On Sunday, January 15, the (10-6) Green Bay Packers battled the (13-3) Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
In the first quarter, the Dallas Cowboys got down the field with ease, but couldn’t get a touchdown, so they settled for a field goal. The Green Bay Packers came right back with a touchdown from tight end, Richard Rodgers, to put the Packers up 7-3. The game went back and forth for what seemed like an eternity, until the last few seconds of the fourth quarter. The score was 31-31, and the Packers needed to get into field goal range if they wanted to avoid overtime. Quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, threw a 35 yard pass to tight end, Jared Cook, to put the packers in field goal range. With only 3 seconds left in the game, the only hope for the Cowboys was if they missed the field goal. Kicker, Mason Crosby, made the field goal and led the Green Bay Packers to a 34-31 win over the Cowboys.
“It’s kind of a blur right now,” Crosby said shortly after the victory at AT&T Stadium. “But it was unreal, I had to kind of bring the adrenaline back a little bit,” Crosby said. “You get pretty amped up, the crowd noise and everything. I just kept telling myself to stay smooth and hit a good ball because you don’t want to overswing on those. I felt like I hit it pretty smooth and was able to knock it through.”
The Green Bay Packers will go on to play the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, January 22nd in the Conference Championship Game.