PACKERSTATS-Game #11-2018 season

Written and Compiled by Jerry Tapp

Here are some of the numbers that helped define the Packers 24-17 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on November 25.

• The Packers are now 16-10 (.615) in road games against their division opponents (Bears, Lions, Vikings) since 2010.
• Green Bay is 16-9-2 against the Vikings (regular season and playoff contests) in the Mike McCarthy era, but they are 1-5-1 in the last seven games against the Vikes.
• The Packers have held the Vikings to less than 30 points in 11 straight games.
• Davante Adams has now scored a TD in eight of the 11 games played this season. It was the 29^th game of his career that he scored a TD, placing him 13^th in that stat for the team all-time. Randall Cobb and Paul Coffman are tied for 11^th on the list with TD receptions in 32 games for the Pack. Boyd Dowler is 10^th with 34 games. Leading the team is Donald Driver with a TD reception in 57 games with the Packers.
• The Packers scored first in the game and are now 17-12 (.586) since 2010 in road games when they score the first points of the game.
• The Pack had seven points in the first quarter and are now 77-35-2 (.684) since 2006 in games when they score at least seven points in the first quarter.
• Aaron Jones scored a TD in his third straight game. The team record is seven straight games held by Ahman Green and Paul Hornung.
• Minnesota placekicker Dan Bailey missed a pair of field goal attempts in the game. Green Bay is 19-13-1 since 2010 when the opponents’ kicker misses at least one field goal attempt in a game.
• The game was tied at 14-14 at halftime. Green Bay is now 2-6 in road games since 2002 when the score is tied at half.
• Minnesota held a 10-point lead going into the fourth quarter, 24-14. The Pack is 2-21 in their last 23 road games when they go into the fourth quarter behind by 10 or more points.
• Minnesota QB Kirk Cousins had three TD passes and 342 yards passing. Cousins now has three career games against the Packers with three or more TD passes and 300+ yards passing in the same game. Drew Brees tops this list with four such games.
• Adam Thielen had 125 yards receiving and became the 14^th player to have three or more career games with 100+ yards receiving against the Packers. Randy Moss had seven games to top this stat. He is followed by Elroy Hirsch and Calvin Johnson with six such games.
• Green Bay only scored three points in the second half. Since 2000, the Packers are 11-34 (.244) in games when they score three or fewer points in the second half of a contest.
• The Pack had only 25:33 time of possession in the game. Since 2006 they are 4-13 in away games when they have the ball less than 26 minutes in a game and are 9-18 (.333) in all games since 2006 when they have the ball less than 26 minutes in a game.
• Cousins had a Passer Rating of 129.5 in the game. Teams are 49-4-1 (.917) against the Packers when they have a QB with a Passer Rating above 125. Cousins became the ninth opposing QB to have two career games against the Packers with a Passer Rating of 125 or better. The others: Troy Aikman, Drew Brees, Brett Favre, Bill Munson, Matthew Stafford, Fran Tarkenton, John Unitas and Bill Wade.
• The Packers are now 5-14 (.109) in road games when they score less than 20 points in the game. They have lost eight straight road games when they tally less than 20 points.