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PACKERS WEEKLY MEDIA INFORMATION PACKET OAKLAND RAIDERS VS GREEN BAY PACKERS THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2016 @ 7 PM CDT • LAMBEAU FIELD Packers Public Relations l Lambeau Field Atrium l 1265 Lombardi Avenue l Green Bay, WI 54304 l 920/569-7500 l 920/569-7201 fax Jason Wahlers, Aaron Popkey, Sarah Quick, Tom Fanning, Nathan LoCascio, Katie Hermsen VOL. XVIII; NO. 5 PRESEASON WEEK 2 GREEN BAY (1-0) VS. OAKLAND (1-0) u Due to the Olympics, this week’s game will air on WMLW-TV in Thursday, Aug. 18 l Lambeau Field l 7 p.m. CDT Milwaukee instead of WTMJ-TV and on WACY-TV in Green Bay instead of WGBA-TV. In addition the game will be televised over WKOW/ABC, PACKERS STAY HOME TO PLAY THE RAIDERS Madison, Wis.; WAOW/ABC, Wausau/Rhinelander, Wis.; WXOW/ABC, The Green Bay Packers will take on the Oakland Raiders this La Crosse, Wis.; WQOW/ABC, Eau Claire, Wis.; WLUC/NBC, Escanaba/ Thursday at Lambeau Field in the Bishop’s Charities Game. Marquette, Mich.; KQDS-TV/FOX, Duluth/Superior, Minn.; WHBF-TV/CBS, uThe Packers and Raiders will face each other for the 10th Davenport, Iowa (Quad Cities); KWWL-TV/NBC, Cedar Rapids/Waterloo, time in the preseason. The Raiders lead the preseason Iowa; KCWI-TV/CW, Des Moines, Iowa; KMTV-TV/CBS, Omaha, Neb.; series, 5-4, while Green Bay leads the regular-season KYUR/ABC, Anchorage, Alaska; KATN/ABC, Fairbanks, Alaska; KJUD/ABC, series, 7-5. uThis will be the third consecutive year the Packers and Raiders play Juneau, Alaska; and KFVE-TV in Honolulu, Hawaii. each other. In 2015 they faced off during the regular season, with the u Milwaukee’s WTMJ (620 AM), airing Green Bay games since November Packers winning, 30-20, at Oakland, and in 2014 they played during the 1929, heads up the Packers Radio Network that is made up of 50 stations preseason, with Green Bay winning, 31-21, at Lambeau Field. in five states. Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play) and two-time Packers uThis will be the last Green Bay home game for more than a month. The Pro Bowler Larry McCarren (analyst) call the action. McCarren first Packers will play four consecutive road games (two preseason, two joined the team’s broadcasts in 1995 and enters his 22nd season calling regular season) before hosting the Detroit Lions on Sept. 25. Dating Packers games. After originally being paired together in 1999, McCarren back to 1970, this is the first time Green Bay has closed the preseason and Larrivee enter their 18th season of broadcasts together. as the away team in the final two games and opened the regular season on the road in the first two games. PRESEASON Date Opponent Time (CT) TV uThe Packers return to the road for their next game, traveling to Santa Sun. Aug. 7 vs. Indianapolis Colts (Canton, Ohio) CANCELED Clara to take on the San Francisco 49ers. Fri., Aug. 12 CLEVELAND BROWNS (Gold Pkg.) ...W, 17-11 74,261 (Midwest Shrine Game) BISHOP’S CHARITIES GAME Thu., Aug. 18 OAKLAND RAIDERS ................7 p.m. Packers TV Thursday night marks another Green Bay preseason tradition: the Bishop’s (Bishop’s Charities Game) Charities Game. It was first played in 1961 after Vince Lombardi was Fri., Aug. 26 at San Francisco 49ers ..............9 p.m. Packers TV* approached by the Diocese of Green Bay about playing a charitable contest Thu., Sept. 1 at Kansas City Chiefs................7 p.m. Packers TV* in Green Bay (the Shrine contest was a fixture in Milwaukee). *Will also be broadcast in Spanish on Telemundo Wisconsin u The series enjoys its 56th contest this year and has raised more than $3.7 million. REGULAR SEASON Date Opponent Time (CT) TV u For more than 30 years, the church handled much of the game’s Sun., Sept. 11 at Jacksonville Jaguars .............12 p.m. FOX business-related tasks, including game-program and advertising sales, Sun., Sept. 18 at Minnesota Vikings.............7:30 p.m. NBC using a network of volunteers covering 14 counties throughout north- Sun., Sept. 25 DETROIT LIONS ..................12 p.m. FOX eastern Wisconsin. The Packers assumed many of those tasks begin- Sun., Oct. 2 BYE ning in 1994. Sun., Oct. 9 NEW YORK GIANTS (Gold Pkg.) ...*7:30 p.m. NBC u The Packers are 30-24-1 all-time in the series. The Raiders will be mak- Sun., Oct. 16 DALLAS COWBOYS.............*3:25 p.m. FOX ing their first appearance in the Bishop’s Charities Game. Thu., Oct. 20 CHICAGO BEARS................7:25 p.m. CBS/NFLN/Twitter u Green Bay has won six of the last seven games in the series, including Sun., Oct. 30 at Atlanta Falcons ................*12 p.m. FOX a 38-10 victory over the New Orleans Saints last year. Prior to that, the Sun., Nov. 6 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (Gold Pkg.). *3:25 p.m. CBS Packers had lost six consecutive Bishop’s Charities contests. That six- Sun., Nov. 13 at Tennessee Titans...............*12 p.m. FOX game losing streak (2003-08) came on the heels of a 12-game winning Sun., Nov. 20 at Washington Redskins .........*7:30 p.m. NBC streak (1991-2002) in the series. Mon., Nov. 28 at Philadelphia Eagles ............7:30 p.m. ESPN u Over the last two Bishop’s Charities Games, the Packers have outscored Sun., Dec. 4 HOUSTON TEXANS ...............*12 p.m. CBS their opponents, 72-24. Sun., Dec. 11 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS ...........*3:25 p.m. FOX Sun., Dec. 18 at Chicago Bears .................*12 p.m. FOX WITH THE CALL Sat., Dec. 24 MINNESOTA VIKINGS ..............12 p.m. FOX Preseason games are televised over the 16-station Packers TV Network Sun., Jan. 1 at 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, the Quad Cities, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Waterloo in NFL POSTSEASON DATES Iowa, Omaha in Nebraska, Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau in Alaska and Jan. 7-8 ................................................ AFC and NFC Wild Card Playoffs Honolulu in Hawaii. Jan. 14-15 .............................................AFC and NFC Divisional Playoffs u The top-notch broadcast team includes CBS’s Kevin Harlan (play- Jan. 22 ............................................AFC and NFC Championship Games by-play) alongside fellow CBS broadcaster Rich Gannon (analyst), Jan. 29 ................................Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii with Lance Allan of WTMJ-TV serving as the sideline reporter. Allan Feb. 5 ..............................Super Bowl LI, NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas will also host an informative half-hour pregame show featuring former Packers tackle Mark Tauscher. PACKERS VS. RAIDERS - PRESEASON WEEK 2 PACKERS WIN PRESEASON OPENER IN THE PRESEASON Green Bay opened its preseason slate last Friday night at home versus the The Packers’ preseason schedule started with a trip to Canton for the 2016 Cleveland Browns. The Packers beat the Browns, 17-11, in a back-and- Enshrinement Weekend that saw Packers legend Brett Favre and seven others formally enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. forth game. u It was supposed to be the fifth time the Packers played in the Hall of uGreen Bay’s top two quarterbacks, Aaron Rodgers and Brett Fame Game and the first time since 2003, but the game was canceled Hundley, sat out the contest, giving undrafted rookie free agents Joe due to poor field conditions. Of the five times Green Bay has been sched- Callahan and Marquise Williams their first NFL action. uled to play in the Hall of Fame game, three have either been canceled or u Callahan started and played the entire first half, completing 16 of 23 did not finish due to weather conditions. passes for 124 yards, a touchdown and a passer rating of 97.0. Williams u Green Bay returned home this past week to host the Cleveland Browns at totaled 55 yards on 6-of-14 passing with one interception. He also reg- Lambeau Field. It was the first time the Packers and Browns have played during the preseason since they met each year from 2009-12. istered 26 rushing yards on seven carries, including a team-best long of u The Packers stay at home to play the Oakland Raiders this week, mark- 18 yards. ing the fourth time the Raiders have played a preseason game in Green u The Packers totaled 151 rushing yards on 41 attempts (3.7 avg.). RB Bay (2014, 1998, 1971). Eddie Lacy started and all of four his carries came on the Packers’ u The Packers finish the preseason with two road games for the first time first four offensive plays. He gained 24 yards with a long of 11. Lacy’s since 2009, first traveling to San Francisco for the first time during the average of 6.0 yards per carry led the team. preseason since 2008 and then to Kansas City to face the Chiefs for the sixth time in the last seven preseasons. u Brandon Burks Undrafted rookie RB recorded a game-high 45 yards u This year will mark the 67th annual Upper Midwest Shrine Game (33-30- on nine carries (5.0). 3) and will be the sixth time the Packers have faced the Browns (1983, u Green Bay completed passes to 10 different players. TE Justin Perillo 1987, 2009, 2010, 2012). led the Packers in both receptions (five) and receiving yards (52). With u Green Bay is 30-24-1 in Bishop’s Charities Games and have recorded just one game left to play Sunday night, his five receptions tied for No. wins in six of the last seven games.