Week 1: vs. Philadelphia Eagles The Packers began their season at home against the
Philadelphia Eagles. In the first quarter, Green Bay's
Jarrett Bush recovered the Eagles'
Greg Lewis's muffed punt in the end zone for a touchdown. The contest was tied in the closing minutes but the Eagles again muffed a punt return, setting up a 42-yard kick from Packers rookie kicker
Mason Crosby. This was the only game the Packers did not score an offensive touchdown. Crosby was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. Mike McCarthy was voted the Motorola NFL Coach of the Week.
Week 3: vs. San Diego Chargers Quarterback Brett Favre threw three touchdown passes against the
Chargers in the victory, bringing his career total to 420 and tying
Dan Marino's career touchdown record. With just over two minutes remaining in the game and San Diego leading 21–17, Favre found wide receiver
Greg Jennings for a 57-yard catch and run across the middle of the field for the go-ahead score. On the Chargers ensuing drive, linebacker Nick Barnett intercepted a
Philip Rivers pass and returned it to the San Diego 1-yard line setting up the Packers final score and a 10-point lead. Barnett was voted the GMC Defensive Player of the Week for games played on September 23 – 24. This win made the Packers the only team to have missed the playoffs the previous season to return to open 3–0 against teams that made the playoffs the year before.
Week 4: at Minnesota Vikings broke
Dan Marino's TD pass record during Week 4 at the HHH Metrodome Coming off their home win over the Chargers, the Packers flew to the
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome for an NFC North division game against
Minnesota. In the first quarter, quarterback
Brett Favre threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver
Greg Jennings surpassing
Dan Marino as the league's all-time leader in touchdown passes. He also became the league leader in pass attempts (8,393 at game's end). Favre was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this season, having thrown for 344 yards and two touchdowns. With the win, the Packers stayed undefeated and improved to their first 4–0 start since 1998.
Week 5: vs. Chicago Bears Coming off a record-setting divisional road game against the Vikings, the Packers went home for a Sunday night divisional clash with their nemesis, the
Chicago Bears. This would be the 174th meeting between the two teams. In the first quarter, Green Bay got off to a fast start by capping off the game's opening drive with rookie running back
DeShawn Wynn getting a 2-yard touchdown run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Bears tied the game with running back
Cedric Benson's 10-yard touchdown run. The Packers would end the first half with quarterback
Brett Favre completing a 41-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver
Greg Jennings, along with rookie kicker
Mason Crosby converting a 37-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Chicago crept closer with kicker
Robbie Gould converting a 44-yard field goal. Green Bay responded with Crosby kicking a 37-yard field goal, yet the Bears pulled to within three as quarterback
Brian Griese completed a 19-yard touchdown pass to tight end
Greg Olsen. In the fourth quarter, Chicago erased their deficit completely with Gould's 36-yard field goal and Griese's 34-yard touchdown pass to tight end
Desmond Clark. With a turnover-plagued loss (5 turnovers on the night), the Packers fell to 4–1. Also, with two interceptions, Favre tied QB
George Blanda at 277 for the most career interceptions. Also of note,
Brady Poppinga intercepted a pass in the fourth quarter, extending the streak of at least one Packer interception per game for the 11th consecutive game. This matched the longest streak in team history, which occurred during an 11-game stretch in 1984–1985. File:BearsatPackersOct0707.JPG|Lambeau Field during the visit of Chicago File:VernandMorency34.jpg|
Vernand Morency rushes against Chicago in week 5 File:Bears v Packers 01.jpg|
Ryan Grant #25,
John Kuhn #30,
DeShawn Wynn #42 and
Korey Hall #35 File:PackersSecondary.jpg|Packers secondary stretching before the game File:MasonCrosbyFG.jpg|
Mason Crosby kicks a field goal, held by
Jon Ryan File:Bears v Packers 02.jpg|Green Bay sets up on offense at the 2-yard line File:JamesJones89.jpg|Play at the goal line, Chicago at Green Bay
Week 6: vs. Washington Redskins On October 14, 2007
Charles Woodson picked up a
Santana Moss fumble and returned it 57 yards for a go-ahead touchdown in a 17–14 victory over the
Washington Redskins. He also recorded an interception in the game, his first of the season. This was the 12 straight game that Green Bay has recorded an interception, making it a new team record surpassing an 11-game stretch in 1984–1985. In the third quarter, Redskins safety
Sean Taylor intercepted a Brett Favre pass making Favre the career interception leader in NFL history, eclipsing George Blanda's record of 277 interceptions. Favre threw two interceptions for the game. Woodson was named the NFC's Defensive Player of the Week for his performance versus the Redskins. It was the first time he has received this award. With the win, the Packers entered its bye week at 5–1.
Week 8: at Denver Broncos Following their bye week, the Packers flew to Denver to take on the Broncos on
Monday Night Football. In the first quarter, Broncos quarterback
Jay Cutler opened the scoring with a 5-yard touchdown pass to tight end
Tony Scheffler. On the first play of the ensuing series
Brett Favre completed a 79-yard touchdown to rookie wide receiver
James Jones. In the second quarter, rookie kicker
Mason Crosby converted a 19-yard field goal, followed by a 26-yard field goal, and the Packers took a 13–7 lead into halftime. In the third quarter, Broncos kicker
Jason Elam converted a 45-yard field goal to cut Green Bay's lead to 3 points. In the fourth quarter, after getting the ball back with 2:27 remaining in the game, Cutler led a drive that began on the Bronco seven-yard line down the length of the field to the Green Bay four-yard line. On a 3rd and 1 Cutler attempted a quarterback draw to win the game, but
Ryan Pickett stopped Cutler for no gain on the play. With no time outs remaining Elam and the kicking unit ran onto the field and converted a field goal to tie the game on the final play of the quarter.
Greg Jennings called heads and won the overtime coin toss, allowing Green Bay to receive the ball to begin overtime. On the first play, Favre threw an 82-yard touchdown pass to Jennings, who had outrun Broncos cornerback
Dré Bly for the catch. This was Favre's 13th touchdown pass of 75 yards or more, most of any player in NFL history. Favre also becomes the first Packers player to throw two touchdown passes of 75 yards or more in the same game. Only three quarterbacks have accomplished the feat since 1990. Brett Favre was voted the Fedex Air and Ground NFL Player of the Week award for games played on October 28 – 29, the third time this season he has received this award. Wide receiver James Jones of the Packers was announced as the Diet Pepsi 2007 Rookie of the Week for games played on October 28–29. Jones made three receptions for 107 yards including a first-quarter 79-yard touchdown.
Week 9: at Kansas City Chiefs Coming off their Monday Night road win over the Broncos, the Packers flew to
Arrowhead Stadium for a Week 9 interconference duel with the
Kansas City Chiefs. After a scoreless first quarter, Green Bay drew first blood with rookie kicker
Mason Crosby getting a 48-yard and a 36-yard field goal. However, the Chiefs would take the lead into halftime as running back
Larry Johnson completed a 1-yard touchdown run. In the third quarter, the Packers regained the lead as Favre completed a 13-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver
Greg Jennings for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Kansas City regained the lead with quarterback
Damon Huard completing a 30-yard touchdown pass to Johnson. Green Bay replied with Crosby kicking a 32-yard field goal, yet the Chiefs answered with Huard completing a 17-yard touchdown pass to tight end
Tony Gonzalez (with running back
Priest Holmes getting the 2-point conversion run). The Packers pulled back into the lead as Favre and Jennings hooked up again on a 60-yard touchdown pass. Afterwards, Crosby made a 45-yard field goal, and cornerback
Charles Woodson returned an interception 46 yards for a touchdown. With the win, the Packers improved to 7–1. Brett Favre also became the third quarterback to defeat all of the other 31 NFL teams at least once.
Peyton Manning and
Tom Brady had been the first two to do so, just hours apart, the week before. The Packers scored 17 points in the final 3:05 on a defense that hadn't given up more than 20 all year. Favre joined
Peyton Manning and
Tom Brady as quarterbacks who've beaten all 31 other teams in the NFL. The Packers have won 11 of their last 12 games, dating back to last season. Their sixth straight road wins tie for the second-longest away-from-home streak in team history.
Week 10: vs. Minnesota Vikings Playing their first home game since mid-October, the Packers hosted their division rivals, the
Minnesota Vikings. In the first half, the first career touchdown by
Ryan Grant came on a 30-yard run and gave the Packers a 7–0 lead, and two field goals by Mason Crosby (a 39-yard field goal midway through the 2nd quarter and a 24-yard field goal at the end of the half) would provide all the first half scoring, as the Packers went to the locker room leading 13–0. In the second half, Brett Favre threw a pair of third-quarter touchdown passes, one to Donald Lee and one to Ruvell Martin (which was Favre's 200th TD pass at Lambeau Field), giving the Packers a 27–0 lead. With an additional Martin touchdown catch in the 4th quarter, the Packers shut out the Vikings 34–0, their first shutout of 2007. The Packers defense held
Adrian Peterson to a season-low 45 yards on 11 carries a week after he set the NFL single-game rushing record with 296 yards against the San Diego Chargers. Grant became the first running back to reach the century mark against the Vikings this season, rushing for 119 yards on 25 carries, his career best. and halted the Vikings’ NFL-record run of 260 consecutive regular-season games with a point. The game was Green Bay's first shutout of the Vikings in 94 games of the rivalry. During the game, Favre became only the second NFL quarterback to throw for 60,000 yards in a career. He now has 60,257 yards' passing in his 17-year NFL career, second only to Dan Marino's career passing record of 61,361 yards. On November 15, 2007, the NFL announced Favre and running back Ryan Grant were voted the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week for games played on November 11–12. Favre has received the FedEx Air award four times this season. Coach McCarthy was voted the Motorola NFL Coach of the Week for games played on November 11–12, the second time he has received the award this season.
Week 11: vs. Carolina Panthers 38-year-old Brett Favre faced off against 44-year-old Carolina quarterback
Vinny Testaverde in a game that featured the oldest starting quarterbacks duo in NFL history. Favre threw 3 touchdown passes, and
Tramon Williams returned a punt 94-yard for another touchdown as Green Bay defeated the
Carolina Panthers 31–17. It was Favre's 62nd career game with at least three touchdown passes, tying
Dan Marino's record. The win moved Green Bay to 9–1 on the season, its best start through the first 10 games since 1962. Packers punt returner Tramon Williams was named Special Teams Players of the Week for games played the 11th week of the 2007 season (November 18–19). Packers defensive tackle
Corey Williams was voted the GMC Defensive Player of the Week for games played on November 18–19. Williams posted four solo tackles, two sacks and two forced fumbles during the game.
Week 12: at Detroit Lions Coming off their home win over the Panthers, the Packers flew to
Ford Field for a Week 12 Thanksgiving NFC North duel with the
Detroit Lions. Lions kicker
Jason Hanson completed a 47-yard field goal, and followed it with a 41-yarder to give the Lions a 6–0 lead after the first quarter.
Brett Favre started the second quarter with an 11-yard TD pass to
Greg Jennings. The Packers held on to the lead for the remainder of the game, winning 37–26. The win moved the Packers to 10–1 on the season. Favre finished the game with 3 touchdowns, the 63rd time he has thrown 3 or more touchdowns in a game, breaking the record he held with
Dan Marino. At one point during the game, Favre completed 20 consecutive passes, breaking the Packers team record of 18 (held by
Don Majkowski and
Lynn Dickey). Favre threw for 381 passing yards, which was his seventh 300-yard passing game of the season, tying a career-high. For his performance, Favre was awarded Fox's Galloping Gobbler Award. Favre also was voted Fedex Air NFL Player of the Week, the fifth time this year he has received the award. Green Bay has equaled its best 11-game record since 1929. With the win, the Packers improved to 10–1 (the team's best start since 1962). File:Passing Play.jpg|A Detroit passing play File:DetroitLionsvsGreenBayPackers-2007-FavreKneel.jpg|Brett Favre
kneels at the end of the game Week 13: at Dallas Cowboys Coming off their Thanksgiving win over their divisional foe, the Lions, the Packers flew to
Texas Stadium for a Week 13 Thursday night intraconference duel with the throwback-clad
Dallas Cowboys. This match-up would see two 10–1 teams face one another for the first time since 1990 when the
New York Giants lost to the
San Francisco 49ers. Cowboys quarterback
Tony Romo faced off against his boyhood idol
Brett Favre in the game. The Packers started the game missing two key players of their defense, with injured cornerback
Charles Woodson (tied for 7th in the NFL with 4 interceptions) and defensive end
Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila (tied for 6th in the NFL with 9.5 sacks) on the inactive list. In the first quarter, Green Bay took the early lead as rookie kicker
Mason Crosby completed a 47-yard field goal. On the second play of the Cowboys opening drive, Al Harris stripped the ball from Terrell Owens and side judge
Laird Hayes signaled Green Bay ball, but head linesman Derick Bowers overruled him. The only option for
Mike McCarthy to challenge on the play, since the whistle was blown, was whether it was a reception – the strip could not be reviewed. The replay upheld the reception and Dallas retained possession.
Nick Folk completed a 26-yard field goal to tie the game. Folk also completed a 51-yard field goal, and QB
Tony Romo threw a 3-yard TD pass to WR
Patrick Crayton. The Packers would end the first quarter with rookie RB
Ryan Grant running for a 62-yard touchdown. In the second quarter, Dallas responded with Romo completing a 26-yard TD pass to TE
Anthony Fasano and a 10-yard TD pass to WR
Terrell Owens.
Brett Favre left the game in the second quarter after he hit his right elbow on the helmet of a blitzing Cowboys CB
Nate Jones. The throw led to Favre's second interception. Packers quarterback
Aaron Rodgers took over for the Packers next series and led the offense on a 74-yard drive, capping it off with an 11-yard TD pass to WR
Greg Jennings. In the third, Grant finished off a 69-yard Packer drive with a 1-yard TD run for the only score of the quarter. In the fourth quarter, Romo completed a 4-yard TD pass to Crayton. Mason Crosby kicked a 52-yard field goal with just over 5 minutes remaining in the game to pull the Packers within a field goal. Dallas sealed the win as Folk kicked a 25-yard field goal with 1:03 left in the game. The Packers were flagged for a season-high 142 penalty yards. along with Green Bay's Week 14 interconference duel with the
Oakland Raiders. After a scoreless first quarter, the Packers sliced away in the second quarter with rookie RB
Ryan Grant getting a 6-yard TD run, while CB
Will Blackmon returned a punt 57 yards for a touchdown. The Raiders would end the half with their only score of the game as QB
Josh McCown completed a 25-yard TD pass to WR
Jerry Porter. In the third quarter, Green Bay took control with rookie
Mason Crosby nailing a 44-yard field goal, QB
Brett Favre completing an 80-yard TD pass to WR
Greg Jennings, while Blackmon recovered an Oakland fumble in their endzone for a touchdown (making him the first player since Cincinnati's
Lemar Parrish in 1974 to return a punt and a fumble for a touchdown in one game). In the fourth quarter, the Packers pulled away with Favre completing a 46-yard TD pass to TE
Donald Lee. With the win, not only did Green Bay improve to 11–2, but they also clinched the NFC North division title. It was the Packers' 18th division title, along with their 24th playoff berth with three games remaining in the season – the second-fastest division title in team history. Blackmon was awarded NFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors for his performance.
Week 15: at St. Louis Rams Coming off their dominating home win over the Raiders, the Packers flew to the
Edward Jones Dome for a Week 15 duel with the
St. Louis Rams. In the first quarter, Green Bay drew first blood as rookie RB
Ryan Grant got a 1-yard TD run. Afterwards, the Rams responded with QB
Marc Bulger completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR
Torry Holt. In the second quarter, Green Bay went back into the lead as QB
Brett Favre completing a 4-yard TD pass to TE
Donald Lee, yet St. Louis answered with RB
Steven Jackson getting a 46-yard TD run. The Packers would regain the lead prior to halftime with rookie kicker
Mason Crosby getting a 44-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Green Bay took control as Crosby kicked a 50-yard field goal, along with Favre completing a 44-yard TD pass to WR
Greg Jennings. In the fourth quarter, the Pack finished the Rams off with Crosby nailing a 25-yard and a 46-yard field goal. With the win, the Packers improved to 12–2. Brett Favre came into the contest needing 184 yards to break
Dan Marino's all-time record mark of 61,361 career passing yards. He broke the record, as he threw for 227 total yards in the game. The new record came on a seven-yard completion to
Donald Driver.
Ryan Grant and
Greg Jennings each had a touchdown during the game, making it the first time two Packers players have each scored a touchdown in the same four consecutive games.
Atari Bigby was voted the GMC Defensive Player of the Week for games played on December 13 – 17. Bigby made four tackles and two interceptions (a career high). Bigby intercepted the ball on the Packers' 22-yard line late in the second quarter to keep the Packers ahead by three going into halftime. Kicker Mason Crosby was voted the Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week for games played on December 13 – 17. Crosby went four-for-four in field goals, including a long 50-yard field goal and 46-yard and 44-yard kicks, and 3 for 3 in extra points. With the
Carolina Panthers defeating the
Seattle Seahawks on the day, the Packers clinched a first round bye for the playoffs.
Week 16: at Chicago Bears In cold and windy conditions,
Brett Favre threw 2 interceptions, and the Bears blocked 2 punts, en route to a 35–7 victory over the Packers, giving the Bears a sweep against Green Bay for the 2007 season. The Packers had not had a punt blocked in 12 years (929 punts). The last time the Packers had 2 punts blocked in a game was September 21, 1975, in a game against Detroit. Favre ended the game with 158 passing yards, and he surpassed 4,000 yards passing for the season, the 5th time in his career to achieve the mark.
Ryan Grant ran for 100 total yards and the only touchdown for the Packers. With the loss, the Packers fell to 12–3 on the season.
Week 17: vs. Detroit Lions Brett Favre left less than a minute into the second quarter with the game well in hand, as he had thrown two touchdown passes, and running back
Ryan Grant had another one on a 27-yard run. Backup quarterback
Craig Nall threw another touchdown in his first playing time in the NFL since 2004. Packers punter
Jon Ryan had a 72-yard punt in the fourth quarter, the longest punt at Lambeau Field since 1965. Running back
Brandon Jackson topped the 100 yard mark for the first time in his career, running for 113 yards. Packers rookie kicker
Mason Crosby finished the season leading the NFL with 141 points, the highest-scoring season by a kicker in franchise history and third-highest season point total by any Packers player. Green Bay has 17 consecutive home victories over Detroit, a team that has not recorded a victory in Wisconsin since 1991. With their 5th straight win over the
Lions, the Packers finished the season with a record of 13–3. The 13-win season was the fourth in the history of the Packer team (1997, 1996, and 1962 were the others). On January 3, 2008, the NFL announced McCarthy finished second in voting for
The Associated Press 2007 NFL Coach of the Year, garnering 15 votes to
Bill Belichick's leading 29 votes. File:Packers at Lambeau Field.jpg|Packers warm up File:Image60, 73, 76 and 78.jpg|Prior to kickoff File:ImagePoppinga, Hawk, and Barnett.jpg|
Nick Barnett (56),
A. J. Hawk (50) and
Brady Poppinga (51) File:ImageCullen Jenkins and Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila.jpg|
Cullen Jenkins and
Kabeer Gbaja Biamila File:ImagePackers in a huddle.jpg|Packers offense in a huddle, week 17 File:ImageFavre, Clifton, and Grant.jpg|
Brett Favre,
Ryan Grant, and
Chad Clifton == Playoffs ==