Packer vs. Bears – NFL’s most played series

Chicago and Green Bay have met 181 times previously in the NFL’s most-played series, which dates all the way back to the 1921 season, but have gone head-to-head once in the playoffs, when George Halas’ Bears got the best of Curly Lambeau’s Packers in 1941. Game number 182 takes place this weekend at Soldier Field, Chicago, with a spot in Superbowl XLIV at stake.

The Bears hold a 91-83-6 advantage over Green Bay during the regular season, but the Packers have won three of the last four bouts between the clubs. Green Bay came through with a 21-14 verdict at Soldier Field in 2009, the team’s lone win in its last four trips to Chicago.

The Packers-Bears rivalry is a intense sports rivalry. The two clubs have won a combined 21 NFL championships (including 4 Super Bowls) and have 48 members in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

A FEW NOTABLE GAMES

Bears 6, Packers 3 (November 23, 1924) – The Bears–Packers rivalry can be credited for the first ever ejection of players for fighting during a game. The Bears’ Frank Hanny and the Packers’ Walter Voss were ejected before the end of the first half as verbal exchanges led to punches being thrown. Two years later, Hanny was ejected once again in a game versus Green Bay.

Bears 33, Packers 14 (December 14, 1941) – In the first playoff meeting between these two rivals, the Bears defeated the Packers 33–14 in a one-game-playoff to determine the Western Division championship. After the Packers, the Bears defeated the New York Giants en route to their fourth NFL Championship. Until the 2010 post-season, this remained the only playoff meeting between the teams.

Packers 49, Bears 0 (September 30, 1962) – Vince Lombardi’s Packers shutout the George Halas’ Bears, 49-0 at City Stadium, the Packers largest margin of victory in the rivalry. Strangely, the team repeated that exact score against the Eagles six weeks later on Nov. 11, 1962. The games remain a Packers team record for most points in a shutout victory. After again humiliating the Bears later in the season, this time by a score of 38-7, the Packers would go on to win their 8th NFL championship. Motivated by the two humiliating losses to the Packers, Halas would spend the off season focusing on beating the Packers. In 1963, when the Bears would hand the Packers their only two losses, and would themselves win their 8th NFL championship.

Bears 20, Packers 17 (December 22, 2008) – In the coldest game in recorded Bears history, with a temperature at kickoff of 2 degrees and -13 degrees with wind chill, the Packers traveled to Soldier Field, where a victory against the Bears would have ended their playoff hopes. The Bears had to rally from a 14–3 score at the half. The Bears were able to score after a turnover on a Packers punt return. The Packers were on the verge of finishing a game-winning drive when Mason Crosby’s field goal attempt was blocked by Alex Brown, pushing the game to overtime. The Bears took the first possession in overtime and won the game on a 38-yard field goal by Robbie Gould.

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