Packers wrapping up four-game stretch vs. division opponents

emmadashner
Dec 1, 2015
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Packers Travel to Detroit to Play the Lions

– The Green Bay Packers will play their second-to-last NFC North game of the season tonight when they take on the Detroit Lions at Ford Field.

– Dating back to 1970, this will be the third time the Packers have played a primetime game at Detroit (Thursday, Oct. 15, 1998 and Monday, Oct. 16, 1972).

– Green Bay and Detroit will be facing off for the second time in four games. The last time the Packers played the same opponent twice in four or fewer games in a single regular season was in 2012, and it was against the Lions in a four-game span (Weeks 11-14).

– Dating back to 2006, this will be the fifth time Green Bay has played the same team twice in four games or less during the regular season (2011, MIN, twice in three games / 2010, MIN, twice in three games / 2009, MIN, twice in four games). In the previous four occurrences, the Packers have won the second game three times.

– This is the first time the Packers have played on consecutive Thursdays since 2007 (Weeks 12-13, Detroit and Dallas).

– Green Bay is 8-5 at Ford Field, a .615 winning percentage that ranks No. 1 among teams that have played five or more games there.

– The Packers lead the regular-season series 95-68-7 (.579) and have won both postseason contests the two have played. Green Bay’s 95 wins over the Lions are the most the Packers have against any team.

– The rivalry kicked off in 1930 at City Stadium in Green Bay, a 47-13 Packers win. Two seasons later, the teams began a yearly series. Tonight marks meeting No. 173 in the all-time series (including playoffs).

– Green Bay has a 15-4 mark (.789) against the Lions under Head Coach Mike McCarthy.

– Of the 15 wins over Detroit, nine have been decided by 10 points or more, including four by more than 20 points.

– The Packers have won 16 of the last 20 against Detroit and 24 of the last 30 in the series.

– QB Aaron Rodgers has led the Packers to 10 wins in 13 games against the Lions, completing 264 of 397 passes for 3,280 yards, 24 touchdowns and five interceptions with a passer rating of 106.8.

– Rodgers has recorded a 100-plus passer rating nine times against Detroit.

– Tonight, Green Bay will wrap up a four-game stretch against division opponents, with all four games taking place in the span of 19 days.

– It is the first time Green Bay has played four straight games against division opponents in a single season since 2000 (Weeks 14-17).