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The Snow Bowl is the nickname of a
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game played on December 1, 1985, between the
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and
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at
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in
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. It is known for its heavy snow. Only 19,856 were in attendance, with over 36,000 "no-shows", the most in Packers history (though due to the game selling out well in advance, it was not blacked out on local television, nor has any Packers home game since 1973 been blacked out, with one exception, due to a sell-out streak dating back to the early 1960s). About two-thirds of the stadium was empty. of snow fell before the game and another fell during the game.Bad weather Buccaneers
; Denis Crawford; bucpower.com; Retrieved March 26, 2008 The game itself saw the Packers dominate the Buccaneers en route to a 21–0 victory.
bucpower.com; Retrieved March 27, 2008 Despite four turnovers, the Packers offense gained 512 total yards on 31
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s, with the Buccaneers recording only 65 yards on 5 first downs. Packers wide receiver
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received passes totaling over 100 yards from
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by halftime. Packers defensive end
Alphonso Carreker Alphonso Carreker (born May 25, 1962) is a former American football defensive end who played seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers and Denver Broncos. Biography Carreker was born in Columbus, Ohio; he ...
sacked Buccaneers quarterback and future
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enshrinee
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a then team-record four times. It was Young's second game in the league after he left the
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.


Game conditions

Green Bay wide receiver
Preston Dennard Preston Jackson Dennard (born November 28, 1955, in Cordele, Georgia) is a former professional American football wide receiver in the NFL for the Los Angeles Rams, Buffalo Bills and Green Bay Packers. He played college football at the University ...
described getting to the game,
"There was a big, heavy snow 4–5 inches on the ground. Roads in my neighborhood were packed—I couldn't get out.
"My neighbors came out of their houses and dug about an eighth of a mile so I could get out and go to the stadium; the main roads were plowed. There were about 20 people out there—I'll never, ever forget that."Think it'll be cold in Green Bay today? It gets even more brutal in Buffalo
'' Rio Ranchero Observer''; Gary Herron; Retrieved March 26, 2008
Tampa Bay wore their white "away" team jerseys, which were difficult to see during the whiteout conditions. Coaches and commentators had difficulty seeing the field. Between plays, grounds crew workers swept snow off the lines marking the field. Dennard described catching the football,
"I think it was pretty close to 20-below. It was snowing—you could barely see past 15 yards. All you knew is coming out of the mist of the snow and the white mist, you would see the ball come out of the white. You knew what the route was and you knew the direction of the ball."


Officials

*Referee:
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(#12) *Umpire: Ed Fiffick (#57) *Head Linesman: Dale Williams (#8) *Line Judge: Ron DeSouza (#45) *Back Judge: Don Wedge (#28) *Side Judge: Tom Fincken (#47) *Field Judge: Dick Dolack (#31)


See also

* Ice Bowl (disambiguation) * Fog Bowl (disambiguation) * Mud Bowl (disambiguation)


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