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Packers Public Relations • Lambeau Field Atrium • 1265 Lombardi Avenue • Green Bay, WI 54304 • 920/569-7500 • 920/569-7201 fax Jason Wahlers, Aaron Popkey, Sarah Quick, Tom Fanning, Jonathan Butnick VOL. XIII; NO. 24 GREEN BAY, DEC. 27, 2011 WEEK 17 DETROIT (10-5) AT GREEN BAY (14-1) Sunday, Jan. 1 • Lambeau Field • Noon CST The Packers are off to their first 7-0 start at home since 2002. That season, Green Bay went on to post a perfect 8-0 mark at Lambeau Field. The Packers are one of only three teams in the league that are unbeaten PACKERS HOST LIONS IN REGULAR-SEASON FINALE at home this season (Baltimore, 7-0; New Orleans, 7-0). Green Bay closes out the 2011 regular season with an NFC North tilt against the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field this Sunday. Green Bay is averaging 39.4 points per game at home this season (No. 2 The Packers clinched home-field advantage throughout in the NFL). The Packers’ franchise record is 38.0 ppg at home in 1942. the NFC playoffs with a win over the Bears this past Sunday. It marks the first time Green Bay will be WITH THE CALL the top seed in the conference since 1996. FOX Sports, now in its 18th season as an NFL network The Packers set a franchise record for the most wins television partner, will broadcast the game to a regional in the regular season with their 14th victory. That topped the 13-win audience. totals posted by the team in 1962, 1996, 1997 and 2007. Green Bay will Play-by-play man Thom Brennaman and color try to become just the sixth team in NFL history to finish 15-1 or better. analyst Brian Billick will have the call from the broadcast booth with Sunday will be the first time in the history of the series that both Laura Okmin reporting from the sidelines. the Packers and Lions will enter the game with double-digit win totals. This will be the 11th time that the franchises have met in a regular-season finale and just the fourth time (1939, ’45, ’93) that both clubs have had winning records when they played in the final regular-season contest. This marks the third time that Green Bay has closed the season with a home contest vs. Detroit under Head Coach Mike McCarthy (also 2007 and 2008). It will be the first time the Packers have played on New Year’s Day since the 2005 season when they hosted the Seattle Seahawks. No other NFL teams have played every year since 1932, when the Milwaukee’s WTMJ (620 AM), airing Green Bay games since 1929, heads up the 52-station Packers Radio Network, with Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play) and two-time Packers Pro Bowler Larry McCarren (color) calling the action. The duo enters its 13th season of broadcasts together across the Packers Radio Network, which covers 43 markets in five states. The broadcast is also available on Sirius Satellite Radio (WTMJ feed) as part of the network’s NFL Sunday Drive. DIRECTV subscribers can watch the game in HD on Channel 712. Packers and the Lions, then known as the Portsmouth (Ohio) Spartans, began their yearly home-and-home series. REGULAR SEASON The rivalry actually kicked off in 1930 at City Stadium in Green Bay, a Date Opponent Time TV Thu., Sept. 8 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS . . . . . . . . . . .W, 42-34 (70,555) 47-13 Packers win. Some two seasons later, the teams began a yearly Sun., Sept. 18 at Carolina Panthers . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 30-23 (73,167) series. Sunday marks meeting No. 165 in the all-time series. Sun., Sept. 25 at Chicago Bears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 27-17 (62,339) Now rivals in the NFC North, the Packers own a 90-65-7 (.580) advantage Sun., Oct. 2 DENVER BRONCOS (Gold Pkg.) . . . . . .W, 49-23 (70,529) over the Lions in the regular season and have won both playoff matchups. Sun., Oct. 9 at Atlanta Falcons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 25-14 (69,576) Green Bay has a 10-1 mark against the Lions under McCarthy. Overall, Sun., Oct. 16 ST. LOUIS RAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 24-3 (70,604) Green Bay has won 19 of the last 22 games in the series. Sun., Oct. 23 at Minnesota Vikings. . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 33-27 (63,946) The Packers have won 20 straight games against the Lions in the state Sun., Oct. 30 Open Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of Wisconsin (including ’94 playoff game). The streak started with Green Bay’s win over the Lions at County Stadium in Milwaukee on Dec. 6, 1992. Green Bay’s 19-game regular-season home winning streak against Detroit is the longest streak in the NFL, one game ahead of Washington’s 18-game home winning streak against the Lions. Sunday is the last of three holiday games for the Packers, who played at Detroit on Thanksgiving and hosted Chicago this past Sunday on Sun., Nov. 6 Mon., Nov. 14 Sun., Nov. 20 Thu., Nov. 24 Sun., Dec. 4 Sun., Dec. 11 Sun., Dec. 18 at San Diego Chargers. . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 45-38 (68,908) MINNESOTA VIKINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 45-7 (70,519) TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (Gold Pkg.) . . W, 35-26 (70,498) at Detroit Lions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 27-15 (66,263) at New York Giants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 38-35 (80,634) OAKLAND RAIDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 46-16 (70,524) at Kansas City Chiefs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 14-19 (74,093) Christmas. Green Bay is the only team in NFL history to play on all three Sun., Dec. 25 CHICAGO BEARS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 35-21 (70,574) Sun., Jan. 1 DETROIT LIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 noon FOX holidays in the same season. HOME COOKING The Packers have won 12 straight contests at Lambeau Field and 18 of their last 19 at home. It is the fifth-longest home winning streak by Green Bay in the regular season in franchise history and the longest current home winning streak in the NFL. Green Bay’s 18-1 (.947) home mark since Week 10 of 2009 ranks No. 1 NFL POSTSEASON DATES Jan. 7-8 ................................................ AFC and NFC Wild Card Playoffs Jan. 14-15 .............................................AFC and NFC Divisional Playoffs Jan. 22 ............................................AFC and NFC Championship Games Jan. 29 .......................... AFC-NFC Pro Bowl at Aloha Stadium, Honolulu Feb. 5 .......Super Bowl XLVI at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana in the NFL over that span, ahead of New England (17-1, .944).
LIONS AT PACKERS - WEEK 17 PUT IT ON THE BOARD With one game remaining on the schedule, the Packers have easily eclipsed the franchise record for the most points scored in a season: Season Points 1. 2011 515 2. 2009 461 3. 1996 456 The Packers are on pace for 549 points this season. That would rank as the No. 3 scoring season in NFL history behind only the 2007 New England Patriots (589) and the 1998 Minnesota Vikings (556). The Packers’ 515-point total ranks No. 8 in NFL single-season history. They are one of only 14 teams in league annals to score 500-plus points. Green Bay's point total through 15 games ranks tied for No. 3 among teams since 1978 (first year of 16-game season): Team Points Through 15 Games 1. New England, 2007 551 2. Minnesota, 1998 530 3. Green Bay, 2011 515 4. St. Louis, 2000 514 5. Indianapolis, 2004 508 Green Bay checks in at No. 1 in the league through Week 16 with an average of 34.3 points per game. The last time the Packers led the league in scoring was 1996 at 28.5 points per game: Team Points Per Game 1. Green Bay 34.3 2. New Orleans 33.5 3. New England 30.9 4. Detroit 28.9 5. Carolina 25.9 Green Bay has set a single-season franchise record with 64 TDs this season, with two of the top three totals coming over the past three seasons: Season Touchdowns 1. 2011 64 2. 1996 56 3. 2009 54 The Packers have outscored their opponents 515-318 this season, a 197-point differential that ranks No. 1 in the NFL. The Packers have scored on 80 of 155 offensive possessions (57 TDs, 23 FGs), a scoring efficiency of 48.5 percent that ranks No. 2 in the NFL (New Orleans, 50.3). The Packers scored at least 24 points in each of the first 13 games this season, a streak that topped an eight-game one (Sept. 22-Nov. 10, 1963) for the longest single-season streak in franchise annals. The Packers’ 49 points in Week 4 vs. Denver were the most since Oct. 9, 2005 (52 vs. New Orleans), and gave Green Bay two 42-point games in the first four contests, a franchise first (since 1921). Green Bay’s 45 points at San Diego in Week 9 was the second-highest total on the road during Head Coach Mike McCarthy’s tenure behind only the 48 posted at Detroit on Sept. 14, 2008. With one game remaining this season, the Packers have already recorded a franchise-record five games with 42-plus points: Season 42-Point Games 1. 2011 5 2. 1962 3 3. Seven times 2 With the five games with 42-plus points, the Packers have tied the best single-season mark since the merger: Team 42-Point Games 1t. Green Bay, 2011 5 1t. Dallas, 1971 5 3. Eight teams 4 The Packers scored 28-plus points in the first half in Week 14 vs. Oakland for a franchise-record fourth time this season. The other 31 teams in the NFL have combined for 11 first halves with 28-plus points. Green Bay has had five games this season with 24-plus points in the first half, the most in franchise history. That topped the previous mark of four 24-plus point first halves in 1983. Under McCarthy, Green Bay has a 38-2 mark (.950) in the regular season when it scores 30 or more points. The Packers have gotten off to some fast starts this season by scoring 262 points in the first half and 122 points in the first quarter. Team First-Half Scoring 1. Green Bay 262 2. New Orleans 241 3. Philadelphia 231 Team First-Quarter Scoring 1. Green Bay 122 2. Houston 103 3. Atlanta 99 STAT OF THE WEEK Facing the Bears this past Sunday night, the oldest rivalry in NFL history, the Packers accomplished a rare feat in the series. In the 35-21 victory over Chicago at Lambeau Field, Green Bay did not commit a single penalty. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last time the Packers didn’t have an accepted penalty in a game against the Bears came at Chicago on Nov. 15, 1942, at Wrigley Field. The zero-penalty game was also significant in recent Green Bay history. The last time the Packers didn’t commit a penalty during a regularseason contest came vs. Tampa Bay on Nov. 25, 1990, in Milwaukee. Sunday marked the 11th zero-penalty game in franchise annals. The Packers rank No. 1 in the league this season for the fewest accepted penalties (70) and No. 2 in penalty yardage (511). In 2010, Green Bay tied for No. 3 in the league with 78 accepted penalties. That was the fewest by the Packers in a season since the league went to a 16-game schedule in 1978. The previous low was 80 penalties in both 1983 and 2001. 2
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