GREEN BAY, Wisconsin. – The Green Bay Packers look to win a third straight game when they host the Houston Texans on Sunday, October 20 at noon.
Green Bay is 4-2 to start the season after back-to-back wins against the Los Angeles Rams And Arizona Cardinals. Yet they sit in last place in a competitive NFC North – the only division in the NFL with all four teams above .500. The Texans lead their division with a 5-1 record; their only loss to the Minnesota Vikings in Week 3.
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Sunday will mark just the sixth game between the NFL’s youngest franchise and one of its oldest. Green Bay is 4-1 against Houston, with their only loss being a 24-21 decision at Lambeau Field in 2008.
This will be the first meeting as head coaches for Houston’s Matt LaFleur and DeMeco Ryans. LaFleur began his NFL coaching career as an offensive assistant with the Texans in 2008, when Ryans was a linebacker on the team.
Packers linebacker Eric Wilson played for the Texans in 2021, and the team’s offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich was on the team’s practice squad in 2008-09. Ka’dar Hollman, who played two seasons with Green Bay after the Packers were drafted in 2019, now plays for Houston.
Texans running back Dare Ogunbowale is from Milwaukeeplayed for Marquette High School and then for the Wisconsin Badgers. Texans safety Eric Murray was in attendance at Milwaukee Riverside.
