds | 20+ | 40+ | L | TD |
| Jim Taylor | 3 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 71 | 2 |
| Max McGee | 4 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| Ron Kramer | 3 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Boyd Dowler | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| Paul Hornung | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| DEFENSIVE LEADERS | ||||||
| 2014 PACKERS | Tackles | Sacks | INT | |||
| A.J. Hawk | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Clay Matthews | 7 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Morgan Burnett | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1961 PACKERS | Tackles | Sacks | INT | |||
| Hank Gremminger | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jesse Whittenton | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
| John Symank | 4 | 0 | 0 |
