GREEN BAY (Interstat) — Jordan Love threw for 288 yards and three touchdowns as Green Bay beat Carolina 27-19 on Thursday at Lambeau Field. Love completed 30 of 41 passes and was Green Bay’s top star. The Packers improved to 5-3, while the Panthers fell to 3-4. The NFL game drew an announced attendance of 76,957.

Carolina opened the scoring with Ryan Fitzgerald’s 39-yard field goal in the first quarter. Green Bay answered when Love found Tucker Kraft for a 12-yard touchdown, but Trey Smack’s extra point hit the left upright and was no good. The Panthers moved back ahead in the second quarter on Chuba Hubbard’s 1-yard touchdown run and Fitzgerald’s extra point. Green Bay responded with Josh Jacobs’ 1-yard touchdown run and Smack’s extra point, then added a 24-yard scoring pass from Love to Matthew Golden before halftime.

Green Bay extended its lead in the third quarter when Love connected with Jacobs for a 4-yard touchdown and Smack added the extra point. Fitzgerald made a 50-yard field goal for Carolina later in the third. The Panthers closed the scoring in the fourth quarter on Bryce Young’s 26-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Coker.

Love, who had thrown for 274 yards and two touchdowns in Green Bay’s previous game against Detroit and for 276 yards and a touchdown pass in a win over Dallas before that, completed 30 of 41 passes for 288 yards and three touchdowns. Young completed 23 of 41 passes for 209 yards and a touchdown and recorded a tackle for Carolina.

Kraft caught six passes for 53 yards and a touchdown for Green Bay. Golden had seven catches for 79 yards and a score, and Christian Watson caught eight passes for 113 yards. Jacobs carried 21 times for 39 yards and a touchdown and added six receptions for 13 yards and another score. Pierre Strong Jr. had one carry for 2 yards and a tackle, MarShawn Lloyd had three carries for 7 yards and one catch for 9 yards, Savion Williams had one carry for 18 yards and one catch for 5 yards, and J. Michael Sturdivant caught one pass for 16 yards.

Jalen Coker caught two passes for 36 yards and a touchdown and made a tackle for Carolina. Tetairoa McMillan had six catches for 58 yards, Mitchell Evans had two catches for 22 yards, Tommy Tremble caught one pass for 19 yards, John Metchie III had three catches for 14 yards, Darren Waller caught one pass for 11 yards, and Brycen Tremayne had one catch for 11 yards and a tackle.

Green Bay’s Ty’Ron Hopper had eight tackles, a sack and an interception. Isaiah McDuffie and Evan Williams each made 10 tackles. Lukas Van Ness had six tackles and a sack, Chris McClellan had six tackles, Brenton Cox Jr. had two tackles and a sack, and Devonte Wyatt, Dani Dennis-Sutton and Barryn Sorrell also recorded sacks. Javon Bullard made four tackles, Xavier McKinney three, and Kamal Hadden, Keisean Nixon and Brandon Cisse two apiece. Kitan Oladapo, Arron Mosby, Kristian Welch, Anthony Campbell and Nick Niemann each made one tackle. Bo Melton had one tackle and a 20-yard kickoff return.

For Carolina, Marco Wilson made eight tackles, and Devin Lloyd and Zakee Wheatley each had seven, with Wheatley adding an interception. Nick Scott and Tre’von Moehrig each made five tackles, Bobby Okereke had five, Will Lee III had four, and Nick Hampton and Brycen Tremayne each had one. Fitzgerald made both of his field-goal attempts for the Panthers. Daniel Whelan punted five times for 223 yards for Green Bay, and Coleman Owen had four kickoff returns for 105 yards and two punt returns for 7 yards.

Carolina had lost 43-13 to Tampa Bay in its previous game and had won 25-14 at Philadelphia before that. Green Bay had lost 20-17 at Detroit in its previous game and had beaten Dallas 23-13 before that. Carolina next hosts Denver, and Green Bay visits New England.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Green Bay 28, Carolina 21, and its ELO system gave Green Bay an 82.7 percent probability to win. Green Bay had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -3.5. The total score was 46, with an over/under line of 47.