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Packers Public Relations • Lambeau Field Atrium • 1265 Lombardi Avenue • Green Bay, WI 54304 • 920/569-7500 • 920/569-7201 fax<br />
Jason Wahlers, Aaron Popkey, Sarah Quick, Tom Fanning, Jonathan Butnick<br />
VOL. XIV; NO. 26 GREEN BAY, JAN. 1, 2013 NFC WILD CARD<br />
MINNESOTA (10-6) AT GREEN BAY (11-5)<br />
Saturday, Jan. 5 • Lambeau Field • 7 p.m. CST<br />
PACKERS TO HOST VIKINGS IN NFC WILD CARD CONTEST<br />
<strong>The</strong> Packers will face the Vikings for the second straight week, this time<br />
in an NFC Wild Card contest at Lambeau Field, as the two<br />
clubs square off in the postseason for just the second time<br />
in the 52-year history of the series.<br />
<strong>The</strong> only other playoff meeting between the division<br />
rivals also came in a Wild Card contest at Lambeau Field when the<br />
Packers hosted the Vikings in the 2004 season (Jan. 9, 2005).<br />
WITH THE CALL<br />
NBC Sports will broadcast the game to a national audience. Play-byplay<br />
man Al Michaels joins color <strong>com</strong>mentator Cris<br />
Collinsworth in the booth with Michele Tafoya<br />
reporting from the sidelines.<br />
Milwaukee’s WTMJ (620 AM), airing Green Bay games<br />
since 1929, heads up the 53-station Packers Radio<br />
Network, with Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play) and two-time Packers<br />
Pro Bowler Larry McCarren (analyst) calling the action. <strong>The</strong> duo enters<br />
its 14th season of broadcasts together across the Packers Radio Network,<br />
This will be the first meeting in the history of the series (since 1961) which covers 44 markets in six states.<br />
where both teams entered the game with 10-plus victories.<br />
Dial Global Sports radio will air the game across the country. Kevin<br />
It will mark the sixth time that Green Bay has faced a divisional opponent<br />
Harlan (play-by-play) and Dan Fouts (analyst) will call the action with<br />
in the postseason since the league went to a divisional format in 1967.<br />
Mark Malone reporting from the sidelines. Scott Graham hosts<br />
<strong>The</strong> Packers have a 4-1 mark (.800) in those games, which is tied for the<br />
pregame and halftime shows.<br />
No. 2 winning percentage in the <strong>NFL</strong> among teams with three or more<br />
playoff games against divisional opponents behind only Pittsburgh (9-0).<br />
Univision Radio will broadcast the game in Spanish to a national audience,<br />
with Rafael Hernandez Brito (play-by-play) and Raul Striker<br />
This will be the third time the Packers have faced the Vikings in the last<br />
six games. Green Bay played Minnesota at Lambeau Field in Week 13<br />
and the teams met this past Sunday in the season finale at Minnesota.<br />
This Saturday’s game will mark the third time in team history that the<br />
Jr. (color) calling the action.<br />
REGULAR SEASON<br />
Packers have played an opponent in the season finale and then faced Date Opponent Result Att.<br />
that same team in the playoffs the following week. Green Bay played at Sun., Sept. 9 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS . . . . . . . . . . . L, 22-30 (70,523)<br />
Detroit in both the season finale and in a Wild Card contest in 1993 and Thu., Sept. 13 CHICAGO BEARS (Gold Pkg.) . . . . . . .W, 23-10 (70,543)<br />
also played at Arizona both in the finale and in a Wild Card game in 2009. Mon., Sept. 24 at Seattle Seahawks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 12-14 (68,218)<br />
Through 104 meetings, which includes the one postseason game, the Sun., Sept. 30 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS . . . . . . . . . . .W, 28-27 (70,571)<br />
Packers hold a 54-49-1 advantage over the Vikings in the all-time series. Sun., Oct. 7 at Indianapolis Colts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 27-30 (67,020)<br />
Fans can bet on a back-and-forth contest when the teams meet. In fact, Sun., Oct. 14 at Houston Texans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 42-24 (71,702)<br />
16 of the last 21 regular-season meetings have been decided by seven Sun., Oct. 21 at St. Louis Rams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 30-20 (64,359)<br />
points or less. <strong>The</strong> Packers have won five of the last six games between Sun., Oct. 28 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS . . . . . . . . .W, 24-15 (70,464)<br />
the clubs.<br />
Sun., Nov. 4 ARIZONA CARDINALS (Gold Pkg.) . . .W, 31-17 (70,504)<br />
Over the last 19 seasons (1994-2012), the Packers (nine) and the Sun., Nov. 11 Open Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />
Vikings (five) have accounted for 14 NFC Central/North Championships. Sun., Nov. 18 at Detroit Lions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 24-20 (63,716)<br />
BACK IN THE POSTSEASON<br />
Sun., Nov. 25 at New York Giants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 10-38 (80,365)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Packers have won two straight NFC North titles for the first time since Sun., Dec. 2 MINNESOTA VIKINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 23-14 (70,567)<br />
2002-04, when the team captured three consecutive divisional crowns.<br />
Sun., Dec. 9 DETROIT LIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 27-20 (70,382)<br />
This season’s NFC North title marks the Packers’ 20th division crown in Sun., Dec. 16 at Chicago Bears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 21-13 (62,534)<br />
franchise history.<br />
Sun., Dec. 23 TENNESSEE TITANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 55-7 (70,508)<br />
With the Week 15 win at Chicago, Green Bay clinched its 28th postseason<br />
berth in team history and its 15th appearance in the last 20 seasons.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Packers have made the playoffs in each of the last four seasons and<br />
Sun., Dec. 30 at Minnesota Vikings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 34-37 (64,134)<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> POSTSEASON<br />
five of the last six, the only NFC team to ac<strong>com</strong>plish those feats.<br />
Green Bay currently ranks No. 3 in <strong>NFL</strong> history with its 28 playoff<br />
appearances, trailing only the N.Y. Giants (31) and Dallas Cowboys (30).<br />
<strong>The</strong> Packers’ 15 postseason appearances in the free-agency era (since<br />
1993) are the most of any team in the <strong>NFL</strong>.<br />
Since the <strong>NFL</strong> went to a 12-team playoff format in 1990, the Packers<br />
have been the No. 3 seed three other times (1995, 2002, 2004).<br />
Jan. 5-6 ................................................ AFC and NFC Wild Card Playoffs<br />
Jan. 12-13 .............................................AFC and NFC Divisional Playoffs<br />
Jan. 20 ............................................AFC and NFC Championship Games<br />
Jan. 27 .......................... AFC-NFC Pro Bowl at Aloha Stadium, Honolulu<br />
Feb. 3 ...Super Bowl XLVII, Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, La.