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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]
While the Packers have won almost 75% of its games against the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions since the beginning of quarterback Brett Favre’s first season in 1992, they have only won ~50% of their games against the Vikings (going 35–31–2 in that period). CBS ranked it the #3 NFL rivalry of the 2000s.
The Bears dominated the rivalry in the early days from the 1930s to the 1950s, when they were a perennial powerhouse team under head coach George "Papa Bear" Halas. Through the 1965 season , the final season before the first Super Bowl was played, Chicago was 47–22–4 against Detroit.
The Packers won their first NFL Championship in 1929 with a 12–0–1 record, the only undefeated season in Packers history and Lambeau's last as player-coach. Their only blemish was a tie with the Frankford Yellow Jackets. The Packers were able to successfully defend their title in 1930, going 10–3–1, and won their third straight league ...
The two teams had finished the regular season with identical 10–1 records and had split their season series, with the road teams winning. [1] The Bears were defending league champions, and the Packers had won the NFL title in 1939. This divisional championship game was played on December 14 at Wrigley Field. [2]
The Packers opened the season in Green Bay with a promising win over the rival Chicago Bears, the defending NFL champions. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They then lost four of six, including three home games, and were 3–4 midway through the season, falling twice to the Baltimore Colts .
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