The Green Bay Packers return home to take on the New Orleans Saints on Monday Night Football.
- For the 32nd straight season (1993-2024), Green Bay plays on MNF. This is the NFL's longest appearance streak in MNF history.
- It is the second MNF meeting between the Packers and the Saints (2008 at New Orleans) and the first at Lambeau.
- It is the latest MNF game ever at Lambeau Field. It will be just the fourth MNF game ever at home in the month of December. Green Bay has won the previous three (2022, 2014, 2009).
- The Packers have won 18 of 28 regular-season matchups (.643) against the Saints.
- Green Bay is 11-3 (.786) at home against New Orleans with a point differential of plus-127 (9.1 ppg).
- Six of the last seven games between the two teams at Lambeau Field have been decided by single digits, including an 18-17 victory by Green Bay last season in Week 3.
- The Packers have scored 27-plus points in 11 home games against the Saints.
- Green Bay is 9-1 in non-division games this season, a .900 winning percentage that is tied for No. 1 in the NFL (Minnesota, 9-1).
- All-time, Green Bay is 37-34-1 (.521) on MNF.
- The Packers have won six of their past eight games on MNF.
- Under Head Coach Matt LaFleur, the Packers are 5-2 on MNF, a .714 winning percentage that ranks No. 6 in the NFL since 2019.
- The Packers' five wins on MNF are tied for No. 5 in the NFL since 2019.
- Green Bay has won five straight home games on MNF, the longest streak in team history (since 1970).
- The Packers (4-0) and Steelers (6-0) are the only teams to be undefeated at home on MNF with more than two wins since 2019.
- Dating back to 2000, Green Bay is 14-5 at home on MNF, a .737 winning percentage that ranks No. 5 in the NFL over that span.
- It will be the last of four consecutive scheduled prime-time games for Green Bay, which is the first time the Packers have played four straight prime-time games in a single season since the merger (Elias).
- The Packers have averaged 30.0 points per game in prime-time games in 2024, No. 4 in the NFL (min. two games).
- For the fourth straight season and the fifth time in the last six years, the Packers will finish the regular season with back-to-back NFC North contests. For the second consecutive season, they will travel a state over to take on the Vikings in Week 17 and then return home to face the Bears in the season finale on a date and time to be determined.
ESPN will broadcast the game to a national audience.Play-by-play man Joe Buck joins analyst Troy Aikman in the booth with Lisa Salters reporting from the sidelines.
- All Packers games can be heard on the Packers Radio Network, which is made up of 54 stations in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois and North and South Dakota. 97.3 The Game – WRNW-Milwaukee is in its third season as the flagship station of the Packers Radio Network. For a map and full listing of radio affiliates, go to packers.com/video/radio-network. Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play), two-time Packers Pro Bowler Larry McCarren (analyst), and three-time Packers Pro Bowler John Kuhn (sideline reporter) call the action. McCarren first joined the team's broadcasts in 1995 and enters his 30th season calling Packers games. After originally being paired together in 1999, McCarren and Larrivee enter their 26th season of broadcasts together. They surpassed Jim Irwin and Max McGee for the most regular-season and postseason games broadcast for the Packers with 313 at the 2018 season opener against Chicago.
- The broadcast is also available on Sirius Satellite Radio on channel 81 or 226 or through the app (Packers Radio Network feed).
- Westwood One will be broadcasting on radio to a national audience with Kevin Harlan (play-by-play) and Joe Thomas (analyst) on the call and Rich Eisen hosting pregame and halftime shows.
THE DOPE ON THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT
Packers vs. Saints:
- All-time, regular season: 18-10
- All-time, at home (regular season): 11-3 (5-2 at Lambeau)
- Streaks: The Packers have won three of the last four regular-season games played in Green Bay.
- Last meeting, regular season: Sept. 24, 2023, Lambeau Field, Packers won, 18-17
- Matt LaFleur: 66-31-0, .680; (3-4 postseason); 6th NFL season
- Darren Rizzi: 3-2-0, .600; (0-0 postseason); 1st NFL season
- Head to Head: LaFleur 0-0 vs. Rizzi
- vs. Opponent: LaFleur 2-1 vs. Saints; Rizzi 0-0 vs. Packers
- Is in his 16th season in the NFL, having previously served as an offensive coordinator for two seasons (Los Angeles Rams, 2017; Tennessee Titans, 2018), a quarterbacks coach for six seasons (Washington Redskins, 2010-13; Atlanta Falcons, 2015-16), and an offensive assistant for two seasons (Houston Texans, 2008-09).
- In his first five seasons leading the Packers, authored one of the greatest starts to a head-coaching career in NFL history. Per the Elias Sports Bureau, his 56 wins are tied for the second most in league history by a head coach in his first five seasons in the NFL, trailing only George Seifert (62 in 1989-93).
- Became the first coach in NFL history to post 13-plus wins in three straight seasons and his 39 wins from 2019-21 passed Seifert (38) for the most wins by an NFL head coach in his first three seasons in the league (Elias). His 39 wins are also tied for the second most by a coach over any three-season span in league history, trailing only Andy Reid's 40 wins with the Kansas City Chiefs from 2020-22 and Mike Ditka's 40 wins with the Chicago Bears from 1985-87 (Elias).
- In his first season leading the Packers in 2019, became the first coach in club history to lead the team to the playoffs in his debut season. Also led the largest one-year win improvement in team history (plus-seven wins).
- Is the team's special teams coordinator and added the title of interim head coach on Nov. 4, 2024.
- Spent 10 seasons (2009-18) with the Miami Dolphins and served as the team's special teams coordinator for his final eight seasons (2011-18). Added the title of assistant head coach in 2015-16 and was promoted to associate head coach in 2017-18.
- His units have ranked in the top half of the Rick Gosselin annual special teams rankings in 12 of the 13 seasons he has served as a coordinator (2011-21, 2023), including No. 1 in 2019.
- Coached in the college ranks for 16 years (1993-2008), serving as a head coach for four seasons at New Haven (1999-2001) and Rhode Island (2008). Also spent time as an assistant coach at Colgate (1993), New Haven (1994-97), Northeastern (1998) and Rutgers (2002-07).
- Played tight end at Rhode Island, earning consensus All-America honors in 1992.
THE PACKERS-SAINTS SERIES
- The series began on November 17, 1968, when former Vince Lombardi assistants Phil Bengston (Packers) and Tom Fears (Saints) faced off in Milwaukee. The Packers defeated the Saints, 29-7, in what was the Saints' second season as a franchise.
- Green Bay owns the longest win streak in the series, winning seven consecutive matchups from 1976-85.
- The Packers have a 4-1 record against the Saints in the month of December, playing four of those five games in New Orleans and one in Milwaukee. This will be the first time the Packers and Saints will face off at Lambeau Field in December or later.
- Green Bay and New Orleans have split the last 10 games played in the series. The Packers have won two of the last three matchups and three of the last four contests at Lambeau Field.
Packers WR Dontayvion Wicks is from Plaquemine, La., where he attended Plaquemine High School…Packers LB Edgerrin Cooper is from Covington, La., where he attended Covington High School…Packers CB Robert Rochell was born in Shreveport, La., and played at Fair Park High School in Shreveport…Packers OL Zach Tom is from Baton Rouge, La., where he attended Catholic High School, and his older brother, Cameron, played for the Saints in 2018 and 2020…Packers P Daniel Whelan entered the league as an undrafted free agent with the Saints in May 2022…Packers LB Eric Wilson was with New Orleans in 2022 and was signed by Green Bay off the Saints' practice squad in October 2022…Packers QBs coach Tom Clements spent three seasons (1997-99) as the Saints' QBs coach…Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst started his NFL career as a training-camp coaching intern with the Saints in 1995…Packers executive vice president/director of football operations Russ Ball spent six seasons (2002-07) with the Saints, his final two seasons as vice president of football administration, prior to joining the Packers in 2008…Packers TEs coach John Dunn was an offensive graduate assistant/intern at LSU in 2008-10…Packers assistant OL coach Eddie Gordon played at the University of Louisiana in 2014-16 and coached at his alma mater in 2017 as an offensive line graduate assistant and in 2018 as an assistant strength and conditioning coach/director of player development…Packers coaching assistant Myles White played his senior season of college football at Louisiana Tech in 2012…Saints CB Shemar Jean-Charles was drafted by the Packers in the fifth round (No. 178 overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft and played for Green Bay in 2021-22…Saints OL Lucas Patrick entered the league as an undrafted free agent with the Packers in 2016 and played for Green Bay for five seasons (2017-21)…Saints WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling was drafted by the Packers in the fifth round (No. 174 overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft and played for Green Bay for four seasons (2018-21)…Saints RB Jamaal Williams was drafted by the Packers in the fourth round (No. 134 overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft and played for Green Bay for four seasons (2017-20)…Saints offensive assistant Jahri Evans played for the Packers in 2017…Saints defensive assistant Matt Giordano played for the Packers in 2009…Giordano and Packers assistant special teams coach Byron Storer were teammates at California in 2003-04…Giordano also played for the St. Louis Rams in 2013 when Packers RBs coach Ben Sirmans was on the coaching staff…Giordano served as a volunteer assistant at Fresno State in 2022 when Packers S Evan Williams played for the Bulldogs…Packers head coach Matt LaFleur and Saints OL coach John Benton were on the Texans' staff together in 2008-09…Benton also coached for San Francisco in 2017-20 with Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley, offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich, assistant DL coach Vince Oghobaase and strength and conditioning coordinator Aaron Hill…Hafley was on the University of Pittsburgh's coaching staff when Saints QBs coach Andrew Janocko played for the Panthers in 2007-10…Hafley, Janocko and Saints assistant special teams coach Phil Galiano coached together for Rutgers in 2011 and the Buccaneers in 2012-13…Packers assistant head coach/special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia and Saints defensive coordinator Joe Woods were on Tampa Bay's staff together in 2004-05…Saints head coach Darren Rizzi was on Colgate's football staff in 1993 when Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy was the athletic director at the school…Packers LBs/running game coordinator Anthony Campanile played for Rutgers in 2002-04 when Rizzi was on the coaching staff…Campanile, Rizzi and Galiano all worked together on Rutgers' staff in 2005…Campanile and Galiano also served on Rutgers' staff together in 2014-15…Galiano was also the special teams coordinator and assistant DL coach for Penn State in 2018 when Packers T Rasheed Walker played for the Nittany Lions…Campanile was the defensive backs coach (2016-18) and added the title of co-defensive coordinator in 2018 at Boston College when Saints DB Will Harris played for the Eagles…Saints offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, senior offensive assistant Rick Dennison and Janocko were on the Vikings' staff when Packers offensive assistant Sean Mannion was a quarterback for the team in 2019-21…Kubiak also worked with Packers offensive QC coach Rob Grosso for the Broncos in 2016-18 and Hill for the 49ers in 2023…Grosso was also on Denver's staff with Saints TEs coach Clancy Barone, Woods and Dennison in 2015-16 and with Saints secondary coach Marcus Robertson in 2017-18…Robertson was also on the Cardinals' coaching staff in 2019-22 with Clements (2019-20 only) and Grosso…Packers passing game coordinator Jason Vrable was on the New York Jets' staff with Dennison in 2018…Packers passing game coordinator (defense) Derrick Ansley and Saints RBs coach Derrick Foster coached together for the University of Tennessee in 2012 and the L.A. Chargers in 2021-23…Ansley served as the defensive coordinator/DBs coach for the Volunteers in 2019-20 when Saints CB Alontae Taylor played for Tennessee…Packers strength and conditioning assistant Todd Hunt was teammates with Saints QB Derek Carr at Fresno State in 2011-13 and Saints LBs coach Michael Hodges was a defensive graduate assistant for the Bulldogs in 2012-13…Packers G/T Elgton Jenkins and Saints DB J.T. Gray were high school teammates at Clarksdale (Miss.) High School…Former college teammates include: Packers DL Arron Mosby, S Evan Williams, Saints QB Jake Haener and RB Jordan Mims (Fresno State); Packers DL Rashan Gary and Saints C/G Cesar Ruiz (Michigan); Packers C/G Josh Myers, Saints DE Chase Young and LB Pete Werner (Ohio State); Packers G/T Elgton Jenkins, Saints LB Willie Gay Jr. and DB J.T. Gray (Mississippi State); Packers DL Kingsley Enagbare and Saints FB Adam Prentice (South Carolina); Packers S Zayne Anderson and Saints RB Jamaal Williams (BYU); Packers LB Isaiah McDuffie and Harris (Boston College).
