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. 5 REGULAR-SEASON WEEK 3 GREEN BAY (2-0) AT NEW ORLEANS (1-1) WITH THE CALL Sunday l Sept. 27 l 7:20 p.m. CST NBC will broadcast the game to a national audience. Play-by- Mercedes-Benz Superdome play man Mike Tirico joins analyst Cris Collinsworth in the booth with Michele Tafoya reporting from the PACKERS TAKE ON SAINTS ON SNF sidelines. The Green Bay Packers travel to New Orleans to u Milwaukee’s WTMJ (620 AM), airing Green Bay games face the Saints in a prime-time matchup. since November 1929, heads up the Packers Radio u The Packers enter Week 3 on a seven-game Network that is made up of 50 stations in four states. regular-season win streak, the longest cur- Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play), two-time Packers rent streak in the NFC and Green Bay’s Pro Bowler Larry McCarren (analyst) and three-time longest winning streak since 2016-17 (seven games). Packers Pro Bowler and two-time All-Pro John Kuhn u The Packers have started 2-0 in back-to-back seasons (sideline) will call the action. McCarren first joined the for the first time since 2010-11. team’s broadcasts in 1995 and enters his 25th season u Marks the third straight prime-time meeting at New calling Packers games. After originally being paired Orleans (2008 on Monday Night Football, 2014 on together in 1999, McCarren and Larrivee enter their 22nd season of broadcasts together. They surpassed Jim Sunday Night Football). Irwin and Max McGee for the most regular-season and u The winning team has scored 34-plus points in seven of postseason games broadcast for the Packers with 313 at the last nine matchups. the 2018 season opener against Chicago. u Green Bay last won at New Orleans in 1995. u The broadcast is also available on Sirius Satellite Radio u The Packers open with two of the first three games on the (WTMJ feed). road for the first time since 2016. u Westwood One Sports will air the game on radio across u Sunday is the first of three games against NFC South the country. Brandon Gaudin (play-by-play) and opponents for Green Bay over the next four weeks. Rod Woodson (analyst) will call the action with Scott u In Week 4, the Packers will have another night game, Graham hosting the pregame and halftime shows. this time against the Atlanta Falcons, marking the second REGULAR SEASON time in three years (2018) that Green Bay has a Monday Date Opponent Time (CT) TV/Att. Night Football contest going into its bye. Sun., Sept. 13 at Minnesota Vikings W, 43-34 0 Sun., Sept. 20 DETROIT LIONS W, 42-21 0 GREEN BAY UNDER THE LIGHTS Sun., Sept. 27 at New Orleans Saints 7:20 p.m. NBC u The Packers were 4-2 in prime-time contests in 2019, Mon., Oct. 5 ATLANTA FALCONS 7:15 p.m. ESPN with their .667 winning percentage tied for No. 8 in the Sun., Oct. 11 BYE Sun., Oct. 18 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers *3:25 p.m. FOX NFL, while the four prime-time wins tied New Orleans Sun., Oct. 25 at Houston Texans *12 p.m. FOX (4-0) for the second most in the NFL last year (San Sun., Nov. 1 MINNESOTA VIKINGS *12 p.m. FOX Francisco, 5-1). Thu., Nov. 5 at San Francisco 49ers 7:20 p.m. FOX/NFLN u Green Bay was 3-1 on the road in prime-time games Sun., Nov. 15 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS *12 p.m. FOX last season. The three wins tied with Kansas City (3-0) Sun., Nov. 22 at Indianapolis Colts *12 p.m. FOX for the most in the NFL in 2019 and the .750 winning Sun., Nov. 29 CHICAGO BEARS *7:20 p.m. NBC Sun., Dec. 6 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES *3:25 p.m. CBS percentage ranked No. 3 in the league last year among Sun., Dec. 13 at Detroit Lions *12 p.m. FOX the 14 teams who played multiple prime-time games on Dec. 19/Dec. 20 CAROLINA PANTHERS TBD TBD the road. Sun., Dec. 27 TENNESSEE TITANS *7:15 p.m. NBC u In prime-time contests in 2019, QB Aaron Rodgers Sun., Jan. 3 at Chicago Bears *12 p.m. FOX threw for 255.5 yards per game (No. 4 in the league) *—Start time and broadcast may shift due to NFL flexible scheduling with nine touchdowns (tied for No. 2 in the NFL) and NFL POSTSEASON DATES three interceptions (tied for the third fewest among play- Jan. 9-10 AFC and NFC Wild Card Playoffs ers with min. 15 pass att.) Jan. 16-17 AFC and NFC Divisional Playoffs u Last year, WR Davante Adams averaged 8.5 recep- Jan. 24 AFC and NFC Championship Games tions per game (No. 3 in the NFL) and 93.8 receiving Jan. 31 Pro Bowl, Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas yards per game (No. 9 in the NFL) in prime-time con- Feb. 7 Super Bowl LV, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa Bay tests. HEAD COACH MATT LAFLEUR LAFLEUR LEADS THE PACK u While LaFleur was the first Packer head coach to lead Green Bay Packers Head Coach Matt LaFleur (la-flew-er) his team to the postseason in his first year, he was the enters his second season looking to build off the success fourth consecutive head coach to win his first postsea- he guided the team to in Year 1. son game. The other three head coaches to win their first u LaFleur is the first Packer head coach to start both of his playoff game led Green Bay to the postseason in their first two seasons 2-0. second seasons (Mike McCarthy, Mike Sherman and u LaFleur joined Phil Bengston (1968-69) as the only head Mike Holmgren). coaches in franchise history to win the season opener in u Dating back to 1970, LaFleur joined McCarthy as the only their first two seasons. head coaches in franchise history to lead their teams to u LaFleur led the biggest one-year win improvement in the NFC Championship Game in their first appearance in franchise history last season: the postseason. u LaFleur became the first head coach to reach a con- Seasons Win Improvement ference championship in his first season since Jim 1. 2018 (6) to 2019 (13) +7 Harbaugh led San Francisco to the NFC Championship 2t. 1928 (6) to 1929 (12) +6 Game in 2011. 2t. 1958 (1) to 1959 (7) +6 u LaFleur is the first head coach in franchise his- 2t. 1971 (4) to 1972 (10) +6 tory to win seven of his first eight NFL games and the 2t. 1988 (4) to 1989 (10) +6 first to win his first three road NFL contests. u LaFleur is the 19th NFL head coach and the first u LaFleur (13-3) finished with the most NFL wins by a since Jim Harbaugh in 2011 to win at least seven Packer head coach in their first season: of his first eight games (Elias Sports Bureau). u He joined Vince Lombardi (3-0) as the Regular-Season only head to win their first three Head Coach, 1st Season Record coaches in franchise history NFL games. 1. Matt LaFleur, 2019 13-3 2t. Mike Holmgren, 1992 9-7 u It was the first time since 2015 and just the third time 2t. Mike Sherman, 2000 9-7 (2011) in the last 12 seasons that Green Bay has started 4t. Forrest Gregg, 1984 8-8 3-0. 4t. Mike McCarthy, 2006 8-8 u According to the Elias Sports Bureau, LaFleur joined 4t. Ray Rhodes, 1999 8-8 John Harbaugh (2008) and Don Coryell (1973) as the 7. Vince Lombardi, 1959 7-5 only head coaches since the merger (1970) to win each of their first two games, both against divisional u LaFleur joined Jim Caldwell and Steve Mariucci as the opponents. only head coaches with 13-plus wins to go undefeated u With a win at Chicago in Week 1 of 2019, LaFleur in their division in their first season. became the sixth head coach in franchise his- to win his first game, joining Curly Lambeau, u LaFleur tied for the third-most wins by an NFL head tory coach in their first season: Vince Lombardi, Phil Bengston, Forrest Gregg and Ray Rhodes. He joins Lombardi as the only Packers head Regular-Season coaches to beat the Bears in their first game. Head Coach, First Season Record u LaFleur became only the second coach to make his head- 1t. Jim Caldwell, IND, 2009 14-2 coaching debut in the NFL’s prime-time kickoff game 1t. George Seifert, SF, 1989 14-2 (since 2002), joining Jim Zorn, who made his debut 3t. Matt LaFleur, GB, 2019 13-3 with Washington in a losing effort against the New York 3t. Jim Harbaugh, SF, 2011 13-3 Giants (16-7) in 2008. 3t. Steve Mariucci, SF, 1997 13-3 u LaFleur is in his 11th season in the NFL in 2019, having served as an offensive coordinator for two seasons (Los u LaFleur became the first coach in franchise history to Angeles Rams, 2017; Tennessee Titans, 2018), a quar- lead his team to a division title in his first season. terbacks coach for six seasons (Washington Redskins, u LaFleur guided Green Bay to a 6-0 record in the NFC 2010-13; Atlanta Falcons, 2015-16) and an offensive North.