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Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 7 · Ford Field

Dated schedule recordUpdated

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

Green Bay Packers—Away
Detroit Lions—Home

Matchup preview

Green Bay Packers 2–2 · Road 2–1 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 26 · 7 days of rest
Detroit Lions 2–2 · Home 2–0 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 19 · 14 days of rest (off a bye)
2026 regular season, per game · GB 4 games, DET 4 games
MetricGBDET
Points per game18.328th29.84th
Points allowed per game26.323rd31.831st
Total yards per game307.320th389.36th
Passing yards per game260.38th303.52nd
Rushing yards per game58.032nd102.020th
Turnovers per game1.522nd0.31st
Sacks allowed per game2.013th2.013th
Penalty yards per game86.032nd56.814th

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.

Green Bay Packers: recent results

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

Detroit Lions: recent results

  1. L 26–32 @ CAR Week 4
  2. W 31–24 vs NYJ Week 3
  3. L 31–41 @ BUF Week 2
  4. W 31–30 (OT) vs NO Week 1

Green Bay Packers: season leaders

Passing
Jordan Love 1,041 yds
Rushing
MarShawn Lloyd 81 yds
Receiving
Christian Watson 331 yds

Detroit Lions: season leaders

Passing
Jared Goff 1,214 yds
Rushing
Jahmyr Gibbs 353 yds
Receiving
Amon-Ra St. Brown 303 yds

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

Detroit Lions: injury report

  • Out Ben Bartch LG
  • Out Brian Branch SS
  • Out Giovanni Manu LT
  • Out Kerby Joseph FS
  • Out Mason Miller
  • Out Rock Ya-Sin RCB
  • Questionable Tyleik Williams RDT

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

Head-to-head since 1999

GB 36 · DET 18 in 54 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 13 GB 31, DET 24
  2. 2025 · Week 1 DET 13, GB 27
  3. 2024 · Week 14 GB 31, DET 34
  4. 2024 · Week 9 DET 24, GB 14
  5. 2023 · Week 12 GB 29, DET 22

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

GB 31.7% · DET 68.0%

Matchup quality 58.3 / 100

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

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