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WEEK 13 GAME RELEASE #AZvsGB Mark Dalton - Senior Vice President, Media Relations Chris Melvin - Director, Media Relations Mike Helm - Manager, Media Relations Imani Suber - Media Relations Coordinator Chase Russell - Media Relations Coordinator ARIZONA CARDINALS VS. GREEN BAY PACKERS Lambeau Field | December 2, 2018 | 11:00 AM THIS WEEK’S PREVIEW ARIZONA CARDINALS - 2018 SCHEDULE The Cardinals travel to Green Bay this week to take on the Packers in Ari- Date Opponent Loca� on AZ Time/Result zona's seventh all-� me appearance at Lambeau Field - and its fi rst December Sep. 9 WASHINGTON State Farm Stadium L, 6-24 game at the venue since 1969. Sep. 16 @ L.A. Rams LA Memorial Coliseum L, 0-34 This week's game marks a con� nua� on of the second-oldest rivalry in NFL his- Sep. 23 CHICAGO State Farm Stadium L, 14-16 tory. On Sunday, it will have been exactly 97 years and 13 days since the teams Sep. 30 SEATTLE State Farm Stadium L, 17-20 fi rst met. That ini� al mee� ng occurred in 1921, Green Bay’s fi rst season in the Oct. 7 @ San Francisco Levi's Stadium W, 28-18 American Professional Football Associa� on. In that matchup, the Racine Cardi- Oct. 14 @ Minnesota U.S. Bank Stadium L, 17-27 nals and Green Bay Packers played to a 3-3 � e in front of an es� mated 2,000 Oct. 18 DENVER# State Farm Stadium L, 10-45 Oct. 28 SAN FRANCISCO State Farm Stadium W, 18-15 fans at Normal Park in Chicago. - BYE - The Cardinals travel to Green Bay looking to snap an eight-game winless streak Nov. 11 @ Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium L, 14-26 on the road against the Packers. However, Arizona has won three of its last Nov. 18 OAKLAND State Farm Stadium L, 21-23 four games against Green Bay, including postseason. The Cardinals are playing Nov. 25 @ L.A. Chargers StubHub Center L, 10-45 their fi rst road game against the Packers since 2012 and just their fi � h regular Dec. 2 @ Green Bay Lambeau Field 11:00 AM season game in Green Bay in the last 45 years. Dec. 9 DETROIT State Farm Stadium 2:25 PM It will be a matchup of two of the league's top pass-rushing teams, as the Ari- Dec. 16 @ Atlanta* Mercedes-Benz Stadium 11:00 AM zona (37) and Green Bay (36) defenses enter the week ranked second and third Dec. 23 L.A. RAMS* State Farm Stadium 2:05 PM in the NFL in total sacks. The Cardinals defense has recorded at least four sacks Dec. 30 @ Sea� le* CenturyLink Field 2:25 PM in four consecu� ve games. # FOX/NFL Network Thursday Night Football WR Larry Fitzgerald will be playing against the Packers for the sixth � me, includ- * Subject to fl exible scheduling decisions ing postseason, and enters this week's contest having recorded a TD recep� on in all fi ve previous games vs. Green Bay. Fitzgerald also enters Sunday's game needing just four recep� ons to pass Hall of Fame WR Jerry Rice (1,281 with San Francisco) for the most recep� ons in NFL history with a single team. FITZGERALD JUST 4 RECEPTIONS SHY OF RICE Last week the Cardinals made their fi rst-ever trip to StubHub Center to face the WR Larry Fitzgerald (1,278) enters this week's game Chargers. Despite star� ng fast and jumping out to a 10-0 lead, Arizona could against the Packers needing four catches to pass Hall not maintain momentum and L.A. took control with 28 points in the second of Fame WR Jerry Rice (1,281 with 49ers) for the most quarter. The Cardinals lone TD was scored by Fitzgerald, who hauled in his fi � h recep� ons in NFL history with one team. TD recep� on in fi ve games. -- See page 3 for more info on Fitzgerald's move up the Green Bay is coming off a 24-17 loss to the NFC North rival Vikings at U.S. Bank all-ti me receiving lists -- Stadium on Sunday Night Football. Green Bay had early 7-0 and 14-7 leads be- fore the Vikings scored 17 straight to take a 24-14 lead into the fourth quarter. Green Bay cut the Vikings lead to seven points with just over two minutes re- maining but Minnesota held on for the win. THE HIGHLIGHTS --The Cardinals and Packers will meet for the 72nd � me in a regular season Next week the Cardinals return home to host the Lions in Arizona's penul� - series that dates back to 1921. mate home game of the 2018 season. The game marks the sixth matchup be- tween the Cardinals and Lions in the last seven seasons. --WR Larry Fitzgerald has at least one TD recep� on in all fi ve career games against the Packers, including postseason. He has three TD catches in three regular season matchups and three TD recep� ons in two postseason con- GAME RELEASE INDEX tests against Green Bay. --A� er recording four sacks against the Chargers last week, the Cardinals Page Contents lead the NFC and rank second in the NFL with 37 sacks in 2018 (Pi� sburgh 2 Cardinals-Packers Series Info leads with 39). Arizona's 37 sacks are the second-most in franchise history 3 Larry Fitzgerald Moving Up All-Time Lists / Approaching Milestones through 11 games (46 in 1966). 4 Season Highlights / 2nd in Sacks / Rookies Producing --DT Robert Nkemdiche fi nished last week's game with career highs in tack- 5 Chandler Jones with the Cardinals les (8), sacks (2.5), tackles for loss (5) and QB hits (3). His 2.5 sacks were 6 By The Numbers / Poten� al Milestones / Schedules more than he had in his fi rst 24 career games combined (2.0). 7 Cardinals in the Community --A� er pos� ng three special teams tackles (2 solo) against the Chargers, free 8 Leadership / Michael Bidwill / Steve Keim agent rookie LB Zeke Turner now leads the NFL in total special teams tackles 9 Steve Wilks Highlights / Coordinators (Rodgers, Le� wich and Holcomb) (14) and solo special teams tackles (13) this season. 10-14 Off ensive Highlights / Johnson / Fitzgerald --DE Chandler Jones has 11.0 sacks in 2018. He is the only player in the 15-17 Defensive Highlights / Peterson / Bethea / Baker / Boston NFL with 11.0+ sacks each of the last three seasons (2016-18) and is the 17 Special Teams Highlights / Andy Lee / Zane Gonzalez fi rst player in Cardinals history with 11.0+ sacks in three diff erent seasons. 18-21 Individual Player Notes / Transac� ons --The Cardinals ac� ve roster features 11 rookies, a total that includes nine 20-40 Rosters / Depth Chart / How They Were Built / 2018 Stats / Standings rookies on the off ensive side of the ball. Arizona's star� ng lineup features 41 NFL Standings two rookies on the off ensive line: C Mason Cole and T Korey Cunningham. BROADCAST INFORMATION Television: FOX / Play-By-Play: Chris Myers Analyst: Daryl Johnston Sideline: Laura Okmin Cardinals Radio: Arizona Sports 98.7 FM / Play-By-Play: Dave Pasch Analyst: Ron Wolfl ey Sideline: Paul Calvisi Cardinals Spanish Radio: Univision KHOV 105.1 FM / Play-By-Play: Gabriel Trujillo Analyst: Rolando Cantu 1 CARDS-PACKERS CONNECTIONS SERIES BREAKDOWN Packers Connec� ons Cardinals CB Quinten Rollins was selected by the Packers in the second round (62nd overall) of the 2015 NFL Dra� and played three seasons (2015- 17) with Green Bay. He appeared in 33 games (15 starts) and recorded 85 tackles, three INTs (one returned for a TD) and 16 passes defensed. Cardinals OL Jeremy Vujnovich signed with the Packers as an undra� ed rookie free agent in 2014. He spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons on Green Bay's prac� ce squad. Cardinals Pro Scout Glen Fox par� cipated in a rookie mini-camp with the Packers in 2010. 1921 Racine Cardinals 1921 Green Bay Packers Cardinals Connec� ons The second-oldest rivalry in NFL history resumes this week when the the Car- Packers CB Tramon Williams played for the Cardinals in 2017, appearing in dinals and Packers square off in Green Bay. On Sunday, it will have been exactly 13 games (9 starts) and recording two INTs, 13 passes defensed and one 97 years and 13 days since the teams fi rst met. The ini� al mee� ng between the fumble recoveryfor the NFL’s sixth ranked defense teams occurred in 1921, Green Bay’s fi rst season in the American Professional Football Associa� on. Packers WR Randall Cobb’s cousin Billy Williams was selected by the Cardi- nals in the seventh round (212th overall) of the 1995 NFL Dra� . The Cardinals and Chicago Bears, the league’s oldest rivalry, joined the APFA in the inaugural season of 1920. Wisconsin Connec� ons Cardinals Execu� ve Vice President/COO Ron Minegar graduated from the The Cardinals, Packers and Bears are the only current NFL teams with � es back University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He began his sports career as team Presi- to the APFA, which became the Na� onal Football League in 1922. dent of the La Crosse, WI franchise of the Con� nental Basketball Associa� on The fi rst mee� ng between the Cardinals and Packers took place on 11/20/21 from 1985 to 1990. when the Racine Cardinals and Green Bay Packers played to a 3-3 � e in front of Cardinals Assistant Special Teams coach Randall McCray coached the D-line an es� mated 2,000 fans at Normal Park in Chicago.