11/18/22 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Friday
18 November 2022 Sports
Friday Sports
From Wayne Mausser
Ryan Tannehill threw for 333 yards and two touchdowns to outduel Aaron Rodgers as the Tennessee Titans beat the Green Bay Packers 27-17 on Thursday night. Tannehill looked much sharper in his second game back after missing two games with an injured right ankle. He went 22 of 27 and had one interception as the Titans (7-3) won for the seventh time in eight games.
The Titans improved to 10-2 when playing on short rest under coach Mike Vrabel. Green Bay (4-7) has lost six of seven.
Rodgers went 24 of 39 for 227 yards with two touchdown passes to rookie Christian Watson, a 14-yarder to close the first quarter and an 8-yarder in the third quarter. That followed Watson’s three-touchdown performance in a 31-28 overtime victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. Watson became the first Packers rookie since Max McGee in 1954 to have multiple touchdown catches in consecutive games.
Running back Aaron Jones was limited to 40 yards on 12 carries and the Packers, as a team, rushed for just 56 yards on 19 carries.
The Packers limited Tennessee’s Derrick Henry to 87 yards and a touchdown on 28 carries — a 3.1-yard average — but the Titans still posted season highs in points and yards (408) by throwing the ball better than usual.
Henry even got into the act by throwing a 3-yard jump pass to Austin Hooper for a touchdown. Hooper scored his first two touchdowns of the season. Treylon Burks, the Titans’ rookie first-round pick, had the best game of his young career with seven catches for 111 yards.
Tannehill’s TD passes were a 14-yarder to Dontrell Hilliard and a 16-yarder to Hooper.
Tennessee led 7-6 at the end of the first quarter and then dominated the second, running 27 plays to the Packers’ six and outgaining Green Bay 91 yards to 17. Tennessee started the quarter with a drive that lasted over 10 minutes but didn’t result in any points because Quay Walker stuffed Henry for a 2-yard loss on fourth-and-1 from the 4. Tennessee had the ball for 18 plays, the Titans’ longest scoreless drive since at least 2000.
But the Titans forced a punt, got the ball back on Green Bay’s 41 and extended their lead to 14-6 on Henry’s 4-yard touchdown run with 32 seconds left in the half. That was the first of three straight touchdown drives for the Titans.
Henry’s rushing TD was his 10th of the season, the fifth straight season he’s reached that mark. The only other players to have at least 10 touchdown runs in five straight seasons are LaDainian Tomlinson, Adrian Peterson, Shaun Alexander and Michael Turner.
Watson’s second touchdown of the night helped Green Bay narrow Tennessee’s advantage to 20-17 late in the third quarter, but the Packers’ offense did nothing the rest of the game.
The Titans extended the lead and scored their first fourth-quarter touchdown of the season when Hooper opened the period with his 16-yard catch from Tannehill. The play was originally ruled an incompletion but got overturned on replay.
On the injury front, Quay Walker left the game with a shoulder injury. Packers LB De’Vondre Campbell (knee) missed a third straight game and Packers WR Romeo Doubs (ankle) sat out a second straight game.
The stadium where Green Bay Packers safety LeRoy Butler made his Lambeau Leap famous will now forever bear his name. Now, Butler will always be remembered with his name on the Lambeau Field facade.
During a halftime ceremony at a primetime, Thursday night game, Packers president/CEO Mark Murphy led the crowd in a countdown before unveiling Butler’s name among other Packers legends on the ring of honor around the stadium bowl. Butler also received his Pro Football Hall of Fame Ring of Excellence.
“Without these amazing teammates, this is not possible. Really quick, could you please give my teammates a standing ovation,” Butler said.
“I love the fans. And, one day, I want to see the fans/owners up on the facade. You deserve it,” he added.
The man who sweated and bled green and gold for 12 years in the Frozen Tundra had one last statement before leaving the field one last time.
“Go Pack Go!”
At the end, Butler was helped a bit in doing his last Lambeau Leap for some happy fans.
The Bucks are back in action tonight at Philadelphia against the 76ers. Milwaukee is coming off 113-98 win Wednesday night at Cleveland. Brook Lopez led the Bucks with 29 points including hitting 7 of 9 three point attempts.
The UW-Oshkosh men’s basketball team plays the University of St. Joseph’s (Conn.) in Aberdeen, South Dakota today at noon in the Small College Basketball Champions Classic. Tomorrow, the Titans play Nebraska Weseyan University at 10:00.
In area college basketball action Saturday Ripon College hosts Coe College with the tipoff at 3:00. The Red Hawks are off at a 2-0 start.
In women’s college basketball Ripon College hosts UW-Whitewater with the tipoff at 5:00. The Red Hawks are 2-2 on the season.
UW-Oshkosh plays at Illiinois State Sunday at 2:00. The Titans are 3-1 on the season.
In Big 10- football action Saturday Wisconsin plays at Nebraska. The Badgers lost at Iowa last week and dropped to 5-5 on the season and 3-4 in the Big 10 West. The Cornhuskers are 3-7 overall and 2-5 in the Big 10 West. Kickoff is at 11:00 and the game can be heard on AM 1600/93.1 FM, WRPN.
Here are the results from Thursday’s High School Football Championships at Camp Randall Stadium.
Div. 7 – Regis 41, Shiocton 11
Div. 6 -Stratford 32, Mondovi 14
Div. 5 – Aquinas 22, Mayville 14
Div. 4- Columbus 23, Catholic Memorial 21
Friday, Nov. 18
Div. 3 – Monroe (13-0) vs. West Salem (12-1) – 10 a.m.
Div. 2 – Kettle Moraine (10-3) vs. West De Pere (12-1) – 1 p.m.
Div. 1 – Kimberly (12-1) vs. Mukwonago (12-1) – 4 p.m.
Girls Basketball (Thurs.)
Sheboygan North 64, Plymouth 55
St. Mary Catholic 55, Winneconne 37
Campellsport 55, Milwaukee Academy of Excellence 22
Laconia39, Xavier 38
Berlin 46, Lomira 43
North Fond du Lac 52, New Holstein 18
Omro 83, Ozaukee 64
Winnebago Lutheran 72, Roncalli 39
Beaver Dam 83, Portage 8
Menasha 75, Valders 44
Fox Valley Lutheran 49, Seymour 37
Merrill 64, Shawano 61
Wild Rose 78, Manawa 34
Appleton West 76, West Bend West 59
Clintonville 45, Antigo 36
Amherst 55, Waupaca 32
Royal 57, Adams-Friendship 40
Mauston 58, Weston 28
Necedah 31, Nekoosa 30
Iola-Scandinavia 60, Wautoma 47
Westfield 62, Cambridge 29
Central Wisconsin Christian 51, Abundant Life/Saint Ambrose 31
Living Word Lutheran 63, Horicon 28
Montello at Dodgeland 57, Montello 50
Fall River 47, Hustisford 32
Oakfield 71, Rio 37
Wayland Academy 68, Washington County Home School 55
Fall River 47, Hustisford 32
Pardeeville 60, Lodi 39
Girls Basketball (Fri.)
Mayville at Ripon-Tipoff around 7:00 on AM 1600/93.1 FM, WRPN
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