Dope Sheet: Packers hit the road for Week 8 matchup vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

The Green Bay Packers return to the road to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars.

• The Packers are 5-2 in the series, including wins in each of the last three matchups.
• Green Bay is 3-1 in games played at the Jaguars, including a 27-23 win in its last away game against Jacksonville in 2016. The Packers scored 24-plus points in all three of the road victories.
• Even though the Packers last played the Jaguars on the road in 2016, Green Bay did play at EverBank Stadium in 2021 when the New Orleans Saints were forced to relocate their Week 1 home game to Jacksonville due to a hurricane.
• Green Bay has scored 24-plus points six times against Jacksonville.
• Each of the last six games between the teams have been decided by single digits.
• In four of the last five contests between the two teams, the margin was four or fewer points.

WITH THE CALL

FOX Sports, now in its 31st season as an NFL network television partner, will broadcast the game.

• Play-by-play man Kenny Albert joins analyst Jonathan Vilma and sideline reporter Megan Olivi.
• 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 94 or 386 or through the app (Packers Radio Network feed).

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THE DOPE ON THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT

Packers at Jaguars:

• All-time, regular season: 5-2
• All-time, at Jacksonville (regular season): 3-1
• Streaks: Green Bay has won the last three regular-season games played.
• Last meeting, regular season: Nov. 15, 2020, Lambeau Field, Packers won, 24-20

COACHES CAPSULES

• Matt LaFleur: 61-29-0, .678; (3-4 postseason); 6th NFL season
• Doug Pederson: 62-58-1, .517; (5-3 postseason); 8th NFL season
• Head to Head: LaFleur 1-1 vs. Pederson
• vs. Opponent: LaFleur 1-0 vs. Jaguars; Pederson 1-2 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).

DOUG PEDERSON…In his third season as the Jaguars' seventh head coach.

• Is in his 15th season as an NFL coach, having previously served as the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles from 2016-20. Began his NFL coaching career with the Eagles as an offensive quality control coach (2009-10) and quarterbacks coach (2011-12). Also served as the offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs from 2013-15.
• In his first two seasons as the Jaguars' head coach, produced a winning record in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2004-05. In 2022, Jacksonville won its first AFC South title and earned a playoff berth for the first time since 2017.
• In five seasons as head coach of the Eagles, led Philadelphia to three consecutive playoff appearances (2017-19), two NFC South titles and its first-ever Super Bowl championship in Super Bowl LII, a 41-33 victory against the Patriots in 2017.
• Played quarterback in the NFL for 12 years with Green Bay, Miami, Philadelphia and Cleveland.

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THE PACKERS-JAGUARS SERIES

• Green Bay began the series with a 24-14 victory in the first-ever meeting between these two teams in Jacksonville in 1995.
• The Jaguars tied the series at 2-2 with their victory in 2008, but since then the Packers have won three consecutive matchups to regain the series lead at 5-2.
• The Packers have scored 24-plus points in six of the seven contests played against the Jaguars and are 5-1 when they score at least 24 points.

NOTABLE CONNECTIONS

Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson played quarterback for the Packers for seven seasons (1996-98, 2001-04), serving as the backup QB on Green Bay teams that won Super Bowl XXXI and two NFC titles…Packers DL T.J. Slaton is from Plantation, Fla., attended American Heritage High School and played collegiately at Florida (2017-20)…Packers WR Christian Watson is from Tampa, Fla., where he attended H.B. Plant High School…Packers LB Ty'Ron Hopper (2019-21), DL Brenton Cox Jr. (2020-22) and T Kadeem Telfort (2017) played at Florida…Packers K Brandon McManus kicked for Jacksonville during the 2023 season…Packers DL coach Jason Rebrovich was on the Jaguars' coaching staff for four seasons (2017-20)…Packers OL coach Luke Butkus served as Jacksonville's assistant OL coach from 2013-15…Packers director of player personnel John Wojciechowski worked for the Jaguars (1998-2002)…Packers director of college scouting Matt Malaspina served as an offensive assistant at Jacksonville University (1997-98)…Packers chief of staff Darryl Franklin worked in Jacksonville, Fla., as a scouting assistant for BLESTO in 2010-11…Jaguars S Darnell Savage was drafted by Green Bay in the first round (No. 21 overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft and played five seasons with the Packers (2019-23)…Jaguars TE Josiah Deguara was drafted by Green Bay in the third round (No. 94 overall) of the 2020 NFL Draft and played four seasons with the Packers (2020-23)…Jaguars OL Cole Van Lanen, who was drafted by the Packers in the sixth round (No. 214 overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft and played in one game for the Packers in 2021, is from Green Bay, Wis., attended Bay Port High School and played collegiately at Wisconsin (2017-20)…Jaguars QBs coach Mike McCoy was on the Packers' practice squad during his rookie season in 1995…Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke was born in Milwaukee, Wis., and grew up in Rosendale, Wis., where he attended Laconia High School…Jaguars assistant OLBs coach Mario Jeberaeel spent time with Green Bay in the 2019 offseason as part of the Bill Walsh Minority Fellowship program, assisting with the offensive line…Jaguars OL coach/run game coordinator Phil Rauscher was on the Vikings' coaching staff when Packers offensive assistant Sean Mannion was a player for Minnesota (2020-21)…Packers assistant special teams coach Byron Storer was on McCoy's staff in 2013 when he served as the head coach for the Chargers…Butkus and Jaguars DBs coach Kris Richard were on Seattle's coaching staff together in 2010-11…Rebrovich and Jaguars assistant ILBs coach Patrick Reilly were on the coaching staff together at SUNY Cortland in 2010…Reilly was also a defensive analyst at Alabama when Packers S Xavier McKinney and RB Josh Jacobs played for the Crimson Tide…Packers passing game coordinator (defense) Derrick Ansley was on Kentucky's coaching staff when Jaguars DE Josh Hines-Allen was a player for the Wildcats in 2015…Packers TEs coach John Dunn was a player (2003) and a student assistant (2004) when Jaguars ILBs coach Matt House was on the University of North Carolina's staff in 2003-04…Jaguars assistant QBs coach Andrew Breiner served as the passing game coordinator/QBs coach at Mississippi State during Packers G/T Elgton Jenkins' final season playing for the Bulldogs in 2018…Jaguars offensive QC coach Jamel Mutunga was an offensive assistant/RBs at Rutgers in 2020-21 when Packers WR Bo Melton played for the Scarlet Knights…Packers WRs coach Ryan Mahaffey coached with Jaguars assistant secondary coach/defensive analyst Mike Gray at Western Kentucky in 2017…McKinney, Packers CB Corey Ballentine and Jaguars TE Evan Engram were teammates with the N.Y. Giants…Packers DL Preston Smith and Jaguars OL Brandon Scherff were teammates with Washington (2015-18)…Former collegiate teammates: McKinney, Jacobs, Jaguars QB Mac Jones and OL Cam Robinson (Alabama); Packers S Javon Bullard, LB Quay Walker, DL Devonte Wyatt, TE John FitzPatrick and Jaguars DE Travon Walker (Georgia); Packers T Rasheed Walker, Jaguars TE Brenton Strange and TE Parker Washington (Penn State); Packers LB Edgerrin Cooper and Jaguars S Antonio Johnson (Texas A&M); Packers C/G Josh Myers, Jaguars TE Luke Farrell and DT DaVon Hamilton (Ohio State).