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WEEKLY MEDIA INFORMATION PACKET GREEN BAY PACKERS VS. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS THURSDAY, AUG. 29, 2019 7 PM 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. XXI; NO. 6 PRESEASON WEEK 4 PACKERS HOST CHIEFS IN PRESEASON FINALE u The top-notch broadcast team includes CBS’s Kevin Harlan (play-by- The Green Bay Packers will take on the Kansas City Chiefs at Lambeau Field play) alongside fellow CBS broadcaster and Pro Football Hall of Fame in the final game of the preseason. receiver James Lofton (analyst), with former Green Bay fullback u It is the second consecutive year the Packers play John Kuhn and Lance Allan of WTMJ-TV serving as the sideline the Chiefs in the preseason finale and the eighth time reporters. Allan will also host an informative half-hour pregame show. since 2010. u In addition to flagship station WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee the game will u It is the second of two preseason games (Oakland, be televised over WGBA/NBC, Green Bay, Wis.; WKOW/ABC, Madison, Aug. 22) where Green Bay faces a team it also plays Wis.; WAOW/ABC, Wausau/Rhinelander, Wis.; WXOW/ABC, La Crosse, in the regular season. Wis.; WQOW/ABC, Eau Claire, Wis.; WLUC/NBC, Escanaba/Marquette, u Green Bay will play both Oakland (Oct. 20) and Kansas City (Oct. 27) Mich.; KQDS-TV/FOX, Duluth/Superior, Minn.; WHBF/CBS, Davenport, again during the regular season in back-to-back weeks. Iowa (Quad Citites); KCCI/CBS, Des Moines, Iowa; KWWL/NBC, Cedar Rapids/Waterloo, Iowa; WMDB/CBS, Peoria, Ill.; KTVI/FOX, St. Louis, IN THE PRESEASON Mo.; KDLT/NBC, Sioux Falls, S.D.; KYUR/ABC, Anchorage, Alaska; KATN/ ABC, Fairbanks, Alaska and KJUD/ABC, Juneau, Alaska. u Head Coach Matt LaFleur became the seventh head coach in franchise history to win his first game as head coach of the Packers, joining Curly u Milwaukee’s WTMJ (620 AM), airing Green Bay games since November Lambeau, Phil Bengston, Bart Starr, Mike Holmgren, Ray Rhodes and 1929, heads up the Packers Radio Network that is made up of 50 stations Mike Sherman. in four states. Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play) and two-time Packers u The 28 points put up by Green Bay vs. Houston were the third most by Pro Bowler Larry McCarren (analyst) call the action. McCarren first the team in the debut of a new Packers head coach behind 37 put up joined the team’s broadcasts in 1995 and enters his 25th season calling under Sherman in 2000 and 34 scored under Bengston in 1968. Packers games. After originally being paired together in 1999, McCarren u Overall, Green Bay has won the first preseason game it has played for and Larrivee enter their 21st season of broadcasts together. They five straight years. surpassed Jim Irwin and Max McGee for the most regular-season and postseason games broadcast for the Packers with 313 at the 2018 season u The Packers have won eight consecutive preseason home games and 10 opener against Chicago. of the last 11 preseason contests played at Lambeau Field. PRESEASON BISHOP’S CHARITIES GAME Date Opponent Time (CT) TV Thursday night marks another Green Bay preseason tradition: the Bishop’s Thu., Aug. 8 HOUSTON TEXANS (Gold Pkg.) .....W, 28-26 73,928 Charities Game. It was first played in 1961 after Vince Lombardi was (Midwest Shrine Game) approached by the Diocese of Green Bay about playing a charitable contest Thu., Aug. 15 at Baltimore Ravens ..............L, 13-26 69,822 in Green Bay (the Shrine contest was a fixture in Milwaukee). Thu., Aug. 22 vs. Oakland Raiders (Winnipeg) .....L, 21-22 21,992 u The series enjoys its 59th contest this year and has raised more than Thu., Aug. 29 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS...............7 p.m. Packers TV $3.8 million. (Bishop’s Charities Game) u For more than 30 years, the church handled much of the game’s business-related tasks, including game-program and advertising sales, All preseason games on Packers TV will also appear on Telemundo Wisconsin using a network of volunteers covering 14 counties throughout north- REGULAR SEASON eastern Wisconsin. The Packers assumed many of those tasks begin- Date Opponent Time (CT) TV ning in 1994. Thu., Sept. 5 at Chicago Bears ................7:20 p.m. NBC u The Packers are 33-24-1 all-time in the series. Sun., Sept. 15 MINNESOTA VIKINGS .............12 p.m. FOX u The Chiefs will be making their seventh appearance in the Bishop’s Sun., Sept. 22 DENVER BRONCOS (Gold Pkg.) ......12 p.m. FOX Charities Game (1978-79, 1992, 2011-12, 2014). Thu., Sept. 26 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES ..........7:20 p.m. FOX/NFLN u Green Bay has won five consecutive contests and nine of the last 10 Sun., Oct. 6 at Dallas Cowboys..............*3:25 p.m. FOX games in the series, including a 31-17 victory over the Tennessee Titans Mon., Oct. 14 DETROIT LIONS ................7:15 p.m. ESPN last year. Prior to that, the Packers had lost six consecutive Bishop’s Sun., Oct. 20 OAKLAND RAIDERS (Gold Pkg.).....*12 p.m. CBS Charities contests. That six-game losing streak (2003-08) came on the Sun., Oct. 27 at Kansas City Chiefs............*7:20 p.m. NBC heels of a 12-game winning streak (1991-2002) in the series. Sun., Nov. 3 at Los Angeles Chargers .........*3:25 p.m. CBS u Over the last five Bishop’s Charities Games, the Packers have outscored Sun., Nov. 10 CAROLINA PANTHERS ............*12 p.m. FOX their opponents, 147-62, scoring 20-plus points in each of those con- tests and limiting their opponents to 17 or fewer in each game. Sun., Nov. 17 BYE Sun., Nov. 24 at San Francisco 49ers ..........*3:25 p.m. FOX WITH THE CALL Sun., Dec. 1 at New York Giants ...............*12 p.m. FOX Preseason games are televised over the 17-station Packers TV Network Sun., Dec. 8 WASHINGTON REDSKINS..........*12 p.m. FOX throughout the state of Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, northeastern Sun., Dec. 15 CHICAGO BEARS.................*12 p.m. FOX Minnesota, the Quad Cities, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Waterloo in Mon., Dec. 23 at Minnesota Vikings.............7:15 p.m. ESPN Iowa, Peoria in Illinois, St. Louis in Missouri, Sioux Falls in South Dakota Sun., Dec. 29 at Detroit Lions ..................*12 p.m. FOX and Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau in Alaska. *—Start time and broadcast may shift due to NFL flexible scheduling PACKERS VS. CHIEFS - PRESEASON WEEK 4 NEW LEADER which recognizes coaches with at least 10 seasons of service as an assistant in Washington. During his time with the Redskins, Washington The Green Bay Packers named Matt LaFleur (la-flew-er) the 15th head coach in franchise history on Jan. 8, 2019. ranked in the top 10 in the NFL in overall defense eight times. uHe is entering his 11th season in the NFL in 2019, having served uTight ends coach Justin Outten (OW-ten) was the offensive assistant as an offensive coordinator for two seasons (Los Angeles Rams, for the Atlanta Falcons the past two seasons (2017-18). He began with 2017; Tennessee Titans, 2018), a quarterbacks coach for six seasons the Falcons as an offensive intern in 2016. Over the last three seasons, (Washington Redskins, 2010-13; Atlanta Falcons, 2015-16) and an Atlanta averaged 27.2 points per game (No. 4 in the NFL over that span) offensive assistant for two seasons (Houston Texans, 2008-09). and 389.9 yards per game (No. 3 in the league over that span). uDuring his first 10 seasons in the NFL, LaFleur was a part of offensive uDefensive backs coach Jason Simmons is entering his ninth season staffs that helped their teams rank in the top 10 in the league in total with the Packers having worked in various roles (secondary in 2018, yards seven times (2008-09, 2012-13, 2015-17). In three of his last six assistant special teams coach from 2015-17, defensive/special teams seasons in the NFL, he was on a staff that helped its offense finish in the assistant in 2014 and a coaching administrator from 2011-13). Before top five in the league in scoring, highlighted by No. 1 rankings in 2016 coaching, he played for 10 years in the NFL as a defensive back and was with the Falcons and in 2017 with the Rams. a standout on special teams during his career. uThe former quarterback began his coaching career in 2003 at his alma uRunning backs coach Ben Sirmans is entering his fourth season in mater, Saginaw Valley State. LaFleur has six seasons of coaching expe- that position for the Packers. From 2016-18, Green Bay led the NFL with rience at the collegiate level, having also worked at Central Michigan an average of 4.66 yards per carry, including an average of 5.01 yards (2004-05), Northern Michigan (2006), Ashland University (2007) and per carry in 2018 (No. 2 in the NFL) that was the second-best single- Notre Dame (2014). season mark in team history. He joined the Packers after spending the previous four seasons (2012-15) as the running backs coach for the St. THE NEW STAFF Louis Rams. LaFleur explored various avenues to compile his coaching staff, bringing in uOutside linebackers coach Mike Smith joins the Packers after spending new coaches and retaining some from the 2018 staff. the last three seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs, first as the assistant defensive line coach in 2016-17 and then coaching outside linebackers uOffensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett brings 10 years of NFL expe- rience to Green Bay, including five as an offensive coordinator (Buffalo, last season.