PAT RIOTS VS . PACKE RS SERIES HISTORY TALE OF THE TAPE The Patrio ts will face the Packers 201 0 Re gular Seas on New E nng land G reen Bay for just the 10t h time overall a nd the Reco rd 11 -2 8-5 ninth time in t he re gular seaso n. The Divisi onal Standin gs 1s t 2nd re gular season series is tied at 4-4. Total Yards Gained 4,7 21 4,562 Green Bay beat the Patriots in t he one Total Offense (Ran k) 363. 2 (8) 3 50.9 (11) postseason me etin g between t he two Ru sh Offense 112.5 (15) 9 8.8 (24) teams, a 35-2 1 Packers vict ory in Pa ss Offense 250. 7 (8) 2 52.2 (7) Super Bowl X XXI at the Lo uisiana Poi nts Per Game 31.9 (1) 2 3.5 (11) Superdome in New Orleans o n Jan. Touchdowns Score d 5 2 36 26, 1997. Third Down Conve rsion Pct. 47. 1 40.7 The Patrio ts beat Green B ay, 35-0, in the last meetin g o n Team Passer Ratin g 108 .4 96.0 Nov. 19, 2006 at Lambeau Fiel d. That game w as New En gland’ s Total Yards Allowed 4,8 76 4,083 second visit eve r to Green Bay i n a re gular seas on game. Total Defense (Ra nk) 375.1 (27) 3 14.1 (10) Green Bay will be makin g its sixth visit to Foxborou gh an d Ru sh Defense 108.9 (14) 1 17.3 (19) its second visit to Gillette Stadiu m. Green Bay b eat New En glan d Pa ss Defense 266.2 (31) 1 96.8 (3) 28-10 a t Gillette Stadi um on Oct. 13 , Poi nts Allowed/Ga me 21.2 (17) 14.5 (1) 2002. T hat is the only game the Patriot s Touchdowns Allow ed 3 2 18 have ev er lost to an NF C team at Gillett e Third Down Defen se (Pct.) 48. 2 36.6 Stadium . Field Goals Made/Att empted 18/ 21 18/24 The Patriots first re gular-seaso n Poss ession Av g. 28: 56 30:40 home vi ctory under Rob ert Kraft was o n Sack s Allowed/Yards Lost 21/ 139 29/193 Oct. 2, 1994 in a 17 -16 win a gains t Sack s Made/Yards 23/ 146 37/250 Green B ay. Inter ceptions For/A gaainst 20 /5 18/11 Penal ties A gainst/Yar ds 65/ 602 69/541 Re gul ar Season – G reen Bay 4, Pa triots 4 Punt s/Av g. 46/3 8.0 54/44.3 Date R esult Score H/A Stad ium Take away/Giveaway Ratio +18 (1) +7 (7) 11/18/73 W 33-24 H Scha efer Stadium PATRIOTS V S. NFC 10/01/79 L 14-27 A Lamb eau Field The Patriots hav e been success ful a gainst NF C teams in 09/08/85 W 26-20 H Sulliv an Stadium recen t seasons, com pilin g a 34-5 (. 872) regular-se ason record 10/09/88 L 3-45 A Coun ty Stadium (Milw.) again st the conferenc e since 2001. In cludin g the post season, the 10/02/94 W 17-16 H Foxb oro Stadium Patri ots are 37-6 (.8 60) a gainst the NFC with a 3-1 Super Bowl 10/27/97 L 10-28 H Foxb oro Stadium 10/13/02 L 10-28 H Gillet te Stadium recor d since 2001. 11/19/06 W 35-0 A Lamb eau Field Thhe Patriots end ed a 17- game winnin g streak aag ainst the Pl ayoffs – Green Bay 1, Patriot s 0 NFC last season foll owin g a loss a t New Orleans on Monday Date R esult Score H/A Stad ium Ni ght Foo tball. The Patriots were 3-1 a gainst th e NFC last 01/26/97* L 21-35 N Louis iana Superdome seas on. *-Super Bowl XXXI Thhe Patriots are 10-1 all-time a gainst the NFC North since QUIC K HITS reali gnment in 2002. The Patriots h ave squared off aag ainst the ¾ The Packers were the first team to defea t the Patriots a t NFC North in two sea sons, finishin g 3 -1 in 2002 and 4-0 in 2006. Gillette Stadi um, claimin g a 2 8-10 victory on Oct. 13, 2002, i n The only loss was a 28-10 defeat vs. Green Bay on Oct. 13, New En gland ’s first season in its new home. 2002 . The Patriots ar e 3-0 so far a gaainst the NFC No rth in 2010 ¾ Since that los s, the Pa triots h ave won 16 strai ght home game s follo win g a 28-18 win over Minnesota on Oct. 31, a 4 5-24 win on against the N FC. Than ksgivin g at Detr oit on Nov. 25 and last week’s 36-7 win at ¾ Brady is 15- 2 at home a gai nst the NFC ove rall, and 14-1 a t Chica go. Gillette Stadi um a gainst the NFC. His only loss at Gillett e CONNECTI ONS Stadium was the 28-10 loss o n Oct. 13, 2002 to Green Bay. NE W ENGLAND TI ES ¾ Brady is 30-5 against the NF C overall in the r eeg ular season. ¾ Gr een Bay Packer s Director of Colle ge Scou tin g John THE LAST MEETING: Dorsey was a fou r-year starter o n defense at th e University PATRIOTS 3 5, PACKERS 0 of Connecticut fro m 1980-83. Novemb er 19, 2006 ¹ L ambeau Field (At t: 70,753) ¾ Pa ckers Offensiv e Coordinator Joe Philbin was born in 1 2 3 4 Final Sp rin gfield, Mass. and has had three different stints as a New En gland Patriots 7 14 7 7 — 35 col le ge coach in th e New En gland area: offensive li ne coach at Green Bay Pa ckers 0 0 0 0 — 0 Worcester Tech (1986-87), offe nsive coordinat or/offensive The Patrio ts improved to 7-3 on the seas on with their firs t lin e coach at Northeastern (1995-96) and offensive road shutout in 20 years and h anded the Pack ers their second - co ordinator/offensi ve line coach at Harvard (1997- 98). worst home sh utout loss in a history that dat es back to 1921 . ¾ Gr een Bay Ti ght Ends Coach B en McAdoo se rved as the New En gland ti ed a club recor d with its seve nth strai ght roa d off ensive line/ti ght ends coach at F airfield Universit y in 2002. victory and allo wed Green Bay t o gain just 120 t otal net yards. FOR MER TEAMMA TES New En gland was solid i n all phases of the game. To m ¾ Ne w En gland Patri ots RB Thoma s Clayton and Green Bay Brady tied his career hi gh wi th four touchd own passes an d Pa ckers LB s Diyr al Bri gg s and Matt Wilhel m were all posted a seas on-best 128.2 passer ratin g. On defense, th e te ammates on the San Francisco 4 9ers in 2009. Patriots held th e Packers to just 1-of-8 on thi rd-down chance s ¾ Pa triots RB Sam my Morris and WR Wes Wel ker played and did not all ow a Green Ba y drive of lon ger thaN 26 yards . wi th Packers TE D onald Lee on th e Miami Dolphin s in 2004. Packers quarte rbacks Brett F avre and Aaro n Rod gers eac h ¾ Pa triots WR Deio n Branch and P ackers NT How ard Green completed just a third of their pass attempts as New En glan d pla yed to gether w ith the Seattle Seahawks for t wo seasons, held Green Ba y to just 9-of-2 7 passin g and t he Packers wer e fro m 2007-08. held to 2.5 yard s per carry. PAT RIOTS VS . PACKE RS CONNE CTIONS NFL’S TOP D ECEMBER RE CORD SINCE 2002 ¾ New En gland OL Quinn O jinnaka and Gree n Bay S Charli e The Patriots imp roved their NFL-best re cord to 31-5 in t he month of Peprah wer e teammates on the Atlanta Falc ons in 2009. Dece mber since the 20 02 season. FORMER PAC KERS Rk Team Record ¾ New En gland Patriots LB Tr acy White play ed for the Gree n 1 N ew England Pat riots 31-5 2 Ph iladelphia Eagles 28-9 Bay Packers f rom 2006-08. 3 Sa n Diego Chargers 27-11 FORMER PAT RIOTS 4 In dianapolis Colts 26-11 ¾ Green Bay P ackers Defensi ve Coordinato r Dom Caper s 5 Pit tsburgh Steelers 26-11 coached the Patriots seconda ry in 2008. DI VISION DOM INANCE FORMER COL LEGE TEAMMA TES The New En gland Pa triots own a 46- 14 (.767) recor d in re gular ¾ New En gland Patriots QB To m Brady and G reen Bay Packer s seas on AFC East games since the be ginnin g of the 2 001 season, CB Charles Woodson play ed to gether at the University o f comp ilin g the best in tra-division rec ord of any team in the NFL Michi gan fro m 1996-97.