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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 1–2 · Road 1–1 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 14 · 4 days of rest
Green Bay Packers 1–2 · Home 0–1 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 29 · 4 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · CAR 3 games, GB 3 games
MetricCARGB
Points per game29.75th18.724th
Points allowed per game27.726th30.329th
Total yards per game392.77th315.317th
Passing yards per game313.01st281.34th
Rushing yards per game97.022nd48.732nd
Turnovers per game1.315th1.315th
Sacks allowed per game2.315th2.720th
Penalty yards per game70.025th92.032nd

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

Green Bay Packers: recent results

  1. L 14–35 vs ATL Week 3
  2. W 20–17 (OT) @ NYJ Week 2
  3. L 22–39 @ MIN Week 1

Carolina Panthers: season leaders

Passing
Bryce Young 939 yds · 3 g
Rushing
Chuba Hubbard 184 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Jalen Coker 222 yds · 3 g
Sacks
Jaelan Phillips 2.0 · 2 g

Green Bay Packers: season leaders

Passing
Jordan Love 844 yds · 3 g
Rushing
MarShawn Lloyd 68 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Christian Watson 284 yds · 3 g
Sacks
Lukas Van Ness 2.5 · 3 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 Jordon Riley NT
  • Out Josh Jacobs RB
  • Out Luke Musgrave TE
  • Out Micah Parsons SLB
  • Doubtful Aaron Banks LG
  • Doubtful Jacob Monk RG
  • Questionable Anthony Campbell LDE
  • Questionable Jager Burton

1 more listed.

9 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. 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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