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. 4 REGULAR-SEASON WEEK 2 GREEN BAY (1-0) VS. DETROIT (0-1) WITH THE CALL Sunday l Sept. 20 l 12 p.m. CST FOX Sports, now in its 27th season as an NFL network Lambeau Field television partner, will broadcast the game. PACKERS HOST LIONS IN HOME OPENER u Play-by-play man Chris Myers joins analysts Greg The Green Bay Packers return to Green Bay for Jennings and Brock Huard as well as sideline Week 2 to host the Detroit Lions. reporter Jen Hale. u The Packers enter Week 2 on a six-game u Milwaukee’s WTMJ (620 AM), airing Green Bay games regular season win streak, the longest cur- since November 1929, heads up the Packers Radio rent streak in the NFC. Network that is made up of 50 stations in four states. u Green Bay has won seven straight home openers (2013- (play-by-play), two-time Packers 19). Since 2007, the Packers are 12-1 in their first game Wayne Larrivee Pro Bowler (analyst) and three-time of the season at Lambeau Field. Larry McCarren Packers Pro Bowler and two-time All-Pro u It is the earliest the Lions have visited Green Bay since John Kuhn 2003 (Week 2). The Packers last opened at home versus (sideline) will call the action. McCarren first joined the Detroit in 2016. team’s broadcasts in 1995 and enters his 25th season u This will be just the 18th time the Packers have hosted calling Packers games. After originally being paired the Lions in the month of September and Green Bay has together in 1999, McCarren and Larrivee enter their won each of the last four games as the home team in a 21st season of broadcasts together. They surpassed Jim September matchup. Irwin and Max McGee for the most regular-season and u Including a 1994 playoff victory, the Packers are 26-3 postseason games broadcast for the Packers with 313 at against the Lions in the state of Wisconsin since 1992. the 2018 season opener against Chicago. u Green Bay has a 28-11 overall mark against Detroit since u The broadcast is also available on Sirius Satellite Radio 2000, a .725 winning percentage that is tied for No. (WTMJ feed). 1 among NFL teams (Minnesota Vikings) that have u DIRECTV subscribers can watch the game on Channel played the Lions 10-plus times over that span, according 710. to pro-football-reference.com. u The Packers have a 17-3 home record (.850) against REGULAR SEASON Detroit since 2000, the best in the NFL over that span Date Opponent Time (CT) TV/Att. among teams that have hosted the Lions at least 10 Sun., Sept. 13 at Minnesota Vikings W, 43-34 0 times. Sun., Sept. 20 DETROIT LIONS 12 p.m. FOX u Last season, Green Bay swept the regular-season series Sun., Sept. 27 at New Orleans Saints 7:20 p.m. NBC with Detroit for the first time since 2016 and for the 11th Mon., Oct. 5 ATLANTA FALCONS 7:15 p.m. ESPN time in the last 20 seasons (since 2000). Sun., Oct. 11 BYE u In 2019, the two games between the Packers and Lions Sun., Oct. 18 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers *3:25 p.m. FOX Sun., Oct. 25 at Houston Texans *12 p.m. FOX were decided by a total of four points. Dating back to Sun., Nov. 1 MINNESOTA VIKINGS *12 p.m. FOX 2000, it was the sixth time that both of the matchups Thu., Nov. 5 at San Francisco 49ers 7:20 p.m. FOX/NFLN between the two teams were decided by single digits Sun., Nov. 15 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS *12 p.m. FOX (seven/seven in 2016, four/two in 2015, seven/four in Sun., Nov. 22 at Indianapolis Colts *12 p.m. FOX 2012, four/two in 2010 and eight/seven in 2006). Sun., Nov. 29 CHICAGO BEARS *7:20 p.m. NBC u It is the third consecutive year that the Packers will open Sun., Dec. 6 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES *3:25 p.m. CBS the season with two NFC North games. Sun., Dec. 13 at Detroit Lions *12 p.m. FOX u It marks the first time since 2007 that the Packers open Dec. 19/Dec. 20 CAROLINA PANTHERS TBD TBD the season with two noon (CT) games. Sun., Dec. 27 TENNESSEE TITANS *7:15 p.m. NBC u QB Aaron Rodgers has led Green Bay to eight wins Sun., Jan. 3 at Chicago Bears *12 p.m. FOX in 10 starts at home against Detroit, throwing 19 touch- *—Start time and broadcast may shift due to NFL flexible scheduling downs with just four interceptions and a passer rating of 106.8 in those games. NFL POSTSEASON DATES u Rodgers has registered a passer rating of 100-plus in six Jan. 9-10 AFC and NFC Wild Card Playoffs of 10 home games versus the Lions. Jan. 16-17 AFC and NFC Divisional Playoffs Jan. 24 AFC and NFC Championship Games u WR Davante Adams has five receiving TDs in eight games played against the Lions, including one in each of Jan. 31 Pro Bowl, Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas Feb. 7 Super Bowl LV, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa Bay the last two games he played against Detroit. HEAD COACH MATT LAFLEUR LAFLEUR LEADS THE PACK son game. The other three head coaches to win their first Green Bay Packers Head Coach Matt LaFleur (la-flew-er) playoff game led Green Bay to the postseason in their enters his second season looking to build off the success second seasons (Mike McCarthy, Mike Sherman and he guided the team to in year 1. Mike Holmgren). u LaFleur led the biggest one-year win improvement in u Dating back to 1970, LaFleur joined McCarthy as the only franchise history: head coaches in franchise history to lead their teams to the NFC Championship Game in their first appearance in Seasons Win Improvement the postseason. 1. 2018 (6) to 2019 (13) +7 2t. 1928 (6) to 1929 (12) +6 u LaFleur became the first head coach to reach a con- 2t. 1958 (1) to 1959 (7) +6 ference championship in his first season since Jim 2t. 1971 (4) to 1972 (10) +6 Harbaugh led San Francisco to the NFC Championship 2t. 1988 (4) to 1989 (10) +6 Game in 2011. u LaFleur is the first head coach in franchise his- tory to win seven of his first eight NFL games and the u LaFleur (13-3) finished with the most NFL wins by a first to win his first three road NFL contests. Packer head coach in their first season: u LaFleur is the 19th NFL head coach and the first Regular-Season since Jim Harbaugh in 2011 to win at least seven Head Coach, 1st Season Record of his first eight games (Elias Sports Bureau). 1. Matt LaFleur, 2019 13-3 u He joined Vince Lombardi (3-0) as the only head 2t. Mike Holmgren, 1992 9-7 coaches in franchise history to win their first three 2t. Mike Sherman, 2000 9-7 NFL games. 4t. Forrest Gregg, 1984 8-8 u It was the first time since 2015 and just the third time 4t. Mike McCarthy, 2006 8-8 (2011) in the last 12 seasons that Green Bay has started 4t. Ray Rhodes, 1999 8-8 3-0. 7. Vince Lombardi, 1959 7-5 u According to the Elias Sports Bureau, LaFleur joined John Harbaugh (2008) and Don Coryell (1973) as the u LaFleur joined Jim Caldwell and Steve Mariucci as the only head coaches since the merger (1970) to only head coaches with 13-plus wins to go undefeated win each of their first two games, both against divisional in their division in their first season. opponents. u LaFleur tied for the third-most wins by an NFL head u With a win at Chicago in Week 1, LaFleur became the coach in their first season: sixth head coach in franchise history to win Regular-Season his first game, joining Curly Lambeau, Vince Lombardi, Head Coach, First Season Record Phil Bengston, Forrest Gregg and Ray Rhodes. He joins 1t. Jim Caldwell, IND, 2009 14-2 Lombardi as the only Packers head coaches to beat the 1t. George Seifert, SF, 1989 14-2 Bears in their first game. 3t. Matt LaFleur, GB, 2019 13-3 u LaFleur became only the second coach to make his head- 3t. Jim Harbaugh, SF, 2011 13-3 coaching debut in the NFL’s primetime kickoff game 3t. Steve Mariucci, SF, 1997 13-3 (since 2002), joining Jim Zorn, who made his debut with Washington in a losing effort against the New York u LaFleur is the first coach in franchise history to lead his Giants (16-7) in 2008. team to a division title in his first season. u LaFleur is in his 11th season in the NFL in 2019, having u LaFleur guided Green Bay to a 6-0 record in the NFC served as an offensive coordinator for two seasons (Los North. Dating back to 1967, it is just the second time Angeles Rams, 2017; Tennessee Titans, 2018), a quar- (6-0 in 2011) that Green Bay has gone undefeated in terbacks coach for six seasons (Washington Redskins, division games. 2010-13; Atlanta Falcons, 2015-16) and an offensive u Dating back to 2002 when the NFC North was formed, assistant for two seasons (Houston Texans, 2008-09).