GREEN BAY (11-6) At PHILADELPHIA (11-6)
Sunday, 4:15 p.m. ET, FOX
OPENING LINE – Even
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Green Bay 11-5-1; Philadelphia 9-8
SERIES RECORD – Packers lead 24-15
LAST MEETING – Packers beat Eagles 16-13, Sept. 9, 2007
PACKERS OFFENSE – OVERALL (6), RUSH (14), PASS (7)
PACKERS DEFENSE – OVERALL (2), RUSH (1), PASS (5)
EAGLES OFFENSE – OVERALL (11), RUSH (22), PASS (10)
EAGLES DEFENSE – OVERALL (12), RUSH (9), PASS (17)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Eagles honoring 50th anniversary of their last championship team by wearing 1960 uniforms. Philadelphia beat Green Bay 17-13 to win the NFL title, handing Vince Lombardi the only playoff loss in his Hall of Fame career. … Packers won last meeting but lost previous five against Eagles. … Packers QB Aaron Rodgers coming off a Pro Bowl season in which he threw for 4,434 yards, 30 TDs and only seven interceptions. … This is Green Bay’s first season opener on the road under coach Mike McCarthy, who enters his fifth season. … Packers feature two 1,000-yard WRs – Donald Driver and Greg Jennings – and a 1,200-yard rusher – Ryan Grant – in an offense that ranked sixth overall last year. … Eagles QB Kevin Kolb makes third career start, taking over for departed Donovan McNabb. … Rookies Brandon Graham (DE) and Nate Allen (FS) will start for Philadelphia. … Eagles coach Andy Reid is 4-0 at home vs. Green Bay, where he was an assistant under Mike Holmgren. … Average age of the skill position starters for the Eagles is 24.1. … WR DeSean Jackson scored 10 of his 12 TDs last year from 35 yards or more. He had eight TDs of 50 yards or longer, tying an NFL record. … RB LeSean McCoy makes his first start since replacing the departed Brian Westbrook as the primary tailback. McCoy filled in well last year when Westbrook missed several games.
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