Packers Now Counting On Bengals : Packers: After 20-10 victory over Dallas, they still have a chance for their first playoff berth since 1982.

The Packers put themselves in position to win their first divisional title in 17 seasons and brought an end to the Dallas Cowboys’ second-worst season.

Green Bay beat Dallas, 20-10, Sunday and would win the NFC Central and go the playoffs for the first time since 1982 if the Minnesota Vikings lose to the Cincinnati Bengals tonight.

Green Bay was eliminated from wild-card contention when the Rams beat New England, 24-20. The Packers saw the end of the Ram-Patriot game on television and were disappointed when the New England failed to score from the Rams’ five-yard line at the end.

“We’re big Cincinnati fans now,” Lion Coach Lindy Infante said.

Green Bay’s 10-6 record was its best in 17 years. It was the 14th consecutive home loss for Dallas, an NFL record.

“We knew this wouldn’t be an easy one, coming into a place where you are supposed to win is never easy,” Infante said. “We’ve been playing sudden death football for six weeks now. Regardless of what happens we have a lot to be proud of.”

Dallas finished at 1-15 in Jimmy Johnson’s rookie year as coach. The only Cowboys team to do worse was in 1960, when they finished 0-11-1.

“Well, it’s behind us,” Johnson said. “The Cowboys will have better days in the future.”

Johnson said that the season for Dallas was to assess everything for the future.

“It was a season of evaluation, “ he said. “It was a situation where we sat back and watched. Next year we will take care of business.”

Green Bay’s go-ahead touchdown came on a five-yard scoring pass from Majkowski to tight end Ed West with 3:58 left in the third quarter.

Mark Murphy’s fourth-quarter fumble recovery at the Green Bay 30 set up a 63-yard drive that ended with Chris Jacke’s 24-yard field goal with 3:24 left.

The Cowboys tied the score, 10-10, on former Trojan Jack Del Rio’s 57-yard fumble return with 6:51 left in the third quarter. Jon Carter caused the fumble when he hit Brent Fullwood, who was attempting to handoff on a reverse.

A crowd of 41,265 fans watched in 35-degree cold. The Cowboys announced 55,000 tickets were sold.