Packers to face Cowboys in primetime

The Packers travel to Dallas to take on the Cowboys on Sunday Night Football.

• It will be the first-ever Sunday Night Football meeting with the Cowboys in Dallas (played in 2008 and 2010 on SNF in Green Bay).
• Green Bay is 22-17 against the Cowboys (including postseason) and has won five in a row and 10 of the last 11.
• Including playoffs, the Packers have scored 34-plus points against Dallas in all five of their games at AT&T Stadium, including the last meeting, a 48-32 Green Bay victory in the 2023 Wild Card Playoff.
• The Packers are the only NFL team with four-plus wins and no losses against Dallas at AT&T Stadium (5-0, including playoffs).
• The Packers' current five-game winning streak (including playoffs) is the longest opponent road winning streak against the Cowboys in team history.
• In those five games, the Packers have turned the ball over a total of three times and have a turnover differential of plus-8, the top mark by an opposing team at AT&T Stadium.
• Among teams that have played three-plus games at the stadium, the Packers rank No. 1 in the NFL in scoring with an average of 37.6 points per game. Green Bay has scored 34-plus points in all five contests.
• Green Bay is in a stretch of four road games in six weeks. The Packers have one home game (Oct. 12 vs. Cincinnati) over a 51-day span (Sept. 11 vs. Washington – Nov. 2 vs. Carolina).
• Green Bay will be on the bye next week, marking its earliest bye week since 2020 (Week 5).
• It is the second time in the last four seasons that Green Bay has back-to-back road games heading into the bye week (2022).

WITH THE CALL

NBC will broadcast the game as play-by-play man Mike Tirico joins analyst Cris Collinsworth in the booth with Melissa Stark 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 begins its fourth 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 31st season calling Packers games. After originally being paired together in 1999, McCarren and Larrivee enter their 27th 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 Ryan Radtke (play-by-play) and Mike Golic (analyst) on the call and Scott Graham hosting pregame and halftime shows.

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THE DOPE ON THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT:

Packers at Cowboys:

• All-time, regular season: 17-13
• All-time, postseason: 5-4
• All-time, at Dallas (regular season): 9-12
• Streaks: Green Bay has won 10 of the last 11 matchups, including postseason.
• Last meeting, regular season: Nov. 13, 2022, Lambeau Field, Packers won, 31-28 (OT)

COACHES CAPSULES

• Matt LaFleur: 69-34-0, .667; (3-5 postseason); 7th NFL season
• Brian Schottenheimer: 1-2-0, .333; (0-0 postseason); 1st NFL season
• Head to Head: LaFleur 0-0 vs. Schottenheimer
• vs. Opponent: LaFleur 3-0 vs. Cowboys (including 1-0 postseason); Schottenheimer 0-0 vs. Packers

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

• Is in his 17th 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 six seasons leading the Packers, has authored one of the greatest starts to a head-coaching career in NFL history. Per the Elias Sports Bureau, his 67 wins are the second most in league history by a head coach in his first six seasons in the NFL, trailing only George Seifert (75 in 1989-94). Green Bay's 67-33 regular-season record since 2019 is No. 4 in the NFL and ranks No. 1 in the NFC.
• 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).
• Led Green Bay to the playoffs last season for the fifth time in six years (tied for No. 3 in the NFL over that span), guiding the two youngest playoff teams in the NFL over the past 45 seasons in 2023 (weighted age of 25.25) and 2024 (25.72).
• In his first season leading the Packers in 2019, became the first coach in club history to guide the team to the playoffs in his debut season. Also led the largest one-year win improvement in team history (plus-seven wins).

BRIAN SCHOTTENHEIMER…In his first season as the Cowboys' 10th head coach.

• Has 25 years of NFL experience, including 14 seasons as an offensive coordinator. Was the offensive coordinator for six seasons with the New York Jets (2006-11), three seasons with the St. Louis Rams (2012-14), three seasons with the Seattle Seahawks (2018-20) and two seasons with the Dallas Cowboys (2023-24).
• In his first season as Dallas' offensive coordinator in 2023, the Cowboys led the league in scoring offense (29.9 ppg), ranked fifth in total offense (371.6 ypg) and third in passing offense (258.6 ypg).
• In 2023, Dallas scored the second-most points in a season in franchise history (509) and led the league with five 40-point games, tied for the most such games in team history.

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THE PACKERS-COWBOYS SERIES

• These two franchises faced each other in one of the most storied games in league history, the 1967 NFL Championship, known as the 'Ice Bowl.' The temperature at kickoff was minus 13 degress with a minus 46 wind chill, the coldest game in NFL history. Green Bay came out on top as Bart Starr scored the game-winning touchdown with 13 seconds left.
• Green Bay won 10 of the first 15 in the series, in which Tom Landry and Vince Lombardi - former assistants on the same N.Y. Giants staff in the 1950s - turned it into one of the NFL's preeminent rivalries.
• Green Bay has won 10 of the last 11 games played, including five consecutive contests. The Packers have also won the last five games played in Dallas.

CONNECTIONS

Packers players and staff from Texas: WR Matthew Golden is from Harris County, Texas, and attended Klein Cain (Klein, Texas) High School…WR Savion Williams is from Marshall, Texas, and went to Marshall High School… TE Ben Sims is from San Antonio, Texas, where he attended Clark High School…Assistant defensive line coach Vince Oghobaase was born in Houston and attended Alief Hastings (Houston) High School…Defensive quality control coach Wendel Davis was born in Galveston, Texas, and attended Sweeny (Texas) High School…Packers players and staff who played college football in Texas: Golden played at Houston (2022-23) and Texas (2024)… Willliams played at TCU from 2020-24…Sims played at Baylor from 2018-22…LB Edgerrin Cooper played at Texas A&M from 2020-23…DL Barryn Sorrell played at Texas from 2021-24…Packers coaches who have coached in Texas: DBs coach Ryan Downard was a graduate assistant at Texas Tech in 2013…Davis was an ILBs coach/graduate assistant at West Texas A&M from 2010-12…Davis spent two seasons as the ILBs coach/travel coordinator at Texas A&M Commerce (2013-14) before serving as a defensive football analyst at Texas in 2015…Defensive assistant Jeff Koonz was a graduate assistant at Texas for two seasons (2005-06) and later returned to serve as a defensive quality control coach in 2009…Koonz spent two seasons on the coaching staff at North Texas, where he served as the LBs coach (2017) and the co-defensive coordinator/LBs coach (2018)…Cowboys with connections to Wisconsin: TE Jake Ferguson attended Vel Phillips Memorial High School in Madison, Wis., and played at Wisconsin from 2017-21…MLB Jack Sanborn played at Wisconsin from 2018-21…Vice president of player personnel Will McClay was the defensive coordinator for the Milwaukee Mustangs (Arena Football League) in 1995… Former Cowboys: DL Micah Parsons was a first-round pick (No. 12 overall) by the Cowboys in 2021 and played for Dallas from 2021-24…Assistant head coach/special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia spent five seasons with Dallas, serving as the team's special teams coordinator (2013-14) and the assistant head coach/special teams coordinator (2015-17)…Offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich spent time on the Cowboys' roster during training camp in 2008…Former Packers: DT Kenny Clark played for the Packers from 2016-24 and was the second defensive tackle in team history to be named to three-plus Pro Bowls…Game management coordinator Ryan Feder spent four seasons with the Packers (2015- 18), serving as a football technology analyst…Notable NFL connections: Packers head coach Matt LaFleur was on the Atlanta Falcons' coaching staff from 2015-16, where he crossed paths with Cowboys CB C.J. Goodwin… Cowboys defensive assistant/quality control coach Tanzel Smart played for the Los Angeles Rams in 2017 when LaFleur was on the coaching staff…Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer was an offensive assistant for the Kansas City Chiefs in 1998, where he overlapped with Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst, who was a scouting assistant, and executive vice president/director of football operations Russ Ball, who was an administrative assistant to the head coach…Schottenheimer and Ball also crossed paths at the Washington Redskins, where Ball was the director of football administration and Schottenheimer was the QBs coach in 2001… Ball worked in football administration for the New Orleans Saints when Cowboys director of pro scouting Alex Loomis served as an operations intern (2000-06) and scouting intern (2007-09)…Schottenheimer was the offensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams from 2012-14 when Packers RBs coach Ben Sirmans was on the coaching staff and special teams quality control coach Cory Harkey played there…Packers senior assistant Luke Getsy was the Chicago Bears' offensive coordinator from 2022-23 when Cowboys defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus was the head coach and MLB Jack Sanborn played there…Getsy also worked with Cowboys LBs coach Dave Borgonzi, defensive passing game coordinator/ safeties coach Andre Curtis, secondary/CBs coach David Overstreet II and assistant special teams coach Carlos Polk in his time with the Bears…Bisaccia, Packers assistant special teams coach Byron Storer and passing game coordinator Derrick Ansley were on the Las Vegas Raiders' coaching staff when Cowboys LS Trent Sieg played there… Bisaccia and Storer were on the coaching staff when DT Solomon Thomas played for the Raiders in 2021…Sieg and Thomas were teammates with Packers RB Josh Jacobs, CB Nate Hobbs and CB Keisean Nixon during their time with the Raiders in 2021...Stenavich, Oghobaase and Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley and were on the coaching staff in San Francisco when Thomas played for the 49ers...Bisaccia was the San Diego Chargers' special teams coordinator when Cowboys assistant special teams coach Carlos Polk was a special teams assistant there from 2010-12….Notable college connections: Cowboys CB Trevon Diggs was teammates with Packers S Xavier McKinney and Jacobs at Alabama…Diggs also overlapped with Ansley during his time at Alabama…Hafley was the head coach at Boston College when Cowboys DE Donovan Ezeiruaku played there and when QBs coach Steve Shimko was on the coaching staff…Packers LBs coach Sean Duggan was also on Boston College's coaching staff when Ezeiruaku and Shimko were there…Packers S Evan Williams and Cowboys CB DaRon Bland were teammates at Fresno State in 2021…Packers C/G Elgton Jenkins and Cowboys QB Dak Prescott played together at Mississippi State from 2014-15…Packers T Rasheed Walker, Parsons and Cowboys RB Miles Sanders were teammates at Penn State in 2018…Packers S Javon Bullard, DL Devonte Wyatt, LB Quay Walker, TE John FitzPatrick, DL Nazir Stackhouse and DL Warren Brinson were teammates with Cowboys WR George Pickens at Georgia…Other notable connections: Golden and Cowboys RB Jaydon Blue were teammates at Klein Cain High School.