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WEEKLY MEDIA INFORMATION PACKET GREEN BAY PACKERS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS SUNDAY, OCT. 27, 2019 7:20 PM CDT ARROWHEAD STADIUM 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. XXI; NO. 14 REGULAR-SEASON WEEK 8 GREEN BAY (6-1) AT KANSAS CITY (5-2) WITH THE CALL Sunday, Oct. 27 l Arrowhead Stadium l 7:20 p.m. CDT NBC will broadcast the game to a national audience. Play-by- play man Al Michaels joins analyst Cris Collinsworth PACKERS TAKE ON THE CHIEFS IN PRIMETIME in the booth with reporting from the The Green Bay Packers travel to Kansas City for a Sunday Michele Tafoya sidelines. night matchup against the Chiefs. u Milwaukee’s WTMJ (620 AM), airing Green Bay games since November u It will be the 12th regular-season game between the 1929, heads up the Packers Radio Network that is made up of 50 sta- Packers and Chiefs, but the first Sunday night matchup tions in four states. (play-by-play), two-time Packers between the two. Wayne Larrivee Pro Bowler (analyst) and three-time Packers Pro u It is the third time the two have faced off in primetime, having previously Larry McCarren Bowler and two-time All-Pro (sideline) will call the action. played two games on Monday Night Football (1993, 2015). John Kuhn McCarren first joined the team’s broadcasts in 1995 and enters his 25th u It is Green Bay’s first regular-season visit to Arrowhead Stadium since season calling Packers games. After originally being paired together Week 15 in 2011. in 1999, McCarren and Larrivee enter their 21st season of broadcasts u Green Bay has won two of the last three games against Kansas City. together. They surpassed Jim Irwin and Max McGee for the most u Both teams lead their division heading into Week 8 and are each one of regular-season and postseason games broadcast for the Packers with four teams in their conferences to have at least five wins this season. 313 at the 2018 season opener against Chicago. u It is the second game of a stretch of three straight games against AFC u The broadcast is also available on Sirius Satellite Radio (WTMJ feed). West teams, the first time the Packers have had three straight games u Westwood One Sports will air the game on radio across the country. against AFC teams since playing the AFC West in 2003 in Weeks 15-17. u Green Bay is 15-3 against AFC West teams since 2002, an .833 winning Tom McCarthy (play-by-play) and Brian Griese (analyst) will call percentage that ranks No. 1 in the NFL over that span. the action with Scott Graham hosting the pregame and halftime u With the victory in Week 7 over Oakland, the Packers improved to 8-0 shows. against the Raiders, dating back to 1990. Green Bay won four of those REGULAR SEASON eight games by 28-plus points (10, 30, 31, 34, 4, 28, 13, 18). The eight- Date Opponent Time (CT) TV game streak is Green Bay’s longest active winning streak vs. an oppo- Thu., Sept. 5 at Chicago Bears ..................W, 10-3 62,435 nent, with the second longest being a seven-game win streak against the Sun., Sept. 15 MINNESOTA VIKINGS ............W, 21-16 78,416 San Diego/L.A. Chargers, who the Packers face in Week 9. Sun., Sept. 22 DENVER BRONCOS (Gold Pkg.) .....W, 27-16 78,078 Thu., Sept. 26 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES ...........L, 27-34 77,509 GOOD START Sun., Oct. 6 at Dallas Cowboys................W, 34-24 93,024 Mon., Oct. 14 DETROIT LIONS .................W, 23-22 76,947 uPackers Head Coach Matt LaFleur is the first head coach in franchise history to win six of his first seven NFL games. Sun., Oct. 20 OAKLAND RAIDERS (Gold Pkg.).....W, 42-24 78,160 Sun., Oct. 27 at Kansas City Chiefs.............7:20 p.m. NBC uGreen Bay has started the season with at least six wins in its first seven Sun., Nov. 3 at Los Angeles Chargers .........*3:25 p.m. CBS games for the first time since starting 6-1 in 2015 and the seventh time Sun., Nov. 10 CAROLINA PANTHERS ............*12 p.m. FOX since 1970 (7-0 in 2011, 6-1 in 2007, 2002, 1996 and 1978). Sun., Nov. 17 BYE uThe Packers (2-0) are one of seven teams to be undefeated on the road Sun., Nov. 24 at San Francisco 49ers ..........*3:25 p.m. FOX this season. Green Bay won its first two road games for the first time Sun., Dec. 1 at New York Giants ...............*12 p.m. FOX since 2015. If they win this week, it will be the first time the Packers have Sun., Dec. 8 WASHINGTON REDSKINS..........*12 p.m. FOX started 3-0 on the road since starting 7-0 in 2011. Sun., Dec. 15 CHICAGO BEARS.................*12 p.m. FOX uGreen Bay joins the New England Patriots (7-0), San Francisco 49ers Mon., Dec. 23 at Minnesota Vikings.............7:15 p.m. ESPN (6-0) and the New Orleans Saints (6-1) as the only NFL teams with at Sun., Dec. 29 at Detroit Lions ..................*12 p.m. FOX least six wins this season. *—Start time and broadcast may shift due to NFL flexible scheduling uThe Packers have started 3-0 in the NFC North for the first time since NFL POSTSEASON DATES 2012 and for just the fourth time (2011 and 2002) since the division Jan. 4-5 ................................................ AFC and NFC Wild Card Playoffs was formed in 2002. Jan. 11-12 .............................................AFC and NFC Divisional Playoffs uOut of the 26 teams that have played multiple division games this Jan. 19 ............................................AFC and NFC Championship Games season, Green Bay joins New England and Dallas as the only teams to Jan. 26 .......................Pro Bowl, Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Fla. be 3-0, and is one of eight teams with multiple wins against division Feb. 2 .................................Super Bowl LIV, Hard Rock Stadium, Miami opponents. 11 PACKERS AT CHIEFS - WEEK 8 TAKING HIS PLACE AMONG THE GAME’S BEST uRodgers has thrown for 400-plus yards twice this season (Weeks 4 and QB Aaron Rodgers surpassed the 1,500-attempt plateau for his career 7) to tie for the league lead (Dallas QB Dak Presscott) and extend in 2010, the benchmark to qualify for passer rating in the NFL record book. his to nine 400-plus-yard games. No other quar- uRodgers ranks in career passer rating: franchise record No. 1 in NFL history terback in franchise annals has more than one 400-yard passing game Quarterback Career Passer Rating (four QBs with one). 1. Aaron Rodgers, GB 103.2 uSince 2018, Rodgers ranks No. 1 in the NFL with five 400-yard 2. Russell Wilson, SEA 101.3 passing games. 3. Drew Brees, NO 97.7 uIn Week 4, Rodgers passed Hall of Fame QB Fran Tarkenton (342) to 4. Tom Brady, NE 97.5 rank No. 9 in NFL history in touchdown passes. He (351) trails New York Giants QB Eli Manning (362) for the No. 8 spot and Pittsburgh uIn Week 7, Rodgers set a single-game franchise record with a perfect 158.3 passer rating after connecting on 25 of 31 passes for 429 yards Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger (363) for No. 7 in NFL history. and five TDs with no INTs. It eclipsed the previous single-game team uRodgers reached 5,000 career attempts in Week 3 of 2018. At the time record of 155.4 by Rodgers at Cleveland on Oct. 25, 2009. of his 5,000th career attempt, he had 319 TD passes and 78 INTs, set- uRodgers also posted a rushing TD in Week 7, making him just the ting the record for the most (Johnny Unitas, 284) and fewest (Donovan second QB in NFL history (Redskins QB Mark Rypien; Nov. 10, 1991) to throw for 400-plus yards with five-plus passing TDs, a rushing TD McNabb, 107) in each category in NFL history at the time of the 5,000th and no INTs. attempt uDating back to 1950, Rodgers is just the sixth NFL QB to register 400- u Rodgers finished the 2018 season with 372 completions, plus passing yards and a perfect passer rating in a game, according to tied for pro-football-reference.com. the second most in a season in team history behind his franchise uRodgers’ average of 13.84 yards per attempt in Week 7 was a single- mark of 401 (2016). game career high (min. 15 att.) and was the best by a Green Bay QB u Rodgers finished 2018 with 4,442 passing yards, 25 passing touch- since Brett Favre registered a 14.52-yard average (363 yards on 25 att.) at Indianapolis on Nov. 16, 1997. Rodgers’ 13.84-yard average was the downs and just two interceptions, marking his sixth season with 4,000- best in team history in a game with 30-plus attempts. plus passing yards, 25-plus passing TDs and 10 or fewer interceptions, uRodgers reached 40,000 passing yards in his 154th career game (Week the most by an NFL player since 1920, according to pro-football-refer- 5 at Detroit, 2018). At the time, he had 323 passing TDs, becoming ence.com: the first quarterback in NFL history to reach 40,000 pass- ing yards and 300 TD passes in fewer than 157 games, the number in which both Peyton Manning and Dan Marino reached the Seasons With 4,000-Plus Passing Yards/ two marks.