Sunday, October 22, 2017: New Orleans Saints at Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field at noon
1. History of the city and team:
In 1634, French-Canadian woodsman Jean Nicolet, the first European to set foot in Wisconsin, is said to have come ashore at Red Banks just north of modern Green Bay. There, he shot off two pistols in front of the native inhabitants. He claimed the spot for France, founded a small trading post, and changed the local name from La Baie des Puants, or "The Bay of Stinking Waters" to La Baie Verte, or "Green Bay.