Love Throws for 372 as Watson and Golden Both Top 160 Yards in Packers' 45-27 Rout of the Patriots

By The Arena Staff

FOXBOROUGH, Mass., Nov. 8, 2026 — Drake Maye's first pass of the afternoon went straight to Xavier McKinney. It was a sign of how the day would go for New England, and of how good Green Bay's passing game can look when everything is clicking.

Jordan Love completed 23 of 29 passes for 372 yards and three touchdowns, ran for another score, and the Packers beat the Patriots 45-27 at Gillette Stadium on Sunday. His passer rating was 153.2, just short of a perfect 158.3, and he left for Tyrod Taylor once the game was out of reach.

Love spent the afternoon hitting Christian Watson and Matthew Golden down the field, often against the blitz. Golden had seven catches for 150 yards and a touchdown in the first half alone, and Watson took over after the break. Both set career highs, Watson with seven catches for 171 yards and Golden with 10 for 164. According to the Packers, no pair of Green Bay players had each posted at least 150 receiving yards and a touchdown in the same game since Don Hutson and Andy Uram in 1942.

"It feels like you're just in that flow state and trying to get guys the ball," Love said. "You keep wanting to chase every play."

Love's touchdown pass to Golden was the 100th of his career, ProFootballTalk noted. Savion Williams caught the third, a tough grab that coach Matt LaFleur singled out afterward.

The Green Bay defense did its part. McKinney picked off Maye twice, Evan Williams added another interception, and Isaiah McDuffie forced and recovered a fumble. The Packers turned the four takeaways into three touchdowns, the last coming one play after McDuffie's strip when Love hit Watson for a 39-yard score that made it 42-14 late in the third quarter. Maye was sacked four times, two of them by Karl Brooks.

Green Bay finished with 478 yards. The team said it was the first Packers offense to put up 45 points and 450 yards on the road since Vince Lombardi's 1962 team did it in Philadelphia, and the first visiting team to score more than 42 points at Gillette Stadium.

There was one worry. Josh Jacobs fractured a finger early and did not return, and Kaleb Johnson took over, scoring a first-half touchdown as Green Bay topped 100 rushing yards for the first time this season.

"I can't say enough about the play of Jordan Love," LaFleur said. "Makes my job a helluva lot easier."

The Packers (6-3) host Minnesota next Sunday. The Patriots (5-4) head to Munich to face Detroit.

Sources: Green Bay Packers, ProFootballTalk and CBS Sports.