SAN FRANCISCO — Old Candlestick Park has a new coat of paint and a new/old name — after being renamed 3Com Park in 1995 and Monster Park in 2005, it's back to being Candlestick this year — in an effort to jazz up the outdated place.

Even in its sad, semi-dilapidated state, though, it's hard to forget some of the memorable San Francisco 49ers-Green Bay Packers showdowns the old place has seen — that coming-out party in the 1995 playoffs, the victory in the 1997 NFC title game, the heartbreaking Steve Young-to-Terrell Owens touchdown in the '98 postseason — and the historic moments that happened on the field.

Of course, Saturday night wasn't one of them.

Playing before a half-empty stadium, the Packers' first-string offense managed just three points in one half of work, saw quarterback Aaron Rodgers sacked four times, failed to capitalize on a Charles Woodson interception deep inside 49ers' territory and generally did little to inspire much confidence in a 34-6 exhibition loss to the lowly 49ers.

"A tough day at the office," dejected offensive coordinator Joe Philbin said. "There was just no rhythm, no tempo. When it's that bad, it's a collective (problem). Everybody's contributing to that. Nobody made a play."

Or, as left tackle Chad Clifton summed it up: "Offensively, we came out there and stunk it up."

After looking solid but not spectacular in a 20-17 preseason opening loss to Cincinnati last Monday night, the Packers' offense managed just 46 yards of offense on 25 first-half plays Saturday night. While a few backups went in on the offensive line late in the half, the unit was primarily comprised of starters the entire time. The 49ers led 14-3 at halftime, as Rodgers completed nine of 16 passes for 58 yards for a 64.1 passer rating.

"We're not making any excuses. We played poorly across the board — me especially," said Rodgers, who grew up 3 hours from the stadium in Chico, Calif., and had an extensive cheering section at the game. "Tonight our tempo stunk. That's squarely on my shoulders, I have to play better next week, that's the bottom line. A lot of times a quarterback that's making plays can get an offense going, and tonight I didn't make any plays."

Playing without starting running back Ryan Grant and wide receiver Greg Jennings, the Packers' opening drive of the game came to a third-and-3 from their 27-yard line. On the play, Rodgers had receiver Donald Driver break open on a deep route along the right numbers, but while Rodgers' throw was on-target — though it perhaps should have been thrown with more loft — an outstretched Driver dropped it at the San Francisco 37.

"It looked like a pretty good ball to me," Philbin said.

The Packers got a first down anyway because of an offsides call, but the big-play opportunity was missed, and five plays later they punted.

Green Bay went three-and-out on its next series, then took over at the San Francisco 7 after Woodson intercepted a J.T. O'Sullivan pass before fumbling and swatting it out of bounds. On first down, Rodgers threw to an open Donald Lee, who promptly dropped the would-be touchdown in the back right corner of the end zone.

Asked about the drops, Rodgers said, "I'm not worried about (the drops). There were plays to be made."

Rodgers was sacked for a 6-yard loss on the ensuing play, then was flushed from the pocket and had to throw the ball away on third down, forcing the Packers to settle for a field goal.

Another sack resulted in a three-and-out on the next drive, and while a 20-yard screen to Vernand Morency on third-and-19 from the Green Bay 7 gave the offense momentary life, that drive ended in a punt as well, as did the team's final possession of the half.

The No. 1 defense, meanwhile, allowed a pair of third-down conversions on the 49ers' opening drive — after forcing three three-and-outs against Cincinnati in the exhibition opener and allowing just 13 yards on nine plays — and the 49ers' first points came against what was mostly starters, save for the cornerbacks.

"(I'm) not pleased with it at all," said Packers coach Mike McCarthy, whose team plays at Denver on Friday night, with the starters expected to see their most playing time of the exhibition season. "It wasn't a very good performance for us offensively. I thought the defense started strong, gave us opportunities for field position.

"We'll take a long look at the film and definitely correct it. We've got a lot of work to do before we play Denver."