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1999 NFC Wildcard
Dallas(6) at Washington(3)
Dallas had just sneaked into the playoffs but had a number of key players setting the game out with injuries, including Michael Irvin, Daryl Johnson, and Troy Aikman. All three would retire following the season. Washington had been led to its playoff birth by newly signed Jeff Garcia and had only edged out Dallas for the NFC East Title. This game was little more than a warm up for Washington. Dallas pulled Jason Garrett out of the game at half after he threw three interceptions and lost a fumble. Garrett was replaced by Mike Quinn who did better than Garrett but by that point it was too late.
Washington Advances, 38-13
Minnesota(5) at Green Bay(4)
This was wildly believed to be the best game on wild card weekend. Unlike the Seattle at Kansas City or Dallas at Washington game both teams didn’t had injury issues coming into the game nor suffer injuries in this game. And unlike the Buffalo at Tennessee game there were no questionable calls by the refs nor was it the defensive back and fore like that game was. The game however did come to the fourth quarter of the game.
Green Bay had just score a touchdown to make the game 23-21 with 9 minutes and 1 second left in the fourth. Minnesota got the ball back at their own 17. With Jeff George at the helm he marched the Vikings down the field and score a touchdown with 2:01 left on the clock. They however left to much time on the clock for Brett Favre and the Packers who drove down the field like they stole it and Favre hit rookie Donald Driver with 22 seconds left for another touchdown. With the score being 30-28 the Vikings could win with a field goal. Jeff George got the ball at the Vikings 31 with 19 seconds and one timeout left. With three plays and one timeout with one second left on the clock the Vikings were on the Green Bay 21 yard line and had sent out the kicking team for a 38 yard kick. This should had been a chip shot for Grey Anderson. Instead of going through the uprights, Anderson hit the upright and bounced out.
Green Bay Advances 30-28
Dallas had just sneaked into the playoffs but had a number of key players setting the game out with injuries, including Michael Irvin, Daryl Johnson, and Troy Aikman. All three would retire following the season. Washington had been led to its playoff birth by newly signed Jeff Garcia and had only edged out Dallas for the NFC East Title. This game was little more than a warm up for Washington. Dallas pulled Jason Garrett out of the game at half after he threw three interceptions and lost a fumble. Garrett was replaced by Mike Quinn who did better than Garrett but by that point it was too late.
Washington Advances, 38-13
Minnesota(5) at Green Bay(4)
This was wildly believed to be the best game on wild card weekend. Unlike the Seattle at Kansas City or Dallas at Washington game both teams didn’t had injury issues coming into the game nor suffer injuries in this game. And unlike the Buffalo at Tennessee game there were no questionable calls by the refs nor was it the defensive back and fore like that game was. The game however did come to the fourth quarter of the game.
Green Bay had just score a touchdown to make the game 23-21 with 9 minutes and 1 second left in the fourth. Minnesota got the ball back at their own 17. With Jeff George at the helm he marched the Vikings down the field and score a touchdown with 2:01 left on the clock. They however left to much time on the clock for Brett Favre and the Packers who drove down the field like they stole it and Favre hit rookie Donald Driver with 22 seconds left for another touchdown. With the score being 30-28 the Vikings could win with a field goal. Jeff George got the ball at the Vikings 31 with 19 seconds and one timeout left. With three plays and one timeout with one second left on the clock the Vikings were on the Green Bay 21 yard line and had sent out the kicking team for a 38 yard kick. This should had been a chip shot for Grey Anderson. Instead of going through the uprights, Anderson hit the upright and bounced out.
Green Bay Advances 30-28
- Jim Smitty
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