48. Packers 27, Ravens 14 (2009)

Green Bay was fighting for a playoff spot as the 2009 season wound down. The Packers were 7-4 and were riding a three game winning streak since an embarrassing loss to winless Tampa Bay. They were also on a break of 11 days after winning a Thanksgiving Day game over the Detroit Lions. Baltimore was in the same situation, fighting for a playoff spot. The Ravens were 6-5, but could have a much better record than that. In the 11 games they had played, Baltimore had six games decided by one score and were 2-4 in those games. Both teams needed a win and they met on an early December night at Lambeau Field.

It was a tight slugfest early on, just like the Ravens are used to. After Green Bay put a field goal on the board on the first drive of the game, there would be no scoring until late in the half. Each quarterback had an interception in the first quarter and there were many punts.

With less than 10 minutes to go in the half, Green Bay started on an eight play drive going 83 yards to put the Packers ahead 10-0. The biggest plays of the drive were a back-to-back sequence where the Packers forced a 25-yard pass interference by Baltimore’s Frank Walker and then Aaron Rodgers found Jermichael Finley for 29 yards down to the Ravens 19. Finley then came through again with a 14-yard reception down to the Baltimore 2 on third down, followed by being on the receiving end of Rodgers’ 2-yard touchdown pass to put the Packers ahead by two scores.

After a three-and-out by Baltimore, Green Bay drove 68 yards in another eight play touchdown drive to put the Packers in front by 17 just before halftime. After a sack by Trevor Pryce, Rodgers ran for 23 yards on second-and-17 to give the Packers life in the drive and three plays later, Rodgers used his arm and found Donald Driver for an 8-yard touchdown with less than a minute remaining in the first half.

Early in the third quarter, Green Bay drove into Baltimore territory and Rodgers found Driver on a 3rd-and-6 for a first down, but Driver fumbled and the Ravens recovered, and the momentum shifted to the road team. Baltimore drove 71 yards for the touchdown to cut it to 17-7. The touchdown came on a Joe Flacco 12-yard pass to Kelley Washington.

As if the half couldn't start any worse for Green Bay, Rodgers had his next pass intercepted by Baltimore’s Jarret Johnson and the Ravens started their next drive at the Packers 42. Just two plays later, Willis McGahee crashed in from a yard out to cut it to 17-14. The drive was aided by a pass interference penalty on Tramon Williams that put the ball on the 1.

After a Packers missed field goal, Baltimore thought it had a major gain on 3rd-and-17 to Derrick Mason down to the Packers 33, but Mason was called for offensive pass interference and the Ravens had to punt.

Green Bay wasted little time converting on the following possession as it took the Packers four plays to drive 49 yards and Rodgers hooked up again with Finley for a score to give the Packers some breathing room. Finley would finish with seven catches for 79 yards and the pair of touchdowns.

But Baltimore knocked on the door again as LaDarius Webb ran the ensuing kickoff back to the Packers 26. After another Williams pass interference placed the ball on the Packers 1, he made up for it by making the biggest play of the game. With nine minutes to go in the game, Flacco rolled out to the right and could not find anybody, but threw late over the middle and Williams picked it off in the end zone to preserve the two score lead.

Another Flacco interception, this one going to A.J. Hawk, put the nail in the Baltimore coffin. The Packers put a field goal on the board following the interception and forced the Ravens to turn the ball over on downs on their final possession and the Packers had the 27-14 victory.

The Packers would keep the momentum going as they would only lose once the rest of the regular season, a last second loss to Pittsburgh, before losing in the wildest of Wild Card games in Arizona.