Saturday, January 12, 2008

Packers rally past Seahawks in snowy Green Bay

GREEN BAY (Reuters) - The Green Bay Packers overcame a disastrous start to rally past the Seattle Seahawks 42-20 in a driving snowstorm on Saturday, advancing to the NFC Championship Game for the first time since the 1997 season.

Playing in rapidly deteriorating conditions, veteran Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre and running back Ryan Grant led the way in a dominating offensive performance by the home team.

Green Bay fell 14-0 behind on two early touchdowns after a pair of fumbles by Grant but steadied quickly and grabbed the lead for good early in the second quarter after touchdowns on four successive possessions.

Green Bay will next play the winner of Sunday's Dallas Cowboys-New York Giants game for the right to advance to the Super Bowl in Arizona on February 3.

Packers rally past Seahawks in snowy Green Bay

(Writing by Ros Krasny; Editing by John O'Brien and Simon Evans)

Source-http://www.reuters.com