Teams meet for 2nd time in postseason. Packers beat Cardinals 41-16 in 1982 NFC First-Round Playoff. Green Bay leads all-time series (incl. playoffs) 44-22-4, including Week 17 win at Arizona. Rivalry dates back to 1921 when 1st game ended in 3-3 tie.
Packers Have won 12 NFL championships, most all-time. Packers have 25 postseason victories, tied for 3rd most in NFL history. Club's .625 postseason winning pct. (25-15) is 2nd best in NFL annals. Packers have advanced to postseason in 12 of past 17 seasons. Team led league with +24 turnover differential (40 takeaways, 16 giveaways). Finished season by winning 7 of 8 games. Club had 3 players selected to Pro Bowl: S Nick Collins (2nd), CB Charles Woodson (6th) & QB Aaron Rodgers (1st). Packers are 1st team in NFL history with 4,000-yard passer (QB Rodgers), 1,200-yard rusher (RB Ryan Grant) & 2 1,000-yard receivers (WRs Donald Driver & Greg Jennings) in consecutive seasons... QB Rodgers had 4,434 pass yards & is 1st player in NFL history to throw for 4,000+ yards in each of 1st 2 seasons as starter. Had 103.4 rating & joined HOFer BART STARR as only Packers with 100+ rating in season. Had 14 TDs, 0 INTs & 133.5 rating on 3rd down, best in NFL... RB Grant had career-high 1,253 rush yards & is 3rd Packer with consecutive 1,200-yard seasons (Ahman Green & HOFer JIM TAYLOR). Is 1 of 7 players to rush for 200+ yards in playoff game (201 vs. Sea., 1/12/08)... WR Driver had 1,061 yards, his team-record 6th consecutive 1,000-yard season & 7th overall. Had 70 catches, his franchise-best 8th season with 50+ receptions. WR Jennings had 68 catches for 1,113 yards (16.4 avg.). Became 5th Packer with 1,000+ yards in back-to-back seasons. TE Jermichael Finley had career-high 55 catches, 676 yards & 5 TDs. His 55 catches were 1 shy of club's TE record (56, PAUL COFFMAN, 1979)... Defense led NFC allowing 284.4 yards per game. Team had NFL-best 30 INTs & 40 takeaways. CB Woodson tied for NFL lead with 9 INTs & 3 INT-TDs, both career-highs. Since joining GB in 2006, leads NFL with 7 INT-TDs & ranks 2nd with 28 INTs. In 5 games vs. Arz., Woodson has 3 INTs, incl. 2 TDs. Had 45-yard INT-TD in Wk. 17. S Collins had INT in 4 consecutive games (Wk. 11-14), 1st Packer to accomplish feat since 1961 (JOHN SYMANK). Since 2008, Woodson (16) & Collins (13) have combined for 29 INTs, most by teammates. LB Clay Matthews had 10 sacks, 2nd most among rookies... K Mason Crosby has scored 397 points, most by player in 1st 3 seasons in NFL history.
Cardinals Won NFC West for 2nd season in row, team's 1st back-to-back division titles since 1974-75. Club opens postseason at home for 2nd year in row, 1st time in franchise history. Last season, Cardinals hosted 1st playoff game since 1947. Won 10 games for 6th time in club annals. Only team in NFL to not lose consecutive games this season. Head coach KEN WHISENHUNT is 1st coach in franchise history to post .500+ record in each of 1st 3 seasons. Cardinals had 4 players selected to Pro Bowl: DT Darnell Dockett (2nd), WR Larry Fitzgerald (4th), CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (1st) & S Adrian Wilson (3rd). Team has won 14 games in row (incl. postseason) when scoring 30+ points... QB Kurt Warner has guided 2 different franchises to SB. Has 98.9 postseason passer rating, 2nd highest in NFL history (BART STARR, 104.8). Averages 306.2 yards per playoff game, best mark in league annals (min. 5 games). Has passed for 365+ yards 5 times in playoffs, most all-time. His 64.8 comp. pct. in postseason is tops among QBs with 250+ att. Warner passed for 1,147 yards in last year's playoffs, most ever in single postseason, & he holds top 2 marks (1,063 in 1999 with StL). Passed for 3,753 yards & is 1st Cardinals QB to pass for 3,000+ yards in 3 consecutive seasons. In starts (incl. playoffs) with 100+ rating (min. 15 att.), his teams are 45-4 (.918)... RB Tim Hightower had 3 TDs (2 rec., 1 rush) in last year's playoffs. Led NFC RBs with 63 receptions (428 yards). RB Chris Wells tied for NFL rookie lead with 7 rush TDs... WR Fitzgerald set NFL single-postseason records last year with 30 receptions, 546 receiving yards & 7 TD catches. Has 100+ receiving yards in 4 consecutive playoff games, longest streak in NFL history. Tied for NFL lead with 13 rec. TDs & has 32 rec. TDs since 2008 (incl. playoffs), most in NFL. Had 1,092 yards & is 1st Cardinal with 3 consecutive 1,000-yard seasons. WR Anquan Boldin had 1,024 yards & became 1st Cardinal with 5 1,000-yard seasons. Boldin (5) & Fitzgerald (4) are only players in franchise history with 4+ 1,000-yard seasons... S Wilson had 5 INTs & 2 sacks this season & became 10th player in NFL history with 20+ sacks (20.5) & 20+ INTs (23). DT Dockett had 7 sacks, most by DT. CB Rodgers-Cromartie led NFC with 25 PD. Had 2 INTs in last year's playoffs... P Ben Graham tied NFL single-season record with 42 punts inside 20.
Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game
through Weeks 12 to 17 of the 2009 season after deducting the best
and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per
pass completion, yards per pass attempt, 3rd and 4th down conversions, special teams and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on
totals through Weeks 12 to 17 with no adjustment.
Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2008 seasons are included in the team vs. team history.
Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.
