2012 Green Bay Packers season The Green Bay Packers season was the franchise ' s 92nd season in the National Football League , the 94th overall and the seventh under head coach Mike McCarthy . Offseason . 2012 NFL Draft . Notes : The Packers acquired the No . 224 selection in a trade that sent guard Caleb Schlauderaff to the New York Jets . The Packers have received the maximum number of compensatory selection s available to teams through the NFL ' s compensatory draft program . Two addition picks in both the 4th and 7th rounds . The Packers traded No . 59 and No . 123 picks to receive No . 51 from the Philadelphia Eagles . The Packers traded No . 90 and No . 163 picks to receive No . 62 from the New England Patriots . The Packers traded No . 197 , No . 224 and No . 235 picks to receive No . 163 back from the New England Patriots . Schedule . Preseason . The Packers ' preseason schedule was announced on April 4 , 2012 . Regular season . LEGEND : Regular season results . Week 1 : vs . San Francisco 49ers . After finishing last season with a league best 15 – 1 record , the Green Bay Packers began their 2012 campaign against the San Francisco 49ers who finished second to the Packers in the NFC with a 13 – 3 record . San Francisco delivered the game ' s opening punch in the first quarter as David Akers converted a 40 yard field goal . The 49ers further extended their lead when veteran WR Randy Moss caught a 17 yard pass in the middle of the end zone from Alex Smith in the 2nd quarter . The Packers scored their first points of the season when Aaron Rodgers connected with TE Jermichael Finley in the center of the endzone on a 1 yard pass . Rodgers and the Packers offense sturggled to move the ball and David Akers added two more field goals for the 49ers including a long distance 63 yard field goal that hit the cross bar and bounced through as the 1st half came to an end . The Packers went into the locker room down 16 – 7 . The 49ers continued their scoring in the third quarter with Vernon Davis hauling in a 4 yard pass in the end zone from Alex Smith to further extend the 49ers lead to 23 – 7 . The Packers ' managed to chip into the 49ers lead when WR Randall Cobb returned a punt 75 yards for a touchdown . Rodgers completed a pass to Jordy Nelson for the 2 point conversion to bring the lead down to a more manageable 8 point lead . However , Rodgers threw a costly interception on the Packers next offensive possession which set up the 49ers with great field position . Following the INT , RB Frank Gore scored a touchdown on a 23 yard scamper into the endzone down the right sideline . The Packers drove down and Rodgers completed a 10 yard touchdown pass to James Jones to bring the Packers within 8 points for the second time with a little over 6 minutes remaining in the game . The Packers forced the 49ers to punt with 3 : 45 remaining on the clock but hope expired on a come from behind victory when Rodgers failed to complete an attempted pass to Jordy Nelson on 4th and 10 . The 49ers regained possession and ran out the game clock . With the loss , Green Bay began their season 0 – 1 matching the Packers regular season losses for all of the 2011 season . Also , this game ended their streak of 13 consecutive regular season victories at Lambeau Field . Week 2 : vs . Chicago Bears . With the win , the Packers improved to 1 – 1 . Week 3 : at Seattle Seahawks . With the loss , the Packers fell to 1 – 2 . Also , QB Aaron Rodgers would be held without a touchdown for the first time since the teams ' 9 – 0 shutout against the Jets during the 2010 season . The team was also one of six 2011 playoff teams to be under . 500 after their first three games . Week 4 : vs . New Orleans Saints . In spite of the surprising loss to the Seahawks , the Packers returned home for a game against the Saints . The Saints tried to avenge their losing in Green Bay last season . However , the Packers would win this game and improve to 2 – 2 while the Saints dropped to 0 – 4 . Week 5 : at Indianapolis Colts . The Packers went to Indianapolis for a game against the Colts . Despite the fact that the team was up 21 – 3 at halftime , the Colts erased the lead in the 2nd half and won the game 30 – 27 . This dropped the Packers ' record to 2 – 3 on the season , 0 – 1 against the AFC South , and 0 – 4 all - time in Indianapolis . Week 6 : at Houston Texans . With the victory over the previously undefeated Texans , the Packers improved their season to 3 – 3 and 5 – 0 all - time in the city of Houston . Aaron Rodgers tied the franchise record with 6 touchdown passes . Before the game the Texans defense only allowed 6 touchdowns all season . Week 7 : at St . Louis Rams . The Packers traveled to St . Louis to take on the Rams . The game was unfortunately close unlike the previous season ' s 24 - 3 blowout win but the Packers would end up winning 30 - 20 while improving to 4 - 3 . Week 8 : vs . Jacksonville Jaguars . With their third consecutive win , the Packers improved to 5 – 3 , dropping to the Jacksonville Jaguars to 1 – 1 at Lambeau Field . The Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans are now the only two remaining teams which have never lost at Lambeau , sitting at 3 – 0 and 1 – 0 , respectively . Week 9 : vs . Arizona Cardinals . The Packers head into their bye week 6 – 3 after 4 touchdown passes by Aaron Rodgers . The Packers gained 176 yards rushing , the most by the Packers in a game since 2009 vs the Cleveland Browns . The Arizona Cardinals drop to 0 – 7 all - time at Lambeau Field after losing their fifth consecutive game . Week 11 : at Detroit Lions . With their win on the other side of Lake Michigan against the longtime rival Detroit Lions , Green Bay improved to 7 – 3 and set a franchise record of nine straight regular season victories over their three division rivals , dating back to Week 17 of their 2010 season . Week 12 : at New York Giants . After winning against the Lions , the Packers traveled on the road to take on the Giants , who eliminated them from the playoffs last season 37 – 20 . The Packers were overpowered as they would lose 38 – 10 and dropped to 7 – 4 on the season . With the Bears win earlier in the day , the Packers now sit in 2nd place in the NFC North . Week 13 : vs . Minnesota Vikings . With their home victory over their bitter rival from Minnesota , the Packers won their fifth consecutive game against the Vikings and franchise - record tenth straight matchup against a division rival . Vikings RB Adrian Peterson was a major threat during the first half , and as a result the Vikings led 14 – 10 at halftime . However , the Packers were able to score 13 unanswered points in the second half and keep the Vikings in check for the remainder of the game , thereby winning 23 – 14 and dropping their rival to 6 – 6 . Upon winning , the team improved to 8 – 4 and retook the lead in the NFC North after the rival Chicago Bears lost to the Seattle Seahawks at home in overtime . The Packers look to continue their division dominance by trying to extend their winning streak in Wisconsin against the Lions to 22 straight games ( including the 1994 playoffs ) on Sunday Night Football during Week 14 . Week 14 : vs . Detroit Lions . The Packers fell behind Detroit 14 – 0 , but regained momentum when defensive lineman Mike Daniels returned a Lions fumble 43 yards for a touchdown , helping to put the Packers down only 14 – 10 at halftime . On their opening drive of the second half , Aaron Rodgers gave the Packers the lead for the first time with a 27 yard touchdown run . The Lions would tie the game 17 – 17 on a Jason Hanson field goal , and after both the Packers and the Lions would both miss field goals , the Packers finally got the lead for good on a 14 yard touchdown run by rookie DuJuan Harris . A Mason Crosby field goal gave the Packers a sure 27 – 17 lead with just over 4 minutes left in the game . The Lions would kick a field goal with 7 seconds left , but failed the onside kick attempt , giving the Packers a 27 – 20 win and eliminating the Lions from playoff contention . With a win against the rival Bears the following week , the Packers can clinch the NFC North division . Week 15 : at Chicago Bears . The Packers fell behind 7 – 0 to the Bears early in the 2nd quarter , but three consecutive Aaron Rodgers touchdown passes to James Jones gave the Packers a 21 – 7 lead midway through the third quarter . The Bears would pull to within 8 points late by way of two Olindo Mare field goals , but the Bears couldn ' t mount a comeback . With the 21 – 13 win , the Packers clinched the NFC North division title for a second season in a row and secured a playoff berth for the fourth consecutive season . Week 16 : vs . Tennessee Titans . With the win in their regular season home finale , the Packers improved to 11 – 4 on the season , 7 – 1 at home , and 3 – 1 against the AFC South by winning their first game against Tennessee since 1998 , the final year the AFC franchise was referred to as the Oilers . Week 17 : at Minnesota Vikings . With a 37 – 34 loss to the Vikings , The Packers failed to clinch the # 2 overall seed in the NFC and a first round bye while finishing 11 – 5 . The Packers loss set up a playoff re match between the Packers and the Vikings in the Wild Card round of the playoffs . The Packers held Vikings RB Adrian Peterson 9 yards short of the NFL regular season rushing record . The Packers ' 11 - game winning streak against division rivals was snapped as they lost their first game vs . a rival since their 7 – 3 loss to the Lions in Week 14 of the 2010 season along with their 5 - game winning streak vs . the Vikings snapped . Postseason ( Playoffs ) . By virtue of clinching the NFC North division title the Packers hosted a playoff game in the Wild Card round . The Packers win against the Titans in Week 16 guaranteed at least the 3rd seed in the NFC ; However , the Packers fell short of the # 2 seed and a first round bye by failing to win in Week 17 over the Vikings . NFC Wildcard Round : vs . Minnesota Vikings . Despite trailing early in the first quarter , the Packers were able to score 24 unanswered points due to a Vikings defense demotivated by a bad performance from Vikings backup quarterback Joe Webb ( starter Christian Ponder was injured in regular season finale ) . The Vikings began to catch up in the fourth , but it was too little , too late as the Packers got their first playoff win since 2010 and first home playoff victory since 2007 . NFC Divisional Playoff Game : at San Francisco 49ers . With the loss , the Packers ended their season with an overall record of 12 – 6 . This marked the final game for longtime wide receiver Donald Driver , who announced his retirement after the season . Statistics . Statistical league rankings . Stats correct through December 24 , 2012