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The Green Bay Packers and the Texans meet for the sixth time on Sunday
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The Green Bay Packers and the Texans meet for the sixth time on Sunday

The Green Bay Packers look to win their third straight game when they host the Houston Texans on Sunday, October 20th at noon.

Green Bay is off to a 4-2 start to the season after picking up two straight wins against the Los Angeles Rams and Arizona Cardinals. Still, they sit last in a competitive NFC North — the NFL’s only division in which all four teams are over .500. The Texans sit atop their division at 5-1; their only loss came in Week 3 against the Minnesota Vikings.

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Sunday marks just the sixth game between the NFL’s youngest franchise and one of its oldest. Green Bay is 4-1 against Houston, their only loss being a 24-21 decision at Lambeau Field in 2008.

It will be the first meeting as head coaches for Matt LaFleur and Houston’s DeMeco Ryans. LaFleur began his NFL coaching career as an offensive assistant for 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 for Green Bay for two seasons after being drafted by the Packers in 2019, now plays for Houston.

Texas running back Dare Ogunbowale is a Milwaukee native who played for Marquette High School and then the Wisconsin Badgers. Texans safety Eric Murray visited Milwaukee Riverside.

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