MATCHUP Packers vs. Raiders



GREEN BAY (8-6) at OAKLAND (4-10)
Time: 9 p.m.
TV/radio: WYTV (33), WEWS (5), WTAE (4), WBBW-AM (1240).
Series history: Raiders lead 5-4. Last meeting: Packers beat Raiders 28-24 on Sept. 12, 1999, at Green Bay.
Last week: Packers beat Chargers 38-21. Raiders beat Ravens 20-12.
Rankings: Packers -- Offense (overall 8, rush 3, pass 16); Defense (overall 18, rush 9, pass 26); Raiders -- Offense (overall 23, rush 17, pass 26); Defense (overall 29, rush 32, pass 19).
Key matchup: Packers QB Brett Favre vs. Raiders WR Jerry Rice. Two of NFL's all-time greats will be on field for last Monday night game of season. Favre has 341 career TD passes and needs two to pass Fran Tarkenton for second in NFL history. He has TD pass in club-record 23 consecutive games, longest current streak in NFL. He needs 154 yards passing for 12th-career 3,000-yard season, tying John Elway for second all-time. Last week, Rice caught his second TD pass of season, bringing career total to 194 -- 64 ahead of second-place Cris Carter on all-time list.
Streaks, stats and notes: Packers last played in Oakland in 1976, losing to Raiders 18-14. Raiders' last home game against Packers was in 1990 in Los Angeles. ... Raiders P Shane Lechler leads NFL with 46.6-yard gross average. He also has NFL's longest punt this year, 73 yards.
-- Associated Press