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ANTA CLARA, Calif. – The Green Bay Packers face the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Divisional Round on Saturday, Jan. 20 – kickoff set for 7:15 p.m., only on FOX6.

Before the game, you’re invited to watch a special edition of FOX6 News at 5:30 p.m. Coverage will continue with another special edition after the game.

Saturday’s showdown will be the 10th playoff meeting between the storied franchises – the most between any two teams in NFL history – and the third in the past five postseasons. The Niners won the 2020 matchup 37-20 to go to the Super Bowl and won again two years later when they upset the Packers in Green Bay 13-10.

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“It’s always fun,” 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk said. “Green Bay’s just such a storied franchise. That rivalry of San Francisco and Green Bay is always a big one. Honestly, one of my best memories as a Niner was that NFC championship game here against the Packers and just in warmups, just feeling that energy. It was nothing I had ever felt here before. It was just such an exciting time, and hopefully we feel that again this week.”

In the regular season, the Packers are 34-28-1 all-time against the 49ers – Green Bay having won four of the last five. Head coach Matt LaFleur is 2-1 against the 49ers in the regular season, but 0-2 against the team in the playoffs. On the flip side, San Francisco head coach Kyle Shanahan is 1-3 against Green Bay in the regular season, but 2-0 in the postseason.

The winner of Saturday’s game will advance to the NFC Championship and face the winner of Sunday’s game between the Detroit Lions and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The Niners had been the NFL’s dominant franchise, with five Super Bowl titles in 14 seasons, when they ran into the Packers in the divisional round of the 1995 playoffs.

Coach Mike Holmgren had left his job as offensive coordinator in San Francisco to take over the Packers in 1992. The man who tutored Steve Young in both college and the pros set out to groom the untested Brett Favre, who was acquired in a trade from Atlanta that same year.

With Favre and Holmgren at the helm, along with free agent acquisition Reggie White, the Packers surpassed the Niners in that meeting at Candlestick Park on Jan. 6, 1996.