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FOX Sports, now in its 26th season as an NFL network television partner, will broadcast the game.
THE DOPE ON THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT
Matt LaFleur: 3-1, .750; 1st NFL season
Jason Garrett: 82-63, .566 (incl. 2-3 postseason); 7th NFL season
vs. Opponent: Garrett 1-6 vs. Packers
MATT LaFLEUR…In his first season as the Packers’ 15th head coach.
JASON GARRETT…Is in his ninth full season as the Cowboys’ eighth head coach. Was the interim head coach for the final eight games in 2010.
THE PACKERS-COWBOYS SERIES
Cowboys WR Randall Cobb was drafted by the Packers in the second round of the 2011 NFL Draft and played eight seasons in Green Bay...Cowboys LB Joe Thomas played in 42 games for the Packers from 2015-17...From 2003-11, Packers co-director of player personnel John Wojciechowski was the Northeast area scout for the Cowboys... Packers senior advisor to football operations Ted Thompson is from Atlanta, Texas, about 175 miles east of Dallas, and attended Southern Methodist...Cowboys safeties coach Greg Jackson spent the 2010 season as the nickel/assistant linebackers coach at Wisconsin...Cowboys C Travis Frederick played collegiately at Wisconsin and attended Big Foot HS (Walworth, Wis.)...Green Bay players with connections to Texas include: Tony Brown (Beaumont), Mason Crosby (Georgetown), Josh Jackson (Corinth), Aaron Jones (El Paso), Kingsley Keke (Richmond), and Ty Summers (San Antonio)...Jones (UTEP), Keke (Texas A&M) and Summers (TCU) all played collegiately in Texas...Packers P JK Scott and Brown played at Alabama with Cowboys WR Amari Cooper when they won the 2014 national championship…Packers wide receivers coach Alvis Whitted coached Cowboys WR Michael Gallup during his time at Colorado State…Packers offensive line coach Adam Stenavich spent the 2008 training camp as a player with Dallas…Packers defensive quality control coach Wendel Davis was the inside linebackers coach for two seasons at Texas A&M-Commerce…Packers outside linebackers coach Mike Smith, a Lubbock, Texas native, was on the Texas Tech coaching staff when Cowboys DE Kerry Hyder was a Red Raider...Packers defensive coordinator Mike Pettine (2013) and offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett (2013-14) worked with Cowboys offensive assistant/running backs coach Stephen Brown in Buffalo…Packers assistant offensive line coach Luke Butkus and Cowboys offensive line coach Marc Colombo signed as rookies with Chicago in 2002…Butkus also worked with Cowboys defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli for the 2009 season on the Chicago coaching staff…Cowboys wide receivers coach Sanjay Lal was an offensive assistant at California during Packers QB Aaron Rodgers’ senior season (2004). Additionally, Lal coached alongside Pettine with the N.Y. Jets in 2012…Cowboys strength and conditioning coach Markus Paul was on the strength and conditioning staff in both New England (2000-04) and the N.Y. Giants (2007-17) when Packers director of player engagement Grey Ruegamer was a member of both teams (New England, 2000-02; N.Y. Giants 2006-09). Additionally, Cowboys director of strength and conditioning Mike Woicik was on the New England staff during Ruegamer’s time with the Patriots…Cowboys special teams assistant Philip Tanner spent time on the Buffalo roster in 2014 when Hackett was the offensive coordinator…Cowboys C Joe Looney is the older brother of DL James Looney, who is on the Green Bay practice squad...Former college teammates include: Brown, Scott and Cooper (Alabama); Packers QB Aaron Rodgers and Cowboys LS L.P. Ladouceur (California); Packers QB Tim Boyle and Cowboys CB Byron Jones (Connecticut); Packers LB Rashan Gary and CB Jourdan Lewis (Michigan); Packers S Will Redmond, LS Hunter Bradley, LB Preston Smith, and Cowboys QB Dak Prescott (Mississippi State); Packers RB Dexter Williams and Cowboys LB Jaylon Smith (Notre Dame); Packers C Corey Linsley and Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott (Ohio State); Packers LB Blake Martinez, Cowboys T Cameron Fleming and TE Dalton Schultz (Stanford); Packers DL Kingsley Keke and Cowboys S Donovan Wilson (Texas A&M); Packers DL Kenny Clark and Cowboys G Xavier Su’a-Filo (UCLA).