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WEEKLY MEDIA INFORMATION PACKET GREEN BAY PACKERS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS SUNDAY, NOV. 3, 2019 3:25 PM CST ROKiT FIELD AT DIGNITY HEALTH SPORTS PARK 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. 15 REGULAR-SEASON WEEK 9 GREEN BAY (7-1) AT L.A. CHARGERS (3-5) uOut of the 26 teams that have played multiple division games this Sunday, Nov. 3 l ROKiT Field at Dignity Health Sports Park l 3:25 p.m. CST season, Green Bay joins New England (4-0) and Dallas (3-0) as the only teams to have three division wins, and is one of eight teams with PACKERS TRAVEL WEST TO TAKE ON THE CHARGERS multiple wins against division opponents. The Green Bay Packers travel to California for a matchup with the Los Angeles Chargers. WITH THE CALL u While it’s the first time the Packers will play the CBS will broadcast the game to a regional audience with play- Chargers since they moved to Los Angeles, it is the by-play man Jim Nantz and analyst Tony Romo handling the call from the broadcast booth and report- seventh away game against the Chargers, and Green Tracy Wolfson ing from the sidelines. Bay has won the previous six. u Milwaukee’s WTMJ (620 AM), airing Green Bay games since November u It is one of six games the Packers have this season 1929, heads up the Packers Radio Network that is made up of 50 sta- against 2018 playoff teams (Chicago twice, Philadelphia, Dallas, Kansas tions in four states. Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play), two-time Packers City), with four of those contests taking place on the road. So far, the Pro Bowler Larry McCarren (analyst) and three-time Packers Pro Packers are 3-1 against 2018 playoff teams. Bowler and two-time All-Pro John Kuhn (sideline) will call the action. u The Packers are 10-1 all-time vs. the Chargers, a .909 winning percent- McCarren first joined the team’s broadcasts in 1995 and enters his 25th age that is tops by Green Bay versus any team. season calling Packers games. After originally being paired together u Dating back to 1990, the Packers are 11-3 during the regular season in in 1999, McCarren and Larrivee enter their 21st season of broadcasts the state of California (vs. Chargers, 49ers, Raiders, Rams). together. They surpassed Jim Irwin and Max McGee for the most regular-season and postseason games broadcast for the Packers with u It is the final game of a stretch of three straight games against AFC West 313 at the 2018 season opener against Chicago. teams, the first time the Packers have had three straight games against u The broadcast is also available on Sirius Satellite Radio (WTMJ feed). AFC teams since playing the AFC West in 2003 in Weeks 15-17. u Sports USA Radio will air the game on radio across the country with u Green Bay is 16-3 against AFC West teams since 2002, an .842 winning Larry Kahn (play-by-play) and Hank Bauer (analyst) calling the percentage that ranks No. 1 in the NFL over that span. action and Troy West reporting from the sideline. u With the victory in Week 7 over Oakland, the Packers improved to 8-0 u The game can also be seen on DirecTV channel No. 714 with NFL against the Raiders, dating back to 1990. Green Bay won four of those Sunday Ticket. eight games by 28-plus points (10, 30, 31, 34, 4, 28, 13, 18). The eight- game streak is Green Bay’s longest active winning streak vs. an oppo- REGULAR SEASON nent, with the second longest being a seven-game win streak against the Date Opponent Time (CT) TV San Diego/L.A. Chargers, who the Packers face this week. Thu., Sept. 5 at Chicago Bears ..................W, 10-3 62,435 Sun., Sept. 15 MINNESOTA VIKINGS ............W, 21-16 78,416 GOOD START Sun., Sept. 22 DENVER BRONCOS (Gold Pkg.) .....W, 27-16 78,078 uPackers Head Coach Matt LaFleur is the first head coach in franchise Thu., Sept. 26 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES ...........L, 27-34 77,509 history to win seven of his first eight NFL games. He is also the 19th Sun., Oct. 6 at Dallas Cowboys................W, 34-24 93,024 NFL head coach and the first since Jim Harbaugh in 2011 to win at least Mon., Oct. 14 DETROIT LIONS .................W, 23-22 76,947 seven of his first eight games (Elias Sports Bureau). Sun., Oct. 20 OAKLAND RAIDERS (Gold Pkg.).....W, 42-24 78,160 uLaFleur is the first coach in Packers history to win his first three road Sun., Oct. 27 at Kansas City Chiefs..............W, 31-24 73,558 NFL games. Sun., Nov. 3 at Los Angeles Chargers ..........3:25 p.m. CBS uWith a win, LaFleur would tie Mike McCarthy (8-8) and Ray Rhodes (8-8) Sun., Nov. 10 CAROLINA PANTHERS ...........3:25 p.m. FOX for the third-most NFL wins by a Packer head coach in their first season (9-7: Mike Holmgren and Mike Sherman). Sun., Nov. 17 BYE uGreen Bay has started the season with at least seven wins in its first Sun., Nov. 24 at San Francisco 49ers ..........*3:25 p.m. FOX eight games for the first time since starting 8-0 in 2011 and the fifth time Sun., Dec. 1 at New York Giants ...............*12 p.m. FOX since 1970 (7-1 in 2007, 2002 and 1996). Sun., Dec. 8 WASHINGTON REDSKINS..........*12 p.m. FOX uThe Packers (3-0) are one of six teams to be undefeated on the road this Sun., Dec. 15 CHICAGO BEARS.................*12 p.m. FOX season. Green Bay won its first three road games for the first time since Mon., Dec. 23 at Minnesota Vikings.............7:15 p.m. ESPN since starting 7-0 on the road in 2011. Sun., Dec. 29 at Detroit Lions ..................*12 p.m. FOX uThe Packers have a plus-24 point differential on the road this season, *—Start time and broadcast may shift due to NFL flexible scheduling No. 1 among teams who have played three road games or less this season and No. 7 overall. NFL POSTSEASON DATES uGreen Bay joins the New England Patriots (8-0), San Francisco 49ers Jan. 4-5 ................................................ AFC and NFC Wild Card Playoffs (7-0) and the New Orleans Saints (7-1) as the only NFL teams with at Jan. 11-12 .............................................AFC and NFC Divisional Playoffs least seven wins this season. Jan. 19 ............................................AFC and NFC Championship Games uThe Packers have started 3-0 in the NFC North for the first time since Jan. 26 .......................Pro Bowl, Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Fla. 2012 and for just the fourth time (2011 and 2002) since the division Feb. 2 .................................Super Bowl LIV, Hard Rock Stadium, Miami was formed in 2002. 11 PACKERS AT CHARGERS - WEEK 9 VERSATILE BACKS JONES JUMPS TO THE FRONT The Packers’ backfield trio of RBs Aaron Jones and Jamaal Williams uRB Aaron Jones ranks in the top five in the NFL in rushing TDs this and FB Danny Vitale combines skill sets in the run and pass game. season: uGreen Bay has rushed for over 115 yards in three of the last four games, tied for No. 2 in the NFL since Week 5. Player Rushing TDs (2019) uThe Packers’ RBs/FBs rank near the top of the league in a few categories 1. Dalvin Cook, MIN 9 this season: 2t. Aaron Jones, GB 8 2t. Christian McCaffrey, CAR 8 RBs/FBs Receptions 4. Mark Ingram, BAL 7 1t. L.A. Chargers 73 uJones’ league-leading 11 total TDs are through the 1t. New England 73 tied for the most first eight games of the season by a Packer since 1950 (Ahman Green, 3. Green Bay 63 11 in 2003). uIn Week 8, Jones posted a career-high 159 receiving yards and two TDs RBs/FBs Rec. Yards on seven receptions (22.7 avg.), the second-most receiving yards 1. New England 651 in a game by a RB in franchise history behind only Andy Uram (174 yards, vs. Chicago Cardinals on Nov. 1, 1942). 2. L.A. Chargers 603 uJones added 67 rushing yards on 13 carries (5.2 avg.), giving him a 3. Green Bay 594 career-best 226 yards from scrimmage, the fourth-best single- game total in team annals and the best mark since RB Ahman RBs/FBs Rec. Touchdowns Green’s 227-yard game vs. Denver on Dec. 28, 2003. uJones’ average of 11.3 yards per touch set a single-game franchise mark 1t. Green Bay 7 among RBs with 200-plus yards from scrimmage (Elias Sports Bureau): 1t. L.A. Chargers 7 3. Arizona 4 Packers RB Scimm. Yds./Touch (min. 200 yds.) 1. Aaron Jones, Oct. 27, 2019 11.3 RBs/FBs Yards After Catch 2. Ahman Green, Dec. 28, 2003 10.8 1. L.A. Chargers 602 3. Jim Taylor, Dec. 13, 1964 10.5 2. New Orleans 521 uJones joined Rams RB Todd Gurley (at Tennessee on Dec. 24, 2017) as 3. Green Bay 519 the only NFL players since 1950 to have 65-plus rushing yards, 150-plus receiving yards, seven-plus receptions and two receiving TDs uJones (three) and Williams (four, No. 2 in the NFL among running in a single game. backs) are the only RB tandem in the NFL to both have three-plus receiv- uJones had two receptions of 50-plus yards in Week 8, the first Green Bay ing TDs this season.