The Green Bay Packers' preseason schedule is highlighted by games against two playoff teams from last season, including opening at the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots. The preliminary schedule was communicated by the National Football League on Thursday.
For the fourth time in the last five years, the Packers will kick off their preseason slate away from Lambeau Field, traveling to Gillette Stadium to face the Patriots. It will be the first preseason meeting between the clubs since they met in Green Bay in 2005 and the first time the Packers visited New England for a preseason game since 1993. In Week 2, Green Bay will travel to Pittsburgh to face the Steelers, the first preseason meeting between the two teams since they met at Heinz Field in 2007.
Date, Opponent
Aug. 13-17, at New England Patriots
Aug. 20-24, at Pittsburgh Steelers
Aug. 27-30, PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
Sept. 3-4, NEW ORLEANS SAINTS
The Packers will conclude the preseason with two home games for the second consecutive year. Green Bay will host the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 3, the first preseason meeting between the two since 2002 and the first at Lambeau Field since 1983. The Packers finish the preseason with a home contest against the New Orleans Saints, marking the ninth preseason meeting between the two but the first as the preseason finale.
The Green Bay Packers' preseason schedule is highlighted by games against two playoff teams from last season, including opening at the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots.
The last time the Packers played at New England in the preseason: August 20, 1993. Packers 17, Patriots 21. Photo by Vernon Biever.
The last time the Packers played the Patriots: November 30, 2014. Packers 26, Patriots 21. Photo by Jim Biever.
The last time the Packers played at Pittsburgh in the preseason: August 11, 2007. Packers 13, Steelers 9. Photo by Jim Biever.
The last time the Packers faced the Steelers: December 22, 2013. Packers 31, Steelers 38. Photo by Matt Becker.
The last time the Packers faced the Eagles at home in the preseason: August 20, 1983. Packers 14, Eagles 27. Photo by Vernon Biever.
The last time the Packers faced the Eagles: November 16, 2014. Packers 53, Eagles 20. Photo by Jim Biever.
The last time the Packers and Saints faced off in the preseason: August 21, 2004. Packers 19, Saints 14. Photo by Jim Biever.
The last time the Packers faced the Saints: October 26, 2014. Packers 23, Saints 44. Photo by Jim Biever.
For the fourth straight year, the Packers will not play any of their preseason opponents during the regular season.
The exact dates and times for the Packers' preseason games are to be determined. Flagshipped by Milwaukee's WTMJ-TV and in conjunction with WGBA-TV in Green Bay, the preseason contests will be televised over a 17-station network throughout the state of Wisconsin, northeastern Minnesota, Upper Michigan, the Quad Cities, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo and Des Moines in Iowa, Omaha in Nebraska, Honolulu in Hawaii, and Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau in Alaska.
In addition to WTMJ/NBC and WGBA/NBC, the games are televised over WKOW/ABC, Madison, Wis.; WAOW/ABC, Wausau/Rhinelander, Wis.; WXOW/ABC, La Crosse, Wis.; WQOW/ABC, Eau Claire, Wis.; WLUC/FOX, Escanaba/Marquette, Mich.; KQDS/FOX, Duluth/Superior, Minn.; KLJB-TV/FOX and KGCW/CW, Davenport, Iowa (Quad Cities); KWWL/NBC, Cedar Rapids/Waterloo, Iowa; KCWI/CW, Des Moines, Iowa; KMTV/CBS, Omaha, Neb.; KFVE-TV, Honolulu, Hawaii; KYUR/ABC, Anchorage, Alaska; KATN/ABC, Fairbanks, Alaska; and KJUD/ABC, Juneau, Alaska.
The league is expected to release the regular-season schedule later this month.
