Packers Beat Patriots 45-27 as Love Throws for 372 Yards and Three Touchdowns

The Green Bay Packers beat the New England Patriots 45-27 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough on Sunday, Nov 8, in Week 9. Both teams came into the game at 5-3. Green Bay improved to 6-3 with its best road win of the season. New England fell to 5-4.

Four takeaways set up the win

The game turned on the ball. Green Bay forced four turnovers, and the first one came on New England's opening drive. Drake Maye threw toward Mack Hollins on the second snap of the game, and Xavier McKinney intercepted the pass and returned it to the New England 14-yard line. Two plays later, Jordan Love ran 13 yards up the middle for a touchdown and a 7-0 lead.

McKinney intercepted Maye a second time in the second quarter. Evan Williams added an interception of his own in the first half, reaching up to take a tipped ball while keeping his feet in bounds. In the third quarter, Isaiah McDuffie stripped Rhamondre Stevenson after a short catch and recovered the fumble. That was the fourth takeaway, and Love turned it into points on the next play.

Love throws for 372 yards and three touchdowns

Love completed 23 of 29 passes for 372 yards and three touchdowns. He found Matthew Golden for a 5-yard touchdown in the first quarter, at the end of an 86-yard drive that included catches of 16 and 49 yards by Golden. Trey Smack added a 41-yard field goal in the second quarter for a 17-0 lead. After New England scored, Love hit Christian Watson for 43 yards to the 2-yard line, and Kaleb Johnson ran in from there for a 24-7 lead.

The third quarter settled the game. Love threw a 10-yard touchdown to Savion Williams on a back-shoulder catch in the end zone. Smack kicked a 51-yard field goal. Then, one play after the McDuffie fumble recovery, Love hit Watson on a post route for a 39-yard touchdown and ran in the two-point conversion himself. Green Bay led 42-14 with 4:03 left in the third quarter. Love left the game in the fourth quarter with the win secure, and Tyrod Taylor finished at quarterback. Smack added a 38-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, his third of the game, for a 45-21 lead.

Patriots score late but never get close

New England's first touchdown came in the second quarter, when Maye found Stevenson behind the defense for a 30-yard score that cut the lead to 17-7. An 8-yard touchdown catch by Chisim cut it to 24-14 before halftime. In the third quarter, Hollins caught a 22-yard touchdown in the corner of the end zone to make it 42-21. Cory Kiner ran 4 yards for a touchdown with 3:54 left, and the two-point try failed, leaving the final score at 45-27.

Green Bay played much of the game without Josh Jacobs, who hurt his hand in the first half and did not return. Johnson replaced him and ran eight times for 56 yards and the 2-yard touchdown. Karl Brooks sacked Maye twice for the Packers. Green Bay came into the game off a nine-day break after beating the Carolina Panthers 27-19 on Oct 29, and the rest showed in a fast start: 14 points in the first quarter and 24 by halftime. New England, at 5-4, lost at home for the second time this season and now travels to Munich to face the Detroit Lions next week.