SUNDAY, SEPT. 12, 2021 3:25 P.M. CDT 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. XXIII; NO. 6 REGULAR-SEASON WEEK 1 PACKERS-SAINTS OPEN SEASON IN JACKSONVILLE WITH THE CALL The Green Bay Packers and New Orleans FOX Sports, now in its 28th season as an NFL network television partner, will broadcast the game. Saints will face off in Week 1 in Jacksonville, u Play-by-play man Joe Buck joins analyst Troy Fla., due to the damage caused to New Aikman and sideline reporters Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi. Orleans by Hurricane Ida. u DIRECTV subscribers can watch the game with NFL u The Packers are 2-0 in Kickoff Weekend Sunday Ticket on Channel 716. u Sports USA Radio will be broadcasting to a national games against the Saints. Green Bay won the last audience with Josh Appel (play-by-play) and Doug season-opening matchup between the two teams, 42-34, Plank (analyst) on the call. on Sept. 8, 2011, when QB Aaron Rodgers threw for 312 u Milwaukee’s WTMJ (620 AM), airing Green Bay games since November 1929, heads up the Packers Radio yards and three TDs with a 132.1 QB rating to lead the Network that is made up of 49 stations in four states. For Packers. a full listing of radio affiliates, go to www.packers.com. (play-by-play) and two-time Packers u This will be the second time Green Bay has opened Wayne Larrivee Pro Bowler Larry McCarren (analyst) call the action. a season in Jacksonville, having previously beat the McCarren first joined the team’s broadcasts in 1995 and enters his 26th season calling Packers games. After Jaguars, 27-23, in 2016. Overall, the Packers are 3-1 in originally being paired together in 1999, McCarren and Jacksonville, with both victories coming in the month of Larrivee enter their 23rd season of broadcasts together. September. They surpassed Jim Irwin and Max McGee for the most regular-season and postseason games broadcast for the u Between the Packers and Saints, the winning team has Packers with 313 at the 2018 season opener against scored 34-plus points in eight of the last 10 matchups, Chicago. Both McCarren and Larrivee are members of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Hall of Fame. including 37 by the Packers in a victory last season at u The broadcast is also available on Sirius Satellite Radio New Orleans in Week 3. (WTMJ feed). u Green Bay opens with two of the first three games on the road for the second straight season. REGULAR SEASON Date Opponent Time (CT) TV/Att. u This marks the third straight year and the seventh time in Sun., Sept. 12 at New Orleans Saints (in Jax.) 3:25 p.m. FOX the last nine seasons Green Bay has started the season Mon., Sept. 20 DETROIT LIONS 7:15 p.m. ESPN on the road. Sun., Sept. 26 at San Francisco 49ers 7:20 p.m. NBC Sun., Oct. 3 PITTSBURGH STEELERS 3:25 p.m. CBS u Entering 2021, Green Bay has the fourth-highest strength Sun., Oct. 10 at Cincinnati Bengals *12 p.m. FOX of schedule (.542, 147-124-1) and leads the league with Sun., Oct. 17 at Chicago Bears *12 p.m. FOX the most games (10) against 2020 playoff teams. The Sun., Oct. 24 WASHINGTON *12 p.m. FOX Packers face 10 teams who had a .500-or-better record Thu., Oct. 28 at Arizona Cardinals 7:20 p.m. FOX/NFLN in 2020, tied for the third most in the league. Sun., Nov. 7 at Kansas City Chiefs *3:25 p.m. FOX u WR enters Week 1 with a streak of Sun., Nov. 14 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS *3:25 p.m. CBS Davante Adams Sun., Nov. 21 at Minnesota Vikings *12 p.m. FOX six-plus receptions in each of his last 12 regular-season Sun., Nov. 28 LOS ANGELES RAMS *3:25 p.m. FOX games. That is the second-longest streak in team BYE WEEK history behind only WR Sterling Sharpe (13 in 1993- Sun., Dec. 12 CHICAGO BEARS *7:20 p.m. NBC 94). Adams also has posted at least one TD catch in 10 Sun., Dec. 19 at Baltimore Ravens *12 p.m. FOX of his last 11 regular-season games. Sun., Dec. 25 CLEVELAND BROWNS 3:30 p.m. FOX/NFLN Sun., Jan. 2 MINNESOTA VIKINGS *7:20 p.m. NBC u K Mason Crosby enters Week 1 with a streak of 18 Sun., Jan. 9 at Detroit Lions *12 p.m. FOX consecutive FGs made, the third-longest streak in team *—Start time and broadcast may shift due to NFL flexible scheduling history (Crosby, 23, 2010-11 / Crosby, 19, 2013-14). u The Packers will return to Green Bay next week to take NFL POSTSEASON DATES Jan. 15-16 AFC and NFC Wild Card Playoffs on the Detroit Lions on Monday Night Football, the first Jan. 22-23 AFC and NFC Divisional Playoffs of three home prime-time games this season against Jan. 30 AFC and NFC Championship Games division opponents (Week 14 vs. Chicago and Week 17 Feb. 6 Pro Bowl, Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas vs. Minnesota). Feb. 13 Super Bowl LVI, SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, Calif. HEAD COACH MATT LAFLEUR LAFLEUR LEADS THE PACK u The Packers are 19-0 under LaFleur when they win the takeaway battle. In those 19 wins, Green Bay has turned Head Coach Matt LaFleur (la-flew-er) has led the Packers to back-to-back NFC North titles. the ball over a total of four times and created 37 turn- u According to the Elias Sports Bureau, LaFleur was the overs for a turnover differential of plus-33. The Packers have scored 602 points in those 19 wins (31.7 ppg) sixth head coach since 1970 to lead their team to while allowing 358 points (18.8 ppg), and have scored the conference championship game in both of his first 30-plus points in 13 of those 19 games. two seasons as a head coach, joining Jim Harbaugh u Under LaFleur, Green Bay is 23-1 when forcing at least (2011-12), Rex Ryan (2009-10), Barry Switzer (1994- one turnover, a .958 winning percentage that ranks No. 95), George Seifert (1989-90) and Don McCafferty 1 in the NFL since 2019. (1970-71). u Under LaFleur, the Packers have had six players register u LaFleur is just the second NFL head coach since 30-plus receptions each season, marking the first time the league went to a divisional format in 1967 to win in franchise history that Green Bay has had six play- 13-plus games and a division title in both of his first two ers with 30-plus catches in back-to-back seasons. seasons, joining Seifert (1989-90). u LaFleur was just the sixth head coach in NFL his- u LaFleur (26-6) posted the most regular-season tory to win 24 of his first 30 games (Elias Sports Bureau): wins by a Packer head coach in his first two seasons (Mike Sherman and Mike McCarthy, 21 each). Wins in First 30 u LaFleur (26) posted the second-most wins in NFL Head Coach Regular-Season Games history by a coach in his first two seasons 1. George Seifert 27 behind only Seifert (28 in 1989-90). 2. Guy Chamberlin 26 u LaFleur guided the Packers to 26 wins in 2019-20 after 3. Paul Brown 25 the Packers won 13 games in 2017-18. That was the 4t. Matt LaFleur 24 biggest two-season win improvement by a head 4t. George Halas 24 coach in franchise history from the two seasons prior 4t. Steve Mariucci 24 to him taking over, eclipsing the previous mark held by Vince Lombardi (15 victories in 1959-60 after the u LaFleur led Green Bay to a 20-5 record in his first 25 Packers won four games in 1957-58). regular-season games, which tied for No. 4 in NFL u LaFleur led the biggest one-year win improvement in history for the most wins by a head coach in his first franchise history in 2019: 25 regular-season games (Elias Sports Bureau). u LaFleur recorded the best home winning percent- Seasons Win Improvement age by a Packers head coach in his first two 1. 2018 (6) to 2019 (13) +7 seasons since 1921: 2t. 1928 (6) to 1929 (12) +6 Head Coach Home Record 2t. 1958 (1) to 1959 (7) +6 1. Matt LaFleur, 2019-20 14-2 (.875) 2t. 1971 (4) to 1972 (10) +6 2. Mike Sherman, 2000-01 13-3 (.813) 2t. 1988 (4) to 1989 (10) +6 3. Mike Holmgren, 1992-93 12-4 (.750) u LaFleur is 11-1 in the NFC North, a .917 winning percent- u It was the first time Green Bay won seven-plus games in age that is tied for the best two-season winning percent- back-to-back seasons at Lambeau Field since doing it in age in divisional games for the Packers dating back to three straight seasons from 2010-12. 1967 (2011-12, 11-1, .917). u LaFleur (13-3) finished with the most NFL wins by a u LaFleur’s winning percentage of .917 (11-1) against Packer head coach in their first season: division opponents is tied for the second best by a coach in his first two seasons as head coach, dating Regular-Season back to 1970 (Mike Tomlin, 11-1, .917 in 2007-08 / Head Coach, 1st Season Record Steve Mariucci, 15-1, .938 in 1997-98).