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Packers Communications l Lambeau Field Atrium l 1265 Lombardi Avenue l Green Bay, WI 54304 920/569-7500 l 920/569-7201 fax Jason Wahlers, Sarah Quick, Tom Fanning, Nathan LoCascio VOL. XXII; NO. 12 REGULAR-SEASON WEEK 10 GREEN BAY (6-2) WITH THE CALL VS. JACKSONVILLE (1-7) FOX will broadcast the game to a national audi- Sunday, Nov. 15, 12 p.m. CST ence. Play-by-play man Chris Myers joins ana- Lambeau Field lysts Greg Jennings and Brock Huard with Jen Hale reporting from the sidelines. PACKERS HOST JAGUARS AT LAMBEAU u Milwaukee’s WTMJ (620 AM), airing Green Bay games The Green Bay Packers return home to take on the since November 1929, heads up the Packers Radio Jacksonville Jaguars, the first of back-to-back AFC South Network that is made up of 50 stations in four states. opponents for the Packers. Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play), two-time Packers u The Packers are 4-2 all-time against the Jaguars, includ- Pro Bowler Larry McCarren (analyst) and three-time ing wins in both of the last two matchups (2012 in Green Packers Pro Bowler and two-time All-Pro John Kuhn Bay and 2016 in Jacksonville). (sideline) will call the action. McCarren first joined the u Each of the last five games in the series have been team’s broadcasts in 1995 and enters his 25th season decided by single digits. calling Packers games. After originally being paired u Green Bay has reached the mid-point of its regular- together in 1999, McCarren and Larrivee enter their 22nd season slate and leads the NFC North with a 6-2 record. season of broadcasts together. They surpassed Jim u The Packers are one of three teams in the NFC and one Irwin and Max McGee for the most regular-season and of eight teams in the NFL with two or fewer losses so far postseason games broadcast for the Packers with 313 at this season (Pittsburgh, 8-0 / Kansas City, 8-1 / Buffalo, the 2018 season opener against Chicago. 7-2 / Baltimore, 6-2 / New Orleans, 6-2 / Seattle, 6-2 / u The broadcast is also available on Sirius Satellite Radio Tennessee, 6-2). u Green Bay started 7-1 last season and 6-2 this season, (WTMJ feed), WTMJ.com via desktop computer and on making them one of five NFL teams to win at least six of numerous devices through NFL Game Pass. their first eight games in each of the past two seasons u ESPN Radio will air the game across the country with (Baltimore: 6-2/6-2, Buffalo: 6-2/6-2, New Orleans: Marc Kestecher (play-by-play) and Ben Hartsock 7-1/6-2 and Seattle: 6-2/6-2). (analyst) calling the action. u It is the first time Green Bay has started 6-2 or better in u DIRECTV subscribers can watch the game on Channel back-to-back years since 2001-02. 708. u The Packers have won 11 of their last 13 regular-season REGULAR SEASON games. u Last season, Green Bay won both weeks after it played a Date Opponent Time (CT) TV/Att. Sun., Sept. 13 at Minnesota Vikings W, 43-34 0 game on a Thursday night. Sun., Sept. 20 DETROIT LIONS W, 42-21 0 u This will be the fifth time this season Green Bay will play Sun., Sept. 27 at New Orleans Saints W, 37-30 748 a game that kicks off at 12 p.m. CT. The Packers won Mon., Oct. 5 ATLANTA FALCONS W, 30-16 0 four of the previous five games that kicked off at 12 p.m. Sun., Oct. 11 BYE CT, scoring 35-plus points in three of the four matchups. Sun., Oct. 18 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L, 10-38 15,540 Sun., Oct. 25 at Houston Texans W, 35-20 12,618 AGAINST THE AFC Sun., Nov. 1 MINNESOTA VIKINGS L, 22-28 0 u Green Bay has won 15 of the last 18 games it has played Thu., Nov. 5 at San Francisco 49ers W, 34-17 0 against an AFC team at Lambeau Field. Sun., Nov. 15 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 12 p.m. FOX u The Packers are facing their second AFC opponent of the Sun., Nov. 22 at Indianapolis Colts 3:25 p.m. FOX season, having previously defeated the Houston Texans Sun., Nov. 29 CHICAGO BEARS *7:20 p.m. NBC in Week 7. Dating back to 2019, Green Bay is 4-1 against Sun., Dec. 6 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES *3:25 p.m. CBS AFC opponents, an .800 winning percentage that is tied Sun., Dec. 13 at Detroit Lions *12 p.m. FOX over that span (Kansas City, for No. 2 in the NFL Dec. 19/Dec. 20 CAROLINA PANTHERS TBD TBD 16-4, .800 / New Orleans, 5-1, .833). Sun., Dec. 27 TENNESSEE TITANS *7:15 p.m. NBC u Green Bay ranks in points per game No. 3 in the NFL Sun., Jan. 3 at Chicago Bears *12 p.m. FOX (29.2) and No. 4 in the league in points per game differential (plus-7.2) against non-conference opponents *—Start time and broadcast may shift due to NFL flexible scheduling since 2019. The Packers have scored over 30 points in NFL POSTSEASON DATES three of their last four games against AFC teams. Jan. 9-10 AFC and NFC Wild Card Playoffs u QB Aaron Rodgers has registered a passer rating of Jan. 16-17 AFC and NFC Divisional Playoffs 100-plus in five of the last seven games he has played Jan. 24 AFC and NFC Championship Games against AFC teams, leading Green Bay to victory in six of Feb. 7 Super Bowl LV, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa Bay those contests. HEAD COACH MATT LAFLEUR LAFLEUR LEADS THE PACK u LaFleur tied for the third-most wins by an NFL head Green Bay Packers Head Coach Matt LaFleur (la-flew-er) coach in their first season: is in his second season and building off the success he Regular-Season guided the team to in Year 1. Head Coach, First Season Record u Dating back to 2019, the Packers are tied for the third- 1t. Jim Caldwell, IND, 2009 14-2 best regular-season record in the NFL: 1t. George Seifert, SF, 1989 14-2 Regular-Season 3t. Matt LaFleur, GB, 2019 13-3 3t. Jim Harbaugh, SF, 2011 13-3 Team Record (Since 2019) 1. Baltimore 20-4 (.833) 3t. Steve Mariucci, SF, 1997 13-3 2. Kansas City 20-5 (.800) u LaFleur became the first coach in franchise history to 3t. Green Bay 19-5 (.792) lead his team to a division title in his first season. 3t. New Orleans 19-5 (.792) u LaFleur guided Green Bay to a 6-0 record in the NFC 5. Seattle 17-7 (.708) North. Dating back to 1967, it was just the second time u LaFleur led Green Bay to a 17-3 record in his first 20 (6-0 in 2011) that Green Bay had gone undefeated in regular-season games, which division games. tied for No. 2 in NFL u Dating back to 2002 when the NFC North was formed, history for the most wins by a head coach in his first 20 regular-season games: the Packers are the only team to go undefeated in the division in a single regular season (2019, 2011). Wins in First 20 u While LaFleur was the first Packer head coach to lead Head Coach Regular-Season Games his team to the postseason in his first year, he was the 1. George Seifert, 1989-90 18 fourth consecutive head coach to win his first postsea- 2t. Matt LaFleur, 2019-20 17 son game. The other three head coaches to win their first 2t. Paul Brown, 1946-47 17 playoff game led Green Bay to the postseason in their 2t. Guy Chamberlin, 1922-23 17 second seasons (Mike McCarthy, Mike Sherman and 2t. Dick Rauch, 1925-26 17 Mike Holmgren). u Dating back to 1970, LaFleur joined McCarthy as the only u LaFleur became the first Packer head coach to start both head coaches in franchise history to lead their teams to of his first two seasons 3-0. the NFC Championship Game in their first appearance in u LaFleur joined Phil Bengston (1968-69) as the only head the postseason. coaches in franchise history to win the season opener in u LaFleur became the first head coach to reach a con- their first two seasons. ference championship in his first season since Jim u LaFleur led the biggest one-year win improvement in Harbaugh led San Francisco to the NFC Championship franchise history last season: Game in 2011. Seasons Win Improvement u LaFleur is the first head coach in franchise his- 1. 2018 (6) to 2019 (13) +7 tory to win seven of his first eight NFL games and the 2t. 1928 (6) to 1929 (12) +6 first to win his first three road NFL contests. 2t. 1958 (1) to 1959 (7) +6 u LaFleur is the 19th NFL head coach and the first 2t. 1971 (4) to 1972 (10) +6 since Jim Harbaugh in 2011 to win at least seven 2t. 1988 (4) to 1989 (10) +6 of his first eight games (Elias Sports Bureau). u He joined Vince Lombardi (3-0) as the only head u LaFleur (13-3) finished with the most NFL wins by a coaches in franchise history to win their first three Packer head coach in their first season: NFL games.