Packers will play New Orleans Saints on Aug. 19 in their lone preseason game at Lambeau Field

Richard Ryman, Green Bay Press-Gazette
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GREEN BAY – The Green Bay Packers will play their lone Lambeau Field preseason game on Aug. 19, sandwiched between two preseason road games.

The Packers open their preseason schedule at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 12 in Santa Clara, California, against the San Francisco 49ers, then play the New Orleans Saints at 7 p.m. Aug. 19 in Green Bay. They close out the preseason at 7 p.m. Aug. 25 in Kansas City against the Chiefs. The first two games are on Fridays and the final game in Kansas City is a Thursday. The Saints game is a Green package game.

The regular-season opener will be at 3:25 p.m. Sept. 11 against the Minnesota Vikings in Minneapolis.

The Saints stunned the Packers, 38-3, in the regular-season opener in 2021. The game was played in Jacksonville, Florida, because of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in New Orleans. The Packers recovered to win the next seven games and finished the season 13-4, tied with Tampa Bay for the best record in the NFL.

New Orleans Saints defensive end Christian Ringo celebrates after a second-quarter sack on Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers on Sept. 12 in Jacksonville, Florida. The Packers will host the Saints in this year's only preseason game at Lambeau Field in Green Bay.
New Orleans Saints defensive end Christian Ringo celebrates after a second-quarter sack on Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers on Sept. 12 in Jacksonville, Florida. The Packers will host the Saints in this year's only preseason game at Lambeau Field in Green Bay.

Packers training camp will begin the week of July 25. Details have not been announced, although head coach Matt LaFleur said the Packers will host joint practices with the Saints the week before their game here.

All three games will be broadcast on the Packers TV Network, which includes WGBA-TV, Channel 26, in Green Bay and 18 other stations in Wisconsin and seven other states.

All games also will be on the Packers Radio Network, which has 49 stations in Wisconsin and four other states, including WIXX-FM, 101.1, Green Bay.

Beginning this season, the radio network's flagship station is WRNW-FM, 97.3 The Game, in Milwaukee, instead of WTMJ-AM in Milwaukee.

The game at Lambeau Field will be designated the Packers Give Back Game benefitting a specific charity. Details will be announced later.

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