The New England Patriots brought the NFLs longest winning streak this season to Green Bay.They continued their cross-country road trip without it.Their 26-21 loss to the Packers in the matchup of top title contenders Sunday makes it more important to avoid a losing streak on the final leg of their journey.After the game, the Patriots flew to San Diego for Sunday nights meeting with the surging Chargers.If we see them again, you know where its at, Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski said of a possible Super Bowl against the Packers, so, obviously, that would be cool. Not really thinking about that. ... Now we have to look forward, put it behind us and move on to San Diego.The Patriots and Broncos are both 9-3, but New England has the tiebreaker because it beat Denver. Theyre followed in the AFC by Cincinnati (8-3-1) and Indianapolis and San Diego (both 8-4).Keeping the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs before the Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, is critical for the Patriots. Theyre 6-0 this season at home and 3-3 on the road after Green Bay ended their seven-game winning streak.Right after the loss, the two most senior Patriots, quarterback Tom Brady and defensive tackle Vince Wilfork sat in front of Bradys locker and talked for a few minutes.It was a tougher loss to handle than their other two — 33-20 to Miami in the opener and 41-14 to Kansas City in their fourth game.This was a test against a team that had won six of its previous seven games and the Patriots came up short.The defence stopped the Packers inside the red zone four times, holding them to short field goals. But they let Green Bay keep the ball for 36 minutes, 35 seconds as the Packers converted 10 of their 17 third-down plays.That limited Bradys chances with an offence that kept the ball for just 23:25.We had a lot of opportunities to move the ball, Patriots coach Bill Belichick said Monday in a conference call from San Diego. We missed a third-and-1 early in the game. We came up on a fourth-and-1 just short of the first down early in the game. We had a penalty to start the third quarter, so we ended up with some short drives which limited the number of plays that we ran.They would have had more if they had been able to get a first down on a third-and-9 from the Green Bay 20 with 3:25 left. But Brady was sacked for a 9-yard loss and Stephen Gostkowski missed a 47-yard field-goal attempt.They could have gotten the ball back after Green Bay had a third-and-4 at its 43 with 2:28 remaining. But Aaron Rodgers completed a 7-yard pass to a closely guarded Randall Cobb and the Packers ran out the clock.Thats where that saying comes in, Its a game of inches. It really is, Patriots cornerback Darrelle Revis said. When youre playing against another great team, you have to be on point at all times, because any error can cost you. We probably had some errors today, and Im sure well get them corrected, but like I said, theres no room for errors.The Patriots were playing their third straight game against a division leader and had beaten each of the others by at least 22 points.Now the schedule gets easier with the remaining games against San Diego, Miami, the New York Jets and Buffalo.But the margin for error is smaller after the loss in Green Bay.This was a test for us. It was a big test, Revis said, and Im sure it was a big test for them, too. Its two great teams playing. 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The Cardinal hold the tiebreaker over the Ducks by virtue of a 26-20 win on Nov. 7. Stanford has one regular season game left, next Saturday at home against Notre Dame. Jared Goff completed 10-of-19 passes for 194 yards and a touchdown before leaving the game with a shoulder injury. Maurice Harris had two catches for 50 yards and a touchdown for California (1-11, 0-9), which lost its final 10 games of the season. Stanford stepped onto the field Saturday with a purpose. The Cardinals first possession was capped by a Montgomery 31-yard touchdown run only a minute into the contest. Goff led the Golden Bears right back when he found Harris for a 15-yard touchdown only 2:17 later. The very next play from scrimmage for the Cardinal was a Hogan 50-yard pass caught by Montgomery for a touchdown. After a stop, Stanford answered right back, the Cardinal drove 51 yards on sseven plays.dddddddddddd It was culminated with a Hogan touchdown pass to Montgomery for 12 yards. The scoring in the first quarter concluded with an 11-play 83-yard drive that was capped off with a Vincenzo DAmato 29-yard field goal. Stanford fired right back on three plays. Once again Hogan linked up with Montgomery this time for a 72-yard touchdown and took only 26 seconds. Hogan continued his dominance of the California secondary with a 45-yard TD strike to Michael Rector for a 35-10 cushion with eight minutes left in the half. The Golden Bears next drive saw their second play go for 62 yards, a pass from Goff to Richard Rodgers. Combined with an unnecessary roughness penalty, the helped Cal set up a 47-yard field goal from DAmato. Hogan threw nine yards to Montgomery for a score in the waning seconds of the half for a 42-10 cushion. Tyler Gaffney bushed off a 58-yard TD run in the third, Kelsey Young scored on a 27-yard rush early in the fourth, and Francis Owusu caught a 14-yard scoring toss from Evan Crower with under two minutes left in the game. Game Notes Stanford leads all-time series 59-46-11 ... Stanford has won four straight against Cal ... The Golden Bears have lost 14 consecutive conference games going back to last year ... Stanford has won 14 home games in row ... The Golden Bears are the only winless team in Pac-12 play. ' ' '