Article: Trips to Vikings' house of horrors are chilling Packers haunted by hex Luck missing at Metrodome; Tales of woe from the Metrodome The Green Bay Packers have lost all four games at Minnesota under coach Mike Holmgren and are 6-7 all-time in the Metrodome. A capsule look at the Packers-Vikings games at the Metrodome since 1992. MINNESOTA 27, GREEN BAY 7 Dec. 27, 1992 The teams meet in the regular-season finale with the Packers needing a victory to qualify for a wild- card playoff spot in their first year under Holmgren. The Vikings romp behind quarterback Sean Salisbury to finish as Central Division champions with an 11-5 record. Salisbury throws two touchdown passes, and the Packers' primary highlight is Sterling Sharpe setting a National Football League record for receptions in a season (108). Green Bay ends at 9-7. MINNESOTA 15, GREEN BAY 13 Sept. 26, 1993 An infamous game in Packers history, remembered for cornerback Terrell Buckley's busted coverage and a late field goal by Fuad Reveiz to give the Vikings an unexpected victory. Vikings quarterback Jim McMahon fires a 45-yard pass to Eric Guliford when Buckley abandons his deep coverage, setting up the winning 22-yard kick, which comes with 4 seconds left. McMahon, now the Packers' backup quarterback, completes 18 of 35 for 217 yards. MINNESOTA 13, GREEN BAY 10 (overtime) Oct. 20, 1994 Packers quarterback Brett Favre is knocked out of the game with a severely bruised left hip in the first quarter, and Mark Brunell replaces him. Brunell scores the Packers' only touchdown on a 5-yard run, and Chris Jacke kicks a 50-yard field goal. The Vikings counter with Anthony Parker's return of a fumble for a 23-yard score and field goals by Reveiz of 29 and 27 yards. The 27-yarder sinks the Packers with 10 minutes 34 seconds left in overtime. A fumble by Brunell on an exchange from center halts a promising drive by the Packers in the fourth quarter. MINNESOTA 27, GREEN BAY 24 Nov. 6, 1995 Again Favre suffers an injury, this time to his ankle, and has to leave the game. Backup quarterback Ty Detmer replaces him but suffers torn ligaments in his thumb, and emergency quarterback T.J. Rubley is summoned in the fourth quarter. Rubley makes the fateful audible that Holmgren is unable to erase from his memory. On a third-and-1 play from the Vikings' 38-yard line, with Green Bay driving toward a possible game-winning field goal, Rubley checks out of a quarterback sneak and throws an ill-advised pass. It is intercepted by Minnesota linebacker Jeff Brady, and the Vikings quickly move into position for Reveiz's 39-yard field goal, breaking a 24-24 tie as time expires. Packers defensive ends Sean Jones and Reggie White also suffer injuries, adding to the pain suffered by Green Bay. Jacke kicks three field goals (42, 50 and 46 yards) and tight end Mark Chmura catches a touchdown pass from Detmer and a two-point conversion pass to tie the score early in the final quarter.

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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)

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September 17, 1996

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