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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. 15 REGULAR-SEASON WEEK 13 GREEN BAY (8-3) WITH THE CALL VS. CBS will broadcast the game to most of the coun- PHILADELPHIA (3-7-1) try. Play-by-play man Jim Nantz joins analyst Sunday, Dec. 6, 3:25 p.m. CST Tony Romo with Tracy Wolfson reporting Lambeau Field from the sidelines. PACKERS AND EAGLES MEET AT LAMBEAU u Milwaukee’s WTMJ (620 AM), airing Green Bay games The Green Bay Packers will host the Philadelphia Eagles this since November 1929, heads up the Packers Radio Sunday, marking the Eagles’ first visit to Lambeau Field in Network that is made up of 50 stations in four states. the month of December. Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play), two-time Packers u The Eagles visit Lambeau Field for the second straight Pro Bowler (analyst) and three-time season. Larry McCarren u The Packers have won five of the last seven meetings Packers Pro Bowler and two-time All-Pro John Kuhn (including playoffs) against the Eagles. (sideline) will call the action. McCarren first joined the u With Aaron Rodgers as the starting quarterback, team’s broadcasts in 1995 and enters his 25th season Green Bay is 4-1 against Philadelphia (including the calling Packers games. After originally being paired postseason). together in 1999, McCarren and Larrivee enter their 22nd u Rodgers has registered a passer rating over 115.0 in season of broadcasts together. They surpassed Jim three of the last four matchups with Philadelphia (122.5, 120.3, 116.7 and 93.4). Irwin and Max McGee for the most regular-season and u Rodgers has thrown multiple TD passes in all five starts postseason games broadcast for the Packers with 313 at against the Eagles, which is tied for the second-longest the 2018 season opener against Chicago. streak in NFL history vs. Philadelphia (including playoffs). u The broadcast is also available on Sirius Satellite Radio u Dating back to 2000, the teams have alternated wins at (WTMJ feed), WTMJ.com via desktop computer and on Lambeau Field, with each club winning three games over numerous devices through NFL Game Pass. that span. u u In the last six meetings in Green Bay, four have been Compass Media Networks will air the game across the decided by seven points or less. country with Gregg Daniels (play-by-play) and Chad u The Packers have won 13 of their last 16 regular-season Brown (analyst) calling the action. games. u DIRECTV subscribers can watch the game on Channel u Green Bay is finishing the regular season with four of its 715. last six games at home for the first time since 1977. REGULAR SEASON DECEMBERS TO REMEMBER u Rodgers has started 22 games in December at Lambeau Date Opponent Time (CT) TV/Att. Field, leading the Packers to a 19-3 record with a passer Sun., Sept. 13 at Minnesota Vikings W, 43-34 0 rating of 111.9 that is No. 1 in NFL history (min. 500 Sun., Sept. 20 DETROIT LIONS W, 42-21 0 pass att.) at home in December. Rodgers has thrown Sun., Sept. 27 at New Orleans Saints W, 37-30 748 multiple TD passes in 15 of 22 starts and has posted a Mon., Oct. 5 ATLANTA FALCONS W, 30-16 0 100-plus passer rating in 13 (125-plus in eight of them). Sun., Oct. 11 BYE u Under Head Coach Matt LaFleur, the Packers were Sun., Oct. 18 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L, 10-38 15,540 5-0 in December last season (3-0 on the road and 2-0 Sun., Oct. 25 at Houston Texans W, 35-20 12,618 at home), making them one of four teams to not lose in December 2019 (Baltimore/Kansas City: 5-0, Atlanta: Sun., Nov. 1 MINNESOTA VIKINGS L, 22-28 0 4-0). Thu., Nov. 5 at San Francisco 49ers W, 34-17 0 u Green Bay only gave up 14.2 points per game last Sun., Nov. 15 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS W, 24-20 0 December, No. 2 in the NFL in 2019 (Kansas City, Sun., Nov. 22 at Indianapolis Colts L, 31-34 (OT) 12,495 10.4). Sun., Nov. 29 CHICAGO BEARS W, 41-25 0 u The Packers ranked No. 6 in the league in points-per- Sun., Dec. 6 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 3:25 p.m. CBS game differential (plus-9.4) last December. Sun., Dec. 13 at Detroit Lions 3:25 p.m. FOX u Green Bay limited opponents to a passer rating of 60.0 Sat., Dec. 19 CAROLINA PANTHERS 7:15 p.m. NFLN in December 2019 to lead the NFL. u The Packers averaged 131.4 rushing yards per game in Sun., Dec. 27 TENNESSEE TITANS *7:15 p.m. NBC December 2019, ranking No. 8 in the NFL. RB Aaron Sun., Jan. 3 at Chicago Bears *12 p.m. FOX Jones ranked in the top 10 in the league in December *—Start time and broadcast may shift due to NFL flexible scheduling 2019 in rushing TDs (tied for No. 4 with five) and rushing yards per game (No. 7 with 91.4). NFL POSTSEASON DATES u Green Bay scored 20-plus points in all five December Jan. 9-10 AFC and NFC Wild Card Playoffs games in 2019, tying for the most in the NFL last Jan. 16-17 AFC and NFC Divisional Playoffs year. Jan. 24 AFC and NFC Championship Games u Last year, the Packers led the NFL in holding oppo- nents to 15 points or less in December games with four. Feb. 7 Super Bowl LV, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa Bay HEAD COACH MATT LAFLEUR LAFLEUR LEADS THE PACK u LaFleur led Green Bay to seven home wins, the most Green Bay Packers Head Coach Matt LaFleur (la-flew-er) by a Packers head coach in his first season: is in his second season and building off the success he guided the team to in Year 1. Head Coach, First Season Home Record u 1. Matt LaFleur, 2019 7-1 A win over the Chicago Bears in Week 12 was the 21st 2t. Mike Holmgren, 1992 6-2 for LaFleur (21-6), tying him with Mike McCarthy (21- 2t. Mike Sherman, 2000 6-2 11) and Mike Sherman (21-11) for the most regular- season wins by a Packer head coach in his u LaFleur joined Jim Caldwell and Steve Mariucci as the first two seasons. u Dating back to 2019, the Packers have the third-best only head coaches with 13-plus wins to go undefeated in their division in their first season. regular-season record in the NFL: u LaFleur tied for the third-most wins by an NFL head coach in their first season: Regular-Season Team Record (Since 2019) Regular-Season 1t. Kansas City 22-5 (.815) Head Coach, First Season Record 1t. New Orleans 22-5 (.815) 1t. Jim Caldwell, IND, 2009 14-2 3. Green Bay 21-6 (.778) 1t. George Seifert, SF, 1989 14-2 4. Baltimore 20-6 (.769) 3t. Matt LaFleur, GB, 2019 13-3 5. Seattle 19-8 (.704) 3t. Jim Harbaugh, SF, 2011 13-3 3t. Steve Mariucci, SF, 1997 13-3 u LaFleur led Green Bay to a 20-5 record in his first 25 regular-season games, which tied for No. 4 in NFL u LaFleur became the first coach in franchise history to history for the most wins by a head coach in his first lead his team to a division title in his first season. 25 regular-season games (Elias Sports Bureau): u LaFleur guided Green Bay to a 6-0 record in the NFC North. Dating back to 1967, it was just the second time Wins in First 25 (6-0 in 2011) that Green Bay had gone undefeated in Head Coach Regular-Season Games division games. 1. George Seifert, 1989-90 23 u Dating back to 2002 when the NFC North was formed, 2t. Paul Brown, 1946-47 22 the Packers are the only team to go undefeated in the 2t. Guy Chamberlin, 1922-23 22 division in a single regular season (2019, 2011). 4t. Matt LaFleur, 2019-20 20 u While LaFleur was the first Packer head coach to lead 4t. Seven others 20 his team to the postseason in his first year, he was the fourth consecutive head coach to win his first postsea- u Dating back to 2019 (including playoffs), LaFleur has led son game. The other three head coaches to win their first the Packers to a 12-3 record in games decided by single playoff game led Green Bay to the postseason in their digits, an .800 winning percentage that ranks No. 1 in second seasons (Mike McCarthy, Mike Sherman and the NFL over that span (Sportradar). Mike Holmgren). u LaFleur became the first Packer head coach to start both u Dating back to 1970, LaFleur joined McCarthy as the only of his first two seasons 3-0. head coaches in franchise history to lead their teams to u LaFleur joined Phil Bengston (1968-69) as the only head the NFC Championship Game in their first appearance in coaches in franchise history to win the season opener in the postseason. their first two seasons. u LaFleur became the first head coach to reach a con- u LaFleur led the biggest one-year win improvement in ference championship in his first season since Jim franchise history last season: Harbaugh led San Francisco to the NFC Championship Game in 2011.