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The Bears–Packers rivalry is a National Football League (NFL) rivalry between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers. [2] [3] The rivalry began in the 1921 season when the Packers joined the American Professional Football Association (APFA). Since then, both teams have competed against each other every season, except for the 1922 and 1982 ...
The Bears–Packers rivalry began in 1921 and is the league's longest. [105] The Packers lead the series 108–95–6 as of the 2024 season, the fourth time in NFL history that a team has recorded 100 wins against an opponent, following the Lions–Packers, Giants–Washington, and Bears–Lions rivalries. [105]
The Bears suffered another last-second loss, after a 46-yard field goal attempt from Cairo Santos to win the game was deflected by Packers defensive lineman Karl Brooks. With this loss, the Bears fell to 4–6 and lost their eleventh straight game against the Packers.
The Bears were later depicted in an episode of the 1985 cartoon version of the NBC sitcom Punky Brewster, where the Bears are playing the Green Bay Packers. [ 277 ] [ 278 ] Clark Griswold ( Chevy Chase ) from the National Lampoon's Vacation series appears in some scenes wearing a navy blue with burnt orange scripting Chicago Bears ball cap.
The Bears won the 1941 meeting, 33–14, and eventually defeated the New York Giants in the 1941 NFL Championship Game, and the Packers won the 2011 meeting, 21–14, en route to a Super Bowl XLV win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. The teams' first meeting was a victory for the Bears (known as the Staleys at the time) in 1921 in a shutout, 20–0.
Bears coach Mike Ditka ran out onto the field demanding an explanation for two flags having been thrown. [6] The officials decided to pick up the flag for Covert's late hit and penalize only Martin and the Packers, given the egregiousness of the hit. Markbreit said, in a 2012 interview, "it was the most violent act of its day." [6]
The Instant Replay Game, also known as the Asterisk Game, was a National Football League (NFL) game between the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears on November 5, 1989. The Packers defeated the visiting Bears 14–13 on a controversial fourth-down touchdown pass from Don Majkowski to Sterling Sharpe with less than a minute to play in the game.
The Packers avenged last year by beating the Bears 17–9 as Jordan Love threw for 316 yards and Wicks caught 2 touchdowns during the game. [87] This was also the Packers 10th straight win over the Bears since 2018. [ 88 ]