NFC playoffs: NFL's top running back is held to minus one yard as Detroit is stunned, 16-12, at Green Bay.

GREEN BAY, Wis. — It was the worst performance of Barry Sanders' six-year NFL career, and even the Green Bay Packers couldn't believe it.

Sanders, the NFL's leading rusher this season, carried 13 times for minus one yard Saturday as the Detroit Lions were beaten by the Packers, 16-12, in an opening-round NFC playoff game.

"It's inconceivable to hold him to negative yards," Green Bay defensive end Reggie White said. "He does things that no other back does."

"I don't know if you can play Barry Sanders any better than our defense played him today," Green Bay Coach Mike Holmgren said.