Packers and Overtime Ties: A Brief but Iconic History to Remember.tl

Since overtime arrived in the NFL, the Green Bay Packers have had seven tie games, the most recent a perplexing 40-40 result against the Dallas Cowboys on Sept. 28.

Brandon McManus tied the game in the final seconds of overtime for the Packers, but only after they lost a late opportunity to win with a touchdown.

It’s the first tie for the Packers since 2018 and the second-highest-scoring tie in NFL history.

Here’s what happened the other times things ended with both teams still even.

Sept. 16, 2018: 29-29 vs. Minnesota

Green Bay Packers running back Ty Montgomery (88) picks up 6 yards in the first quarter while being defended by Minnesota Vikings linebacker Eric Kendricks (54) during the Green Bay Packers 29-29 tie game against the Minnesota Vikings Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis.

Green Bay kicked a field goal with 1:49 to go to make it 29-21, and Minnesota quarterabck Kirk Cousins threw an interception on the next play from scrimmage, but it was negated by a Clay Matthews roughing-the-passer penalty. The Vikings stayed on the march and scored on a 22-yard touchdown pass to Adam Thielen with 36 seconds left, and Cousins found Stefon Diggs for a two-point conversion to tie the game.

Packers kicker Mason Crosby missed a 52-yard field goal at the end of regulation, and Vikings rookie kicker Daniel Carlson — in just his second NFL game — missed twice in overtime, once from 49 yards and again on a gimme 35-yarder in the final seconds.

Carlson, the older brother of future Packers kicker Anders Carlson, was cut by the Vikings thereafter, but he caught on with Oakland and has gone on to have a highly productive NFL career, appearing in 114 games for the Raiders. His blocked kick Sept. 28 clinched a Chicago Bears win over the Raiders.

Nov. 24, 2013: 26-26 vs. Minnesota

Green Bay Packers running back Eddie Lacy (27) pierces the Minnestoa defense during the fourth quarter of their game Sunday, November 24, 2013 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. The Green Bay Packers tied the Minnesota Vikings 26-26.

Mired in a midseason funk without injured starter Aaron Rodgers, the Packers went winless in five straight games through November, with this tie as the only non-loss in the bunch.

The Sunday afternoon slog ended with a whimper, with both teams converting on field goals in their first possessions of overtime — Crosby from 20 yards after Matt Flynn’s pass on the 2-yard line went incomplete, followed by Blair Walsh’s make from 35 yards.

Flynn had checked into the game for Scott Tolzien, who had completed just seven of 17 passes for 98 yards. Flynn had just re-signed with the organization Nov. 11 to back up Tolzien in the aftermath of losing Rodgers.

Flynn made the next four starts after the Minnesota tie, and that was important. Though he only went 2-2, he led the team to improbable wins against Atlanta and Dallas, setting the stage for Rodgers’ return in the season finale against the Bears, a thrilling 33-28 win that somehow got Green Bay to the playoffs.

Sept. 20, 1987: 17-17 vs. Denver

In a game at rain-soaked Milwaukee County Stadium with the threat of a players’ strike looming later that week — replacement players would compete for three weeks before it was resolved — Don Majkowski made his first start for the Packers but only completed 10 of 20 passes for 121 yards.

The defense, however, forced four turnovers against a Broncos team that had been to the Super Bowl a year before and would actually wind up back in the Super Bowl later that year.

Dec. 19, 1982: 20-20 at Baltimore

In a strike-abbreviated season, the Packers finished the year 5-3-1 and made the playoffs, winning the NFC Central thanks to their tie against the Colts. Jan Stenerud’s 47-yard field goal was no good with 2 minutes left in overtime, matching a 44-yard miss by Baltimore’s Dan Miller early in the extra session, the result of a Lynn Dickey interception on the first snap of overtime.

The Packers went conservative once they got into Stenerud’s range, leading to a couple receivers questioning coach Bart Starr’s methodology. The Colts had a kick blocked in the game, a fake kick that went nowhere and a fourth-and-1 that ended in a fumble returned back into Colts territory.

Oct. 12, 1980: 14-14 at Tampa Bay

New Packers kicker Tom Birney had a disastrous day, missing all three of his field goals, including a 24-yarder in regulation and a 36-yarder in overtime that would have won the game. The Packers had cut veteran Chester Marcol earlier in the week in favor of a player with a perceptively better leg for kickoffs, but it backfired against the reigning division champion.

Eddie Lee Ivery had 202 all-purpose yards and Lynn Dickey completed 35 of 51 passes for 418 yards — the most completions, attempts and yards by a Packers quarterback in one game at the time — and still there were no points to show for it. One pass was intercepted and returned 55 yards for a Tampa Bay touchdown by Richard Wood.

Birney remained with the team through Nov. 23, when he was released in favor of Stenerud.

Nov. 26, 1978: 10-10 vs. Minnesota

Fran Tarkenton had completed just five of 14 passes for 35 yards for Minnesota until two minutes remained, and then he snapped to life, completing six of 11 passes on the subsequent drive, including a contested touchdown pass to Ahmad Rashad with 14 seconds left. The Packers got a break when the Vikings missed a 21-yard field goal in overtime, but Marcol badly missed a 40-yarder just before time expired.

The outcome hurt badly. The Packers and Vikings tied for the NFC Central title after the season at 8-7-1, but Minnesota held the tiebreaker by virtue of winning the first game between the two squads. Minnesota went to the playoffs; Green Bay did not.

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