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Carolina Panthers at Green Bay Packers

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 8 · Lambeau Field · Thursday Night

Dated schedule recordUpdated

Future kickoffs are subject to scheduling changes. Unconfirmed slots are withheld. Times are normalized by WHYNFL.

Carolina Panthers—Away
Green Bay Packers—Home

Game details

Venue address
1265 Lombardi Avenue, Green Bay, WI 54304, US
Address checked

Matchup preview

Carolina Panthers 2–2 · Road 1–1 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 13 · 4 days of rest
Green Bay Packers 3–2 · Home 1–1 · Streak W2 · Power Index No. 14 · 4 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · CAR 4 games, GB 5 games
MetricCARGB
Points per game30.34th20.824th
Points allowed per game27.327th22.415th
Total yards per game405.83rd331.417th
Passing yards per game317.01st281.64th
Rushing yards per game104.518th60.432nd
Turnovers per game1.010th1.214th
Sacks allowed per game2.521st2.012th
Penalty yards per game67.522nd73.827th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

Carolina Panthers: recent results

  1. W 32–26 vs DET Week 4
  2. L 18–21 @ CLE Week 3
  3. W 34–3 @ ATL Week 2
  4. L 37–59 vs CHI Week 1

Green Bay Packers: recent results

  1. W 31–7 vs CHI Week 5
  2. W 17–14 @ TB Week 4
  3. L 14–35 vs ATL Week 3
  4. W 20–17 (OT) @ NYJ Week 2
  5. L 22–39 @ MIN Week 1

Carolina Panthers: season leaders

Passing
Bryce Young 1,268 yds · 4 g
Rushing
Chuba Hubbard 306 yds · 4 g
Receiving
Tetairoa McMillan 385 yds · 4 g
Sacks
Princely Umanmielen 3.0 · 3 g

Green Bay Packers: season leaders

Passing
Jordan Love 1,408 yds · 5 g
Rushing
MarShawn Lloyd 112 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Christian Watson 474 yds · 5 g
Sacks
Edgerrin Cooper 3.0 · 4 g

Carolina Panthers: injury report

  • Out Ikem Ekwonu LT
  • Out Taylor Moton RT
  • Out Tershawn Wharton RDE
  • Questionable Cam Jackson NT
  • Questionable Damien Lewis LG
  • Questionable Jaelan Phillips SLB
  • Questionable Jalen Coker
  • Questionable Monroe Freeling RT

9 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 6. Full report

Green Bay Packers: injury report

  • Out Aaron Banks LG
  • Out Anthony Campbell LDE
  • Out Donovan Jennings
  • Out Jacob Monk RG
  • Out Javon Hargrave NT
  • Out Jordon Riley NT
  • Out Josh Jacobs RB
  • Out Luke Musgrave TE

3 more listed.

9 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

CAR 7 · GB 9 in 16 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 9 CAR 16, GB 13
  2. 2023 · Week 16 GB 33, CAR 30
  3. 2020 · Week 15 CAR 16, GB 24
  4. 2019 · Week 10 CAR 16, GB 24
  5. 2017 · Week 15 GB 24, CAR 31

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

CAR 40.5% · GB 59.2%

Matchup quality 32.7 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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