GREEN BAY PACKERS WEEKLY MEDIA INFORMATION PACKET PITTSBURGH STEELERS VS GREEN BAY PACKERS THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2018 7PM CDT LAMBEAU FIELD Packers Communications l Lambeau Field Atrium l 1265 Lombardi Avenue l Green Bay, WI 54304 l 920/569-7500 l 920/569-7201 fax Jason Wahlers, Sarah Quick, Tom Fanning, Nathan LoCascio VOL. XX; NO. 4 PRESEASON WEEK 2 GREEN BAY (1-0) VS. PITTSBURGH (1-0) u In addition to flagship stations WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee and WGBA-TV in Thursday, Aug. 16 l Lambeau Field l 7 p.m. CDT Green Bay, the game will be televised over WKOW/ABC, Madison, Wis.; WAOW/ABC, Wausau/Rhinelander, Wis.; WXOW/ABC, La Crosse, Wis.; PACKERS FACE STEELERS AT LAMBEAU WQOW/ABC, Eau Claire, Wis.; WLUC/NBC, Escanaba/Marquette, Mich.; The Green Bay Packers will take on the Pittsburgh Steelers in KQDS-TV/FOX, Duluth/Superior, Minn.; WMBD/CBS, Peoria, Ill.; WHBF- preseason game No. 2 on Thursday night at Lambeau Field. TV/CBS, Davenport, Iowa (Quad Cities); KCCI-TV/CBS, Des Moines, Iowa; u It is the first preseason contest between the two teams at KWWL-TV/NBC, Cedar Rapids/Waterloo, Iowa; KMTV-TV/CBS, Omaha, Lambeau Field since 1996, a 24-17 Green Bay victory. Neb.; KDLT/NBC, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; KYUR/ABC, Anchorage, u Including the regular season, it is the fourth meeting between the two Alaska; KATN/ABC, Fairbanks, Alaska amd KJUD/ABC, Juneau, Alaska. teams since 2013. u Milwaukee’s WTMJ (620 AM), airing Green Bay games since November u Green Bay is 14-10-1 in the preseason against Pittsburgh. 1929, heads up the Packers Radio Network that is made up of 50 stations u The Packers opened the preseason with a 31-17 win over Tennessee last in four states. Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play) and two-time Packers Thursday at Lambeau Field. It was fourth consecutive year Green Bay Pro Bowler Larry McCarren (analyst) call the action. McCarren first won the first preseason game it played. joined the team’s broadcasts in 1995 and enters his 24th season calling u Green Bay has scored 20-plus points in four of the last five preseason Packers games. After originally being paired together in 1999, McCarren contests. and Larrivee enter their 20th season of broadcasts together. They will u The Packers have won six consecutive preseason home games and eight surpass Jim Irwin and Max McGee for the most regular-season and post- of the last nine preseason games played at Lambeau Field. season games broadcast for the Packers with 313 at the season opener u Green Bay will take to the road for preseason game No. 3, traveling to against Chicago. California to face the Oakland Raiders on Friday, Aug. 24, at 9:30 p.m. CDT. PRESEASON Date Opponent Time (CT) TV Thu., Aug. 9 TENNESSEE TITANS ................31-17 74,098 MIDWEST SHRINE GAME (Bishop’s Charities Game) One of the NFL’s longest team traditions, the Upper Midwest Shrine Game Thu., Aug. 16 PITTSBURGH STEELERS (Gold Pkg.) ...7 p.m. Packers TV kicks off its 69th installment Thursday night. It will be fourth time the (Midwest Shrine Game) Packers have faced the Steelers in the game (1953, 1958, 1996). Fri., Aug. 24 at Oakland Raiders ..............9:30 p.m. Packers TV u Green Bay is 35-30-3 all-time in the Shrine Game. Thu., Aug. 30 at Kansas City Chiefs.............7:30 p.m. Packers TV u Each season, the Packers donate a percentage of the gate to the Shriners All preseason games on Packers TV will also appear on Telemundo Wisconsin Hospitals for Children. The Shriners’ facilities provide specialized medical services, helping children with birth defects and other injuries, at abso- REGULAR SEASON lutely no cost. To date, the series has raised more than $4 million for the Date Opponent Time (CT) TV Midwest Shrine’s burn centers and hospitals for crippled children. Sun., Sept. 9 CHICAGO BEARS................7:20 p.m. NBC u The series has called three separate stadiums home: Milwaukee’s State Sun., Sept. 16 MINNESOTA VIKINGS (Gold Pkg.) ....12 p.m. FOX Fair Park (1950-51), Milwaukee County Stadium (1952-82, 1984-94) Sun., Sept. 23 at Washington Redskins ............12 p.m. FOX and Lambeau Field (1983, 1995-present). Sun., Sept. 30 BUFFALO BILLS...................12 p.m. CBS u In his first season leading the Packers, Vince Lombardi made an agree- Sun., Oct. 7 at Detroit Lions ..................*12 p.m. FOX ment with George Halas to play in the Shrine Game annually. Green Bay Mon., Oct. 15 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS ..........7:15 p.m. ESPN and Chicago played each preseason at County Stadium from 1959-73. Sun., Oct. 21 BYE u The Packers annually designate the Shrine Game as the first ‘Gold pack- Sun., Oct. 28 at Los Angeles Rams............*3:25 p.m. FOX age’ game for season-ticket holders primarily from the Milwaukee area. Sun., Nov. 4 at New England Patriots .........*7:20 p.m. NBC Sun., Nov. 11 MIAMI DOLPHINS (Gold Pkg.) ......*12 p.m. CBS The team created the three-game package after moving all of its home Thu., Nov. 15 at Seattle Seahawks..............7:20 p.m. FOX/NFLN games to Green Bay in 1995. Also in the ‘Gold package’ this season are Sun., Nov. 25 at Minnesota Vikings............*7:20 p.m. NBC the contests against the Minnesota Vikings (Sept. 16) and the Miami Sun., Dec. 2 ARIZONA CARDINALS.............*12 p.m. FOX Dolphins (Nov. 11). Sun., Dec. 9 ATLANTA FALCONS...............*12 p.m. FOX Sun., Dec. 16 at Chicago Bears .................*12 p.m. FOX WITH THE CALL Sat., Dec. 23 at New York Jets .................*12 p.m. FOX Preseason games are televised over the 18-station Packers TV Network Sun., Dec. 30 DETROIT LIONS .................*12 p.m. FOX throughout the state of Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, northeastern *—Start time and broadcast may shift due to NFL flexible scheduling Minnesota, Peoria in Illinois, the Quad Cities, Cedar Rapids-Waterloo and Des Moines in Iowa, Omaha in Nebraska, Sioux Falls in South Dakota and NFL POSTSEASON DATES Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau in Alaska. Jan. 5-6 ................................................ AFC and NFC Wild Card Playoffs u The top-notch broadcast team includes CBS’s Kevin Harlan (play-by- Jan. 12-13 .............................................AFC and NFC Divisional Playoffs play) alongside fellow CBS broadcaster James Lofton (analyst), with Jan. 20 ............................................AFC and NFC Championship Games Jan. 27 .......................Pro Bowl, Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Fla. Lance Allan of WTMJ-TV serving as the sideline reporter. Allan will also host an informative half-hour pregame show. Feb. 3 .................Super Bowl LIII, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Ga. PACKERS VS. STEELERS - PRESEASON WEEK 2 OFFSEASON CHANGES u The Packers selected CB Josh Jackson out of Iowa in the second The Green Bay Packers saw some changes to the front office, the coaching round. He was named a permanent team captain on defense in 2017 staff and to the roster this offseason. and was a consensus first-team All-American as well as first-team All- Big Ten by the league’s coaches and media after setting career highs in uAfter Ted Thompson made the transition to senior advisor to foot- games started (13), tackles (48), solo tackles (34), passes defensed (26, ball operations, Brian Gutekunst was named general manager and No. 1 in the nation), interception return yards (168, No. 2 in the nation) Russ Ball was promoted to exective vice president/director of football operations. and forced fumbles (one). Jackson’s career-best eight interceptions led the nation and tied the single-season school record. u Head Coach Mike McCarthy made numerous changes to his coaching u LB became the seventh player to be drafted out of staff, including bringing back Joe Philbin as offensive coordinator and Oren Burks Vanderbilt in team history when the Packers used a selection obtained adding Mike Pettine as defensive coordinator. From 2007-11, Philbin was Green Bay’s offensive coordinator, directing a unit that ranked No. 3 from Carolina (third round, No. 88 overall) in exchange for a fourth- in the NFL over that span in points per game (28.3), touchdowns (267), round pick (No. 101) and a fifth-round pick (No. 147). He was named to passing touchdowns (170) and total net yards per game (372.8). In his the Butkus Award watch list in 2017 and went on to post career highs in five years as a defensive coordinator, (New York Jets, 2009-12; Buffalo tackles (82), solo tackles (45) and tackles for a loss (seven) in his first Bills, 2013), Pettine led his units to a top-10 finish in total yards allowed season at inside linebacker. and passing yards allowed in all five seasons. u In the fourth round (No. 133 overall), the Packers selected WR J’Mon , making him the highest-drafted wide receiver out of Missouri uOther additions to the coaching staff were Jim Hostler as offense – Moore since Jeremy Maclin in 2009 (Philadelphia Eagles, No. 19 overall). pass game coordinator, Patrick Graham as defense – run game coor- Moore was named second-team All-Southeastern Conference in 2016 dinator/inside linebackers, Frank Cignetti Jr. as quarterbacks coach, (The Associated Press) and 2017 (AP and coaches). Ryan Downard as defensive quality control coach and Maurice u With the first of three picks in the fifth round (No. 138 overall), Green Drayton as assistant special teams coach. uMcCarthy also promoted some coaches who were already on the Bay selected G Cole Madison, the highest-drafted lineman out of Washington State since T Scott Sanderson was selected in the third staff, naming James Campen offense – run game coordinator/ round by the Tennessee Oilers in 1997.