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Packers-Seahawks Press Box Notes
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| Brett Favre & Matt Hasselbeck |
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posted 08/18/2007
PACKERS RETURN HOME 1-0
Green Bay opens the home portion of its preseason schedule tonight at Lambeau Field when it hosts the Seattle Seahawks...The Packers began the preseason with a 13-9 victory at Pittsburgh, the first time the team had won a preseason opener on the road (excluding neutral site games) since 1981...Aaron Rodgers finished 18-of-27 passing for 168 yards and one touchdown, leading the offense on three consecutive scoring drives...On the other side of the ball, the Packers' defensive line collected five sacks...Both teams head into the contest 1-0, as Seattle opened its preseason slate Sunday night in San Diego with a 24-16 victory...Seventeen fourth-quarter points helped seal the victory for the Seahawks, who went ahead for good on kicker Josh Brown's 36-yard field goal...Seattle's No. 1 offense only saw one series of action, as quarterback Matt Hasselbeck drove the offense 74 yards on eight plays, including a 31-yard touchdown pass to Deion Branch...Saturday also marks the Midwest Shrine Game at Lambeau Field, an annual preseason tradition in Green Bay...The Packers have won seven of the last eight Shrine games, including a 38-10 victory over the Falcons in 2006.
MIDWEST SHRINE GAME
-One of the NFL's longest team traditions, the Upper Midwest Shrine Game kicks off its 58th installment tonight. Each season, the Packers donate a percentage of the gate to the Shriners' Hospitals for Children.
-Shriners' facilities provide specialized medical services, helping children with birth defects and other injuries, at absolutely no cost.
-To date, the series has raised more than $3 million for the Midwest Shrine's burn centers and hospitals for crippled children.
-Green Bay is 29-25-3 all-time in the series and has never played Seattle in the annual contest.
-The series has called three separate stadiums home: Milwaukee's State Fair Park (1950-51), Milwaukee County Stadium (1952-82, 1984-94) and Lambeau Field (1983, 1995-present).
-In his first season leading the Packers, Vince Lombardi made an agreement with George Halas to play in the Shrine game annually. Green Bay and Chicago played each preseason in County Stadium from 1959-73.
-The Packers annually designate the Shrine game as the first 'Gold package' game for season-ticket holders primarily from the Milwaukee area. The team created the three-game package after moving all of its home games to Green Bay in 1995.
GAME ACTIVITIES
Janine Brass, a former Shriner's patient, will perform the Star Spangled Banner with the help of four F-16's from the Air National Guard in Madison, Wis., ...USA Football, in conjunction with the NFL and NFL Players Association, is celebrating the start of the season with a national "Play Football" campaign...Four Green Bay Pop Warner teams will take part in player introductions as well as a halftime scrimmage.
WEARING THE STRIPES
Today's officiating crew includes referee John Parry (132), umpire Tony Michalek (115), head linesman Derick Bowers (74), line judge John Hussey (35), field judge Gary Cavaletto (60), side judge Laird Hayes (125) and back judge Perry Paganelli (46).
POOL REPORTER
As appointed by the PFWA, Mike Vandermause of the Green Bay Press-Gazette is the primary Lambeau Field pool reporter, and Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is the alternate.
NEXT WEEK
The Packers host the Jacksonville Jaguars Thursday in a nationally televised preseason game on FOX; kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. CDT...Meanwhile, the
Seahawks take on another NFC?North opponent, as the Minnesota Vikings
travel west for a Saturday night contest at Qwest Field.
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WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN 2007 -
4 BRETT FAVRE
-Has played in 239 straight games (257 including playoffs) and started 237 in a row (257 including playoffs), the NFL's record among quarterbacks. By starting the first four games of 2007, would surpass Mick Tinglehoff's stretch of 240 straight starts (1962-78), the second-longest recorded streak in NFL history. Only Jim Marshall (270, 1961-79) has been documented to have more consecutive starts.
-Needs six TD passes to match Dan Marino's NFL record, 420. Favre enters with 414.
-Needs one win to tie No. 1 John Elway (148-82-1, .643). Favre enters tied with No. 2 Dan Marino (147-93-0, .613) on the all-time quarterback wins list.
-Needs 136 passing attempts to break Dan Marino's career record, 8,358. Favre enters with 8,223.
-Needs 3,862 passing yards - or less than his totals in each of the past three seasons - to break Marino's record (61,361) for career passing yards. Favre enters 2007 with 57,500.
80 DONALD DRIVER
-Has a reception in 80 consecutive games, the franchise's second-longest streak behind Sterling Sharpe's 103 (1988-94).
-Could tie a franchise record with 1,000 yards in a fifth overall season. Only James Lofton and Sharpe have five 1,000-yard campaigns.
88 BUBBA FRANKS
-Needs one TD reception to reach 30 career. In team history, only 11 previous players have reached the milestone, including Driver in '06.
76 CHAD CLIFTON
-Needs five starts for 100 career. Clifton enters with 95.
65 MARK TAUSCHER
-Needs seven games played and nine starts for 100. He enters with 93 games and 91 starts.
74 AARON KAMPMAN
-Needs one sack to become just the eighth player to record 30 in a Packers uniform. Kampman, who had five sacks over his last three games, enters with 29.
94 KABEER GBAJA-BIAMILA
-On Green Bay's all-time sacks list, needs four to match Reggie White's career record, 681/2. Gbaja-Biamila enters with 641/2.
56 NICK BARNETT
-Bids for a fifth consecutive 100-tackle season.
21 CHARLES WOODSON
-Carries into 2007 a streak of three games with an interception. With an INT in the season opener, would extend the stretch to four games, longest since John Symank in 1961. Irv Comp holds the team record, with five in 1943. |
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