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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. 11 REGULAR-SEASON WEEK 9 GREEN BAY (5-2) WITH THE CALL AT FOX will broadcast the game to a national audi- SAN FRANCISCO (4-4) ence. Play-by-play man Joe Buck joins ana- Thursday, Nov. 5, 7:20 p.m. CST lyst Troy Aikman with Erin Andrews and Kristina Pink reporting from the sidelines. The Levi’s Stadium game is also available through Amazon Prime PACKERS AND 49ERS FACE OFF ON TNF Video with your choice of announcers: Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer, or the scouts The Green Bay Packers will go on the road for a Thursday feed with , night matchup with the San Francisco 49ers. Daniel Jeremiah Bucky Brooks and Joy Taylor. u It is the first-ever Thursday meeting between the teams. u Milwaukee’s WTMJ (620 AM), airing Green Bay games It is also the first time the Packers have played at the since November 1929, heads up the Packers Radio 49ers in the regular season in back-to-back years since Network that is made up of 50 stations in four states. 1973-74. Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play), two-time Packers u This will be the fourth game (including playoffs) for Pro Bowler Larry McCarren (analyst) and three-time Green Bay at Levi’s Stadium (2015, 2019, 2019 NFC Packers Pro Bowler and two-time All-Pro John Kuhn Championship). (sideline) will call the action. McCarren first joined the u Dating back to 1996, Green Bay has an 11-3 mark team’s broadcasts in 1995 and enters his 25th season calling Packers games. After originally being paired against San Francisco during the regular season. together in 1999, McCarren and Larrivee enter their 22nd u This will be the third of five scheduled prime-time games season of broadcasts together. They surpassed Jim for the Packers. Green Bay won its first two matchups Irwin and Max McGee for the most regular-season and this season, winning at New Orleans in Week 3 and at postseason games broadcast for the Packers with 313 at home against Atlanta in Week 4. the 2018 season opener against Chicago. u The Packers have won 10 of their last 12 regular-season u The broadcast is also available on Sirius Satellite Radio games, including five of their last six on the road. (WTMJ feed), WTMJ.com via desktop computer and on u After each of the previous four regular-season losses numerous devices through NFL Game Pass. u Westwood One Sports will air the game on radio across by Green Bay under Head Coach Matt LaFleur, the Packers responded with a victory the next week. the country. Ryan Radtke (play-by-play) and Rod Woodson (analyst) will call the action with Scott u Dating back to 2019, Green Bay is 6-2 (.750) in night hosting pregame and halftime shows. games during the regular season. The Packers are tied Graham for the most wins in night games in the NFL over that REGULAR SEASON span (Sportradar). Date Opponent Time (CT) TV/Att. Sun., Sept. 13 at Minnesota Vikings W, 43-34 0 ON THURSDAYS Sun., Sept. 20 DETROIT LIONS W, 42-21 0 u The Packers have won four of the last six games they Sun., Sept. 27 at New Orleans Saints W, 37-30 748 have played on a Thursday night. Mon., Oct. 5 ATLANTA FALCONS W, 30-16 0 u In the last five games he has played on a Thursday night, Sun., Oct. 11 BYE QB Aaron Rodgers has thrown for 12 TDs and one Sun., Oct. 18 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L, 10-38 15,540 INT with a passer rating of 107.3. Sun., Oct. 25 at Houston Texans W, 35-20 12,618 u Rodgers has started 11 Thursday night games in his Sun., Nov. 1 MINNESOTA VIKINGS L, 22-28 0 career and has registered 23 passing TDs, five INTs and Thu., Nov. 5 at San Francisco 49ers 7:20 p.m. FOX/NFLN a passer rating of 101.8. Sun., Nov. 15 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 12 p.m. FOX u Dating back to 2011, when Rodgers started his first Sun., Nov. 22 at Indianapolis Colts *12 p.m. FOX Thursday night game, his passer rating of 101.8 as a Sun., Nov. 29 CHICAGO BEARS *7:20 p.m. NBC starter ranks No. 4 in the NFL (min. 200 pass att.). Sun., Dec. 6 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES *3:25 p.m. CBS while his 23 passing TDs rank No. 1 in the league Sun., Dec. 13 at Detroit Lions *12 p.m. FOX (Sportradar). Dec. 19/Dec. 20 CAROLINA PANTHERS TBD TBD u In games played on Thursday, day or night, Rodgers Sun., Dec. 27 TENNESSEE TITANS *7:15 p.m. NBC has recorded a passer rating of 100-plus seven times, Sun., Jan. 3 at Chicago Bears *12 p.m. FOX tied for the most in the NFL (min. 15 pass att.) *—Start time and broadcast may shift due to NFL flexible scheduling since 2008 (according to Stathead.com). Green Bay has won six of the seven Thursday games in which Rodgers’ NFL POSTSEASON DATES passer rating has eclipsed 100.0. Jan. 9-10 AFC and NFC Wild Card Playoffs u In eight Thursday night games, WR Davante Adams Jan. 16-17 AFC and NFC Divisional Playoffs has registered five receiving TDs, tied for No. 3 in the Jan. 24 AFC and NFC Championship Games NFL since 2014 (Sportradar). 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 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 19-4 (.864) 3t. Steve Mariucci, SF, 1997 13-3 2. Kansas City 19-5 (.783) u LaFleur became the first coach in franchise history to 3t. Green Bay 18-5 (.783) lead his team to a division title in his first season. 3t. New Orleans 18-5 (.783) u LaFleur guided Green Bay to a 6-0 record in the NFC 5. Seattle 17-6 (.739) 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. Regular-Season u It was the first time since 2015 and just the third time Head Coach, 1st Season Record (2011) in the last 12 seasons that Green Bay has started 1.