One more loss would end Packers’ nonlosing streak
The streak is the NFL’s longest, but it seems inevitable that it’s about to end.
The Packers are 2-8 this season and with one more loss they will be guaranteed a losing record for the first time in the Brett Favre era. The last time the Packers had a losing season was in 1991, when Green Bay finished 4-12.
The streak is, by far, the longest current one in the NFL, as the Eagles and Broncos are tied for the second-longest streaks of consecutive non-losing seasons, with five apiece.
The 13-season streak isn’t the longest in Green Bay franchise history. The Packers went 14 straight seasons without a losing record from 1934 to ’47.
The Dolphins went 15 straight seasons without a losing record from 1989 to 2003 before finishing 4-12 last season. The NFL record for most consecutive seasons without a losing record is held by the Cowboys, who went 21 seasons, from 1965 to ’85 before having a losing season.
The series: The Eagles have won the last three, including the postseason. Philadelphia embarrassed the Packers last season 47-17. The Packers didn’t score a touchdown until the fourth quarter when the Philadelphia starters were out of the game. It was in that game that Favre had his streak of 36 consecutive games with a touchdown pass snapped.
Green Bay coach Mike Sherman is 1-3 against the Eagles. Sherman’s lone win came during his first season coaching the Packers, when Green Bay beat Philadelphia 6-3 for Sherman’s first win as a head coach.
Favre is 0-5 in games in Pennsylvania. He is 0-4 in Philadelphia and 0-1 in Pittsburgh.
The Packers are 2-8 this season and with one more loss they will be guaranteed a losing record for the first time in the Brett Favre era. The last time the Packers had a losing season was in 1991, when Green Bay finished 4-12.
The streak is, by far, the longest current one in the NFL, as the Eagles and Broncos are tied for the second-longest streaks of consecutive non-losing seasons, with five apiece.
The 13-season streak isn’t the longest in Green Bay franchise history. The Packers went 14 straight seasons without a losing record from 1934 to ’47.
The Dolphins went 15 straight seasons without a losing record from 1989 to 2003 before finishing 4-12 last season. The NFL record for most consecutive seasons without a losing record is held by the Cowboys, who went 21 seasons, from 1965 to ’85 before having a losing season.
The series: The Eagles have won the last three, including the postseason. Philadelphia embarrassed the Packers last season 47-17. The Packers didn’t score a touchdown until the fourth quarter when the Philadelphia starters were out of the game. It was in that game that Favre had his streak of 36 consecutive games with a touchdown pass snapped.
Green Bay coach Mike Sherman is 1-3 against the Eagles. Sherman’s lone win came during his first season coaching the Packers, when Green Bay beat Philadelphia 6-3 for Sherman’s first win as a head coach.
Favre is 0-5 in games in Pennsylvania. He is 0-4 in Philadelphia and 0-1 in Pittsburgh.
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