Packers back at Lambeau Sunday to take on Browns
GREEN BAY (WITI) -- The Green Bay Packers are back at Lambeau Field this Sunday, October 20th.
The 3-2 Packers are set to take on the 3-3 Cleveland Browns in a contest that kicks off at 3:25 p.m.
Last Sunday, the Packers improved to 3-2 with a 19-17 victory over defending Super Bowl champions Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium.
With Sunday's win, Green Bay became the first NFC club to emerge victorious at M&T Bank Stadium since the Carolina Panthers won there in Week 6 of 2006.
This Sunday's game will mark the third time the Packers and Browns have met at Lambeau Field in the regular season. Previous meetings came in 2001 and 2005.
For Green Bay, this will be the third contest against an AFC North foe in its last four games. The Packers played at Cincinnati in Week 3 and at Baltimore in Week 6. Green Bay rounds out its AFC North games in Week 16 vs. Pittsburgh, the Packers’ regular-season home finale.
The Packers and Browns last met on October 25th, 2009 at Cleveland Browns Stadium. The Packers won, 31-3.
The teams' last meeting in Green Bay occurred on September 18th, 2005.
The Browns have a new coach -- Rob Chudzinski, who is the team's 14th head coach. He came to the Browns after spending the past two seasons as the offensive coordinator for the Carolina Panthers.
Going back to last week, vs. the Ravens, rookie RB Eddie Lacy posted a career-high 120 rushing yards on 23 carries (5.2 avg.).
Lacy became the third Green Bay RB to top the 100-yard rushing mark in a game this season, joining James Starks (132 yards vs. Washington in Week 2) and Johnathan Franklin (103 yards at Cincinnati in Week 3).
This week’s game is one of only two currently scheduled for 3:25 p.m. at Lambeau Field this season, with the other one slated for Week 16 vs. Pittsburgh.
Something to look for on Sunday -- the Packers will be wearing a third jersey that is a re-creation of the team’s uniform from 1929, the year of Green Bay’s first world title.