November 9, 2026, 12:38 p.m. CT
The Green Bay Packers had something happen in their 45-27 win over New England on Sunday, Nov. 8, that has only happened three times in franchise history: two receivers cleared for 150 yards in the same game.
Christian Watson caught seven passes for 171 yards and a touchdown, and Matthew Golden caught 10 balls (on 10 targets!) for 164 yards and a score of his own in the rout, with quarterback Jordan Love finishing with 372 passing yards and three touchdowns.
This is the first time since 2004 that the Packers have had two receivers reach that milestone and only the fourth time, according to Stathead and Football Reference.
Here are the other opportunities:
October 11, 2004, against Tennessee: Donald Driver (150 yards) and Javon Walker (159 yards)
Javon Walker caught eight passes and Donald Driver picked off 10 from Brett Favre in a 48-27 loss? …at Lambeau Field.
Just like in Sunday’s victory, one team took a 17-0 lead…but it wasn’t the Packers. In fact, the Titans had a 24-3 lead midway through the second quarter until Favre found Bubba Franks for a touchdown, and the Packers needed a 53-yard Ryan Longwell field goal just before halftime to make it 27-13.
The only touchdown scored by either receiver came when Walker completed a grab with 1:01 left to bring the Packers within 48-27. Driver, however, caught five passes for 80 yards in the first half, including two scoring catches. One on a Favre slant set up the 1-yard touchdown to Franks.
Both teams had lost three straight games and traveled to Lambeau for “Monday Night Football” with the Packers going 1-4 to start the year. Green Bay had lost all three of its home games despite entering the battles favored in all three.
The Packers, oddly enough, won their next six straight games, finished the year 10-6 and made the playoffs, ending the season with a 31-17 loss to Minnesota.
October 10, 1999 against Tampa Bay: Antonio Freeman (152 yards) and Bill Schroeder (158 yards)
It was another primetime game, on “Sunday Night Football,” and the Packers got that win…but they needed an Antonio Freeman touchdown run with 1:05 left to make it 26-23.
Wisconsin native Bill Schroeder and franchise staple Freeman both caught seven passes from Favre, who finished with 390 passing yards and two touchdowns. Dorsey Levens received another 57 yards.
Freeman finished with two touchdowns, including one on the game’s first drive from 19 yards after Schroeder completed a 51-yarder to start the series. Freeman’s 21-yard trap, despite Ronde Barber’s pass interference, gave the Packers a lead with 1:05 remaining. Tampa Bay was unable to mount a drive afterward, knocking it down on its own 33.
Favre, playing on his 30th birthday, had already scored game-winning touchdowns in the final 20 seconds twice before this season, and that was only in Green Bay’s first three wins of the season. The performance also came on the night the team retired Reggie White’s jersey.
Even though the Packers were 4-1, they struggled the rest of the way and finished 8-8 to miss the playoffs. Head coach Ray Rhodes was fired after the season.
November 1, 1942, against the Chicago Cardinals: Don Hutson (207 yards) and Andy Uram (174 yards)
You probably didn’t expect to go back this far for the last example, at a time when passing the ball was still rare. Don Hutson caught five passes, three for touchdowns. Andy Uram only caught four and also found the end zone three times at City Stadium in Green Bay. Quarterback Cecil Isbell hilariously completed only 10 of 21 passes for five touchdowns and a pick, with Joe Laws (1-for-1, 62 yards) accounting for the other score.
Hutson’s touchdowns came from 40, 73 and 65 yards, while Uram’s came from 64, 36 and 62 yards. The Packers beat the Cardinals 55-24.
It was the second time in three games that Hutson had 200 receiving yards. At the time, he was the only receiver in NFL history to do so, with a 208-yard mark two weeks earlier against the Cleveland Rams.
Three years later, Hutson would retire with a litany of NFL receiving records, most of which would stand for decades.
Uram was no slouch himself, earning a spot in the Packers Hall of Fame.
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