Recap: San Francisco vs. Green Bay
Sports Network | August 17, 2008
San Francisco, CA (Sports Network) - J.T. O'Sullivan threw for 154 yards and one score on 8-of-17 passing to lead the San Francisco 49ers to a 34-6 romp over the Green Bay Packers in preseason play.
O'Sullivan also had one interception, and Alex Smith went 5-for-12 passing for 62 yards. Josh Morgan caught five passes for 114 yards and a score for San Francisco (1-1), while DeShaun Foster ran for 37 yards and one touchdown on 11 attempts.
Frank Gore had 29 yards rushing on six carries, while Vernon Davis caught a pair of passes for 29 yards for the Niners.
In his second game under center since taking the quarterback reigns from Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers completed 9-of-16 passes for 58 yards. In Green Bay's first preseason game, against Cincinnati, Rodgers completed 9-of-15 passes for 115 yards with a touchdown and an interception.
The entire Packers offense was ineffective on Saturday. Kregg Lumpkin led Green Bay (0-2) with 51 yards rushing on 10 attempts, while Vernand Morency caught one pass for 20 yards. Mason Crosby had a pair of field goals to account for all the points.
Crosby had the only points of the first quarter -- a 31-yard field goal with 1:53 remaining.
But on their first drive of the second quarter, the Niners started to pile on points. O'Sullivan connected with Jason Hill on a pass for 27 yards and with Morgan for a 22-yard gain. Foster did the bulk of the running on the 15-play drive, then tumbled into the end zone from one yard out, putting San Francisco in front 7-3.
After Green Bay punted, O'Sullivan went back to work and found Dominique Zeigler for 13 yards. In a pass-only drive, O'Sullivan connected with Morgan, who scampered 59 yards for the touchdown, and San Francisco went into halftime up 14-3.
Joe Nedney and Crosby opened the second half scoring by trading 49-yard field goals.
Later in the third frame, the rout continued as the Niners recovered a Packers fumble deep in Green Bay territory. Three plays later, Moran Norris capped the drive with a one-yard touchdown plunge.
San Francisco led 24-6 heading into the final stanza, and got a 30-yard field goal from Ricky Schmitt with a little less than 10 minutes left. Later, Green Bay went three-and-out before punting, and Allen Rossum returned the kick 67 yards to the end zone to complete the scoring.
