Saturday, September 19, 2015

Seahawks/Packers game notes...

the Packers,under head coach Mike McCarthy,are 7-2,in home openers,winning seven of the last eight games... since 1978,the Packers are 22-7,on Sunday night,best in the NFL... under McCarthy,the Packers are 54-17-1,at home... including postseason,the Packers have won nine straight home games... against Seattle,they are 8-7,in regular season,2-1,in postseason,and 6-1,at Lambeau Field(10-8,overall)... Aaron Rodgers is 6-1,in home openers... Green Bay has won 51 home openers,third best,in the NFL,behind DA BEARS(65),and the Detroit Lions(with 52)...  note:the Packers are the only NFL team to win 50+(54) road openers... this game will be only the 18th time that the Packers' home opener is not week one of a season,and only one of the other seventeen times was not week two... in 1924,it was week three,when the Packers beat the Kansas City Blues,16-0... of those seventeen games,the Packers are 9-8... the Packers finished 8-0,at Lambeau Field,for the fifth time(1996-1997,2002,2011,and 2014)... the Packers scored 40+ points in four home games,second in franchise history(five times,in 2011)... the point differential of plus-155,last season,was the best in franchise history... in three of the last five games,against the Seahawks,at Lambeau Field,the Packers have beaten the Seahawks by 20+ points(twice by 22 points,and once by 28 points)...

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