The Green Bay Packers stay at home to take on the Houston Texans.

• This will be the sixth matchup between the two franchises.
• Green Bay holds a 4-1 lead in the series, including wins in the last three contests.
• The Packers are 1-1 against the Texans at home.
• The two teams last played in 2020, a 35-20 Green Bay win in Houston.
• Two of the last three games between the teams have been decided by 15-plus points.
• This will be the third time in the last four meetings that that the two teams will play in the month of October (2012 and 2020).
• By date, this is the second-earliest matchup between the two franchises (Oct. 14, 2012).

WITH THE CALL

CBS will broadcast the game as play-by-play man Jim Nantz joins analyst Tony Romo in the booth with Tracy Wolfson reporting from the sidelines.

• The game is also available through NFL Sunday Ticket by YouTube.
• 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 119 or 226 or through the app (Packers Radio Network feed).
• Sports USA Radio will be broadcasting the game to a national audience with Josh Appel (play-by-play) and James White (analyst) on the call.

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THE DOPE ON THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT

Packers vs. Texans:

• All-time, regular season: 4-1
• All-time, at home (regular season): 1-1
• Streaks: Green Bay has won the last three regular-season games played.
• Last meeting, regular season: Oct. 25, 2020, NRG Stadium, Packers won, 35-20

COACHES CAPSULES

• Matt LaFleur: 60-29-0, .674; (3-4 postseason); 6th NFL season
• DeMeco Ryans: 15-8-0, .652; (1-1 postseason); 2nd NFL season
• Head to Head: LaFleur 0-0 vs. Ryans
• vs. Opponent: LaFleur 1-0 vs. Texans; Ryans 0-0 vs. Packers

MATT LaFLEUR…In his sixth season as the Packers' 15th head coach.

• 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).

DeMECO RYANS…In his second season as the Texans' sixth head coach.

• Is in his eighth season as an NFL coach, having previously spent time with the San Francisco 49ers as the defensive coordinator (2021-22), inside linebackers coach (2018-20) and defensive quality control coach (2017).
• In his first season as head coach for Houston in 2023, the team finished with a 10-7 record, won the AFC South and earned a playoff berth for the first time since 2019. The Texans became the first team in NFL history to win their division with a rookie quarterback (C.J. Stroud) and a first-year head coach.
• The Texans also had The Associated Press Offensive (Stroud) and Defensive (Will Anderson Jr.) Rookies of the Year in 2023, becoming just the fourth franchise to win both awards in the same season since 1967.
• Was drafted by the Texans in the second round (No. 33 overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft, earning the AP Defensive Rookie of the Year and PFWA Rookie of the Year in 2006. Played for the Texans (2006-11) and the Eagles (2012-15).

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THE PACKERS-TEXANS SERIES

• This will be the sixth regular-season meeting between the clubs since the Texans entered the NFL as an expansion team in 2002.
• The first matchup between the Packers and Texans was a Sunday night game at Reliant Stadium in Houston in 2004, and Green Bay won, 16-13.
• The Packers have won four of the five contests played in the series; the only loss came in 2008 when the Texans won, 24-21, in Green Bay.
• Green Bay has won the last three games played, averaging 32.7 points per game over that span.

NOTABLE CONNECTIONS

Packers head coach Matt LaFleur began his NFL coaching career as an offensive assistant with the Texans in 2008-09 while Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans was a player for Houston…Packers LB Eric Wilson played for the Texans in 2021…Packers offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich spent time on the Texans' practice squad in 2008-09…Packers TE Ben Sims was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, where he attended Clark High School, and played collegiately at Baylor (2018-22)…Packers LB Edgerrin Cooper played at Texas A&M from 2020-23…Packers DBs coach Ryan Downard was a graduate assistant at Texas Tech in 2013…Packers defensive quality control coach Wendel Davis, a native of Sweeny, Texas, previously coached at West Texas A&M (2010-12), Texas A&M – Commerce (2013-14), and the University of Texas (2015)…Packers coaching assistant Myles White previously coached at SMU (2019-20) and Stephen F. Austin (2021)…Texans CB Ka'dar Hollman was selected by the Packers in the sixth round (No. 185 overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft and played two seasons for Green Bay (2019-20), appearing in 18 regular-season games… Texans assistant strength and conditioning coach Thadeus Jackson was part of the Packers' strength and conditioning staff for 14 seasons (2010-23)…Texans LBs coach Bill Davis served as a defensive assistant/DL coach for the Packers in 2000…Texans offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik is from Green Bay, Wis., where he attended Green Bay Southwest High School, and his father, Bob, coached for the Packers from 2000-04…LaFleur and Slowik were on Washington's staff together in 2010-13…Texans TEs coach Jake Moreland is from Milwaukee, Wis., where he attended Marquette University High School…LaFleur and Moreland were collegiate teammates at Western Michigan for two seasons (1998-99)…Moreland was also the offensive coordinator/OL coach for the Broncos in 2018 when Packers WR Jayden Reed started his collegiate career at Western Michigan…Texans RB Dare Ogunbowale is from Milwaukee, Wis., where he attended Marquette University High School, and he played collegiately at Wisconsin (2013-16)…Texans S Eric Murray is from Milwaukee, Wis., and attended Riverside University High School…Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley and Stenavich were on the San Francisco 49ers' staff with Ryans and Slowik…Packers strength and conditioning coordinator Aaron Hill was also on the 49ers' staff with Ryans and Slowik as well as Texans safeties coach Stephen Adegoke, defensive passing game coordinator Cory Undlin and assistant OL coach Zach Yenser…Adegoke and Packers G/T Elgton Jenkins were teammates at Mississippi State (2016-18)…Hafley was an assistant DBs coach with Tampa Bay when Texans defense/special teams assistant Sean Baker entered the league as an undrafted free agent defensive back with the Buccaneers in 2012…Texans WRs/offensive passing game coordinator Ben McDaniels was on the Buccaneers' staff with Hafley in 2012-13…McDaniels also coached with Packers LBs/running game coordinator Anthony Campanile at Rutgers in 2014-15 and with TEs coach John Dunn with the Chicago Bears in 2016-17…Packers offensive quality control coach Rob Grosso was a player at John Carroll University when Texans special teams coordinator Frank Ross was on the coaching staff for the Blue Streaks…Packers assistant head coach/special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia and special teams assistant Byron Storer were on the Raiders' staff with Texans defensive assistant Ryan Milus in 2021…Texans WR Robert Woods was with the L.A. Rams when LaFleur was the offensive coordinator in 2017…Wilson was teammates with Texans DE Derek Barnett with the Eagles in 2021…Packers offensive assistant Sean Mannion and Wilson were teammates with Texans WR Steffon Diggs, CB Kris Boyd and DE Danielle Hunter in Minnesota…Dunn was on the coaching staff at Maryland when Diggs played for the Terrapins…Packers OL coach Luke Butkus coached the offensive line at Illinois when Texans C/G Kendrick Green played for the Fighting Illini in 2017-18…Former collegiate teammates include: Packers C/G Josh Myers, Texans QB C.J. Stroud and TE Cade Stover (Ohio State); Packers T Rasheed Walker and Texans C/G Juice Scruggs (Penn State); Packers S Evan Williams and Texans LB Jamal Hill (Oregon); Packers S Javon Bullard, TE John FitzPatrick, LB Quay Walker, DL Devonte Wyatt and Texans CB Kamari Lassiter (Georgia).